Ghost of Tsushima

 PlayStation 4
User Score
9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 21430 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 19,664 out of 21430
  2. Mixed: 823 out of 21430
  3. Negative: 943 out of 21430
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  1. M4part2
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    Sobrevalorado... Más de lo mismo... Pelijuego... Se nota que querían copiar al zelda
  2. Matthew022900
    Aug 26, 2020
    3
    Nice game at all so many side quest and just enjoying completing some other stuff like shrines, bamboo strikes, haiku, fox den and etc.
  3. MinionX
    Dec 14, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Previously.. the PRESS & most of the MEDIA overrated a lot TLOU2, & now its counter is overrating a lot to this game too, but whatever...
    -With regard to historical events.. this game seems to have been developed by a bunch of children with crayons; Examples.. Lord Shimura literally mentions the "Bushidō" on several occasions, something that was just known as such from Edo period {1603–1868} onwards & this game takes place during the Kamakura period {1185–1333}; The Japanese swords of this game are literally called "Katanas", like Jin's "Sakai Katana", when the Katanas just started to be produced during the Muromachi period {1336–1573}, the type of Japanese sword produced & used during the Kamakura period {1185–1333} were the Tachi { 太 刀}, but not the Katana.
    -It has Haikus.. which only began to exist as such from around 1644, with the creation of the Hokku.
    -It has very good graphics, but that really is something that has never interested me.. since I like to play games, not to play movies!
    -The gameplay of this title is AVERAGE at best, in fact, one can't even LOCK-ON the enemies during combat.
    -Regardless if you decide to follow the PATH OF THE WARRIOR or not, the MC always uses the same main weapons.. that are his Sword & a Bow, so you cannot even use the weapons of the enemies or a dual-wielding fighting style.
    -It's just a typically open-world game with a lot of useless padding & filler to do, like the Haikus.. which are BORING af & that didn't even existed back then.
    -The title does not offer anything new to the table either.
    -It's plot always unfolds in the same way, regardless of whether one decides to follow the PATH OF THE WARRIOR or not.
    -After one decides what to do with the MC's uncle the ENDING or OUTCOME is always the same & post-END play is always the same..!    … Expand
  4. Alrojovivo
    Aug 21, 2020
    1
    9,2 Puntuación de usuario? ¿De verdad? Me siento increíblemente sorprendido por la cultura de los juegos en estos días. TLOU 2 que establecer un nuevo listón para la narración de historias en los videojuegos fue revisado bombardeado y este juego repetitivo que hace todo exactamente de la misma manera y 100% se adapta a una tendencia no inventiva mundo abierto con lleno de clichés del mundo9,2 Puntuación de usuario? ¿De verdad? Me siento increíblemente sorprendido por la cultura de los juegos en estos días. TLOU 2 que establecer un nuevo listón para la narración de historias en los videojuegos fue revisado bombardeado y este juego repetitivo que hace todo exactamente de la misma manera y 100% se adapta a una tendencia no inventiva mundo abierto con lleno de clichés del mundo abierto y diseño de nivel deslucido consigue un 9,2? Esto podría ser fácilmente un juego de credo asesinos no es menos inventivo de hecho Ubisoft crear mundos abiertos más detallados y más bonitos y los usuarios podrían reprimirse el infierno fuera de él. Increíble realmente...… Expand
  5. soheil03
    Aug 30, 2020
    3
    I've waited a long time for this game but after 3 hrs of playing it, I simply removed it. why?

    The combat system is awful and the storytelling is not catchy at all. this just feels like a game from 6 years ago, in its best it is just another assassins creed! the environment is beautiful though.
  6. Sarge_IV
    Jul 28, 2020
    1
    This is sadly one of the worst story games I have ever played.
    Story: The story line is extremely stale with not even 1 surprising twist, everything played out extremely predictable, none of the boring 1 dimensional supporting characters helped make Jin even remotely interesting. Kutan Khan is such a cliche "super smart" villain that just makes everything else play out way more cliche.    This is sadly one of the worst story games I have ever played.
    Story: The story line is extremely stale with not even 1 surprising twist, everything played out extremely predictable, none of the boring 1 dimensional supporting characters helped make Jin even remotely interesting. Kutan Khan is such a cliche "super smart" villain that just makes everything else play out way more cliche. The campaign was emotionless, boring, basic, and predictable and it doesn't help that every character had awful writing. It was not engaging, compelling, or creative in any way.
    Visuals: Its really disappointing to see a game that takes place on one of the most beautiful places on earth miss the bar graphically, compared to other triple A games such as Last of us Part ll this game looks pretty mediocre. The amount of cut out cut scenes that were just black screens is disgusting, during multiple cut scenes, Jin was not even moving his mouth while talking. Overall the visuals are just meh, nothing stood out to me.
    Game play: While the game play was cool at first, it got repetitive extremely quick, with only 2 assassination animations, extremely easy combat, and some of the worst A.I it was hard to be engaged at all. You could assassinate people within 10 ft of a guard and he doesn't see or hear anything, it was some of the worst programming for A.I's i have ever seen. The stances were cool but then just became a nuisance having to switch ever 5 seconds. The duels are a weak attempt at trying to capture the hardness of dark souls but in the end its just flat out boring. There was one move that the A.I spammed all the time and it was a poke. This move reached almost full screen, had extremely fast start up, was unblockable, and hit for 90% of your health even with maxed out armor. The only way to avoid it was to jump and even then it would still hit even when i was above the swordsman's head or to parry which was extremely hard to do and the parries did even register half of the time. Combat was just not fun and took up time.
    Glitches: Don't even get me started on the disgusting amount of glitches. Some of them were
    Characters mouths not moving when talking
    Movement glitches that make you randomly fall
    block button not registering against move that were blockable
    parry registered only 60% of the time
    Not being able to run
    not being able to switch stances, equipment or weapons
    taking damage before cut scene is over
    and this is just naming a few.
    Overall talking about the game in full and all of its flaws would take forever so in summary, it has combat and gameplay that is ripped of from other story games, the worst story i have ever played, awful writing and characters, countless glitches, and graphics that don't even reach the bar.    … Expand
  7. lparker0309
    Jul 27, 2020
    0
    Very disappointed in this game. Game looks great but it has loads of filler and the story and writing is poor imo. Combat is very easy and gets old quickly. Camera angle is very clunky. Game feels very dated, if it came out 3 years ago I think it would have been received much better. Disappointed.
  8. justoutcase
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    Very beautiful game. The character development (lack there of) and the game play mechanics take you out of the rhythm of the story. Feels like it was rushed.
  9. Lushow
    Jul 29, 2020
    0
    es un juego increible, vale la pena totalmente. graficos, historia y jugabilidad de 10. recomendado
  10. Ififindcheap
    Jul 29, 2020
    0
    last boss os cheap and cheesy none of the parry prompts work fix it scorw will be better
  11. RobertoLins
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    Game has a good storyline and great combat system, the graphics are very outdated.
  12. jerX-
    Jul 27, 2020
    1
    It was expected something else, it was not at all prompted, but it's a pity
  13. Alexandr1
    Jul 30, 2020
    0
    Плохая графика. На 2020 не тянет, пробегаешь сквозь бамбук как будто его нет. Игру очень сильно переоценивают. Сюжет скучный, миссии однотипные...
  14. BirdSquanchy
    Aug 16, 2020
    1
    It was a mistake buying this game. It is full of bugs, NPC's IA really bad... the only good thing about this game is that the island is beautiful... but the game is just bad. Stealth does not work either and the story is boring.
  15. Kokiduran
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    Really disappointed by this game supposed to be a master piece and ending being a poor undistinguished game. Bad textures, really bad AI, non sense open world, there is no reason to explore, and frankly not a surprising combat system. For real this game is a poor 7 maximum. it doesn't even deserve whether we realize is a SONY EXCLUSIVE GAME. such a deception, really. 9,2??? funny
  16. Raythegreat
    Jul 26, 2020
    2
    Not that I don't enjoy the game, but don't really get why ppl rip on last of us 2 and praise this game so much, the graphics is ok not great, and the plot I could understand when I was 5: Japanese Samurai good, Mongolian bad, very one dimensional with occasional interneral struggle for Jin due to his obsession to follow the samurai code to the letter, can't really find things to praiseNot that I don't enjoy the game, but don't really get why ppl rip on last of us 2 and praise this game so much, the graphics is ok not great, and the plot I could understand when I was 5: Japanese Samurai good, Mongolian bad, very one dimensional with occasional interneral struggle for Jin due to his obsession to follow the samurai code to the letter, can't really find things to praise other than the awsome sword fight… Expand
  17. sypro31
    Jul 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad game has no lgbt+ character
    And what's coming from garbage is garbage shame i've been playing it for 43 hours
    And nothing special in this game just lile another boring opzn world ubisoft made it's shame that's this game designed being bad for bad telling the truth    … Expand
  18. bibon
    Jul 27, 2020
    4
    Скучнейшая игра, на уровне современных ассасинов, из миссий только 2 вариации: убей всех лицом к лицу, либо убей всех со стелса (который ощущается на кончиках пальцев). Из плюсов только концовка, из-за которой эта игра и получила 4 ( а так было бы 2).Скучнейшая игра, на уровне современных ассасинов, из миссий только 2 вариации: убей всех лицом к лицу, либо убей всех со стелса (который ощущается на кончиках пальцев). Из плюсов только концовка, из-за которой эта игра и получила 4 ( а так было бы 2).
  19. Od3rlux
    Jul 29, 2020
    0
    Is only art and i get bored easily,it seems very good extetic but in the play it turns boring the mechanics are ok but if you go 20 hours straight you will begin to feel sleepy and bored
  20. sa674
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    Best Samurai game after Onimusha games, feels like playing Princess Mononoke with Ninja scroll
  21. jonathancoit
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    It played like a mid tier Assassin's Creed game. It was a bit clunky at times, and the controls were unintuitive. While the game has some amazingly beautiful vistas in moments, when you are stealthiynt moving through camps, everything starts to look bland and the same. These criticisms are more problems for all open-world games lately, as it is a game style that is getting tired unless theIt played like a mid tier Assassin's Creed game. It was a bit clunky at times, and the controls were unintuitive. While the game has some amazingly beautiful vistas in moments, when you are stealthiynt moving through camps, everything starts to look bland and the same. These criticisms are more problems for all open-world games lately, as it is a game style that is getting tired unless the developer tries to break the formula. Sucker Punch hasn't. The narrative feels unfocused, and gets lost in the background at times.… Expand
  22. rsanchis
    Jul 29, 2020
    3
    Very, very disappointed. Game looks great but it has loads of filler and the story and writing is poor imo. Combat is very easy and gets old quickly. Camera angle is very clunky. Game feels very dated, if it came out 5 years ago I think it would have been received much better.
  23. Spike23
    Aug 23, 2020
    4
    My only explanation for the user score being 9.2 is that the majority of gamers love Japan because anime is from Japan, which makes them weebs (because let's be honest, every anime is weeb, except Castlevania that's not Japanese), which makes them unable to objectively see anything involving Japan which makes everything 10 out of 10 IGN.

    If those individuals were able to see things    My only explanation for the user score being 9.2 is that the majority of gamers love Japan because anime is from Japan, which makes them weebs (because let's be honest, every anime is weeb, except Castlevania that's not Japanese), which makes them unable to objectively see anything involving Japan which makes everything 10 out of 10 IGN.

    If those individuals were able to see things clearly, they would have no problem noticing all those major flaws which make the game look more like an indie title than what it actually is.

    A few examples:
    - One door opening animation that's repeated every single time you or any other NPC tries to enter any building with shoji entrance. (Now imagine following 2 NPCs into a building and seeing that 3 times in a row in 5 seconds)
    - Pathfinding that makes NPCs run in straight lines till they hit the edge of their path, so they could unrealistically turn 30 degrees and continue in another straight line.
    - Dull stealth gameplay which in combination with maybe even worse enemy AI that doesn't know how to behave after you break their line of sight results in one of the least enjoyable experiences I've ever had in any game that offered stealth.
    - repetitive side activities that make you constantly follow foxes, birds that get stuck in every single tree or rock (just like any other animal you encounter) that appears in their way, or the most annoying old fart ever created as a game character that howls the word THOMOEEEE every 2 sentences.
    - Interactivity with the open world that includes only following NPCs, clicking on prompts to investigate, sitting down to click on predefined sentences, taking your clothes off to bathe, and climbing up 1997 platformer-looking stumps on a rock.
    - No interesting or genuine characters except some of them during the duels that just look cool for a few seconds before you kill them, and after defeating 3 of them you quickly notice that there's not much variability in their moveset, so it becomes another routine activity.
    Other than that, next to the THOMOEEEE shouting passive-aggressive moralizing grandpa is a bloodthirsty lesbian running around in samurai armor (at least her storyline is not that bad), and another old fart preaching honor, disciprin, and toradishon also every 2 sentences for a change, not even speaking of the protagonist himself, whose personality is at best 1% of commander Shepard.

    I may have forgotten about a half of things that had some negative impact on my experience from the game, nonetheless, it's a boring stereotypical adventure that only looks nice and has some impressive combat mechanics (in case you play how the developers want you to, which I suggest, otherwise you'll break the game) that would've been pretty cool if a game called Sekiro hasn't already been released. However, not to only insult everything this game stands for, it's pretty funny at the beginning that it won't let you enter stealth, because you're a samurai, therefore you need to introduce yourself and your whole famiry to everyone you decide to attack.
    Also, to my disbelief, the game has one game-changer, and it's the wind mechanic that completely eradicates the necessity for any kind of HUD elements, which is something other games should learn from... But again, in those games at least you can find an epic quest in the corner of the map instead of a retarded banner to upgrade your saddle that nobody ever in the history of gaming cared about.

    Unfortunately, regarding new gameplay mechanics introduced after the intro, there is only a grappling hook. But it's not just any grappling hook - It's the least satisfying grappling hook out of hundreds of games that started implementing grappling hooks in their games 5 years ago, when it was cool. Not counting upgraded combat moves, it's all you encounter throughout its 30-hour campaign filled with repetitive missions to ultimately chase down and kill an Asian version of Steven Seagal in a way that the shogun doesn't like, so he bans you from writing haiku and drinking sake for the rest of your life, because that's what samurai did when nothing was happening.

    Considering the number of Japanese names in the final credits, which is close to 0, despite it just being not a good game, it's not even close to being authentic, and I'd gladly change it for a million Naughty Dog LGBTQ dramas in an instant.    … Expand
  24. jhgy
    Aug 3, 2020
    0
    WOKE deceiving GARBAGE with FEMALE SAMURAIS.. which even has a FEMALE MASTER SAMURAI.. belonging to the Adachi clan (安達氏), called "Masako Adachi", something that is not only completely BS from a historical point of view, but that is also culturally insulting!
    Btw.. the Adachi clan is not fictional, they truly were relevantly powerful during the Kamakura period and descendants of "Fujiwara    WOKE deceiving GARBAGE with FEMALE SAMURAIS.. which even has a FEMALE MASTER SAMURAI.. belonging to the Adachi clan (安達氏), called "Masako Adachi", something that is not only completely BS from a historical point of view, but that is also culturally insulting!
    Btw.. the Adachi clan is not fictional, they truly were relevantly powerful during the Kamakura period and descendants of "Fujiwara no Yamakage    … Expand
  25. Zorrothomas7
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    Game was boring had more fun playing Tetris don’t recommend at all, just stick with zelda
  26. ambientdrop
    Aug 10, 2020
    2
    I just don't understand the great reviews. It reminds me of lots of better games I would rather play a second or third time than play this once. The mechanics, movement, environment...if it was derivative and good that would be fine, but it's a lesser version. The wind system is interesting. Combat system sucks.
  27. AngryBird
    Aug 12, 2020
    0
    Ok. A great anticipation followed by an equally great disappointment. Lets just be quick alright?)

    Goods: - Graphics Bads: - Gameplay You wont ever feel challenged during a fight or immersed during an exploration of this truly beautiful, but empty world. There is no loot. There is not a single goal that is worth any effort. Side quests are just laughable and totally the same. Go    Ok. A great anticipation followed by an equally great disappointment. Lets just be quick alright?)

    Goods:
    - Graphics

    Bads:

    - Gameplay
    You wont ever feel challenged during a fight or immersed during an exploration of this truly beautiful, but empty world. There is no loot. There is not a single goal that is worth any effort. Side quests are just laughable and totally the same. Go there - kill some mongols - done. Hoku - baths - bamboo stands and other activitites help only a little bit. Petting an occasional fox brought some joy but thats it.
    - Story
    I can hardly recall a game that has a poorer and more primitive story than GOT. Even games like bloodborne or DS, even though not telling a single piece of story to a player managed to create some sort of meaning inside a game. Not here sadly. I am not even comparing GOT to titles like AC, Uncharted etc. etc.
    - Music
    Too ambient to be able to create an atmosphere. Just listen to a Diablo 1, Witcher 3 or TES Oblivion OST and you ll know what im talking about. Music is essential for the atmosphere - in GOT music is just there.
    - Atmosphere
    Non existent here. You wont ever feel anything special, you ll never want to live in Tsushima or even visit it.
    - Camera...ohhh that camera....The words i want to use explaining camera in this game should not be used publicly.
    - Dialogues
    Whoever wrote those "long and meaningful" dialogues should be sacked immediately. Do people really converse in 2-4 words sentences? I know its kinda Japanese thing to put as much information into a shortest phrase, but God, it is so boring.

    Overall i had to force myself to finish the game, to explore every single landmark and objective in the game, hoping that something will stir inside of me. But no. It is as incredibly beautiful and perfect graphically as its boring.    … Expand
  28. Metabolism
    Aug 23, 2020
    0
    Its a F***in Masterpiece......SuckerPunch always made great games...had no doubts abt this....Thank you SuckerPunch 私はあなたのすべてのゲームを楽しんだ..........
  29. Parks71
    Aug 10, 2020
    4
    I do not like games like red dead and this is red dead with a sword. Frame rate drops a lot. Graphics are good and if you like red dead style games you will probably love it. I couldnt play it more than a couple hours and I was bored. No desire to return to the game, wasted 60.00.
  30. Daniskumik27
    Aug 6, 2020
    0
    No se no me parece un buen juego por su jugabilidad aunque bueno entiendo que halla gente que le guste
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Metascore
83

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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