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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Released On: Mar 22, 2019
8.6
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Universal Acclaim Based on 77 Critic Reviews
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99% Positive
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0% Mixed
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1% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 77 Critic Reviews
90
99% Positive
76 Reviews
76 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
1% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Apr 28, 2019
Though Sekiro feels impossibly hard at times, the level of euphoria you experience when delivering a death blow to a tricky boss or when you finally clear a castle grounds of all enemies is almost unparalleled.
Mar 26, 2019
A brutal and challenging game that admits few shortcuts to success. But for every cry of frustration there is a revealing discovery, and for each walk through the darkness there is an ascent towards mountains bathed by the Sun. The father of Dark Souls and Bloodborne makes us suffer again but, at the same time, provides the kind of experience that allows us to emerge reinforced at the other side.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 6,749 User Ratings
8.6
85% Positive
5715 Ratings
5715 Ratings
7% Mixed
461 Ratings
461 Ratings
8% Negative
573 Ratings
573 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 6,749 User Ratings
8.6
85% Positive
5715 Ratings
5715 Ratings
7% Mixed
461 Ratings
461 Ratings
8% Negative
573 Ratings
573 Ratings
Dec 5, 2025
It’s a masterpiece. Perfect in every way. Possibly the greatest game ever made. 10/10
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PlayStation 4 Dec 4, 2025
Melhor jogo de todos os tempos, com certeza.Acho que nunca, na minha vida, vou ter uma experiência como essa de novo. O tanto que eu amo esse jogo... com certeza absoluta, é o top1 da minha **** eu pudesse realizar um desejo, seria poder jogar de novo como se fosse a primeira vez.
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PlayStation 4 Mar 25, 2019
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the hardest game created by From Software and is also their most ambitious IP. It is a great example of game and combat design.
Mar 29, 2019
Sekiro is From Software’s purest distillation of a game design philosophy that values skill-based combat and isn’t afraid to challenge the player at nearly every moment.
Mar 24, 2019
Sekiro is a worthy heir to the Souls-like dynasty. It's not a new chapter of the old franchises, is another interpretation of From Software's philosophy, and another hardcore masterpiece.
Mar 21, 2019
If you are willing to invest work in learning the combat system, you will have a lot of fun. Away from this, Sekiro, like his spiritual predecessors, convinces with a fascinating setting that does not match the quality and variety of game worlds like Lordran or Yharnam. Technically, however, the game presents itself from a single source, tells an exciting story and offers sufficient scope for many fun hours.
Mar 27, 2019
Its boss fights highlight the contrived lengths that FromSoftware has gone to in order to satisfy players’ thirst for difficulty.
Dec 4, 2025
Sekiro is my personal favourite game of all time, with an incredible combat system, world and story. Play it now
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PlayStation 4 May 14, 2025
Une expérience globalement satisfaisante. J’ai passé un bon moment du début à la fin.
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PlayStation 4 Apr 28, 2025
Знаете... Я понимаю за что эту игру любят, за новые механики, за отличительный геймплей от соулсов, но... всё же это очень тяжело назвать действительно близким к соулс-лайку. Эта игра построена на парированиях, и я не особо такое люблю. Игру я прошел дважды на Плейстейшен 4 и 5. Но лично для меня это не самый лучший проект Хидетако Миядзаки, но крайне качественный, с механикой стелса даже. Секиро местами намного хардкорнее всех Соулс-Лайк игр, но эта сложность идет не в уворотах и действительно тяжелых моментах боссов, а в парированиях всего подряд.
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PlayStation 4 Apr 9, 2024
I have tried, so so hard, to love this one. I love every other FromSoft game. I love being challenged -- I think it's extremely rewarding. I love the utter, unabashed Japanese-ness of this game -- I truly do. It just, so unfortunately, ****. It ****. And that makes me sad. It is a game that robs you of options on how to play. There is also zero payoff to killing bosses -- there's more of a "good riddance" feeling, rather than a "good battle" feeling after killing a boss that you've been bashing your head against the wall trying to eliminate for days. I hate the control scheme as well. I hate how repetitive it is, and I hate that it actively tries to punish you for dying. The Souls formula (and yes, I am going to relate it to the other ones, because they introduce the same dying mechanic, so I am going to criticize how they erred on it in this one) is perverted greatly by actively punishing you by dying more and more. It was a bad mechanic in DS2, and it was a bad mechanic in Demon's Souls. I can say, for certain, that I am totally sad that I do not like this game, but I can also say, for certain, that I do not like this game.
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PlayStation 4 Aug 24, 2022
This game was a huge disappointment for me at launch and it has only gotten worse after I played Elden Ring. Sekiro is japanese Dark Souls but most of the good stuff is gone. - Worst customization of the series, because there isnt any. - Worst gameplay of the series. Fromsoftware can make games with a hundred weapons that all feel great, so if they make a game with just one weapon it would result in absolutely god tier gameplay, right? No. Its just one dimensional Katana bashing all the time and nothing else. Not really better than using a Katana in all their other games. Gets boring after the first few areas. Also it straight up doesnt work when fighting multiple enemies at once and all the other minor problems these games have (bad camera, weird hit boxes etc) are still there. - Worst online of the series because there isnt any as well. No coop, no pvp, nothing. - Worst overall content of the series, most bosses and all mini bosses and even some areas get reused multiple times. 3x Ashina castle, really? This is lazy. All the other Souls games have way more content and Elden Ring is probably ten times bigger than Sekiro. - Besides that its not better than the other games at anything. Bloodborne and DS3 still have the same or even better overall quality than Sekiro and ER and the Demon´s Souls Remake absolutely dunk on it. If Elden Ring is a $60 game Sekiro would be $5. Good that Fromsoftware got away from this misguided garbage.
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PlayStation 4 Summary Your death won’t come easily. Enter the world of late 1500s Sengoku Japan; a brutal, bloody period of constant life-and-death conflict. As tensions rise, a compelling new story unfolds amongst the chaos. Introducing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, a dark and twisted new gameplay experience developed by the renowned team at FromSoftware and pu...
Rated M for Mature
Platforms:
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
- PC
Initial Release Date: Mar 22, 2019
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Publisher: Activision
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