You cheated not only the game, but yourself. You didn't grow. You didn't improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow victory. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It's sad that you don't know the difference.

Jokes aside, as someone that usually defends from games as not being that hard once you accept that you'll die at first and learn the mechanics, sekiro was too hard for my tastes. I still beat it, but it felt very frustrating.