Immersion is a tricky thing. It usually involves an assumption on our part that we are, inherently, identical to the persona in our story. But we are not. The story of the man Sekiro, in From Software ...

I've always struggled to play games when I've had some sort of personal turmoil happening in my life. While a lot of people find the comfort of video games to be in how they allow them to escape the ...

For the first ten hours or so, I was pretty iffy on Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. I had died twenty times on the second mini-boss in the game, and then struggled to find a proper support item to help me ...

I’ve been to hell and back – and I loved every minute of it. I took a full week off to play FromSoftware’s latest game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. It kicked my ass, it made me question my life choices, ...

Quick, without Googling, tell me which Souls game this boss is from. So going into Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, it’s reasonable to expect more of the same. I sure did. And I was dead wrong. While ...

FromSoftware-inspired games are a dime a dozen. But sometimes, one comes along that is actually worth playing. Red Candle Games’ Nine Sols is available now for PS4 and PS5, and is definitely one ...

“Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice” is not Dark Souls. That, my friends, is Lesson No. 1 for any player who decides to jump headfirst into the game’s sweet and deadly embrace. This is especially true if you ...

Hidetaka Miyazaki’s games aren’t for everyone. The director behind “Dark Souls” and “Bloodborne” is known for creating projects rich in lore and beauty while also being unforgivingly difficult. It’s a ...

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is Activision and FromSoftware's first collaboration in years, but you'd never guess from the polished localization and gameplay. It doesn't hurt that Sekiro is absolutely ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While Bloodborne tweaked the combat dynamics of Dark Souls to encourage aggression, Sekiro rewrites the rules of engagement. The building blocks of ...

In every entry in From Software’s lauded “Dark Souls” series, after a few hours of hard-won progress, there’s a moment where everything finally clicks into place, where you finally understand its ...

You know how it’s really annoying when people compare a new game that’s even moderately tough to Dark Souls? Well, I hope you’re prepared to get annoyed, because that’s exactly what I’m about to do ...