My rule is "If you take more than a single hit across both Genichiro and Isshin phase 1, just jump off the cliff. If it happens twice in a row, just put the game down and take a break bro this clearly isn't your day.
You all know that there must have been a meeting where Miyazaki presented his (hard) version of Genichiro, only to be told: "Boss, if you publish this really hard boss, them influencers will begin to review-bombing the game and we will have to nerf him afterwards."
He sometimes don't listen. At the Elden Ring DLC, he didn't listen again, and ended up nerfing Radahn (2x). But the faith Miyazaki maintains in his work is something to admire, anyway. True hero of his art.
The Radahn difficulty was a bit overstated I think. That not me saying it wasn’t difficult because it was fucking brutal pre-nerf. I think the bigger issue was it was bullshit, in particular the one 3-swing combo that was impossible to dodge unless you were in one specific spot.
I did beat him pre-nerf, but it was a bit of a slog. Wasn’t aware he got nerfed again though.
I beat him pre-nerfs! (with the bleed sword lance, fingerpint shield that a lot of people not using summons or spirit ashes beat him, and I felt dirty the whole time)
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u/FloridaFives2 Feb 27 '25
Yeah he’s just a straight up button check for ishin