Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Reveal at Microsoft’s E3 Event

<p>From Software has followed up the VGA Shadows Die Twice tease with the full reveal of Sekiro&colon; Shadows Die Twice&period; Sekiro will come to Steam&comma; Xbox One&comma; and PlayStation 4 in 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"UGPknmiLxGo" title&equals;"SEKIRO&colon; SHADOWS DIE TWICE デビュートレーラー【2018 E3】"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;UGPknmiLxGo"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;UGPknmiLxGo&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"SEKIRO&colon; SHADOWS DIE TWICE デビュートレーラー【2018 E3】"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The trailer promises a more action-oriented Souls combat and a lot of spoken dialogue&semi; more so than previous Soulsborne titles&period; Set in a feudal Japan style setting&comma; Sekiro looks fast-paced and taut&period; With this faster combat and Japanese setting&comma; From Software appears to be taking a key from Nioh&comma; one of the most successful Dark Souls-inspired games from last year&period; It is also heartening to see Activision throwing its weight behind something that isn&&num;8217&semi;t Call of Duty&period; From Software games are relatively cheaply produced&comma; and sell very well&comma; so this is a good business move for Activision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>My Hot Take<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>It is encouraging to see the From Software isn&&num;8217&semi;t just sitting back and cranking out Bloodbornes and Dark Souls&period; Even though I want a sequel to Bloodborne&comma; I am more than happy to go with From Software in this new direction&period; The core of From Sofware&&num;8217&semi;s action RPGs is the combat&comma; but they continually find ways to tweak that combat in ways that make each game unique&period; And with a grappling hook and jump moves&comma; Sekiro looks like the most actiony action RPG From Software has made yet&period; The Soulsborne trademark isolationist atmosphere doesn&&num;8217&semi;t seem to be in full effect&comma; but all we have to go on is this single trailer for now&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ll probably get more trailers and info on Sekiro at TGS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;