Ghost of Tsushima

Bandwagon said:

Turned the PS4 on for the first time in months last night because I felt like playing a game but the wife was on the computer. Ended up picking this up because it was on sale.

I think I only played for about 45 minutes and got just past the part where you get your sword back at the beginning. Pretty godamn awesome so far. I know it's going to take me 2 fucking years to beat this at the rate I play, but I can already tell that the story is interesting enough that I'm not going to forget the plot between sessions like most games I play.

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You’ll love it. It gets even better aftter first act. Also, what kind of home only has 1 pc ???

sounds like a new xpac will be coming later this year, single player campaign similar to Miles Morales for PS4 and PS5. New hero, I assume a new island "Ikishima"


Probably also means Ghosts 2 is 2023.

I plat'd the game a month or so ago, I enjoyed it but didn't love it. Felt pretty cliche and flat, combat was really fun though.

Rajaah said:

I love the hell out of this game but I've avoided playing beyond the first chapter for a while now because I don't want to ruin it for myself. Hard to explain, but I haven't enjoyed most of the things I've played in 2021 due to my own mental probs (read: due to politics).

I really want this to be a GOTY for me, if I can get to a better mental place for it. There are a few things I'm holding off on for this same reason, like God of War 2018 and Dark Souls 3.

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the only politics in this game are from fuedal japan. i.e. at what point does "honor" actually stifle growth? also mongolians are evil.

it those two things don't bother you then you'll be fine

I think that makes it a good candidate to play, then. There isn't anything that will remind you of modern day politics. It's just a world where you get to see beautiful landscapes and efficiently dispatch mongols with a katana.

j00t said:

I think that makes it a good candidate to play, then. There isn't anything that will remind you of modern day politics. It's just a world where you get to see beautiful landscapes and efficiently dispatch mongols with a katana.

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I wonder if there’s a mod that replaces mongols with joggers and blm bannermen.

I think that's just actual Japan

Glad I waited to play it now. lol

Finally got around to beating this. Phenomenal game.

that was the only emotional moment of the story for me tbh, i thought the game wasn't super immersive. i totally get into games where they craft a world and character and story and this game didn't ever really do that for me. I liked it, don't get me wrong, but its not even honestly top 30 games for me. I thought most of the characters were pretty uninteresting, but I guess they really wanted to emphasize that whole "some people refuse to change their ways" idea.

Pricing sucks on the directors cut but whattya expect. If you played the PS4 edition its $30 to upgrade to the PS5 version. It'll be $30 or cheaper by black friday for the whole thing. I'll play at some point since I plat'd the PS4 version I can just import it, get another plat, and clear the new island but no rush to do that. Judgment 2 is out around the same time and I think thats gonna be far more fun.

There's a full month between GoT PS5 and Lost Judgment though, plenty of time even if you never played it at all before. Only having 10 days between Tales of Arise and Lost Judgment is what really sucks. Definitely not paying $30 to upgrade GoT though, that'll be a GameFly for sure. Bit apprehensive about another game ruined by retarded "haptic" gimmicks too, that better be an option you can shut off.

Has there been any info on the size of Iki island compared to Tsushima? I imagine its going to smaller, but if its about the size of Act 2 in GoT itself, that would be pretty cool.

nowhere near Dark Souls style, its more Batman Arkham or some Ubisoft games in countering. There is some timing when you Standoff enemies but its really just holding L2 (or R2? i forget) and pressing triangle when you see the enemies feet move, and its pretty generous. There is a TON of variety with bombs, archery, stealth, etc.

I'd say this is more like Assassins Creed or Far Cry as far as combat difficulty goes. Nowhere near Dark Souls, Bloodborne, etc.

It sounds like the DLC won't really be that big, I'd guess 6-10 hours similar to Miles Morales. Someone posted maps of Tsushima (top) and Iki (south right corner), its smaller than just the first island of GoT.