The Sekiro Platinum Trophy BROKE Me in HALF

Sekiro is commonly ranked as From Softwares hardest Soulsborne game & after giving up on it back in 2019 I wanted to give it another shot but this time for 100%, NO BACKING DOWN. This is the challenging Platinum experience of the game!
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[@CosmicRa1ze]

The mom phone call is insane XD

[@huddocurran4569]

Demon of Hatred was the only boss I consistently cheesed. Seeing him fall over the cliff is satisfying enough

[@RyanMathews-ld7hi]

Beat him yesterday. Cheesed the 3rd death blow with a blow on his girlfriend's whistle.

[@kertuo]

I love how Isshin tells you, "Hesitation is defeat" which is literally what you have to do in the game if you hesitate once you will be punished.

[@DoxycDreamer]

I’m both sad and relieved that Sekiro never got a major DLC expansion.

[@kringhetto]

I'm just sad... Tomoe needs her story to be told.

[@spooderman37]

Maybe a sequel? Shadows die thrice?

[@TheGamersJoint]

It’s a conflicting situation because I’d kill for a Sekiro DLC but also be KILLED so many times in the process of playing it that my mental health would suffer 😭 still it’s a shame it never got one considering the other SoulsBorne games did

[@templarknight05]

@@TheGamersJoint I enjoyed sekiro so much , that I genuinely believe the parry timing is engrained into my muscle memory. I played it NON-stop for months. Amazing game.

[@paultapping9510]

​@spooderman37 I'd love that so much, but the IP for Sekiro is all tied up with Sony and Activision. From have said many times recently they don't want to be involved with 3rd party publishers anymore, presumably because of Bloodbourne and Sekiro. However there are rumours they have not abandonded the mechanics themselves and now the ER dlc is done who knows what might come next!

[@malyrusek9005]

You definitely can, and should, break the posture of guardian ape. It's actually easier in the second phase to do so. Deflecting the last attack of two of his combos makes him fall, and you can use the spear prosthetic on its neck to pull out the centipede, dealing huge posture damage.

[@alfyn975]

Ya I was going to comment this but I wanted to make sure someone else hadn’t first

[@midianrises1742]

This game is so much fun that Isshin put me into a gaming hiatus. I didn’t even make it to the inner versions of the bosses. Still love this game though. So satisfying.

[@midianrises1742]

Edit i should have seen the deep jungle theme coming

[@paultapping9510]

me too! I ducked out at Ng+ Isshin for about a year, then went back and got the plat. Nothing wrong with taking a break!

[@Pro0wnz]

Please continue to make platinum videos, they are so well fit for you.

[@TheGamersJoint]

I plan on it! I think this’ll become a staple series of the channel

[@mikeyday6697]

Yesssss❤

[@mikeyday6697]

Also your bbs platinum video was hilarious 😂 specially the tarra part

[@DRILLEX1312]

i 100% sekiro after about 130 hrs, 3 total playthroughs, one of the hardests yet most rewarding completion runs of anygame ive played. i remeber when i first tried it and toook me over 2 hours for the first ogre boss. to now i can have him down in a matter of minutes. once the gamp;lay "clicks" with you, it turns into a rhythm game effectively and made the combat more satisfying (to me) super cool video and a nice change of pace from when i first started watching back in 2018. u now have 3 fromsoft platinums under your belt, and i belive they are worth celebrating.

[@ranikdesilva2543]

💀

[@yourcollegedebt8384]

I'm honestly desperate for more games that play like Sekiro. It is so satisfying when you're good at the game, and the verticality is so fun

[@midianrises1742]

People say it’s just a rhythm game which I don’t disagree, but as a person that really loves games like guitar hero. This game just satisfies me, just like learning to 100% a song.

[@yourcollegedebt8384]

@@midianrises1742 Maybe that's why it's so fun for me. I did percussion instruments in middle and high school, and I tend to focus on the rhythm in songs.

[@TheGamersJoint]

It really is one of a kind! I’d actually be down on From SOFT making a Sekiro 2 🙏🏻

[@rickyslaws]

Try nine sols! Its 2d but the combat is very similar and its well written

[@crimzonpegasus9714]

Stellar Blade is very similar to Sekiro. I'd even say the combat is a blend of Sekiro and Bayonetta. You got perfect blocks which can lead to a 'deathblow' type animation. You also got perfect dodges and abilities that are earned from doing well in combat. I can't praise Stellar Blade enough. It's an excellent game. Plus the main character is even hotter than Bayonetta lol

[@InsomniacsAnonymous36]

I feel like every decision Cynical made was to make the game harder on himself. You can get all the endings in one playthrough, though two are required for Lapis, missing this is totally fair as getting the other endings can be a right pain without a guide. It’s easier to go to get the toothpick first, then go after the ape and end with the corrupted monk. Make sure you fight every boss you can on every playthrough, even if you aren’t getting the relevant ending. Bosses beaten are directly correlated with player power, so you’ll want to save the Shura ending for the very last one. Enemies also get harder with every NG+ cycle, so fighting hard bosses in earlier playthroughs can save your bacon.

[@86fifty]

To say "Mad props" doesn't even cover it, this is LEGENDARY levels of concentration and determination and I'd throw ya 50 dollars if I wasn't broke-af, b/c DAYUM, do you deserve a treat after that one! Bit sad that the final SotE boss got spoiled for me in this vid, but it HAS been a whole month, I couuuuld have finished watching a playthru by now if I'd started earlier, oh well...

[@calebcooper7435]

Im loving these platinum trophy hunter videos, they are entertaining but also give me a good idea on how to get them myself. sekiro is my favorite fromsoft title and i love that you did this.

[@zazabrada1]

The fact i bought and completed Sekiro about a month ago and also just recently got back into your channel and now you drop THIS. I love life man.

[@thirdsupernova]

You're a true gamer

[@TheGamersJoint]

Ayyyy perfect timing 🕺🏻

[@CrashBandicam]

Good job!! this one was definitely a tought one to do, though here the platinum’s difficulty was almost solely hard because of how challenging that game itself is. a lot of other souls games just consist of getting every item, which is quite tedious imo. I’ve only platinumed Bloodborne and Sekiro for this reason. They’re less focused on collectibles so it feels like a smoother journey with a lesser need to use a guide that often.

[@KeybladewldrPkmntrnrB]

Enjoy you covering Sekiro! It’s a great game! Keep at it and hope things are going well for you!

[@RikuV4]

dude! so glad you’ve been playing from software games. i loved square enix and your content heaps when i was a kid. as an adult, from software is my favorite video game developer, so love to see it! i also called my mum when i beat ishin, keep it up bro!!

[@MrTpaulbuzan]

The call with your mum was the wholesome surprise I didn't know I needed today. Thanks, mate!

[@tellos02]

I have 57% of the trophies for this and you've made me want to go back to finish of that overdue platinum

[@DankDoozlton]

Proud of you bro! Probably my favorite game from them. Simply the best mechanics and controls, but certainly still incredibly hard. The other games will probably be a lot easier if they had parrying that worked as well as this or movement.

[@ghxulish]

Note to new sekiro players, the health bar is important in some boss fights as some bosses posture recovers really quickly so you have to deal health damage to slow it down.

[@slayer4932]

Sekiro: Jared dies a lot Seriously tho These souls like games should be made into stream archives love to see them Raw XD

[@brookejames3781]

The greatest experience in video games if you’re an action fan. The moment you realize you’re the parry god, and you are easily seeing kanji’s and know the counter immediately. It’s so fucking satisfying

[@claytoncharles1185]

Good stuff brother!

[@ELITEDARKLORD-RA]

With the second Guardian Ape fight in the cave. They really enforced the "Ape Together Strong" quote at us.

[@monkeyeattail]

Forget the rest of it, I love that your mom was supportive, even though she didn't understand.

[@ArcadeTheatre]

Sekiro is my third-favourite FromSoft game. I hope they make another one at some point. The True Ending leaves room for the story to continue.

[@ishmael.01]

Hey mate, I imagine this video prolly isn’t performing as well as your Kingdom Hearts related ones, but considering the huge amount of effort that went into this video, I wanted to let you know that this is one of my new favorite videos on your channel and I’d love to see more uploads like this :) keep up the awesome work❤

[@jsemicolona]

14:44 Here's the strat I use to kill the folding screen monkeys in case anyone needs it: For the invisible one- Turn around and attack it you kill it one hit anyway For the orange monkey- Use a Gachiin Sugar to hide your presence crouch walk towards the building it's perched on and when it starts walking away stealth kill it For the Green Monkey- Grapple to the tree and immediately use the Firecrackers it will get stunned and you can kill it For the purple monkey- He'll run away when he first sees you so if he goes into the room with huge temple roof over it open the door then trick the monkey back into that room by following it around once inside the dark room you can kill him And that's all I use this method everytime for the FSM

[@Quack_attack_]

Sekiro was the first from software game I'd ever played and I fell in love ....got all the endings, got every achievement and beat every gauntlet of strength, since then I've also played Elden ring now too and sekiro is my favourite

[@imperialchaos19]

Great video, only thing that surprised me was that the gauntlets of strength weren’t a requirement for 100%

[@shiningskies47]

should i tell him that the xp farm spot is way better if you drop down to the wooden beam on top of the chained ogre so it kills the two guys while you’re already teleporting back to the idol and only takes an additional 5 seconds per run 🤔

[@007massey]

2nd comment so my 1st isn't the length of a book, but also hopefully so it helps YT revenue, but I definitely agree with most of your points in this video. I also had to do 3 playthroughs because I missed the same 2 endings in my 1st, but I made sure to do those endings 2nd, and save Shura for last since it's the shortest. I will say though, demon bell + charmless on that last playthrough was still TOUGH. Never went back to fight Demon of Hatred in the 2nd or 3rd, even with the cheese tactics. That boss was SUPER questionable in design to say the least. Still hella cool, and a sick fight overall, but to make it so you basically throw everything you spent the whole game learning out the window is absolutely wild. Glad they made it optional at least. I'd love to see more of the Souls series content coming from you bro. This one was a surprise and I watched every second of it. I hope you take the time to go play the others and potentially post some more content on it. I didn't catch any of your Elden Ring playthrough, but I was hoping to see it at some point. Not sure if you streamed it or not but let me know if you read this!

[@Purpl3Sta1n]

Literally spent covid getting the platinum. Nothing like a global existential crisis to get you motivated to kill bosses 5 times over

[@karlkriz508]

Nicely done! In my first playthrough i considered to give up after hours and hours to beat owl....only to find another Boss with 3 health Bars directly after that.... But than I improved and loved the game after only a few tries to beat Ishin the swordsaint. After a few playtroughs I decided to try the game without kuros Charm....and Ishin was a f...to beat. I needed hours and hours and hours.....but now....I play the game without kuros Charm and the belldemon active and I beat every Boss in the game first try. Only Boss that makes me sweat today is the inner owl fight bc of his mist raven move. Imo the inner owl fight is by far the hatdest Boss I have ever faced. The difficulty is incredible and absolutely unforgiving. You have within a 6 to 8 minute Boss fight only 1 false decition....you can revive after that 1 false Button.....but 1 thing to miss perfectly is really not that much 😅 Nevertheless...I love this game

[@JeqhOG]

Sekiro looks great. Need to play this when i completed Dark Souls 2. GG for Platinum

[@NeoLotex]

Ah Sekiro, good times were had with this game and I only ragequit the game twice before I finally finished it. It's surprisingly simple once you get some of the good stuff to buff your damage, get your stats up and get the hang of the combat, but until you're there, mostly the latter, the game will relentlessly kick your ass. Took me around 2 1/2 years to get the platinum.

[@SirArbeitslos]

Loooove this content my man, work of aaart

[@solemnjester2100]

Im almost positive you can save state before talking with owl to get all the endings on one playthrough.

[@michaeldouglas2089]

liked this video for the kingdom hearts music played close to the end. good job

[@joesummers7248]

The sarcastic "woohoo!" For demon of hatred. I felt that...

[@ChibiFlashify]

One of my favourite things about Sekiro is that Great Shinobi Owl and Owl (Father) are basically exact opposite in how you approach them despite being the same guy. Great Shinobi requires patience and being methodical but if you go super aggressive on (Father) he can barely respond to you and you lock out loads of his moves as long as you keep pressure on him.

[@imfromtheinternett6155]

That fker has so much posture . . I can posture break isshin so quickly but with both versions of owl it feels like it takes 3x as long . . Don’t get me started on the inner version . .

[@Rhyciz]

You should have done the Demon of Hatred cheese. Like Genichiro said, “A Shinobi would know the difference between honor and victory.”

[@dakotadoyle7573]

So their is an NPC that actually gives you hints on how to corner each monkey

[@DarksteelHeart]

Sekiro is a Tenchu game. I don't see it as a soulslike. Regardless of opinion of types, this and Bloodborne are my favorites, and this platinum is no joke. Good work.

[@Dimitri_Gordienko]

I also recently received platinum in Sekiro, to be honest, I liked it more than any Dark Souls or Elden Ring, in this game you really fight, and don’t spam with ridiculous rolls. Truly the best game

[@gameroutlaw1550]

Let’s go!!! Loving this content

[@angelo12mx]

Let's grap some food and drinks, cuz Cynical is about to get in rage mode!

[@ThatOneCucumber721]

Ngl I was terrified of Sword Saint Isshin when I played Senior. I had heard so many stories about how hard he was, and when I finally got to him, I beat him in under 10 tries. Not trying to brag at alll but I found it funny how easy he was for me compared to other bosses (Corrupted Monk)

[@ThatOneCucumber721]

Sekiro*

[@alexanderhand138]

Double ape fight took me twice as many tries as isshin

[@imfromtheinternett6155]

Isshin wasn’t as bad for me either, his posture breaks fast from deflects and he doesn’t regain posture as fast as other bosses like owl . . Once you get to the 3rd phase it’s pretty much done as long as you get ok RNG with lightning reversals . Owl father gave me way more trouble . All the inner versions are pretty tough tho .

[@bmxgu2361]

I'm actually surprised that you don't need to beat the boss-rush exclusive bosses to get the all bosses achievement. I'm still trying to do the platinum so this was very helpful!

[@fairyboy444]

that mom call made me like and sub lmaoo that was too sweet aww

[@primalgamer34]

I love the fact that Cynical has basically started becoming a platinum trophy hunter 🤣 it's an addiction. I'm currently working on the FF7 Rebirth platinum and my god, I'm hanging onto dear life 😭 over a 100 hours put into the game and only 60% in for the plat. Anyways, keep up with the good work Cynical.

[@braulioxDify]

if you pull up a guide wich you can find in pretty much every trophy forum, you can do it pretty quick, i managed the plat in around 45 hours with save scumming on the first playtrough to get the 3 endings, the only hard part was the XP grind wich took me around 5 to 6 hours, on NG+ for the sura ending you can get it in around 1:30h to 2H if you boss rush, just make sure to backup your save before talking to owl just so you can reload it and go trough the game until you unlock the farming spot

[@christopherfu2169]

5:40 and then it makes you feel guilty for dying by infecting npcs with a sickness caused by your death.

[@michaelstilson3909]

This dude is like me. I’ve plat trophied elden ring, bloodborne, and sekiro but haven’t played any of the dark souls

[@DankDoozlton]

The game play in this game is second to none! I can’t Perry for 💩 in most souls games but this one. The animations are so clean it doesn’t take long to get it down.

[@Insertnamehere684]

Perry? PERRY THE PLATAPUS?!

[@Alex-nc8lk]

“Dreams are windows into our multiversal selves” DP dreams of thor is happening elsewhere Hopefully we get to see it!

[@skinnytimmy1]

Shadows die twice... at a time

[@darealdovahkiin3652]

Except when they die thrice

[@turbotoke8882]

6:56 you can do this, but also theres a trophy for filling out the entire skill tree, in which if you do safe scum youre gonna need to xp farm for literall hours, if you just new game plus each time itll be so much easier and lowkey faster than xp farming, the game is very short, and most of the time spent on your first playthrough is simply spent on dying, so if you have beat the game once and gotten good, you can beat the game in less than 3 hours, whilst getting xp, and materials to upgrade

[@007massey]

Honestly Jared, respect lmfao. I've beaten every single souls game in the series including DLCs, and every boss including optional bosses, and I still never bothered to go out of my way to Platinum them. ☠️ If it happened, it happened, otherwise I never thought to. 😂 100% valid comment about Yozora btw, and I haven't even fought the man on Crit yet so that's just based off of what I'm imagining and what I've seen (even compared to my 10 straight hours on Consort Radahn). 😅 I haven't even done the KH3 data battles on Crit yet actually. Matter of fact, I never bothered to even do a KH2 FM Crit playthrough. 😬 Guess I have some content I can focus on when KH4 finally gets a release date. At this rate, it's looking like my motor function and coordination are decaying faster than we're getting any news about it. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@tylerfrancom8538]

I LOVE watching you play from soft games!!!! You should platinum the rest!

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

I feel your pain brother 😅👌 you are a true Struggler now like Guts himself, well done.

[@BorderFreak]

Your grinding for exp was my grind for confetti way back when I farmed a ton of red dudes on like ng+4 post like ashina invasion and will say regardless it sucks

[@xbolt678]

Massive props to you, Jared! I haven't even beaten the base game yet 😂

[@takeyourheart1]

You gotta do 3 playthroughs anyway to max out all the Shinobi prosthetics but it’s also easier to earn XP and unlock all skills on playthrough 3 than on 1 or 2. I love Demon of Hatred, I think he’s so fun. I had a way waaaaaay easier time beating him for the first time than Isshin. Isshin took me forever.

[@bengoodell8440]

Thank you for saying you tapped out at the same exact place that I've been for years now I truly appreciate that lol😅 Literally had the idea to pick this back up and now I'm starting to get the rhythm of even the simplest things like Mikiri, getting my training wheels on to go fight the ape 🦧 & finally take him to deadville!!! 😂

[@bengoodell8440]

Also...also...also!!! I efn killed him!!!! I just took my dang ol time!

[@ivanborgiey2656]

My most hated part is the folding screen monkeys, I always cheese them by using the gachin sugar prior to interacting with the bell. That way I wont alert them and defeat them in less than 1min.

[@bloodblade58]

God bless his mum. 😂 She sounds like a sweetheart, man.

[@schmutzonya5659]

I hope they have been inspired by all the parry games lately to include some sort of true parry mechanic in KH4. The counter damage multiplier was a nice start in KH3, but I’d love something like Sekiro/Jedi/Stellar Blade with more active parrying for bigger rewards.

[@jawadunnoor803]

bro casually destroyed my emotion for different kind of ice cream

[@unoriginal2552]

Tip: just don't fight Demon of Hatred! Climb on to the watchtower nearest to the castle gate (after getting the demon stuck behind the tree near a corner) and just climb on top of a wall and lure the demon off of the edge

[@EddieSmyth-oh7fu]

I guess it’s all in the eye of the beholder,I had an absolute blast getting my platinum 🙃 Sekiro is such a great game ❤️

[@blksheepramirez]

The Deep Jungle memes 😂😂😂

[@CarzyAutumn]

You know.. I feel your pain. I've gotten the platinum for this game on the 2nd. This game is totally fun but hard as fuck

[@sailorsweet_]

I still need to play this game. You are definitely making me want to play it though

[@Matt_1910]

If you haven`t done them, please do all the reflection of strength and gauntlet fights and make a video about them xD

[@Dazza768]

the edting is pure adhd style xD congrats on the plat king

[@cristalschroeder4485]

9:25 bro did not just call the mortal blade a toothpick💀

[@MarshmallowBot]

32:25 is that Deadpool?😂

[@MisterPotats]

Maxing out my skills in Sekiro is the only thing keeping me from platinum. In the end I just want up for the grind. I want to go back for it though.

[@Thunder0533]

I give this Game 💯 can't stop playing Sekiro

[@ehabrazaq4902]

1:25 bruh 😂

[@facedidnotload1650]

Bro died to Genichiro at the end of the game🤣

[@fade3531]

„Sekiro shadows die a fuckton more than twice“- some guy on another video

[@60gritphil66]

you become a master by failing. fucking peak game design if you ask me

[@saddestcat]

Phase two ape is far far easier than phase one. When I first did guardian ape I sucked at it because I looked at phase one as a posture fight instead of a hp fight, after I realised that, easy. I love this game man really is one of the goats. Also if you like monk, do the gauntlet for true monk, shits so fun

[@masterluke11]

I actually searched how to get all 4 endings in one playthrough so I didn't have to go through the whole nightmare another 3 times so I have a save file on hold at the point in the game where you decide to stay loyal to Kuro or not 😂 However I still have to go through the majority of it to get the freaking lapis lazuli to upgrade every tool 😅 Anyway, congrats on the platinum!

[@randomanimefani6077]

Kh 1 Clayton voice linse goes crazy

[@SevETitan]

Just beat Emma and ishinn for the second time, now all I have to do is get all skills and upgrades, then I will have it

[@YeDeadWhoYetLive]

As other ppl have said and will say "Sekiro:Die more than fcking twice"

[@bowz_of_oshu]

Dude Sekiro is genuinely the only Soulsbourne game i like. Its really just a rhythm game disguised as a shinobi adventure game

[@PurpleNightShadeANIMS]

I don’t know what happend but I’m curious how you had max health at the beginning because you would need ng+ for that and that would mean completing an achievement for an ending

[@ahmadabd7136]

But how did you get "man without no equal" without doing the gauntlet? I have killed all bosses and done everything but still haven't gotten it

[@pepepalerm5723]

You should platinum Lies of P next is so amazing and a great game

[@raynepanda]

Crazy you didn't use Divine Confetti OR Snap Seeds during the Monk fight...

[@Lostatday]

10:54 💀💀 “lost on the way to bloodborne “

[@ItsKagiVids]

This reminds me of a video something Super Butter Buns would make but she hasn't made a video like this in a long time sadge.

[@satan7481]

Why do you have maxed out health before fighting Gyoubu?

[@EdwinJRNel]

I love sekiro it’s by far my number 1 game

[@cloud_bread3032]

I gave up after dying to the bull for 5 hours straight, maybe I should revisit this game.

[@amrak76]

lol I beat him in 1.5 hours almost breaking my controller haven’t felt that much rage in years.

[@brookejames3781]

Guardian ape, no guide, no prior knowledge or understanding or information , first try………… so I thought. I was jumping and hugging my wife laughing. Then she started laughing because she saw the monkey grabbing his head and sword! Before i got to the controller I saw the classic “you died” 😂 legendary gaming moment of my whole life

[@MegaRhyz]

welcome to the club kid.