Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Review - A Brutally Difficult Masterpiece
From Software's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is one of the finest games in their catalog, but it's exceptionally difficult, even by Souls game standards.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
FromSoftware, the developers behind Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Tenchu present Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Sekiro is an action-adventure game where players walk the path of Wolf, a shinobi who fails his mission to protect his lord and is left for dead. When he is found and saved by a man who creates a tool-filled prosthetic arm to help him on his quest, Wolf travels across Sengoku-era Japan to face off against mythological beasts and mighty samurai warriors on a quest for revenge.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 4 , Stadia , Xbox One , PC
- Released
- March 22, 2019
- Developer(s)
- From Software
- Publisher(s)
- Activision
- ESRB
- M
- How Long To Beat
- 30 Hours
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