---{Graphics}---
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Paint.exe

---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad

---{Game-play}---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Average
☐ Bland Game-play
☐ Staring at walls is better

---{Story}---
☐ No Story
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ It‘ll replace your life

---{Difficulty}---
☐ Just press 'A'
☐ Easy
☐ Average
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Difficult

---{Grind}---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leader-boards
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding

---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{Bugs}---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ Game-breaking bugs
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ Get it on sale
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money


Overall rating: 10/10

Sekiro is a third person action game from the makers of Dark Souls, set in Sengoku Japan. The game is a mix of stealth & action where you can silent kill most non-boss enemies but the bosses themselves require a direct confrontation. The game takes place in Japan during the 1500s and features some mythical elements to it as well.

The game features an amazing combat system in the form of "posture", which is like a second health bar that fills up when you block attacks (this applies to you and the enemies). Filled up posture will deplete over time if you stop blocking. While you can block almost every attack in the game (there are a few unblock-able attacks that require jumping/rolling), filling up your posture bar results in a temporary disorientation which can be fatal (damage is very high). On the flip side, attacking an enemy repeatedly allows you to fill their posture bar which can result in a deathblow for non-bosses and partial deathblow for bosses.

So you want to keep wailing on the enemy but also block/dodge when they counter you occasionally. A perfectly timed block (deflection) costs very little posture and allows you to keep going for longer.
This turns the game into a rhythm game where the "clangs" of swords tell you when to time your blocks (non block-able attacks have audio/visual queues too) and is the single most important aspect of improving in the game - Staying calm, attacking aggressively but blocking/dodging the enemy when required.

Enemy variety is high and different enemies will use different tactics on you. That said, there are a few reused mini-boss enemies but those hardly matter when the highlight of the game are the bosses themselves. Every boss has different attacks/mechanics that require you to tackle them in different ways.

Tying together these amazing battles is a story which even has multiple endings as well! The world is a mix of linear and open world which in my opinion, is the best way to make a large game.

The only weak aspect of the game is the lack of fighting variety (no range or basic attack styles) in terms of perks (there are different power attacks but those are hardly usable on bosses).

The music is good and the audio feedback for attacks/blocks/dodges/deflections etc. are phenomenal!

TLDR: Sekiro is a third-person action game with one of the most refined melee combat systems ever created!!