The lack of one key feature may be the only thing that holds back Sekiro from being From Software’s best title, and Sekiro 2 needs to fix that. From Software’s latest release, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, launched to critical acclaim as the next installment in the developer’s list of brutally difficult action-adventure titles.

Sadly, when you examine From Software’s past regarding follow-up games, the outlook for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 2 isn’t particularly promising. Considering that fans are also still in the dark over the possibility of a sequel to FromSoftware’s Bloodborne, chances look even slimmer.

A continuation of the Sekiro story would be up to FromSoftware directly and not its publisher, as is the case with Bloodborne . The decision to make a Bloodborne 2 is not as simple as FromSoftware deciding to start developing the game, as it is Sony who owns the intellectual property.

While Sekiro ‘s difficult can be enraging at times, it’s a beloved game that managed to sell an impressive two million copies before it has even been out for 10 days. Clearly, the fans cannot get enough of this game.

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With a one-armed shinobi protagonist sporting an awesome robotic arm, stealth elements, precision sword fighting, a 1500s Japanese setting, and gameplay akin to the Souls series, it’s practically a recipe for success.

While some of the endings in the first Sekiro may have hinted at a follow-up, FromSoftware, the game’s developer, has not been particularly active in 2020.

How does Sekiro work?

In this way, Sekiro forces the player to be actively aggressive against the enemy in combat, unlike Dark Souls where you can play the fights more passively if you want to , without any repurcussions.

Above all, it is better because of the posture system. “Hesitation is defeat” is basically the motto of the game. Dark Souls basically rewards you turtling up, Sekiro’s deflect and posture system makes the game like playing a musical instrument.

However, the combat system in Sekiro is based around deflecting/parrying the enemy attacks until you manage to upset their Posture (i.e; fill out the Posture meter to the max) and once that is done, you can deal the enemy a Deathblow which takes out their entire health bar. But if you just keep dodging the enemy attacks a la Dark Souls, the enemy takes zero Posture damage and the fight will drag on forever.

However, the combat system in Sekiro is based around deflecting/parrying the enemy attacks until you manage to upset their Posture (i.e; fill out

There are only 3 NPCs which you should not allow to be afflicted with Dragonrot, those being Anayama, Kotaro and the Blue-garb merchant because he sells some real goodies. But if you don’t talk to him, his questline will naturally progress to its end, culminating in his arrival at the Temple, and no NPC in the game can get afflicted with the Rot before you meet them, meaning you only have to worry about Anayama and Kotaro.

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I am saying that it’s been quite obvious that the Dark Souls sequel (DS2) was not made with nearly the same love and attention to detail – While that one was in the making, Miyazaki (the visionary) was already busy making Bloodborne and only returned to the Dark Souls franchise to undo the damage to his loved creation (Miyazaki was present for the DS2 DLCs and the entirety of DS3, you can clearly see the difference of quality when he’s there and when he’s not).

Is there a sequel to Sekiro?

Fortunately for Sekiro fans over Bloodborne fans, however, is that a ninja/samurai sequel is more up to the developer than it is up to a publisher like Sony to order a new project. Sekiro 2 is not confirmed to be in development.

If there is any game that From Software fans have been excited to hear about above even Elden Ring, it would be the highly anticipated Bloodborne 2 that isn’t likely in development. A number of factors continue to impact the community’s anticipation for a sequel to the PS4 exclusive, including the upcoming PS5 release and the five years since the original. However, a similarly rumored title is Sekiro 2, which players expect might continue from the “true ending” from the first game and keep the stealth and dueling combat moving forward with a series.

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