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"How is it? How is it?"

"Is 'Sekiro' fun or not? Is the sword clashing shown in the trailer cool?"

"What content is included in the demo?"

Many players who were extremely excited after watching the 'Sekiro' trailer, but couldn't go to the Windmill Game Show in person, were eagerly asking about the demo from people they knew, group members, or gaming gurus on Weibo who had attended the show!

In a certain gaming group, a guru replied in exasperation: "I'm so pissed! I waited in line for two hours to finally play the 'Sekiro' demo, and it's just a trash game, five-star negative review!"

The members of the group were shocked!

"What's going on? Guru, please explain in detail?"

"Could it be that the actual gameplay doesn't live up to the effects shown in the trailer? That would be too much of a rip-off, right?"

"Is the combat feedback sluggish? Or are there many bugs, like clipping issues?"

The guru said: "No, this game is just too damn hard, it's ridiculous! I got killed by a small soldier in three hits right at the start, can you believe it?"

Difficult?

People in the group were a bit confused. Nowadays, the reasons for rating a single-player game as trash are usually things like the graphics being too poor, the frame rate being too low and causing lag, the AI being brain-dead, the plot being uninspired, or the task materials being tedious, and so on.

Giving a game a bad review because it's difficult isn't unheard of, but it's very rare these days.

However, being killed by a small soldier in three hits does sound pretty absurd.

"Guru, are you sure you didn't mistake a boss for a small soldier?"

"Seriously, even if it was a boss killing you in three hits, that difficulty is a bit too high."

After venting, the guru's anger subsided a bit, but he was still huffing and puffing: "I recorded it with my phone, you guys can see for yourselves."

Then, he uploaded a video of about twenty minutes to the group.

Curious group members opened the video. At first, seeing Wolf swinging his grappling hook and flying between the eaves and tree trunks, they felt quite excited, it had the vibe of the trailer.

However, the combat scenes that followed could only be described as a complete disaster.

The first time, a small fry wielding a samurai sword took him out with a few simple, crude strikes in less than two seconds.

The second time, when he tried to climb a wall, he was shot down by a musketeer from above and lay on the ground.

The third time he was killed by a general's horizontal slash. The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth times were all deaths at the hands of the general. Once, he was killed by a small fry while fighting the general. Anyway, the first ten minutes were basically spent constantly dying and constantly challenging the general.

After that, the guru couldn't take it anymore and just ran away with the grappling hook, shifting his target to fight the Chained Ogre.

This Chained Ogre was even more ridiculous. Blocking with the sword was useless. Lifting his leg for a sand kick like a child instantly wiped out half a health bar, resulting in instant death.

After reviving, a flying kick sent Wolf to the ground, and then he roared and pounced, grabbing him and slamming a fist down, killing him again.

In the entire twenty minutes, he didn't beat either boss. Including resurrections, he died a total of about thirty times.

The group members were stunned!

"Seriously? Is this a game for humans?"

"Goodness, if you died like this in League of Legends, reporting for feeding would definitely get you banned every time!"

"At least feeding in League of Legends has a respawn timer. This guy just revives on the spot, dying even faster!"

"Guru, didn't you adjust the difficulty when you started the game?"

"What difficulty? This game only has one difficulty!"

"Not buying it, not buying it. Trash game, they didn't balance the difficulty properly, there's no point in buying it at all."

However, at this moment, another group member forwarded a video of Stone's gameplay: "Holy crap, look at this, it's absolutely awesome!"

This video was of Stone's second attempt at the Corrupted Monk, filmed by a player with their phone from below the stage. Although the picture was a bit shaky, you could still appreciate the brilliance of it.

Mist-shrouded, a small bridge covered in fallen maple leaves, the Corrupted Monk in a wide Buddhist robe holding a glaive, a ghostly figure, red leaves flying everywhere, sparks flying from the clashing of weapons, ink-wash painting-like battle scenes, and finally, a dashing and cool Shinobi Execution.

The group members' impression of 'Sekiro' had just turned into a trash game, but after watching this video, they stared wide-eyed, unable to come back to their senses for a moment.

"Holy crap, that's so awesome!"

"Which one is the real 'Sekiro'? Are you guys playing the same game?"

"I have to buy this, I'm buying the game as soon as it's released!"

"Didn't you just say you weren't going to buy it?"

"That was my younger brother, he stole my phone to chat while I wasn't around. I've already given him a beating, and now he's crying and saying 'Sekiro' is really fun."

The guru said angrily: "Fake, fake! This video has special effects, it wasn't like this when I played!"

The group members didn't say anything, but they were a bit skeptical in their hearts.

Could it be that the game is too difficult, and you're just too unskilled?

...

The first day of the Windmill Game Show ended, and the official also uploaded a gameplay recording of 'Sekiro'.

The videos filmed by players with their phones, because there were so many people at the scene, the sound was very noisy. When Stone performed the Shinobi Execution on the Corrupted Monk, you could hear thunderous applause and cheers, which made you feel the enthusiastic atmosphere of the scene even more, but some details were not very clear.

The official video, on the other hand, had a clearer and more stable picture, and also recorded the sounds in the game, so you could feel the charm of the game itself more strongly.

After all, the "ding ding dang dang" sound when the sparks fly from the clashing of weapons is the core.

Does it sound good? If it sounds good, then it's good steel.

Moreover, the Corrupted Monk's erratic and eerie laughter also has a kind of demonic charm. A Corrupted Monk without laughter is like milk tea without pearls, the charm is at least halved.

Players who watched the official video were almost going crazy, wishing they could play it right now!

"Awesome! Too damn awesome, I'm gonna buy this game like crazy when it's released!"

However, below the video, players who had personally waited in line to play the 'Sekiro' demo at the game show were sharing their experiences!

"Does it look very cool and full of action? Don't be fooled, the actual experience of this game is not like this at all!"

"This is completely a game that only experts can play. Not to mention noobs, ordinary players can't play it at all! I advise everyone not to buy it!"

"Our demo time was twenty minutes, and we basically died more than ten times. Out of hundreds of people who tried it, I haven't heard of anyone beating the Chained Ogre!"

"Actually, there was one, that guy waited in line again in the afternoon and finally beat it, but I only know about that one!"

"Think about it, if you're going to buy this game, do you want to pull off these cool moves, or be hammered to the ground by small soldiers? If you can only be hammered, what's the point of this game? You might as well watch streamers play it."

So many people were saying how difficult the game was and how inhuman the monsters were, and the players who hadn't played it were gradually becoming hesitant and wavering.

If it's really a game that only experts can beat, then it's better not to waste money buying it.

At the same time, many media outlets also began to criticize 'Sekiro'!