Is this the "exquisite BOSS design" that Sekiro players have boasted so much that tens of thousands of people have liked him on social platforms to let him see it?
That's it?
Kazuo Koizumi was angry and funny for a moment, and he even didn't know what kind of expression he should use to deal with the situation that now appeared in front of him.
Yes.
Yes, Koizumi, who is still recovering in the hospital, still cannot resist the "suggestions" of countless players after all.
In addition, he really had nothing to do in the hospital alone.
So, with an unconvinced attitude, Koizumi opened the game live broadcast platform.
He wanted to see what the so-called 'top BOSS battle design' in the players' mouth was like!
result.
Within twenty minutes of watching the live broadcast of Hideki, Neon's number one game anchor, he fell silent on the screen.
With the BOSS design that you boast about so much, you just create a monster that is completely unkillable?
OK!
Let me admit that your design of BOSS is unconventional.
And your unconventional approach was truly unexpected and caused an uproar among players and audiences.
But the problem is——
"How the hell am I going to get through this?"
At this moment, Yingshu, who was standing on the covered bridge, ran away with his head in his arms, wailing in despair:
"No, no, no! Qiaodou sack! Qiaodou sack!!!"
Boom! Boom!
boom!!!
The huge giant sword struck hard behind him.
The entire wooden covered bridge is shaking!
Steps, steps, steps again!
Today, Hideki has completely lost his fighting spirit and is just trying to dodge like crazy, not daring to challenge the armored warrior's edge.
Because, just in the blink of an eye.
He discovered that not only was he invincible in every battle, but his never-missed Ninja Kill had not caused fatal damage to the big man in armor. He even took a closer look and saw that the guy didn't even lose any blood!
Yes.
Because in Sekiro, the posture bar is an extremely important combat setting.
Generally speaking, if there is a normal fight, the enemy's posture bar will definitely collapse before the health bar.
And the posture bar is right above the heads-up display, which is far more eye-catching than the enemy's health bar.
So under normal circumstances, players don't pay special attention to the enemy's health.
But this time it’s different!
This armored brother simply can’t bear to be killed!
I couldn't even apply the wedge pill on his neck!
So at that moment, Hideki turned his attention to his blood volume, wondering if this BOSS was special and could not be killed with endurance and could only be killed by grinding blood.
In the end, it was better not to watch it.
I feel even more fucking desperate when I see it!
"No! Wait a minute! You don't lose blood, and you can't be killed by Ninja! You made me——bastard!!!"
There was a loud bang.
Hideki couldn't dodge and was directly struck by the armored warrior and flew more than three meters away!
The audience was so happy——
‘wwwwww completely invincible’
‘Bug it, this game is difficult, but it’s not like we can create such an invincible guy’
‘This bug is really funny, especially after seeing this airtight armor, it seems more reasonable’
‘It seems like ninjas can’t take advantage of fully armed medieval knights’
'But one thing to say, this knight's moves and movements are so cool, and he has a fierce charm'
‘I suggest Xiao Huang make a medieval wolf game in the future, I also want to wear heavy armor’
‘+1, I want to use a two-handed sword’
‘Hahahahaha, let’s reopen it, this bug is too serious’
'Stop struggling pointlessly...'
‘…’
After some analysis!
Both the audience and Hideki gave up their resistance.
Obviously, this is a bug.
Hideki also agreed with this, and gave his own analysis when restarting the game:
"I understand, the special design of this BOSS should be on his health bar,"
"Because he is wearing heavy armor, we cannot damage him, so theoretically, we can only kill him if we break his posture bar,"
"But because he has locked blood, there may be an 'invincible' bug in the program logic,"
"Oh, let's play it again. After all, it is Golden Wind's first 3S-level masterpiece. A few bugs are not a big deal..."
Said.
Hideki stood in front of the covered bridge again.
Because there is only one road leading to the main entrance of Xianfeng Temple.
So no matter what, he needs to kill this armored warrior before he can move forward.
"Come on! Let me kill you with justice this time!"
Talking!
Yingshu ran towards the middle section of the covered bridge.
As expected, the armored warrior rushed out from the observation deck again, swinging his sword with both hands, and fought with Hideki.
Ding! Dang! Boring!
Click, click!
With the experience from the last time, Hideki seemed much more calm this time when faced with the powerful and heavy attack of the armored warrior.
And he discovered that the Ninja Prosthetic Hand Axe, which had been used to deal with shield soldiers before, was more effective against armored warriors.
Find the right opportunity to strike once or twice, and then use the knife and attack.
This time, he didn't even need to resurrect. He only used two gourds to defeat the armored warrior's posture again.
"Ha ha!"
Yingshu roared:
"Accept my righteous killing! Xi-nai-"
Chi chi chi—brake!!!
A bunch of sparks flying!
Hideki clearly felt the friction between the blade and the armor, as well as the harsh metal hissing sound!
"I---?!"
A grunt!
Yingshu rolled over and landed on the ground, looking at the armored warrior charging towards him again with a pair of horrified eyes!
【For my son! Put down your weapons!】
Buzz——
This time, Hideki even forgot to resist completely and watched the giant sword slash at him!
Boom boom! Boom——
【die】
At this moment, all the players who have fought here can't hold back!
"Ward! Bug! This is a bug! It's definitely a vicious bug!"
"Hey, Xi Bal'er#￥%@#, I can't kill Xi Bal'er￥@#%@!# at all!"
"Sokka! It's impossible to beat this! Sokka is not one of them!"
"Don't do it for your son! Can I treat you as your son? You are really my father! You are more awesome than Long Yin!"
"Ehehehe, you must play games with a smile, just like me, Ehehehe - I am playing with my mother!"
"Gai-yeah-!!!"
I can’t stand it anymore!
From anchor to ordinary player.
Anyone who hits here will be stuck!
Looking at the many players who broke through the defense, Koizumi in the hospital couldn't help laughing!
…
good!
Good, good!
Originally, I just wanted to see how awesome the design of your game is.
Never expected that!
It's so good that I just happened to encounter this embarrassing scene like yours!
You know, the small BOSS on the corridor bridge is one of the BOSS that must be experienced in the game process.
Only by killing him can you enter Xianfeng Temple and obtain the Immortal Slash.
But now, such a critical BOSS has an extremely vicious bug like "cannot be killed"!
Even the current group of anchors with the fastest progress in the game are helpless against this vicious bug!
For a while.
Koizumi realized that an opportunity had come.
Although organizing public opinion to attack "Sekiro" at this time will not help the sales of their "Torii".
But if I don’t benefit myself, can’t I still harm others?
Even if I can't save my own sales, I can lower your reputation and affect your sales, which is also good!
Think of this.
Koizumi immediately picked up the phone and called his assistant.
In fact, nowadays, the atmosphere inside Comela is very subtle, or a little chaotic.
A mistake in the arrangement at the previous video game festival caused Moritani to beat up Koizumi and send him directly to the hospital.
Immediately afterwards, Moritani announced that he would step down as the head coach of this promotion and marketing, which directly led to the failure of Torii's subsequent marketing.
The video game festival failed, the head coach announced his resignation, the 3S-level masterpiece had a dismal start, and the overall reputation continued to decline...
Under all the chaos, it stands to reason that Shangyue Jingzheng should take action quickly, make timely adjustments and responses, and stabilize the situation.
After that, he first launched secondary marketing to stabilize Torii's declining reputation, and then ordered Koizumi to make additional adjustments to the game.
After all, the game’s first week sales haven’t been released yet, so it’s not too late to make amends.
However.
At this time, the top management of Comella did not make any response or action. They were like a pool of stagnant water. They seemed to regard Torii and all the works of this video game festival as abandoned ones, regardless of their intentions.
As a result, Kazuo Koizumi, as the director of Koizumi Studio and the first designer of the Torii project, naturally became the full person in charge of the project without any arrangements or detailed instructions from the upper level, and could mobilize part of the public relations force.
that's all!
In just half an hour!
Through the doubts of many players and the overwhelming complaints from major anchors.
soon.
Posts about "Serious and vicious BUG appears in "Sekiro"!" were spread on major game forums.
It was very popular for a while, and the players were talking about it!
…
"...Let me tell you, if it doesn't work, you should try another route. You see, it's spread all over the Internet. This is a vicious BUG."
at the same time.
Wang Yong in the smoking area of the somatosensory bar took a puff of cigarette and handed the phone to Zhao Yi:
"It's not that there's something wrong with your method, it's just a BUG. Many anchors have changed their routes to explore other places."
In the game, after players defeat Genichiro for the first time in the castle tower, Genichiro will escape by relying on his resurrection ability that turns into sediment.
After this, players will embark on the real main line of the game, "cutting off the immortal".
Since severing the Immortal requires two props, the Immortal Slash and the Source Incense to enter the Palace of Sources, some players went to Xianfeng Temple to look for the Immortal Slash, such as Quinn and Hideki.
Some players, however, chose to go to the Valley of Collapse first to find materials for synthesizing the Original Incense.
As for Zhao Yi, he chose to go to Xianfeng Temple to find the Immortal Slash.
Yes, he has a special characteristic when playing games - he is slow to get used to it and quick to master it.
Any game that comes into his hands will always be stumbling in the early stages.
However, once he becomes familiar with the game mechanics and adapts to the game environment, Zhao Yi's powerful ability to learn and draw inferences can be fully utilized.
It's like a late-game hero.
It's a stretch in the early stages, but with experience and equipment support, you can kill everyone in the field.
Now Zhao Yi has caught up with the first echelon's attack speed and encountered this armored warrior who was completely unkillable.
"Um--"
After browsing some online discussions, Zhao Yi smacked his lips, thoughtfully:
"Such a serious bug... Golden Wind wouldn't be aware of it before it's released?"
Obviously, Zhao Yi does not fully agree with the BUG statement.
"indeed,"
In this regard, Wang Yong is actually a little surprised:
"So some players say that this is a game mechanism, indicating that now is not the time to kill the armored warriors,"
"It may be that you need to go to other places first and find a targeted prop before you can kill him completely."
This analysis seems quite reasonable.
However.
Zhao Yi still shook his head:
"No, this does not conform to the design logic of the game."
After playing the game until now, Zhao Yi actually has a relatively clear and comprehensive understanding of "Sekiro".
That is, any combatable BOSS you can encounter now can be defeated on the spot.
After all, even Genichiro, who had just met him for the first time, could be defeated and turned into "Kanichiro" who won by sneak attack.
How could Golden Wind arrange a BOSS that would make players fight hard but not allow them to pass the level?
"It's just torture." After listening to Zhao Yi's analysis, Wang Yong shrugged his shoulders and said, "The game of the old thief is not always like this."
"Hey - that's wrong."
Hearing this, Zhao Yi slowly shook his head:
"There is an essential difference between tormenting and disgusting people,"
"The old thief just likes to torture players and make them unbalanced when they die again and again, but in the final analysis, you will definitely be able to defeat him,"
"He will never arrange a BOSS that is completely impossible to pass, just to disgust you."
this……
After listening to Zhao Yi's words, Wang Yong opened his mouth.
Zhao Yi's statement seems to make sense.
From a game design logic perspective, this is indeed inconsistent with the tone of this game.
But the problem is that the situation is right in front of us now.
Players just can’t find a way to pass the level?
“That’s because I didn’t find the right method!”
Say it!
Zhao Yi crushed the cigarette butt in the ashtray, waved the smoke, walked out of the smoking room, and re-entered the somatosensory cabin.
On Wang Yong's side, it happened that the time to play with him had come, so he simply turned off the chicken game and entered Zhao Yi's perspective.
have to say!
After in-depth play and understanding of Sekiro, Zhao Yi's skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
Boom! Stop!
Before entering the covered bridge, I saw Zhao Yi standing at the end of the bridge, raising his hands and stepping on the ground, with two rays of light, one red and one yellow, lighting up on his body.
Yaksha sugar, hard body sugar.
These are two consumable props in the game.
The former will temporarily lose 50% of the maximum life limit in exchange for a 20% attack power bonus, helping players to achieve execution effects faster.
The latter will weaken the enemy's damage to the player's posture bar by 66%, helping the player to parry better.
Whizzing!
Since the duration of the two candies is only 25 seconds, Zhao Yi needs to make a quick decision!
【For my son! Give your...】
"Shut up!"
Before the armored warrior could finish speaking!
Then he saw Zhao Yi flying up the mountain and waved his prosthetic hand——
Crackling!!!
A string of firecrackers exploded in front of him, directly interrupting the armored warrior's words. At the same time, he was so frightened that the armored warrior subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover it!
Brake! Brake! Brake!
Swing three swords in a row!
I saw the armored warrior being beaten and retreating repeatedly, sparks flying from his body!
The wedge pill swept across his extremely strong armor, making bursts of piercing golden sounds!
【Ugh——!!!】
Buzz!
After a brief three-sword attack, the armored warrior quickly reacted, swung the giant sword in his hand and struck at Zhao Yi!
Boring!
Sparks flying!
Zhao Yi's posture bar has risen slightly, but the armored warrior's posture bar has reached a quarter!
"Fuck!!!"
Wang Yong, who was watching simultaneously, was shocked!
So damn strong!
Firecrackers started, three swords and one strike, and in a flash, the extremely brave and armored warrior broke through a quarter of his defense!
And immediately afterwards, Zhao Yi's operation can be called a "lone wolf" operation!
Step on the knife, nod, parry, rebound...
As the sword was swung, the armored warrior was retreating steadily, unable to even hurt Zhao Yi!
Boring!
And as the golden sound of the last flick of the sword sounded, the armored warrior's posture instantly collapsed!
Zhao Yi also took this opportunity to grab the money and kill with a forbearance!
laugh--!
Boom, boom, boom!
Sparks flew and the armored warrior staggered backwards, but he still did not die!
Now!
Zhao Yi has finally confirmed it - this is definitely not a BUG!
You know, this is a somatosensory cabin game, although the machine in the somatosensory bar is not the most advanced Yiyu x2, but the older Polar Bear generation.
But the full tactile performance is still very clear.
Zhao Yi could clearly feel the feeling of the blade cutting through the armor, which was different from all the executions he had performed before!
If this is a BUG, then why does Golden Wind have to specially adjust the feeling of cutting armor with a knife in a place like this?
so!
Zhao Yi looked at the armored warrior who had regained half of his posture bar and rushed back, and raised the wedge ball again:
"Something's wrong. This is definitely not a BUG. There must be a way to overcome it. Please help me keep an eye on it!"
Talk!
A cold light flashed in his hand and he attacked again!
Ding! Dang! Boring!
Fire was blazing, Zhao Yi and the armored warrior were fighting together!
At the same time, Wang Yong's mind was spinning rapidly!
As a cloud player, although he has not personally experienced this game, he has basically fully understood the combat mechanism of this game through many online broadcasts and Zhao Yi's "live broadcast".
In Sekiro, there are only three ways to cause damage to the enemy -
Sneak around the back to assassinate, kill with normal attacks, break the stance to kill, and use the props in Nin Yi's hands to kill.
But nowadays, sneaking is definitely not possible. The armored warriors are extremely alert, and normal attacks cannot cause damage. Ninja's prosthetic hand can only cause debuff effects but no damage, and Ninja's killing can only stagger this iron can upside down.
Zhao Yi took the armored warrior's attacks again and again, breaking his posture bar again and again.
Endure the killing, endure the killing, endure the killing again...
The roaring tin can seemed to be tireless, waving the giant sword in its hand and smashing at Zhao Yi crazily.
As time goes on, Zhao Yi's situation becomes more and more dangerous. With all his trump cards out, he is already at the end of his game, with only one piece of blood and skin left!
The battle between the two ended in darkness, and the entire covered bridge became a mess!
The wooden windows on both sides of the covered bridge were smashed one after another, and even the railings next to the observation deck were chopped to pieces!
【Whoop——! Put down! Your weapon! 】
Buzz!!!
With another roar of the armored warrior!
Seeing that the giant sword seemed to be carrying the power of thunder, it struck Zhao Yi with a fierce charge!
Boring, boring, boring—boring!!!
At this time, Zhao Yi was already at the end of his strength. Faced with such a heavy blow, his steps were unsteady and he retreated continuously. He retreated to the observation deck before he looked at it!
Thumb thump thump——
Below is a cliff of ten thousand feet!
Above, is the Thunder Giant Sword!
A critical moment!
call--
Boring——!!!
In an instant!
Mars is everywhere!
With a perfect rebound, the sword of the armored warrior was blown away, and his posture bar was shattered at the last moment!
Zhao Yi's heart rate has even soared to 150!
When he saw the red dot appear, he subconsciously stepped forward to kill him again.
And at this moment, a sudden scream suddenly sounded on the voice channel!
The iron can that cannot be killed, the stagger triggered by the unbearable killing, the broken covered bridge...
"Fuck! I understand!"
Just listen to Wang Yong scream:
"Go around the back! Go around the back! Kick him! Now!!!"
salad--!
After hearing this, Zhao Yi almost subconsciously took a step forward and walked around behind the armored warrior. The two swapped positions and flew forward with a step forward.
The wedge ball in his hand passed across the armored warrior's neck again, and then his legs tightened, like a compressed spring, and he kicked in the air!
Boo-!!!
Thump thump—thump thump thump—!
I saw the unstable armored warrior staggering a few steps, his heavy body like a dump truck rushing towards the observation deck with no guardrails. He stretched out his hand as if to steady his body, but he couldn't help but feel that his body was airtight.
The armor is too heavy!
The fall happens in the next second.
A roar of fear and unwillingness resounded through the towering Xianfeng Temple Canyon in an instant, startling a flock of birds——
[Luo——Bo——Te——!!!]
call--
BOOM!!!
The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground was heard after several seconds.
[Obtain: Buddhist beads]
Then, a trophy popped up in the lower right corner of Zhao Yi's heads-up display——
[BOSS defeated (Armor Samurai)]
In an instant!
The voice channel of the somatosensory cabin was silent for five seconds!
Then, two screams burst out in the somatosensory cabin at the same time!
"I--!"
"Grass--!"
laugh--
When the somatosensory hatch was opened, Wang Yong and Zhao Yi saw unparalleled excitement in each other's eyes!
More than two hours of exploration!
Dozens of attempts!
Countless possible analyses!
In the final battle, there were hundreds of flicks and moves, six rounds of endless killing!
The two big boys high-fived each other hard, making a pleasant crisp sound!
"It's passed! Damn it! It's been passed! Man!!!"
“Awesome——!!!”
"We are the champions! Hahahahahahaha Wuhu——!!!"
…
And at this moment!
Binjiang.
Golden Wind Games Company.
In the vice president's office.
Sato was sitting on the sofa opposite Gu Sheng, looking a little worried:
"The discussion among players now is very intense. They are all mentioning us and want an explanation,"
"Many players even attacked us on major forums and social platforms, and their words... were very fierce."
[Malignant BUG] Two hours after the incident, public opinion about a major BUG in "Sekiro" that needed to be urgently fixed has been overwhelming in the gaming circle.
Although many of the players are relatively sane and have stood up to "excuse" Golden Wind.
Perhaps this "invincible BUG" is just that the players' clearance route is wrong, or because Xiao Huang is inexperienced, I hope everyone can be more tolerant of their first 3S-level masterpiece.
But don't forget.
Amid the turmoil of public opinion, there is also Comella's public relations team fanning the flames.
As a result, the situation intensified, and a larger number of players denounced Golden Wind and asked them to stand up and give an explanation.
After all, this is a major BUG that affects the progress of the main line of the game.
Regarding this, as the studio director of Steel Chain Finger and also the main person in charge of the Sekiro project besides Gu Sheng, Sato was helpless and anxious.
You know, when he was designing this BOSS, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
Although the setting of "relying on terrain to execute the BOSS" is not uncommon in the gaming circle.
But generally speaking, such settings are often accompanied by extremely obvious prompts.
Some games will even directly prompt the player what to do through the words of his companions.
But there is no such thing in Sekiro.
Don't tell players directly what to do.
When fighting against armored warriors, players don't even get the slightest hint.
Just explore on your own!
The most important thing is that the torturous nature of their game is quite prominent.
Sato couldn't even imagine how explosive the players' mentality would be when they found out that the BOSS they had worked so hard to defeat not only did not fall, but actually rushed up again as if nothing was wrong.
And now.
He saw it.
"How about... we release a demo video?"
Sato suggested.
If this continues, the game's sales and reputation will be seriously affected.
"That's not calling players stupid."
In this regard, Gu Sheng seemed very peaceful.
He closed the pen cap, turned the pen in his hand, and gave it to Sato with a comforting smile:
"Okay, there will always be some stubborn ones,"
"They even spent a whole night beating Genichiro when they first met,"
"There will definitely be people who stubbornly fight against the armored warriors and try to pass,"
"Don't panic, let Robert fly for a while..."
Hearing this, Sato wanted to say something else.
But at this moment.
Suddenly I heard the phone ding.
I took out my phone and saw that this was a hot post from the world's largest player community forum [SNG Forum]——
"Injury-free strategy for Xianfeng Temple Armored Warrior (with video and fighting tutorial)"
Release time, five minutes ago.
Number of replies——
80790 items.
Seeing Sato talking, he suddenly became embarrassed and turned to stone on his sofa as if he was glared by Medusa.
Gu Sheng couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"emmmmm..."
Gu Sheng opened his mouth, and even interrupted the petrified Sato a little embarrassedly:
"Yes - has our reputation reversed?"
"have……"
Hear the words.
Sato slowly raised his head and swallowed.
Then, he turned the phone to Gu Sheng:
"Someone conquered the armored warrior,"
"80,000 replies in five minutes,"
"Our reputation has not just reversed,"
"It's still possible-"
"It's a bit big..."
I'm scheduled to go wipe it at eight o'clock tomorrow...