I love Sekiro so it is not surprising that some time ago I bought the Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Official Artworks book. I own a lot of geeky books about geeky stuff from Star Wars to Sumikko Gurashi to Kanji learning materials all about poop. The Sekiro art book though might be my favourite and definitely the one I go through over and over again. Again, I love Sekiro. I fell in love from my first impressions and noticed that it has a lot of similarities to another favourite game of mine, Super Metroid. But back to the art book.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Official Artworks – 2 halves
The book is big, chunky and textured. The first half of the book walks you through the story of the game using concept art of locations, bosses, weapons, items and more. Sekiroβs story on the surface seems simple but it has so many layers and fine details that are really interesting. The second half of the book has character portraits for all the main characters as well as support characters and even random NPCs. It’s cool to see how the early concepts got refined into what eventually made it into the game. Isshin is a badass and seeing art for the pistol he shot the shit out of me with brought a smile to my face.
Sekiro Birthday Streams
I have been streaming Sekiro on my Twitch channel recently to mark the 4th anniversary of the release of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Please follow me over there and check out my other streams on me building plastic models and many other games. I might pick up Hades again and I am waiting to get the remake of Advance Wars when it drops.