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Based on the gameplay and the “all the areas look the same!” criticism, I’m gonna guess that he didn’t make it very far past Ashina castle.

“Everyone told me to play Sekiro… So I played Ninja Gaiden instead.”

The way you played Sekiro is like someone playing doom with no upgrades and not paying attention to enemy weak points

I kinda cringed when he mentioned there is no objective indicator and map in Sekiro. It reminded me that Dark Souls 3 video from Indeimaus that showed us what it could have looked like if it was made by EA or something and had an easy mode. It would be weird as fakk. They only implemented a map in Elden Ring because it's finally an actual open world game and their biggest ever.

You don’t like that enemies block after two or so attacks, after many hours, this is where you eventually realize that parrying is a deadlier offense than attacking. The rhythm becomes tiring out your enemy in one or two hits so that they can be insta-killed. It fits the samurai/jedi like zen theme that goes along with the shinobi mythos. You can shorten most battles by hitting attack only once and that is when the deathblow is ready because of how closely you’ve paid attention to the enemy attack animations. This is also coming from someone who took WAYYYY too long to get a feeling for the Mikiri counter let alone how to tell it apart from a sweep.

"Sekiro is a difficult game, It demands you learn it systems if you're going to progress" "I don't like having to learn the games systems"

He likes the game because it forces you to learn it's mechanics but he doesn't like it because he can't spam attacks. I don't get what he wants

This review would hold more weight if you hadn't made multiple videos criticising other people's reviews. "Top many items!" "I can't handle a free camera!" "Why won't the game let me wail on enemies infinitely?!" Give me a fucking break. At some point, I started to think this was basically a, "Why isn't this Ninja Gaiden" video, and lo and behold...

For some reason I expected that Mayo wouldn't like Sekiro if he played it. But to anyone who is open minded, please try it out. It's an amazing game with solid mechanics that demand your attention and require your mechanical execution to be on point.

Finally after over a month the wait is over… Edit: i love how this video is on “sekiro” yet becomes a Ninja Gaiden Review😂

This just made me wanna play Sekiro again.

you don't like any mechanic of the game, you don't like exploring, you don't like lore, you don't like variety of items, you don't like engaging combat, you don't like smarter enemies, you don't like scenarios, you don't like to fight normal enemies... the question is, what do you like? because I'm questioning if you even like videogames

When i hear you say "i never liked Dark Souls" is fastest "Understandable have a nice day" moment for me, i just knew you would not like Sekiro, if it weren't for your voice that i like to listen to, i would have closed the video already. But i'm also glad i keep watching because you ended up talking about Ninja Gaiden instead which is a series i also absolutely love so that was a pleasant surprise.

*complains saying all the game is parrying and swinging the sword *doesn't use any prosthetics other than the shuriken *doesn't use any special attacks unlocked in the upgrade tree

this is one of the most hilarious video ever, bro just contradicting himself everywhere

Sekiro being the most streamlined dark souls, i find it funny that you're confused by the items and stats. lol

I thoroughly enjoyed this game, and will eventually pick it up again to play on the new update. But one thing I have to say is that you need to have patience to enjoy the SoulsBornSekiro games; lots of it. It is something quite a few people don't have, which is fine it just means a game like Dark Souls and Sekiro are not their type of game. They are meant to be challenging and meant to take slow. Rushing through it is not what it wants. It wants you to take your time and take every part of it seriously. You mentioned not liking how slow the sword swings are, but there is a gameplay design for it. If you could swing faster it would essentially break the game and turn it into a mindless button spam game. It would break the part of the game that requires precision and patience. You need to know when to attack, when to block, and when to avoid the unblockable attacks. If every encounter could be solved by pushing the attack button, it would compromise what the game wants to be. I could describe Sekiro as a kind of rhythm game. It is a constant dance of attacking and blocking at the right times, and the better you at dancing to the rhythm, the better you can kill. It is clear that you enjoy fast paced games that provide a constant stream of fun, while also providing a fair amount of challenge. Which again is totally fine, but it is something the SoulsBornSekiro games will not provide. They don't want to give you constant joy, they want you to suffer and only be driven to complete the game simply because defeat is unacceptable for you. The fun lies in overcoming the games obstacles and not giving up, and seeing yourself become better at it. You learn enemy patterns you memorize how long it takes to attack. And you see yourself become stronger and better as time goes on. But that isn't fun for everyone, some people just want to play and get better at the game, instead of getting better at playing the game.

There was a Sekiro review somwhere in this Ninja Gaiden review.

I don't like dogde based combat....I love ninja gaiden. Me: HUH?

Some of the criticism Is based on accurate information, however every combat example he gave is completely inaccurate. For example on chained ogre the attack he tries to dodge twice you can either jump over or sometimes you can run backwards; mostly jump to avoid it. For Gyoubu Oniwa you can use fire crackers to stun him and dodge through many of his attacks to get more attacks in. For the bull you can use Shuriken’s to damage him while he’s charging. For the enemies you show mashing attack to kill there’s again a faster way to kill both of the enemy types; parrying and mikiri counter. For the guys in robes you aren’t getting a perfect parry, if you were that wouldn’t happen. You can also dodge through that attack. The game has very high player agency, and it has combos. You just weren’t aggressive enough. You didn’t use your senses, enough while playing this game. If you did; reading 8 sentences and using your senses. you would’ve known that your combat criticisms are based on incorrect information. In this review you are completely hypocritical not wanting to learn enemy patterns or learn and upgrade your abilities in Sekiro, but in Ninja Gaiden that’s perfectly fine for you. Pretty much all of the things you praise Ninja Gaiden for, also apply to Sekiro. For instance level variety, and unique combos with different uses. I think you don’t like sekiro because you didn’t want to. Watching the video made me also realize that the games are really similar, and that I’d likely like Ninja Gaiden.

Doom Eternal and Sekiro are two of my favorite games of all time. And yet, I fully expected Mayo disliking this game. This game is your "marauder" Mayo and I'm sad to say this but you need to get better. Sekiro is an EXCEPTIONALLY good game and I wouldn't have it in any other way.

1:59 to pass a test that you failed, you must retake it and that means you start at question number 1 again not a number above or that would be a compromised test.

"everything looked the same" goes on to show a bunch of distinctly different areas.

I am totally confused as how he can analyse God of war 2018 so accurately and in depth and at the same time making a video about sekiro that is almost completely and objectively wrong. He criticizes mechanics then displays examples of him playing the game like my mum. What the hell 😂 Then all of a sudden the review starts becoming soley about ninja gaiden, which is hilarious by the way. And I also really love ninja gaiden, but the thing is, sekiros combat mechanics are just so much deeper on several levels, I wouldn't even know where to start explaining ...

One of the most unintentionally hilarious reviews I've seen

Can’t wait for the “in my opinion” director’s cut

You would have enjoyed the game if you actually tried to play it and engage with its systems. Instead you just wanted a game like Ninja Gaiden and when you didn't get one you just quit. This review is hilarious.

This guys' takes urk me to no extent. Not because he doesn't like the games, that's fine, but why he doesn't is what drives up a wall. Mainly because of how nitpcky he is. "I don't like large inventories." WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!

Just standing there and parrying all of Gyobu's attacks is actually the WORST way to beat him, not the best. The best way to beat him is to scare his horse with the firecrackers prosthetic, which allows you hack away at him while his horse recovers. Playing Sekiro without using prosthetics or combat arts is like playing Doom Eternal without using weapon mods. I'm not saying you have to like the game, but I don't think it's fair to play the game wrong and then criticize the game for it. You rightly called out critics for playing Eternal wrong and then shitting on the Marauder, and yet that's exactly what you're doing here. Sekiro is a combat puzzle just like Eternal, and you opted not to engage in the puzzle.

The problem here Mayo is you always used to criticise others about using unfair examples against Eternal and failing to understand its combat system. Yet here, as many others have pointed out, you tend to criticise something which can be put on you for not learning the game's combat system. The Masataka Oniwa being an example of this. I really love your videos, but with this game you seem to criticise elements that are actually on you for not learning the game's mechanics properly. Start paying the same amount of attention to other games as you did with Eternal.

This all comes from a place of good faith and constructive criticism: Something rubs me wrong about the fact that you used fromsoft and elden ring tags to help with promotion then proceeded to not give the game the time its due as a reviewer and spend over half the video talking about a different game without circling the conversation back to the topic outlined in the title. Feels like you didn't honestly want to play the game in the first place and so were looking for reasons to dislike and drop it. The arguments you use even seem cherry picked. Sekiro gave you access to combos very early, you just didn't engage with the systems because you didn't want to over some vendetta against menus and skill trees as if those things aren't present in the other games you mentioned. Something you didn't seem to notice was the focus on stealth encounters. You started talking about skipping enemy encounters but that sort of thing was always intended as a possiblity from the moment they decided to give you a crouch button. There's boss encounters that can even be made much easier by smart, stealthy play. I like your videos but this one seems a bit forced and i genuinely think you would have enjoyed your experience more if you tried to engage with the systems more and not just focus on the melee spam. You can engage enemies in a variety of different ways than just hitting and blocking. It also feels bittersweet cause it really sounds like you dropped the game just as you were coming to the climax of the first act, after which the game opens up and you definitely do get to travel to different landscapes, albeit all within this fictious, yet grounded rendition of Japan. I understand your reasons for dropping it and they are valid, i just feel like you didn't get far enough to accurately make that call. There's been a number of games that it took me months to get into and i absolutely dreaded, but once i fully sunk my teeth in, i grew to love them. Hollow Knight sat in my ps4 library for years after my first outing with it before i went back in and now its one of my top 5s. A little bit of progression past the robed samurai dudes would have been the real test of everything the game had been trying to teach you in the form of a fairly harsh difficulty wall of a boss on top of the castle you were climbing up. This review would seem more valid and complete if you had progressed to that boss encounter, beat it, and then made the call to drop it or keep going after seeing how that affected you. That being said, enjoy the content, keep up the good work.

I never liked dark souls but I loved sekiro, I did two full play throughs. I was all about the combat and once you learn the timing of the parry, I felt like the boss lol.

Sekiro has one of the steepest learning curves I've ever played. I'm a souls vet and it still trashed me hard. I loved the platforming and exploration, and the atmosphere really impressed me too, but I didn't really click with the game until the first Genichiro fight, I was absolutely forcing myself to play out of trust that my perseverance would make it all click. I think the posture and deathblow system is the best past of this game, it makes aggressive combat feel really rewarding when you break though the defenses and kill a boss before he's even at half hp. Sad to hear it didn't click for you, but that's okay. It's a really demanding, stubborn game. The world does feel samey for a LONG time, and if I didn't like the environment I probably would have given up on it too.

As soon as I saw the video title I thought, "Who the hell recommended this to him, of course he's not gonna like it." And I was right.

Under The Mayo, the only gamer in the universe who doesn't like a player controlled camera.

Mayo: "I find it tedious to adjust the camera" Also mayo: *is moving the camera in doom to find the demon*

It sounds like you would enjoy metal gear rising revengeance. It's like 5-6 hours long, I suggest you try it if you have the time. Keep up with the great videos!

I like that your not afraid to speak your opinions while simultaneously not just shitting on the game or calling it bad objectively great video

i cant just hit things aimlessly and ignore the parry mechanic is literally like saying i cant just chaingun enemies in doom eternal and ignore the movement system and so its not fun. I cant ignore the jumping on enemy mechanic in mario i just wanna run, get coins and be told i'm a winner

Sheesh bröther you sound like all those casuals complaining about the marauder lmao

You mention it's good that Sekiro makes you learn how to play and not lets you disregard moves then you say you are glad you don't have to parry in Ninja Gaiden.

I understand that Sekiro just isn't the game for some people, but some of these complaints seemed very goofy. Too many items? Lol. Also, you barely scratched the surface of what you can do in Sekiro in terms of combat. Parrying is the bare minimum you need to learn, but incorporating the tools, the special techniques, and combat arts you unlock later add a lot of layers to the combat system. Using firecrackers on Gyoubu to freak out his horse, using the loaded spear to rip armor off of certain enemies (and also used in a different way on a later boss, which I won't spoil), throwing shurikens on enemies that like to use aerial attacks, and then following up with the chasing slice, etc. But anyway, yeah, if you hate parrying, this game isn't for you.

You complain about camera when there’s lock on for combat

But this isn't a review of Sekiro. This is a review of what it's like to be someone who likes fast place murder games ~Girl Friend Reviews probably.

This turned into a Ninja Gaiden review real quick LMAO

This video is literally like a meme: *Us:* Hey, Mayo, can we get a video about SEKIRO: Shadows Die Twice? *Mayo:* We have SEKIRO: Shadows Die Twice at home. *SEKIRO: Shadows Die Twice at home:* Ninja Gaiden Sigma Not judging, it was funny to see how video transformed into something different unpredictably.

The game has one of the steepest learning curves I've come across yet. As you rightfully said, this is not a game that you can progress just spamming the action button. It wants you to learn the basics of combat by heart if you want to progress and that can be irritating to some players.

Every location looks the same? Did we play the same game? I think you need to play a bit further and get to mibu village or fountainhead palace and see the massive variety of environments sekiro has.

My nephew's favourite game is Sekiro, and when he initally played through the game, he didn't really play it. He somehow was able to get through to the final boss while skipping nearly every encounter, mini boss, and prosthetic. I remember, he was talking to me about the final boss fight and was complaining about how little health he had, how he wasn't doing damage, and how he didn't have enough heals for it. It was clear that he wasn't enjoying it, and the final straw for him was me asking how many heals he had. He had 5 heals for the final boss fight, while I had 8 and was still behind him in progress. This revelation had him trash that playthrough and completely start fresh, while using his new knowledge to get way better at the game. He replayed the game, exploring the world, fighting every mini boss and getting completely engrossed in it. After he beat the game in this playthrough, he went back to his first playthrough and annihilated the final boss with his given stats. This gave him a new appreciation of the game, and this made Sekiro his favourite game.

“There are too many things” “It’s too difficult” “I don’t like parry and dodge” bro this is what From software games are. You didn’t get the memo it seems. You aren’t good at the game because you never tried to get better. I have NEVER PLAYED any darksouls game before or even bloodborne and this game was new to me and I love it because I ACTUALLY TRIED. You can’t call a game bad just because you don’t like it.

I personally didn't like it myself until I got to the genichiro and somewhere in that loop of trying to beat him, actually beating him and pressing on to deal with more adversity, it started to click more and more and then I was hooked looking forward to every challenge head on. But realistically it takes a lot of patience to get to that point and understandably not everyone may be willing or wanting to put up with all that. But during my time, it clicked it isn't an action game like say ninja gaiden or dmc but an actual rhythm game like punch out but EVERY enemy has their pattern and flow you have to take note of with the most complicated and thrilling been the bosses themselves.

“I don’t like this, I dont like that”, just make a video where u say “I don’t like anything except doom eternal”.

Playing sekiro is like learning how to dance. You failed to learn or even try.

Huge inventories, long lists of stats, and incremental levelling are some of my absolute favorites

Aw man, this guy would make a great game journalist.

Once you get to genichiro and beat him , then the world is always changing and its actually a strong pros of the game . I'd say it's the same the first 20 % of the game, from there the landscape is constantly changing with a completely different scenery. Even from the very beginning you can decide to go to hirata estate instead . Anyways it's totally fine if you just don't enjoy the game at least you gave it a shot .

That's funny. You like Marauder, but hate Sekiro. Marauder's mechanic is similar to Devil May Cry 5's Fury and 4's Blitz, but requires a forced play. For example, like the NPC bosses in Souls/Sekiro. Actually, Sekiro has a rather simple combat system, but it's much better than Marauder.

I do agree with the idea of making all difficulties available from the start. With that said, difficulties above Devil Hunter in DMC5, for example, are meant to be approached with a bigger arsenal than what is provided at the start of play (more unlocked moves and abilities). If you included all available moves at the start, it would be very overwhelming for a new player. If you were to attempt higher difficulties at the start of DMC5, it would be incredibly tedious with the lack options and the greater enemy health pools and damage. If you approach Devil Hunter as a means of exploring the games potential, especially if you avoid being hit at all costs, you can have a very good time. Also, I do appreciate that DMC5 not only increases enemy health pool and damage like so many other games do, but also increases the frequency of attack and enemy move set.

no variety are you kidding me , the forest , hirata estate , senopu temple , mibu village , fountainhead palace

In Doom Eternal, if you miss a shot or position incorrectly, you take damage. Enemies will overrun you if you make a series of mistakes and getting better means dealing with these situations better and managing demons to avoid these situations as much as possible. In soulsborne, mostly against bosses, you need to make every action count. Missing a dodge or a heal timing often means instant death, but hesitation is defeat. It takes patience but also precision in a way that is definitely enjoyable and well designed. The camera falls into that precision too, where its another aspect of gameplay that needs to be deliberate in order to manage multiple enemies. You don't have to enjoy that, but the way you bring up your dislikes in the context of ninja gaiden kinda make it sound like you think these things are flaws, even if you are trying to be impartial.

There are two things I do want to comment on. In terms of items, I'm also in the boat of I don't want to spend so much time managing all of it. But you actually don't. To make a long story short, all you need to upgrade is your health and sword damage. You can literally ignore everything else and it all plays the same. Sword and health are the core. The only two things left are weapon arts and the prosthetics both of which are simple and allow you to access special moves with unique properties. I was going to go into a bit on how some moves are better against certain enemies with each tool and move having a pro and a con and whatnot but from the sounds of it that's not your style. All the items simply spice up the gameplay like exchanging health for damage etc. The second one is...I don't think you're playing it right. This isn't an attack. From everything else you've said you still probably won't enjoy it. But you mention you don't want to just sit there and parry parry parry. That isn't the way to play. And it's a good thing you never reached mid to late game using this tactic because some of these enemies will border on impossible if you sit there doing that. You actually do need to adopt an aggressive style. Your description of the Ninja Gaiden part especially confused me. "Simple enemies are in front of you and easy to kill. And you can just mash the attack button for a while. But that doesn't last long" "You realize very quickly that you need to start blocking. You do unlock a parry after a while. And it's useful. But you don't really have to use it" "Has a universal block" "But your guard can eventually be broken" This particularly confused me since...that's sekiro too. I had to cut up the words since it's not exactly the same. Parry is not unlocked and the guard is not universal but it's pretty much the same. You have to go in, lay in pressure with a chain of attacks, and when the enemy performs a defensive move like dodging or parrying, perform your own defensive move then counter attack. The first mooks you can mash until they die. Then you come up against ashigaru with hats and those guys will probably pull off one parry so you have to pick a response to that and enemies go up from there with more frequent parries or different ways of defending. Like I said, this isn't meant to be an attack and you probably still won't enjoy the game. The speed is still comparatively slow and it's a game about back and forth as opposed to doing combos. it's just two observations from what I've listened to.

"Everyone told me to play... SEKIRO: Shadows Die Twice", but I played ninja gaiden instead

My dream Ninja Gaiden "game" would be: - exploration of NG - item variety of NG - NG fiend challenges - NG2's UT attacks and mechanics - NG2's dismemberment system - NG2's level design - Razor's Edge SOB - enemy volume and AI of Razor's Edge - character selection for any mission of Razor's Edge - more fleshed out chapters of other characters besides Ryu - no swimming sections - NO GHOST FISHES

“ Way too much stuff “ TF! Just like you learn about the mechanics of the game you learn about the things you use in the game.

Doom Eternal: the best FPS combat puzzle Sekiro: the best melee combat puzzle Edit: bro Alien Isolation isn't objectively bad, I don't even like that game that much but the internet needs to stop doing to the word objectively what leafy did to the word literally - if you think something is bad just say that you think it's bad, quality is a social construct it's not fact-based.

The thing I love the most about Sekiro is that it makes you really face your opponents. With later bosses the tension of smashing swords is beyond satisfying. I get why you didn't love the game. At first I didn't earlier, but you should definitely play the rest of the game. The final boss is probably my favorite of all time.

It took me 3 try’s to actually pick up the game and really start playing but once you learn the mechanics the game becomes so much more fun and interesting, and eventually when I beat it, sekiro became one of if not my favorite game of all time, because of the things I had to think about and planning I had to do for the big learning curve that is in your face, whether you played a souls game before this the game will break what you know from any other game, and push’s you to be smarter and more reactive the next time around at least for most people that is….

3:51 u say that, then procced to not change how u play and embrace this feature? At 5:55 you complain that the environment is limited, but u listed a long list of things and basically said u dont like a nature setting. U got 9 hours into a game 5 times that and complained about not seeing enough variation. You also seem very pedantic about a lot of details that are very small. You seem to want the game to handle everything for u, the camera, the character building, the inventory, the parrying, the positioning and more. I honestly think u played the game just so u could justify your expectation of not liking it and that harmed your experience greatly

Honestly, given Mayo's feelings about Dark Souls, I wasn't particularly surprised by this reaction to Sekiro. I can see how someone could feel this way and not like the game- although the idea that Sekiro has a ridiculous amount of 'items' bemuses me a bit. I always thought Mayo would like Bloodborne more- once you get a weapon you like, you can just go all-out. There *are* 'numbers' as Mayo puts it, but you can kinda ignore them after a point, more than you can in the Souls series. (Yes, Bloodborne has more of these 'numbers' than Sekiro, but the combat itself is less...ponderous and more aggressive.) Anyway, it is interesting to hear a coherent, thoughtful critique of a set of games I absolutely adore. Interesting and useful :)

Firstly, it's hilarious how you switched what you're reviewing mid video lmao. Secondly, I find it interesting how Sekiro and Ninja Gaiden have certain similarities like the orange orbs that can power up special attacks reminding me of spirit emblems and combat arts in Sekiro. Thirdly, your view is understandable, and if you don't feel good after defeating a boss or a miniboss then you probably shouldn't play the game because that's the main thing of it - being put against awful odds and eventually making it just by sheer skill and a sprinkle of luck. I personally like the combat, it's responsive and punishing if you don't respect it. One of the things I can assume is that you like to mash the attack button, but in Sekiro attacks are sort of queued up, so you will be punished if you need to guard right after mashing. I say semi queued because you can break animations, just not all of them all the time. Considering attacks it's more of a surgical cuts than rapidly overwhelming your opponent. As for the environments, I find them varried enough, like sure it's all Japanese, blossom trees, long grass, Asian castles yada yada, but the environments are varried and distinguishable. Ashina castle looks way different from sunken valley, which looks different from gun fort, which looks different from Fountainhead palace. Exploration and direction, well, I'd be lying if I said I've never got lost, but usually if you listen to the characters you will know where to go, which I understand can be a problem, some people don't care about cutscenes and story, and really just want the combat. As for there being too many items, well there is a lot, but they can be pretty easily understood, you have one candy for each stat, you have pellets, gourds, and grass that are basically just different levels of health healing, you have rice and persimmons that are levels of posture healing, and you have items that remove effects like fire or poison or such, and upgrade materials which you actually don't touch. It looks overwhelming, but it's actually pretty simple if you care to understand it. As for too many upgrades and such, I like that, there's a lot and that's good, and as you make your way through them you can really feel your character getting stronger. Apart from passive bonuses you also get combat arts which are Sekiro's form of combos and special attacks (together with the prosthetic tools). You can really augment the way you play with these, and they get progressively more powerful as you play, like empowered mortal draw which is a powerful strike with long wind up animation that hits really freaking hard and causes damage even through guard. I mean, sure there's a lot, but you don't need to use all of them, you pick the few you like both from prosthetics and from combat arts and use those. In fact the entire game can be beaten without having to use all the skills and items and tools, and those are there more to raise the skill ceiling than the floor. Some people can do absolutely crazy things when they get to it, and I'll link a video as a reply to this comment with some examples from the craziest player I've seen.

Bro didn’t make it last Ashina Castle💀different areas look different man of course it’s gonna look the same in one area

one of the most unintentionally funniest reviews ive ever seen a fucking air launcher

Playing it in Japanese means you miss out on MY NAAAAAAAAAAME

I couldnt get past the Genichiro's fight at the temple. I love Bloodborne, Nioh and DS but I just couldn't get into the rhythm of blocking and had to admit defeat. Good game though and I give major props to those that master it. I love the setting as I got it right after Ghost of Tsushima.

I love how the second half of this video is just a ninja gaiden review

find a sick woman with dragon rot & then find his son for an item & go back to sculptor man who gives you new arm & find this golden bowl. Even I figured this shit out. Sekiro also requires you to explore & interact with objects.

I'm hearing echoes of SkillUp or Charlatan Wonder complaint about the marauder lmao how the turntables

31 times asking mayo to talk about Serious Sam

6:04 "But I'm dying for a portal to open and take me to another environment..." Just you wait for the giant mop-boi.

Tell me you just want to go combo mad without telling me you just want to go combo mad

The thing about from soft games is that they are kinda designed to push you away from the start, you have to to really stick to it and once it clicks you start feeling like a god. But to some people that can take up to 50+ hours, so i can understand why its not for everyone. However, once you git gud at a fromsoft game, no other game out there will give you that feeling. Thats why DKS its such a beloved series.

weird to see Sekiro in a Ninja Gaiden review

The whole topic of fixed cameras and player controlled cameras is something that I sort of agree on. It's just that I already gotten used to being able to move the camera while focusing on everything, it's like a second nature at some point. Though I whole heartedly agree that Fixed Cameras should be utilized more since it does contribute to making set pieces stand out more and feel more grand. But I also think that some games like DMC series actually require the player controlled with lock on camera as the whole combat system is based on directional inputs, add in the fact that enemies wouldn't attack when off camera.

Bro, literally half way through the video he does a fucking Ninja Gaiden review..... like wtf!?

I would love to see you do a review on Celeste, it's a 2d platformer so not the kind of game you usually play, and it's mechanics are simple and easy to understand at first but the more you progress through the game, the more new tricks you will learn, with the later levels being extremely difficult tests of those mechanics, it's really impressive how the devs were able to get so much out of such a small moveset. The story, music and visuals are also S tier, with every single level having a completely different feel from the last one. Not usually your thing, but certainly worth to check out if you have the time.

I'm convinced Mayo doesn't enjoy modern gaming, in any form, due to a lack of elasticity in his approach to video games Also, Mayo please play castlevania sotn

in real life comming from a jiu jitsu black belt most of your attacking is being patient to parry an attack so you can implement your own attack. patience is a virtue. and you dont have it keep trying.

lol does this guy like anything in video games cuz damn

18:18 I think that's because you dont have your entire moveset unlocked. Playing with 5 health bars is hard even on lower difficulties

I don't understand how "same environment" is the issue. I mean it's your opinion and taste, but some games are meant to have one environment, like well Dark Souls and Sekiro. Because switching these would not fit the tone of these games, which is gritty and dark. It'd be like making a hotline miami map that takes place in a farm or in a big palace, it just doesn't feel right. Also, wanting to only "slash at the boss" is not a good enemy design. It might work in God of War, which is fine, but most of the time just being able to hit enemy without being punished isn't a good thing.

Something tells me this guy got culled from the herd by genichiro.

Praises ninja gaiden for demanding players learn the games rules and master them. Doesn't take the time to learn Sekiros rules and master them 😂

This video just made me want to see Mayo play Nioh 2 even more

Personally I expected Bloodborne to be more recommended, it encourages a more aggressive play style and has a more focus about dodging, as well as experimenting with different builds, weapons and their combo moves. BB obviously has the same negative points from rest of Souls games you mentioned such as the camera stuff. It'll also ask you to be a fan of gothic, 1800-ish era English style world. I hold it above any other Souls game and wished there was a pc port.

The prosthetics are there for a reason. I also have a tendency to ignore it, but when you learn to mix them up, you can basically make those robed asshats ur beach. Kinda learn that with lady butterfly. The simple shuriken throw can interrupt their counter, keeping the pressure on the enemy. You arent meant to engage them with just the sword. You are a shinobi for crying out loud. You play it a bit dirty. Although i also started with just parry/attack

sekiro is doom where every enemy is the marauder

I love how he just never stop making fun of Alien: Isolation. God bless you mayo man.

Seldom have I seen a video that I never knew I wanted to see so much.

Sekeiro is more of a stealth + platforming game like assassins creed. This is very clear from the fact that that you don’t start with a sword & learn stealth, kinda like assassins creed before you get the hidden blades. You’re supposed to avoid some fights like that giant gate area with the enemy with the cannon.