One of those cuts that totally makes sense, but is still interesting to learn about.
Longtime FromSoftware dataminer Zullie the Witch has uploaded a new video that interrogates one of the studio’s most memorably strange non sequiturs: The giant guy made of rope who carries you from the kingdom of Ashina to the celestial Fountainhead Palace. It seems like there was once much more to Mr. Rope-a-Dope than we saw in the final game.
Much like the giant crow who takes us to Lordran in Dark Souls 1, or the multiple convenient transportation gargoyles in DS1 and 3, the giant rope guy in Sekiro always felt like a bit of a „well, fuck it“ area transition.
Thankfully, the absurd and nonsensical works just fine with FromSoft’s surreal, disconnected house style.
