Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Mashes Up Sekiro And God of War Combat

Sekiro meets God of War in A44 s Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, the developer s follow up to their previous game, Ashen. ,gaming, flintlock, gamespot Mechanically, Flintlock s combat sort of looks like how you fight in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, with an armor system that works in a similar manner to Sekiro s posture. In Flintlock, enemies have two different meters that you have to worry about while in combat. The red bar is an enemy s health, while the yellow bar above that is their armor. The yellow bar fills as you damage an enemy s armor while the red bar empties as you damage the enemy themselves. Attacks deal damage, while both attacks and parries chip away at an enemy s armor. When the armor bar is filled, protagonist Nor is able to land a devastating execution attack against her foe. In most cases against normal enemies, it looks like these executions kill her targets outright. However, stronger enemies and bosses can seemingly withstand multip