SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE To Get Version 1.03 Update Very Soon

From Software's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was released exactly a month ago, getting almost perfect scores from video game critics and even media aggregator sites like Metacritic, where the game scored a very respectable 90/100.

Much like most video games these days, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will be getting an update that aims to improve the overall experience for players; fixing bugs that could corrupt save data, improving the game's pacing, and fix a bug that has enemies stop attacking the player — although, in this particular case, some players may actually not mind this bug at all.

Depending on where you are, these changes will take effect at different times, namely on the 23rd of April at 10:: JST and 3:00CEST, and on the 22nd of April at 18:00 PDT.

The full list of patch notes reads as follows:

Release Notes

Improvements to Strategic Approaches

• Adjusted the efficiency and Spirit Emblem cost of the following to encourage usage and diversity of approach:

  • Prosthetic Tools: "Lazulite Sacred Flame," "Loaded Axe" series, "Sparking Axe," "Lazulite Axe"

  • Combat Arts: "Ashina Cross," "Dragon Flash," "One Mind," "Floating Passage," "Spiral Cloud Passage," "Mortal Draw," "Empowered Mortal Draw"

  • Items: "Spiritfall" series

• Reduced the Posture damage dealt by the first hit of the Combat Arts "Senpou Leaping Kicks" and "High Monk" as it was causing more damage than intended in certain cases. Posture damage dealt in the latter-half of the combo has been increased.

• Increased the Poison build-up dealt by the Prosthetic Tool "Sabimaru" against enemies that were intended to be weak against it.

• Increased the drop rate of "Divine Confetti" for Fencers in Ashina Castle.

• Adjusted loading screen tips and tutorial text, as well as adding new text.

Other Fixes

• Slightly reduced Posture and Vitality of Blazing Bull in order to improve game pacing and balance time in combat.

• Lowered the price of information sold by Anayama the Peddler.

• The Chained Ogre inside Ashina Castle is now Red Eyed.

• Fixed a bug where "Gokan's Sugar" and "Gokan's Spiritfall" were not mitigating player Posture damage taken while guarding or deflecting enemy attacks.

• Fixed a bug where system crashes could cause save data to become corrupted on PC.

• Fixed a bug where certain enemies would sometimes stop attacking the player.

• Fixed a bug where certain actions could not be performed after reconfiguring the controls.

• Fixed certain bugs that were allowing the player to access unexpected areas, which could result in becoming unable to obtain items or make further progress.

• Fixed cases of certain text being displayed incorrectly.

• Improved stability.

• Improved performance.

• Other various bug fixes

In Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice you are the “one-armed wolf”, a disgraced and disfigured warrior rescued from the brink of death. Bound to protect a young lord who is the descendant of an ancient bloodline, you become the target of many vicious enemies, including the dangerous Ashina clan.