New Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice teaser shows the boss The Chained Ogre

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The data first: on February 26, 2019, FromSoftware published another short teaser of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, this time introducing “The Chained Ogre”, one of the game’s bosses. As in the previous teaser, the idea was to show one threat at a time, and the chained ogre has more than enough attacks to test the player’s cool. Take a look:

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Sekiro was scheduled for March 22, 2019, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, published by FromSoftware in Japan and by Activision in the rest of the world. It is directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, of Dark Souls and Bloodborne, who wanted a new intellectual property with a Japanese theme, centered on shinobi. The story takes place in a fictional version of Sengoku-period Japan, and the player controls Wolf, a shinobi trying to rescue his young lord, Kuro.

Translating the jargon: combat is not about chipping away at health. The katana attacks the enemy’s posture and balance, and deflecting blows at the right time opens space for a single fatal strike. Miyazaki wanted to convey the feeling of “swords clashing”. A grappling hook lets you climb onto rooftops and reposition, and, upon dying, Wolf can resurrect on the spot if he has accumulated resurrection power, instead of going back to the last checkpoint.

What came next

Sekiro came out in March 2019, got a Stadia version in October 2020 and won several awards, including Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2019. By September 2023 it had sold more than 10 million units. In practice, that means the Chained Ogre took down a lot of people.