On my last playthrough, I actually killed the bull the legitimate way, but I just can’t be bothered to with DoH. It’s not a bad fight per se, but it just doesn’t really fit Sekiro, imo, and is a little tedious. I’ve heard of people oftentimes saying that DoH would fit Bloodborne a lot more. Wouldn’t mind him there tbh

  • djsoren19English
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    12 days ago

    guess it’s an unpopular opinion, I actually really like the first blazing bull. It’s an important lesson that things you don’t think should be logically parryable, actually are.

    • Druid@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      4·
      12 days ago

      Good take, actually. The bosses leading up to Genichiro still feel a little off, in a way. Genichiro feels like a “real” Sekiro boss that fits the pace and flow of combat really well - clashing swords, parries, dodges and all. Both the ogre as well as the bull just don’t quite fit the game. They fit the game by the metric you apply in that you need to broaden your understanding of what is and what isn’t parriable but don’t offer that “classic” combat experience as someone like Genichiro, Monk, Owl, Lady Butterfly and so on do

      • djsoren19English
        3·
        12 days ago

        Oh absolutely it is a big departure, but I honestly think Sekiro would be a worse game if it was all classic 1v1s with swordsmen. I appreciate that bosses like the Guardian Ape, the Long-Arm Centipedes, and even Demon of Hatred are there specifically to feel different and offer up some more varied fights.

        Honestly the biggest issue I have with the beast type fights is just that they kinda get overused. Two apes, two bulls, two giants, two long-arm centipedes. The first time you fight them, it’s cool to have a new, different challenge to overcome. The second time, it always just feels like you’re going through the motions, because now you should know that you can parry basically everything they throw at you.

        • Druid@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
          2·
          11 days ago

          Totally see what you mean! Those fights throw you for a loop because you wouldn’t expect them in the context Sekiro provides.

          Oh yea, I’m not too fond of their overusage of certain bosses. For some reason, I struggle a lot with the first drunkard in the Hirata Estate because of all the enemies nearby you have to kill first. The second time you fight one and have a Lone Shadow (?) tag along in the fight, I’m just done, man, lol. It’s more manageable overall, but it still took me waay too long for such a rather simple boss.