Ghost of Tsushima

 PlayStation 4
User Score
9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 21430 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19,664 out of 21430
  2. Mixed: 823 out of 21430
  3. Negative: 943 out of 21430
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  1. hastasz1505
    Jul 21, 2020
    6
    After all this glowing reviews I was expecting something truly exceptional, but this game is "just" good. Nothing groundbreaking.
  2. Lux-Brumalis
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Amazing game! I like the graphics, gameplay, story, everything! It's worth playing. The best game of 2020!
  3. Sharpe084
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game feels like You’re playing an old Japanese movie live! The aspects of the Samurai and the honor they lived and died by. That code of honor makes it hard for you to play missions where you must take the enemy out from the shadows. You become so immersed in the story it makes you feel bad breaking the code. I’m only about 10 hours into this game and I’ve played more side quests and free roam missions than I have the main story. I did learn the hard way that the main story helps you out in some ways. Play them and you’ll see! I’m looking forward to how this story unfolds and I’ll give an update once I’ve competed the game. Enjoy the massive amount of time this fame will take you to complete and fight as many battles as possible with honor!… Expand
  4. VongolaXth
    Jul 21, 2020
    6
    I liked what I saw in the trailer. It seemed like it was something new. But it is not and this is not bad. Most of the games features we know from other games, so there is not much new in that case. The whole samurai setting and all the different kinds of clans is made pretty good. Combat:

    The combat feels fluid but is stiff sometimes and doesn’t let you change target even though you want    I liked what I saw in the trailer. It seemed like it was something new. But it is not and this is not bad. Most of the games features we know from other games, so there is not much new in that case. The whole samurai setting and all the different kinds of clans is made pretty good. Combat:

    The combat feels fluid but is stiff sometimes and doesn’t let you change target even though you want to attack a other one. Normally I don’t play games harder than it needs to be but I was so hyped for this game and it’s setting, I decided to take it slow and do a run on the difficulty „hard“ (no other harder difficultie available). At first I had problems with my enemies. They were fast and ruthless but after one or two hours they’re not as fast anymore - or atleast it doesn’t feel so anymore. Reaching that point was my biggest disappointment in this game. Once you know the mechanics it becomes really easy even on hard. Sure, here and there you still die but that’s mostly because the fights are so easy I made it myself harder and made my own challenges like not using armor, omamoris or even not using new skillpoints. I don’t upgrade my sword too because i want the fights to last longer. You remember the first few assassins creeds where you could just fight with the hidden knife? Just parry and easily one hit kill them. It’s not as bad here in this game but parrying is still pretty easy here. World: The look of the world itself and the setting is beautiful. Very beautiful. But that’s it. I thought this land was invaded by mongols but where are they? Here and there you walk upon some and here and there you have some bandits stealing and killing innocents, which you can fight. But that’s it. Not only the fights are easy, you don’t have many encounters and you literally need to look for them. In main or side missions you can see the scripted patrols further away and they’re really there and blocking ways or patrolling ways but once you’re outside of a mission in free roam, you have only the typical „random encounters“. They feel so overused after just a few. The setting itself and the story makes it good. The gameplay itself is only good in missions.    … Expand
  5. An_actual_gamer
    Jul 23, 2020
    10
    What a masterpiece! Truly an open world game where u can approach things the way u want with new and innovative ideas like guiding wind, animals and birds inviting to you to explore the island, superb music, deep combat, beautiful graphics it improves on everything red dead redemption 2 lacked on
    Truly a masterpiece
  6. Banza
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    Excellent, amazing game. Great Combat. Huge, huuge map. Absolutelly great!!
  7. SamuraiChamploo
    Jul 27, 2020
    10
    This game had me appreciating both samurai (Japanese) and Mongolian side of the story as a big fan of both this game really is great combat is where this game shines the most while not a big fan of open world game structures this game did it right very satisfying....but what are you doing reading this go get the game you wont regret it.
  8. Pie2
    Jul 27, 2020
    10
    This game is beautiful and I am absolutely in love with it. Would recommend!
  9. michi510
    Jul 27, 2020
    9
    Kudos to the Dev for creating such a wonderful game for any fans of Samurai and Japanese culture. The game is so gorgeous on the PS4 Pro and an OLED 4K. At times, you just stare and marvel at how amazing the environment looks life like. Gameplay wise, cant’t say it does anything new, as it’s an open world quest system everyone is accustomed to, so the one point lost is for this. . TheKudos to the Dev for creating such a wonderful game for any fans of Samurai and Japanese culture. The game is so gorgeous on the PS4 Pro and an OLED 4K. At times, you just stare and marvel at how amazing the environment looks life like. Gameplay wise, cant’t say it does anything new, as it’s an open world quest system everyone is accustomed to, so the one point lost is for this. . The combat is fun however, manoeuvring between stances to counter your enemies. When you get into a duel, and perfect parries your opponent to cut them down in one slice, it makes you feel absolutely like a Samurai. That’s what in my opinion, sets the game apart. It really creates a wonderful, stylish, and rich open world Japan setting to get lost in.… Expand
  10. Willbro
    Feb 18, 2022
    10
    This game held my attention from beginning to end the last game to do that was RDR2 can’t recommend this game enough.
  11. Mbi
    Aug 6, 2020
    10
    Probably one of the greatest games of the decade, nothing else comes close.
  12. EruNgatai
    Aug 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The moment you ride through the fields on your horse and the music starts playing.. goosebumps. Great game to end the ps4 era. Well done suckerpunch!… Expand
  13. vernoneden
    Dec 27, 2020
    9
    Incredible story, beautiful game
    The only thing that annoys sometimes is the camera. Other than that a masterpiece
  14. visiblelight7
    Aug 24, 2020
    5
    Graphics are average. frame rate is bad. Game has bugs. Story is average. Disapointed. Regret spending 80$ on this. Dont believe the hype: This is a Ubisoft game where you repeat the same thing over and over with a little bit of story sprinkled between.
    Its just anothet open world checklist game wity samurai skin. Average game at best. Save your hard earned money. Wait for 20$
  15. sex69
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    Ghost of Tsushima is a grateful game that healed my feelings hurt by Part II of "The Last Us."
    Ghost of Tsushima is a lower-rated game than The Last of Us II.
    Strange. Ghost of Tsushima is certainly a better game, but the critic's score is lower. However, the user score is higher. Last of Us Part II has high reviewer scores and low user scores. What's going on here? Why are user scores    Ghost of Tsushima is a grateful game that healed my feelings hurt by Part II of "The Last Us."
    Ghost of Tsushima is a lower-rated game than The Last of Us II.
    Strange. Ghost of Tsushima is certainly a better game, but the critic's score is lower. However, the user score is higher.
    Last of Us Part II has high reviewer scores and low user scores. What's going on here? Why are user scores so different from critics' scores?
    What on earth is a critic doing?
    Give Ghost of Tsushima 95 Metacrytics!!    … Expand
  16. GiantEnemyKenji
    Jan 16, 2021
    8
    Ghost of Tsushima is the first game that I have platinumed in years, though this doesn't mean it's a perfect game. Far from it.

    There is no denying the techinal achievement Sucker Punch have pulled off here. Getting GoT to run smoothly on a base PS4 is nothing short of astonishing, and aside from a few framerate hiccups towards the end of the story, its an incredible experience. The    Ghost of Tsushima is the first game that I have platinumed in years, though this doesn't mean it's a perfect game. Far from it.

    There is no denying the techinal achievement Sucker Punch have pulled off here. Getting GoT to run smoothly on a base PS4 is nothing short of astonishing, and aside from a few framerate hiccups towards the end of the story, its an incredible experience. The level of detail applied to the enviroment helps make it feel as close to photo realistic as the Playstation 4 is going to ever achieve. The way the grass flows in the wind, how Jin reaches down from his horse to feel the flowers through his finger tips as he rides. These small elements are moments of wonder that can't help but make you smile. The games photo mode does an excellent job of highlighting Tsushimas beauty, and in some ways becomes a mini game on its own. With so many filters, timescales and bokeh options applied, its hard not to stop at every cliff face to take "just one more" photo.

    Loading and fast travel are incredibly fast. Weirdly infact. I can't be sure someone didn't slip one of these new PS5 SSD's into my console when I wasn't looking. If this is any indication of the future, then I'm sad to announce that people will be hearing from me less due to the reduction my available time to pick up my phone.

    While the graphical achievements are clear for all to see, the story is where Ghost of Tsushima falls a little flat. For a game with such an intriguing and well acted antagonist, an opportunity is missed to delve far deeper into Khotun Khan. Having an almost 'Thanos' feel to him, constantly pulling strings in the background feels ominous and powerful, but the payoff doesn't match the journey. Jin's backstory and upbringing is fleshed out well through flashback cutscenes within the main story that help you invest more in the supporting casts decisions, but you never feel a true connection to anyone. The game pulls off only one real gutpunching moment, and it doesn't come from where you'd expect.

    Story wise, the game is essentially split into 3 chapters, You can choose to concentrate solely on these story missons and make a B line for the credits, but so much story and lore is missed through side chartacter development if completing the story is your only goal. its recommended you at least follow character arcs that you feel you have an affinity with, and the game does a good job of introducing you to the first of each of these through the main scenerio. The acting and motion capture is strong. It's no The Last of US, but it holds up well over Tsusima's 30hrs and never feels awkward or stiff.

    The overall gameplay is a mixed bag. The combat itself is strong, offering you 4 different unlockable stances to deal with different enemy variations. This makes the combat feel deep, and there's little more enjoyable in the game than switching between multiple enemies quickly while choosing the correct stance. On top of a boat load of unlockable techniques and passives, Jin will take upwards of 50 hrs to fully upgrade everything he has to offer. Unfortunately the variation of gameplay can quickly become repetitve while utilising these abilities. Side quests are all too familar and always appear to end the same way. Liberating Tsushimas many mongol camps can be fun when fighting head on, but due to the games terrible stealth mechanics, approaching them silently all becomes a bit copy and paste. Enemy AI is almost laughable while in stealth mode, which doesn't help anyone looking to fully immerse themseleves in this part of Japanese history. I doubt there was ever a mongol that chased a Japanese Samurai from 2ft behind, only to give up whilst being audibly confused, because the samurai entered a tent.

    saying this, one of the most notable features Ghost of Tsushima offers is the complete lack of UI, and it works wonders. With a swipe of the Dualshocks touchpad, Jin can follow the wind to his next objective, or become sidetracked by a small yellow leading him to one of the islands many mysteries...

    Fast forward 10 hrs, and the repetitve nature of the now highly annoying the yellow bird appearing on your screen every 3 mins just feels like a game mechanic in itself. It becomes all it set out to destroy (I assume). The world loses its sense of awe and magic it has in its first few hours, mainly because this now stupid bird (You can't shoot it with an arrow by the way) never leads you to anything new. Its always another Fox Den, another Haiku, another Hotspring. You never feel like had you not followed tweety bird you would be missing out on a secret, and thats a shame. The premise is great, and works for a time, but i'm sure it will be improved upon by others in the next few years.

    Overall, Ghost of Tsushima is an enjoyable swansong for the PS4. What it lacks in gameplay variety, it makes of for in its sheer beauty and fantastic combat. Hopefully with a bit more fleshing out in a sequel, it can hit new highs.    … Expand
  17. DiegoXpert
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    Excelente!!! Ótimo investimento não me arrependo, quem quiser comprar não vai perder
  18. AshenDoctor
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    An excellent work, there is everything you need to immerse yourself in the world, combat is a delight, 10 samurai out of 10
  19. ArkadyWeis
    Sep 26, 2020
    0
    Жестокая и бессмысленная игра в красивом сеттинге. Духовный наследник Last of Us 2.
  20. AmazonDon
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    The opening cinematic displays some of the amazing visual content that the game has. After that, they try their best to mask the tutorial missions, (just like every other game) but they are clearly tutorial missions. I felt the game started off slow because of that. However, once it picks up... Which isn't long, the game starts to feel and play better and better.
    While difficult at    The opening cinematic displays some of the amazing visual content that the game has. After that, they try their best to mask the tutorial missions, (just like every other game) but they are clearly tutorial missions. I felt the game started off slow because of that. However, once it picks up... Which isn't long, the game starts to feel and play better and better.
    While difficult at first, I'm really loving the combat system. It's a combination of God of War and the Batman Arkham series, if that makes any sense. You can't just button mash your way to success. The storyline is about as good as you could expect for any open world game. Which is acceptable for me because this isn't necessarily a story-driven game. It just gives you a reason to explore the beautiful environments that this game presents, in all honesty I really don't even need a reason. This game has the best photo mode of any game on any console ever. It's not close. I've been playing this game for just about 3 days, it gets better and better. this is a must-buy for any fan of open world Games.    … Expand
  21. Do7ani2002
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    The game is insane. The gameplay was on an another level. Finished the game, I played the game the whole day and it didn’t get boring once. If u are thinking of buying, i’m saying 100% buy the game.
  22. john331
    Aug 16, 2020
    0
    If someone decides to play this game ONLY because he/she sees this 9.3 user score is gonna be VERY disappointed lol.
    Environment and landscapes are the only pros, the rest is all mediocre, from the combat to the story. The game is often buggy, enemy NPC are really dumb, stealth system is 3/10, i was expecting a lot more from this game, given all the hype
  23. carrysh1ft
    Jul 18, 2020
    6
    It's still the same Assasin's Creed, with a couple of new features, a good storyline, but dull gameplay and absolutely uninteresting combat
  24. Mortanius
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    Pros - combat is pretty solid, visually game looks good, interesting main story

    Cons - Game needed like 3 more months of polishing. Its actually quite buggy. Side quests are boring. Why people say graphics are so good? It honestly looks like a PS3 game.
  25. Njoku
    Jul 18, 2020
    7
    Graphics is good, story is ok, but gameplay not so good, some few bugs and Honestly underwhelming experience, the transition between gameplay and cutscene is cringy, could have been better, TLOU 2 is far better experience and a masterpiece, this feels incomplete
  26. mrmihailavdeev
    Feb 15, 2021
    4
    Nice visuals, Ubisoft-like gameplay, extremely boring generic quests, ridiculous story and dialogues. What a disappointment from the creators of inFamous 1-2.
  27. AsaZimbabwe
    Mar 15, 2021
    9
    i'm only ten hours in but i already love this game so much, way more enjoyable than ff7 remake which i just finished... will update with more complete review soon, but, just wow, and: yes!!!

    Just finished. such a beautiful game, thank you!
  28. LCHOYA
    Mar 22, 2021
    2
    This game failed it's hype! pretty scenes but sterile. No life, no nothing but a landscape and some weird combat. Compare AC to this and the Ghost falls flat. Wasted my time and money.
  29. Hyzen
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    it's the most overrated game i've ever seen in my lofe, it's full of glitches its combat system is hell of boring battles people only liked it because they love japanese stuffs like samurai, ninja, anime, japanese culture, etc...
    i really find it an average game, why all the fake rates? the only thing good in this game is its story nothing else!!
  30. ZeroDeaths
    May 1, 2021
    0
    reminds me of ryse son of rome on xbox one, nothin more than a graphics showcase where you keep facing the same enemies over and over again with just some minor tweaks like color etc.... with a boring story and a very horrible gameplay...... what an overrated pile of s***
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#19 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#5 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 122 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 107 out of 122
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 122
  3. Negative: 0 out of 122
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Oct 7, 2020
    100
    The best samurai game in a long time and a great fun for all, who love action. Love for Japan and its history is a big plus, but its knowledge is not necessary to enjoy every minute of this beautiful game. [Issue#305]
  2. PSX Extreme
    Oct 5, 2020
    85
    Ghost of Tsushima is a flawed, but fun, game. While the gameplay itself was solid, and the story was decent, I definitely expected a lot more from Sony’s final PlayStation 4 exclusive. It had enough to keep me hooked, but lacked the polish we’ve all grown to love from a Sony first party game.
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  3. Siliconera
    Sep 15, 2020
    70
    Ultimately, it feels like the game could have benefited from a smaller scope or a more linear structure. Focus on the duels could have created a more engrossing product, especially if it honed in on the narrative for a more concise and cinematic experience. But as it stands, Ghost of Tsushima is another AAA open world title and doesn’t seek to define itself as anything other than that.
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