Or the crazy lore that we've seen with the carp and the divine dragon and kingfisher and whatnot. I think sekiro needs another game maybe with equipment customization
just did that shit lmao had to take a MEAAAAAAAN piss but wanted to start the game and get past the settings. seems interesting never played a souls like game before but this game was given to me as a gift hope its good.
Im at the Forbidden Palace!!! Game is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKING GOOD. Monkey made me shit myself when he did the thing first time around...
"You understand me, don't you Wolf..." Didn't realize how impactful this line was until I played the game. I didn't even think about it first watching it.
@@gokuisthegoatOwl made Wolf Kuro's Shinobi as part of a plot to take advantage of the Divine Heir's gift of immortality. The line has grim undertones with that context.
I would love a game with this balance of realism/mysticism/warriors becoming legends set during the sengoku era with Sekiro/Ghost of Tsushima type combat set in an open world. I just think the Sengoku Era is perfect for telling so many stories. War, polticial intrigue, assassinations, Shinobu, samurai, ronin. It's just a beautiful mix of things that will allow an incredible game to be made. Lots of people don't like Sekiro, I am not one of those people. I hope one day we get a game like Sekiro/Ghost of Tsushima set in Sengoku Era Japan. It would be incredible
Whaaaat. No way people don't like sekiro. It's such a masterpiece that it son goty. I just started my playthrough of it and God damn, the combat is the best I've ever experienced in a game and I am now close to finishing it. Hearing people don't like this game sounds blasphemous
@@NeverExistedShadow13 well think about it for a second, the combat is awesome but it's only one weapon and the character has a personality. The story is pretty straightforward, lore tidbits aside. If you don't like any part of it, you can't change equipment or your characters vibe and the story isn't as open to interpretation. It's easy to not see past Fromsoftware's style of games because they're so good but just like series before that seemed like they were cutting edge or "how games should be" all the way until they weren't anymore. We love it so it's not as apparent but for people who don't like it, I'm sure they're waiting with impatience for new gaming paradigms. One example you see it in a lot is music. Some style dominates for a long time and out of nowhere comes some kid who makes some new kind of music and changes everything and when they ask them if they like the style I mentioned above, many times they'll say : I don't listen to that kind of stuff. Those are the people, for better or worse, that move the needle forward. Gaming is very similar. Remember that photo of what people in the 19th century thought the future would be? All flying bicycles, long winding pipes, and walking over ponds and shit lmao. Although I can't see past games like Sekiro, I know someone is out there working on or becoming the next great advancement in gaming
@@NeverExistedShadow13 short version of my comment : even though you and I love the game, it does a few things very very well. If you happen to dislike any of those things, like using one weapon, you won't like the game.
This is master piece those who already finish every ending and rewatch the opening you will notice couple detail. 1 ashina was always doomed to crumble against ministry either way. Because isshin coup was about ashina maintain its independence ,due probably whoever in charge at ashina at that time was agree ashina bow down to central force. Thats why isshin said we simply retake whats ours. But this was also cripled the full force of ashina itself we saw how both tamura and isshin weild same style armour like minoboss ashina general and seven spear of ashina wears. 2 even after the coup isshin burdens far from end. He still has to face now that central force eyes are focused at ashina, thats why he try to reinforce ashina with his own way, from teach many talented young samurai his swordstyle/ashina style to even distributed nightjar shinobi as his intel as well as fighting secretly in frontline himself. His subordinate ofcourse try all their best do literally everything they could, from the jnvention of rejuvenating sadament, using ogre-bull and those sumo giant things. Into even allied themself with sunken valley clan and mount senpou rats. 3 isshin start feeling hopeless. His hopelessnes is start with interior ministry began to advance towards ashina probably during hirata estate incident, but it also grow deeper and deeper when he realize his ally is became more and more immoral in order to reinforced ashina. Such as using infestation to ashina soldier , mount senpou experiment who sacrifice children to create a fake divine heir, and even to witness his own grandchild became hunger of divine power. This ultimatelt cause isshin loosing his hope to do everything to defend the ashina. 4 owl betrayal, owl father always an ambitious person he is shinobi afterall, but when he sees how isshin ultimately crack and realize isshin is no long man he used to be a devil with swords , so owl starts making his plan the hirata estate incident, when the young and healthy samurai is away from ashina he led bsndit to assault the estate and tell lady butterfly to snatch the divine heir ,but the unexpected happend, wolf was there, a wrong shinobi in a wrong time ,after wolf showdown with lady butterfly owl backstabbed him but thanksfully kuro rescue wolf in time, and realize his plan is now butchered by his own son, he had to improve. And lastly but not the last.younger isshin/prime isshin was shown to not hesitate and use any mean to sieze victory , you can see that isshin was known as devil with swords and his mastery over swords is not limited to ashina style, here you can see that isshin mikiri counter tamura, and using finishing deathblow that wolf often use to a bigger enemy such as gyobu, and when we fight sword saint isshin ,specially inner isshin which supposrd to be his strongest version, you notice that isshin could combine mortal draw with many different variety of attack despite that probably the first time he ever use mortal blade, he could use his combat arts (dragon flash) with his spear, he could use lightning reversal as offensive technique.
Ok so owl said "My word is first. Your master's word is second" then proceeds to tell him "If your master is taken, bring him back at any cost". So well he was following the iron code of shinobi when he decided to not hand over Kuro to Owl during the final parts of the game
Owl was no longer interested in Kuro when Kuro rejected his request for immortality. He just asked Wolf to abandon his master because his father's word comes first. Even when you're fighting Owl, he recites the code via priority, the first rule is to listen to Owl, the second is to protect Kuro at all costs.
@@mantiraptor5208 yes but it also due wolf followed the iron code well that he against owl. Remember: if your master is taken,bring him back at any cost. Owl also want divine blood one way or another thats why if we agree with him, he will goes straight to genichiro to take the mortal blade. Then trying to use the divine blood on wolf to conquer all or something. He still aim for divine blood . But thanks that owl said to defend his master at any cost and etc, wolf keep following that first and last order owl give before he goes KIA. In the end if owl is actually open about divine blood is his goal to wolf, the path will probably different. But i do see couple reason why owl betray ashina
Bit of a stretch I think. Bring him back where? Wolf already succeeded in bringing Kuro back to the castle. And in any case, "my word is first" doesn't mean Owl can't rescind a previous order and tell him to do something else.
Owl used the iron code purely as a means to manipulate Wolf, this is clear through how Owl’s actions make following the iron code a paradox for Wolf; Owl kills Wolf in Hirata, which means according to the iron code he must take revenge by any means necessary (against Owl), however Owl is Wolf’s father, who must also be obeyed according to the code. Therefore correctly obeying the iron code is impossible for Wolf.
@@horatiosans4208That’s probably why part of Sekiro’s path if you stick to Kuro is his mention of roughly “the code is interpreted by the individual, that is what I have decided.” In a way, he doesn’t think about breaking the code per say. He sees what he’s doing as following another perspective of it. He sees himself as no less of a shinobi. And by the time he puts down his father, he also agrees with words of pride.
The other larger half with Sekiro’s specific backstory is nice, but I always liked the first half showing Ashina’s coup and duel with Tamura. Despite the game being fantastical, it portrays the Sengoku Jidai in a surprisingly brutal and gritty way in a similar vibe to how the Middle Ages are typically depicted in popular media with terms like “the Dark Ages”. It’s not like the usual romanticizations we’re used to seeing. Here, there is still natural beauty and bright colors to some extent in a way different from say Dark Souls, but the nature of war and the brutality of it is still captured. With drab instances of color and messy combat, a man pinned and having a sword held to his throat before being slit in a messy cut. And a bloodied and scared conscript coming across a battlefield in his attempt to escape, only to just fall to his knees and almost give himself to coming death before a stray arrow kills the man who was about to put him down. There is no glory or delusions of grandeur for the average combatant, only a bloody war made in the light of ambition and greed, that leads to people of all paths being dragged into the midst of it by circumstance. And a period of war so long, that not even those who would live to see the start of it, could ever see it come to an end.
Good god I want a game or movie or something depicting Isshins battles when he was in his prime, and how he earned the title of sword saint.
That would make for a nice prequel... or even the DLC we didn't get!
Anime announced
bro is called sword saint yet he pulls out the blicky
they should make a prequal about the coup and play as the sculptor when he was a shinobi and call it sekijo
Nah, I want to know how isshin got his hand some 9mm
Those ascending notes at 4:50. Pure goosebumps. I'm so thankful I was alive when this masterpiece was created
What about 2:10
Imagine a game where we see the origins of OWL from the perspective of another young Shinobi. Along with Isshins origins. It would be great.
There's a lot to work with, like Lady Tomoe, Dogen, the Sculptor
Or the crazy lore that we've seen with the carp and the divine dragon and kingfisher and whatnot. I think sekiro needs another game maybe with equipment customization
Goosebumps
Winner of 2019 game of the year!!!!
the music from 2:35 to 3:06 is absolutely incredible
Had to search this up cause I tried to pause my game during this cut scene and skipped it
just did that shit lmao had to take a MEAAAAAAAN piss but wanted to start the game and get past the settings. seems interesting never played a souls like game before but this game was given to me as a gift hope its good.
Im at the Forbidden Palace!!! Game is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKING GOOD. Monkey made me shit myself when he did the thing first time around...
Tekishou Tamura uchitottaaariii
When I tell u it's so fucking FIRE HOW SMOOTH OWL CUT WOLF LIKE THAT DAMN
My favorite opening in any video game ever
"You understand me, don't you Wolf..." Didn't realize how impactful this line was until I played the game. I didn't even think about it first watching it.
Hirata estate memories...
I don’t get it
@@gokuisthegoatOwl made Wolf Kuro's Shinobi as part of a plot to take advantage of the Divine Heir's gift of immortality. The line has grim undertones with that context.
The fact that saint sword ishin uses the same spear from the guy here
He took it
I would love a game with this balance of realism/mysticism/warriors becoming legends set during the sengoku era with Sekiro/Ghost of Tsushima type combat set in an open world. I just think the Sengoku Era is perfect for telling so many stories. War, polticial intrigue, assassinations, Shinobu, samurai, ronin. It's just a beautiful mix of things that will allow an incredible game to be made. Lots of people don't like Sekiro, I am not one of those people. I hope one day we get a game like Sekiro/Ghost of Tsushima set in Sengoku Era Japan. It would be incredible
Whaaaat. No way people don't like sekiro. It's such a masterpiece that it son goty. I just started my playthrough of it and God damn, the combat is the best I've ever experienced in a game and I am now close to finishing it. Hearing people don't like this game sounds blasphemous
@@NeverExistedShadow13 well think about it for a second, the combat is awesome but it's only one weapon and the character has a personality. The story is pretty straightforward, lore tidbits aside. If you don't like any part of it, you can't change equipment or your characters vibe and the story isn't as open to interpretation.
It's easy to not see past Fromsoftware's style of games because they're so good but just like series before that seemed like they were cutting edge or "how games should be" all the way until they weren't anymore. We love it so it's not as apparent but for people who don't like it, I'm sure they're waiting with impatience for new gaming paradigms.
One example you see it in a lot is music. Some style dominates for a long time and out of nowhere comes some kid who makes some new kind of music and changes everything and when they ask them if they like the style I mentioned above, many times they'll say : I don't listen to that kind of stuff. Those are the people, for better or worse, that move the needle forward. Gaming is very similar. Remember that photo of what people in the 19th century thought the future would be? All flying bicycles, long winding pipes, and walking over ponds and shit lmao.
Although I can't see past games like Sekiro, I know someone is out there working on or becoming the next great advancement in gaming
@@NeverExistedShadow13 short version of my comment : even though you and I love the game, it does a few things very very well. If you happen to dislike any of those things, like using one weapon, you won't like the game.
This is master piece those who already finish every ending and rewatch the opening you will notice couple detail.
1 ashina was always doomed to crumble against ministry either way.
Because isshin coup was about ashina maintain its independence ,due probably whoever in charge at ashina at that time was agree ashina bow down to central force.
Thats why isshin said we simply retake whats ours. But this was also cripled the full force of ashina itself we saw how both tamura and isshin weild same style armour like minoboss ashina general and seven spear of ashina wears.
2 even after the coup isshin burdens far from end. He still has to face now that central force eyes are focused at ashina, thats why he try to reinforce ashina with his own way, from teach many talented young samurai his swordstyle/ashina style to even distributed nightjar shinobi as his intel as well as fighting secretly in frontline himself. His subordinate ofcourse try all their best do literally everything they could, from the jnvention of rejuvenating sadament, using ogre-bull and those sumo giant things. Into even allied themself with sunken valley clan and mount senpou rats.
3 isshin start feeling hopeless. His hopelessnes is start with interior ministry began to advance towards ashina probably during hirata estate incident, but it also grow deeper and deeper when he realize his ally is became more and more immoral in order to reinforced ashina.
Such as using infestation to ashina soldier , mount senpou experiment who sacrifice children to create a fake divine heir, and even to witness his own grandchild became hunger of divine power. This ultimatelt cause isshin loosing his hope to do everything to defend the ashina.
4 owl betrayal, owl father always an ambitious person he is shinobi afterall, but when he sees how isshin ultimately crack and realize isshin is no long man he used to be a devil with swords , so owl starts making his plan the hirata estate incident, when the young and healthy samurai is away from ashina he led bsndit to assault the estate and tell lady butterfly to snatch the divine heir ,but the unexpected happend, wolf was there, a wrong shinobi in a wrong time ,after wolf showdown with lady butterfly owl backstabbed him but thanksfully kuro rescue wolf in time, and realize his plan is now butchered by his own son, he had to improve.
And lastly but not the last.younger isshin/prime isshin was shown to not hesitate and use any mean to sieze victory , you can see that isshin was known as devil with swords and his mastery over swords is not limited to ashina style, here you can see that isshin mikiri counter tamura, and using finishing deathblow that wolf often use to a bigger enemy such as gyobu, and when we fight sword saint isshin ,specially inner isshin which supposrd to be his strongest version, you notice that isshin could combine mortal draw with many different variety of attack despite that probably the first time he ever use mortal blade, he could use his combat arts (dragon flash) with his spear, he could use lightning reversal as offensive technique.
Ok so owl said "My word is first. Your master's word is second" then proceeds to tell him "If your master is taken, bring him back at any cost". So well he was following the iron code of shinobi when he decided to not hand over Kuro to Owl during the final parts of the game
Owl was no longer interested in Kuro when Kuro rejected his request for immortality. He just asked Wolf to abandon his master because his father's word comes first. Even when you're fighting Owl, he recites the code via priority, the first rule is to listen to Owl, the second is to protect Kuro at all costs.
@@mantiraptor5208 yes but it also due wolf followed the iron code well that he against owl.
Remember: if your master is taken,bring him back at any cost. Owl also want divine blood one way or another thats why if we agree with him, he will goes straight to genichiro to take the mortal blade.
Then trying to use the divine blood on wolf to conquer all or something. He still aim for divine blood .
But thanks that owl said to defend his master at any cost and etc, wolf keep following that first and last order owl give before he goes KIA.
In the end if owl is actually open about divine blood is his goal to wolf, the path will probably different.
But i do see couple reason why owl betray ashina
Bit of a stretch I think. Bring him back where? Wolf already succeeded in bringing Kuro back to the castle. And in any case, "my word is first" doesn't mean Owl can't rescind a previous order and tell him to do something else.
Owl used the iron code purely as a means to manipulate Wolf, this is clear through how Owl’s actions make following the iron code a paradox for Wolf; Owl kills Wolf in Hirata, which means according to the iron code he must take revenge by any means necessary (against Owl), however Owl is Wolf’s father, who must also be obeyed according to the code. Therefore correctly obeying the iron code is impossible for Wolf.
@@horatiosans4208That’s probably why part of Sekiro’s path if you stick to Kuro is his mention of roughly “the code is interpreted by the individual, that is what I have decided.” In a way, he doesn’t think about breaking the code per say. He sees what he’s doing as following another perspective of it. He sees himself as no less of a shinobi. And by the time he puts down his father, he also agrees with words of pride.
2019, Where everything looks as good or better as Blizzard's Live Action cinematics.
Blizz wasn't doing live-action either. It's all CGI, all the time.
This intro remind me vagabond, especially the owl and wolf interraction
The other larger half with Sekiro’s specific backstory is nice, but I always liked the first half showing Ashina’s coup and duel with Tamura. Despite the game being fantastical, it portrays the Sengoku Jidai in a surprisingly brutal and gritty way in a similar vibe to how the Middle Ages are typically depicted in popular media with terms like “the Dark Ages”. It’s not like the usual romanticizations we’re used to seeing. Here, there is still natural beauty and bright colors to some extent in a way different from say Dark Souls, but the nature of war and the brutality of it is still captured. With drab instances of color and messy combat, a man pinned and having a sword held to his throat before being slit in a messy cut. And a bloodied and scared conscript coming across a battlefield in his attempt to escape, only to just fall to his knees and almost give himself to coming death before a stray arrow kills the man who was about to put him down. There is no glory or delusions of grandeur for the average combatant, only a bloody war made in the light of ambition and greed, that leads to people of all paths being dragged into the midst of it by circumstance. And a period of war so long, that not even those who would live to see the start of it, could ever see it come to an end.
3:00
I've always believed that part meant "if he's killed....it's your responsibility to do seppuku"
Thank you, I missed the opening cut scene 😔😔😔
Being the adopted son of Kakuzu is pretty badass
Its like hashirama explaining his past
#fromsoftware #dlc #isshin
Wolf: *The world shall know pain*
bruh i accidentally skipped because i was trying to change the language
Yhwach VA made me buy the game
I skipped it on accident