Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Review: Moe Gives It a 8.9 / 10
The fairest hard game ever made. The parry window never lies to you.
The Good
- Posture combat turns bosses into rhythm tests
- Deaths are honest: you always know what you did wrong
- The grappling hook makes traversal sing
The Rough Edges
- No side door if the rhythm never clicks
- The camera crowds up in tight arenas
Sekiro is FromSoftware with the training wheels welded off. No builds to hide behind, no summoning a friend to save you. One sword, one grappling hook, and a posture bar that turns every boss into a rhythm test you pass or you die. Usually you die.
It is also the fairest hard game I have played. The parry window is honest. When you lose, you know exactly which button betrayed you, and it was yours. Genichiro on the castle roof rewired my brain, and the Guardian Ape pulled a fake-out so dirty I laughed out loud while dead.
When you lose, you know exactly which button betrayed you, and it was yours.
The marks against it are the flip side of the purity: if the rhythm never clicks, there's no side door, no leveling past the wall. The camera gets crowded in tight arenas. And Dragonrot punishing NPCs for your deaths is a stress mechanic nobody asked for.
An 8.9. Sekiro does not care if you finish it, and that is exactly why finishing it feels like a trophy in real life.
The fairest hard game ever made. The parry window never lies to you.
The Good
- Posture combat turns bosses into rhythm tests
- Deaths are honest: you always know what you did wrong
- The grappling hook makes traversal sing
The Rough Edges
- No side door if the rhythm never clicks
- The camera crowds up in tight arenas
Quick Answers
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review score: what did Moe Train give it?
Moe Train scored Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice a 8.9 out of 10. The fairest hard game ever made. The parry window never lies to you.
Is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice on PC?
Yes. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is on PC, out now.
Is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice worth playing?
The fairest hard game ever made. The parry window never lies to you. Read the full Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review above for the breakdown.
