I see a lot of people don’t really like the DoH but I honestly had so much fun fighting him. I liked him so much in fact, I fought him for two hours straight. Does anybody else share the same sentiment towards this fella? I didn’t tilt once and felt that he had a lot of openings to attack and was very well telegraphed. So much posts about him being unfair but I just can’t see how that’s true.
Personally, I felt like he was a more "normally" designed souls boss fight in a game that feels FAR better fighting human enemies. Once you get parry mechanics down you can kinda cruise through most of sekiro, but with demon of hatred he involves WAY more dodging and jumping in a game where those just don't feel as good. Combine that with a huge healthbar, 3 phases essentially, and it was kind of exhausting to play compared to other bosses. It turned into a lot more trial and error like a normal souls boss, where you kinda just bash your head against them until you learn all the moves.
Did I hate it? No. But I have no desire to fight it again. It was fun as a 1 off fight, whereas I would happily fight most of the major bosses in sekiro again no problem. It's a fun change of pace (and I like how powerful some of your gadgets like the umbrella can be in that fight) but it's not something I'd want to do again.
Demon of Hatred is a Dark Souls boss in the same way that Malenia is a Sekiro boss. Neither really fit in the game they find themselves in.