Ghost of Tsushima

 PlayStation 4
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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. MMK888
    Aug 2, 2020
    10
    Anyone who says this game is bad, is nitpicking and biased. I win, bye bye.
  2. Simpless
    Aug 2, 2020
    10
    Fantastic game, definite contender for GOTY 2020. So much to do, amazing gameplay, story, and surprising customization. The game will keep you coming back until you get the platinum trophy. One of the most beautiful game worlds I have ever seen.
  3. varunkapur20
    Aug 2, 2020
    10
    Buy it now! Don't think! You will enjoy every moment of it. The world design is second to none. I rarely used my horse to travel from one area to another in this case because I couldn't get enough of the beauty of the world that sucker punch has built.I took out time to take snaps of this world, something that I've never done before in any game I've played. The combat is snappy and theBuy it now! Don't think! You will enjoy every moment of it. The world design is second to none. I rarely used my horse to travel from one area to another in this case because I couldn't get enough of the beauty of the world that sucker punch has built.I took out time to take snaps of this world, something that I've never done before in any game I've played. The combat is snappy and the controls are responsive. On hard difficulty the fight against the bosses is reminiscent of a souls like game. The degree of deferrence and respect that characters adderess each other with really made me wish that I was living in Japan. A 10 on 10 without a doubt. Go buy it!!… Expand
  4. Wrexraptor26
    Aug 2, 2020
    10
    This is the most beautiful game I have ever played the perfect swan song for the PS4! Story and gameplay are amazing but the sheer visuals will have me coming back and taking pictures for years to come which is something I don't do that often! Next gen has their work cut out to top this!
  5. chev1991
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    A great game!!

    It's actions in game play are extremely outstanding

    I would definitely recommend this game
  6. JBRL
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    One of the best open world game ever made.The combat,story and graphics are great and it has a world to explore.It is a must buy game
  7. kjkk56
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Best game ever best intro ever hands down The ots is so amazing thanks for that beautiful game GOTY for sure
  8. Justagamer22
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Very good graphics beautiful world to explore and impressive combat. Ghost of Tsushima is a must have title.
  9. sebastian132
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    me gusta el tema de recolección que no debes bajarte del caballo para recoger el objeto la historia el modo libre y los dos finales alternativo
  10. Keefers
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    One of the best games I have ever played. My jaw was on the floor most of the game, and choking back tears during other parts. Bravo Sucker Punch! /cheer
  11. PanchoPistolas
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Is just beautiful how the y introduce us to a honor levels what samurai or ghost
  12. Francoppelli
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Es un juego simplemente hermoso, en el cual se ve que existe mucho trabajo gráfico detrás y un muy buen desarrollo el sistema de peleas dentro del juego así también tiene una banda sonora que te dejara con la boca abierta.
  13. Dahomsama
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    it's a masterpiece and anyone give under 9.0 has no idea of gaming industry, really I like it and the way of how they make a Japanese game with this great detail even they are an American studio i really congrats them for this masterpiece
  14. ZAN777
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    This game it's amazing, all the island is really beautiful and it's really funny and really enjoyable to explore. The combat system it's really funny. I highly reccomend this game.
  15. Smith_Trash
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    incredible game, better experience and good story, incredible movement and complete the development of the main character is incredible and very explanatory, well worth the money paid in the game
  16. Shipooopi
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Amazing & satisfying Stealth & Combat system. Next Gen engine make graphics truly incredible, beautiful open world with plenty of open world activities. Rewarding Side quest. Pretty good Customization. Pretty good story with great unique characters. Side mission are just as fun as main story missions. All covered by Incredible Music. Feels like a PS5 game on PS4. All that with No microAmazing & satisfying Stealth & Combat system. Next Gen engine make graphics truly incredible, beautiful open world with plenty of open world activities. Rewarding Side quest. Pretty good Customization. Pretty good story with great unique characters. Side mission are just as fun as main story missions. All covered by Incredible Music. Feels like a PS5 game on PS4. All that with No micro transactions. No loot boxes. Game of the Year… Expand
  17. derikfernando
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Nota 9,5 (Mais pra 10 do que pra 9) - Prós: Jogo Muito Bom! Loading bem curtos e Viagens Rápidas realmente bem rápidas; Contém Recursos que incentivam a Busca por Colecionáveis, Troféus e Conclusão de 100% do Jogo e também a Coleta de Recursos para Upgrades das Armas e Itens; Uma Árvore de Habilidades bem Interessante; Ambientação Extremamente Sensacional; Gameplay muito bom com ataquesNota 9,5 (Mais pra 10 do que pra 9) - Prós: Jogo Muito Bom! Loading bem curtos e Viagens Rápidas realmente bem rápidas; Contém Recursos que incentivam a Busca por Colecionáveis, Troféus e Conclusão de 100% do Jogo e também a Coleta de Recursos para Upgrades das Armas e Itens; Uma Árvore de Habilidades bem Interessante; Ambientação Extremamente Sensacional; Gameplay muito bom com ataques bem Variados; Um Gráfico Excelente; A História que tinha de tudo pra ser um Ponto fraco é Boa e Grande o Suficiente para não se tornar Maçante; A Dublagem em PT-BR é muito boa; Jogo bem parecido com The Witcher 3, mas com menos Bugs; Um dos Melhores Jogos do PlayStation 4! - Contras: Bem Repetitivo, você sabe exatamente o que fazer na maioria das Secundárias (que são "OK" quando se tratam dos personagens secundários, mas bem fraquinhas quando são moradores comuns da Ilha); A Falta de Expressão dos Personagens incomoda bastante por se tratar de um jogo de 2020 e dá azar por também ser lançado logo após The Last of Us Parte II, poderia ser bem melhor. Pra mim é o maior Ponto Fraco do Jogo! - Resumo: Um Dos Melhores Jogos da Geração; Concorrente ao Jogo do Ano de 2020; Merece receber uma Continuação ou se Tornar uma Franquia como Assassin's Creed (Utilizando as Ferramentas mesmo com Histórias Diferentes); A Ambientação, Variedade de Itens e Jogabilidade são o Ponto Forte, enquanto a Falta de Expressão e Repetição de Missões Secundárias são o Ponto Fraco.… Expand
  18. AxskuII
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    I don't even know where to start the game exceeded my expectations by a landslide. The beautiful lush environments, chasing foxes, climbing shrines, liberating camps, writing haikus to cutting through shoots of bamboo. The game has so much more play value than I could have imagined and it's amazing! Honestly since completing 100% of the game I haven't forgotten it and I just can't believeI don't even know where to start the game exceeded my expectations by a landslide. The beautiful lush environments, chasing foxes, climbing shrines, liberating camps, writing haikus to cutting through shoots of bamboo. The game has so much more play value than I could have imagined and it's amazing! Honestly since completing 100% of the game I haven't forgotten it and I just can't believe what a masterpiece I played. Definitely the best game I've played so far this year!… Expand
  19. KitKat626
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    This is Sucker Punch's love letter to Kurosawa. The story hooked me and know I want to know more about this time period in Japn's history. The graphics are jaw dropping. The game play is interesting and makes me complicate my tactics.
  20. AkhilB
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    One of the greatest action open world games I have ever played. It's a Oscar winning movie disguised as a addictive game.
  21. Fernandohsa777
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Ghost of the tsushima é uma obra prima,o jogo que traz o equilibrio perfeito entre gameplay e atividades no mundo aberto ,cada pedaço do mapa é lindo de se explorar,uma historia simplesmente fantastica ,e a melhor ip lançamento da geraçao
  22. gloddolg
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Uma das melhores experiências de combate no ps4,ótimo áudio e visual muito bonito.
  23. legendsfaith
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    this game is great and the graphics is amazing. NO RELIGION SHOVED DOWN YOUR THROAT.

    10/10 buy this game asap
  24. Ghaliiah
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Masterpiece تحفه تحفه تحفه نقلتني وعرفتني على ثقافة اليابان والساموراي
  25. shash_96
    Aug 3, 2020
    10
    Best way to bid farewell to PS4. Sucker Punch has knocked it out of the kingdom with this game. The gameplay mechanics, story, and my god the graphics were absolutely top notch. It is and open world game with not only one of the best stories out there but also all the side tales (side missions) were super engaging and fun. From the time I booted this game I was awestruck on how SuckerBest way to bid farewell to PS4. Sucker Punch has knocked it out of the kingdom with this game. The gameplay mechanics, story, and my god the graphics were absolutely top notch. It is and open world game with not only one of the best stories out there but also all the side tales (side missions) were super engaging and fun. From the time I booted this game I was awestruck on how Sucker Punch was able to create such mind-blowing graphics on a 2013 hardware. I cannot see a better game to bid 8th generation with such a beautiful goodbye.… Expand
  26. PavlosS
    Aug 4, 2020
    10
    One of the most SPECTACULAR video games i have ever played !! Literally no words for the world building !! I cannot find a bad thing to say in general !! The amazing graphics, gameplay and thrilling story are creating a compelling experience that cannot be missed !! A MUST play for sure !!
  27. Witcher3
    Aug 4, 2020
    10
    Easily the GOTY of this generation much better than the witcher 2 and red dead 2 combine Best game Ever!!!!
  28. GrayOkami
    Aug 4, 2020
    10
    I think this game deserve more than 8, when you have great graphics, Music, gameplay, love of all characters, nice side missions, and list go on... what do you call this game is? The game that everyone must play and finish every trophy. I watched all gamers reaction once I finished the game and in every moment we all share the same reaction which joy of the intro, feeling emotional aboutI think this game deserve more than 8, when you have great graphics, Music, gameplay, love of all characters, nice side missions, and list go on... what do you call this game is? The game that everyone must play and finish every trophy. I watched all gamers reaction once I finished the game and in every moment we all share the same reaction which joy of the intro, feeling emotional about the story, clapping your hands and raising your hat for the developers and every member who participated to give us this masterpiece. Well done sucker punch and thank you for producing such a great experience.… Expand
  29. SouthSide2003
    Aug 4, 2020
    10
    Visually gorgeous & a great story I’m on my second play through in Kurosawa mode & it feels like I’m watching a classic samurai movie I LOVE IT!!!
  30. skyandcosmos
    Aug 4, 2020
    10
    Let me preface this review by saying that I don't normally like "open-world" games. I made an exception for Ghost of Tsushima for three reasons: 1) The 13th century setting: this is not a period of history that gets much attention, with most Japanese-inspired games/novels/films set in the much later Sengoku period, and "Samurai vs Mongols" sounded intriguing. 2) The 18 minute gameplayLet me preface this review by saying that I don't normally like "open-world" games. I made an exception for Ghost of Tsushima for three reasons: 1) The 13th century setting: this is not a period of history that gets much attention, with most Japanese-inspired games/novels/films set in the much later Sengoku period, and "Samurai vs Mongols" sounded intriguing. 2) The 18 minute gameplay demo released earlier in the year 3) The general hype in various game groups I'm in.

    As you can tell by my score, I'm very happy I took the risk.

    So much has already been written about this games visuals, but it bears repeating: Tsushima is gorgeous. The colour palette is insane, and you can see why the Tsushima tourist board has recently partnered with Sucker Punch. This game is a love letter to the Japanese rural idyll: cherry blossoms blow over lakes, windswept beaches glow in the light of the setting sun, temples and shrines line the horizon in spell-binding vistas. The criticism I often have of open world games is that the worlds become bland after too much exploring, or that tasks seem repetitive, but that just doesn't apply here. I was happy to just wake up in the morning, switch the PS4 on, set Sora (my horse) to a slow canter and just observe Tsushima while drinking my coffee. The design team had clearly observed the environment they were trying to replicate deeply and created astonishing biomes, not in an overly photo-realistic way but in a manner which captures the essence of nature. The funny thing is, I went for a walk IRL the other day and found myself looking more appreciatively at birds, the wind in trees etc because of this game.

    SP could have charged me £50 for a haiku / horse simulator and I would have considered it money well spend, but they also managed to create an astonishingly good samurai combat game and revenge / honour story on the top. Once you get through a slightly-too-long intro and level the skill tree up a bit (about 2-3 hours work), the melee combat system is among the best I've ever played. Picture the frenzied fun of early beat-em-ups, the deflecting of Sekiro and the stance changes from Nioh all in one fluid package. There is nothing quite like the adrenaline rush of challenging four enemies to a "Standoff", taking them out, then dropping a smoke bomb, assassinating four more enemies in the resultant fog and then going batsh!t in Ghost mode (late game only) to take the rest out - all to the pumping sound track of battle drums and (sometimes) Mongol throat singing (I really want to read more about how they composed the music to this game - the use of a Biwa (an almost forgotten stringed instrument) during the mythic quests and on discovering certain locations was inspired).

    The story beats are on point: what starts off appearing to be a fairly simple, serious story of revenge blossoms into an interesting meditation on how far you are willing to go to protect your home and people. Jin is a likeable protagonist, but I also found many of the characters explored in side missions to have interesting arcs, in particular uncle Lord Shirmura and the thief Yuna, who embody the "honour-above-all" vs "whatever-it-takes-to-protect-those-I-love" paradigms respectively.

    Is the game perfect? No (no game is). The lack of lip syncing on the Japanese dub was an oversight (although I still played in Japanese for fuller immersion), there were a few glitches here and there, and as previously mentioned the game takes a little too long to properly find its stride (although it sticks the landing, an then some). But the fact is I found none of these to affect my enjoyment in the slightest and are likely patchable anyway, so I'm not going to lower my score on their behalf.

    Overall this was a perfect game for these crazy times, allowing me to explore a pristine world tainted by violence, to demonstrate video games as an artform and story telling medium whilst also providing adrenaline pumping combat. Superb.    … Expand
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#19 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#2 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#5 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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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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