https://wccftech.com/miyazaki-youll-die-a-lot-in-sekiro/

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is From Software’s big next game. While it will be different from the Dark Souls series in a number of ways, there are still lots of elements that have been maintained. For instance, talking to Eurogamer at E3 2018, Hidetaka Miyazaki reassured fans that they’ll die a lot in Sekiro, even with the new resurrection system the developers have designed for the game.

The intention is the player will die a lot. That is because of the concept of the ninja protagonist at its core; as a ninja ,you’re a little less equipped than the average samurai or knight, you’re always at death’s door. We want every battle to feel intense – we want players to feel that risk and trepidation associated with battle and fighting toe to toe with these enemies. And in order to do that, the player has to die a lot. But when they die and respawn and die again, and then retry, that doesn’t feel good. So, we needed something to address that, and that became the resurrection system.