Despite being one of the best and most beloved RPG games of all time, Skyrim has seen a lot of mods aimed at overhauling its combat in its near-decade out on PC, with players looking to add extra depth or new spins to the base game's battling. Some Skyrim mods, however, take this tinkering another, impressive step further, such as a new combat overhaul that essentially turns it into Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Creator InpaSkyrim describes their new 'Inpa Sekiro Combat' mod as "hardcore", with it offering a complete rework of TESV's combat system to make it far more like FromSoftware's 2019 action-adventure game. The mod changes a whole bunch of mechanics to achieve this - for example, swapping Skyrim's stamina for Sekiro's posture, and adding a 'poise' system. These cause your Dovahkiin to become vulnerable if their posture maxes out, and "unconditionally stagger" if a foe's attack lands.
To avoid this, in comes Sekiro's defence system. There's parrying, both against arrows and melee attacks, which depletes your posture (and you'll be knocked out if it hits zero). However, nail some sweet blocks and you'll save your health.
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