{"id":85824,"date":"2026-07-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85824"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:36:41","slug":"beast-of-reincarnation-has-sekiro-vibes-but-it-wont-beat-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85824","title":{"rendered":"Beast Of Reincarnation Has Sekiro Vibes, But It Won\u2019t Beat You Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/beast-of-reincarnation-release-date-trailer-news\/1100-6539558\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beast of Reincarnation<\/a> looks set to kick off a busy August when it launches early in the month, and ahead of its arrival, we&#8217;ve gotten a fresh look at Game Freak&#8217;s upcoming action-RPG. While Game Freak is well-known for its Pokemon games&#8211;including Pokemon Winds and Waves in 2027&#8211;Beast of Reincarnation is unlike anything that the developer&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/game-freaks-beast-of-reincarnation-team-is-relatively-small-with-many-external-developers\/1100-6537600\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and several external teams<\/a>&#8211;has made before. The studio has produced fan-favorite games like Pocket Card Jockey and Tembo the Badass Elephant between Pokemon releases, but with Beast of Reincarnation, it&#8217;s mixing tactical gameplay with the sharp edge of Sekiro-influenced action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The good news is that Beast of Reincarnation doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;ll be as brutally challenging as From Software&#8217;s 2019 classic, as the windows for parries and counters are more forgiving, and you can always slow down time to command your companion, Koo, to lend a helping paw. That&#8217;s not to say that the game won&#8217;t have moments of difficulty, as senior video producer Jake Dekker described how one of the game&#8217;s open-ended zones was home to a particularly challenging boss after he spent some time playing it recently. Remember, if you see a skull above an enemy&#8217;s head, it&#8217;s usually a good idea to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beast of Reincarnation looks set to kick off a busy August when it launches early in the month, and ahead of its arrival, we&#8217;ve gotten a fresh look at Game Freak&#8217;s upcoming action-RPG. While Game Freak is well-known for its Pokemon games&#8211;including Pokemon Winds and Waves in 2027&#8211;Beast of Reincarnation is unlike anything that the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":85826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85824"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85827,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85824\/revisions\/85827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}