So having beaten all previous fromsoft titles, I still had never touched Sekiro. At least, up until this year. I was bored and bored after plenty of playthroughs done for the other games that I chose to dive in to the game that is known as the hardest and most skill check worthy in the entire catalog. I was the guy for those who browse this subreddit constantly who posted the so called appreciation post for the DoH fight. In the post, I basically said how I felt he was a good fight and didn’t feel unfair. It garnered quite a lot of attention. Demon of Hatred took me two hours and 29 tries, I felt as if Isshin was going to take me even longer so, I took a break. But holy fuck, three hours later I had said you know what, let me play for an hour and just see how I do since I had work the next morning. Well, Genichiro and Isshin were put to rest that same night. Probably my most proud feat, I thought I wasn’t gonna have it in me. Especially, after the fatigue that the DoH put me through as well as how much I heard about Isshin before. I’m starting to yap a bit much here but I wanted to say that Isshin is my new favorite final boss in the entire franchise. He is the final mountain you must climb of what you learned throughout the entire game. Mikiri countering him and using the lightning reversal felt so damn good. Isshin also tells you to not hesitate which at first I realized was such a corny line but, he’s literally giving you the strat. Get on him, deflect, mikiri counter and keep on breaking that posture. Let up, and you will make the fight painfully longer on purpose which will result in you dying. It’ll be hard to top Isshin for me personally, I know i’m riding off the high of defeating him and the game but fuck. 10/10. Whoever just browses this sub and is wondering on whether or not to pick up the game, DO IT.
