Ghost of Tsushima

 PlayStation 4
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9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 21430 Ratings

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  1. Dante7588helsin
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Waited a long time to play this game and i was worth the wait!
    story, graphics, side quest, myths, armor, swords love it all
    amazing 10/10
  2. CalvinTheKnox
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    Gorgeous game, very fun exploration and beautiful map. Combat is amazing.
    Skill trees and the sheer amount of things there are to upgrade is expansive.
    You can tell much heart went into the making of this game.
    And best of all, there's no liberal sjw agenda in it!
  3. Smokingred
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    Best Game i have but in the Last year between today and 2018 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  4. Persianpapi
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Visually pleasing and phenomenal attention to details, enjoyable combat and a heck of a story. Open world aspect is engaging and helps the player find locations without holding your hand too much. Overall a great experience to be had.
  5. GamerNotGood
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    The Ghost of Tsushima has got to be one of the best samurai game I have ever played alongside Sekiro. the game is beautiful and stunning when it comes to visuals and world design. The Ghost of Tsushima can be a bit glitchy and the combat can be easy to learn IF and ONLY IF the game is set on "Game Journalist difficulty " (easy). if the game is set on medium difficulty or hard, that's whereThe Ghost of Tsushima has got to be one of the best samurai game I have ever played alongside Sekiro. the game is beautiful and stunning when it comes to visuals and world design. The Ghost of Tsushima can be a bit glitchy and the combat can be easy to learn IF and ONLY IF the game is set on "Game Journalist difficulty " (easy). if the game is set on medium difficulty or hard, that's where the game combat mechanics shines. it is not 10/10 but it is definitely is 9 or 9.5… Expand
  6. tomfow
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Game of year 2020. Gem that nobody was expecting, not sure any recent RPG surpassed experience. Witcher 3 surely as game of decade but this is there is no better game so far..
  7. Adventuregamer5
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    This game is amazing! Combat is engaging, interesting story, no political agenda.
  8. StopFighting
    Jul 21, 2020
    6
    Ghost of Tsushima.... where should I start. This game isn’t GOTY worthy, definitely not. It’s not terrible, but it’s not as great as many thought. Camera angles suck, NPC’s suck, another open world go to this objective gets repetitive and boring. Nothing new was really added. Characters aren’t really, interesting. Fighting is fun, but when trying to go with stealth it’s annoying.
  9. Medinas6767
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Almost 20+ hours in and it's a **** masterpiece, i'm loving everything from the game. The scenarios, the nature, the music, the combat, the story, everything is amazing. It's one of the few open world games where i want to continue playing for hours and hours. Beautiful game SuckerPunch.
    GOTY contender 100% sure!
  10. Davidrutqvist
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    Best openworld experience since horizon zero dawn! Exploring The island of tsushima is a joy and you're bound to lose track of time and tell yourself ill just Explore 1 more location before I put down The controll and suddenly two hours has past. A must play game if you enjoy open world games
  11. Luikiler
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Just when i tought 2020 was going to be erased from game industry this game trailer come out
    Ghost of tsushima is a open world, samurai based combat when you have to do anything to survive.
    What a game boy, the graphics are excelent The protagonist is a badass The story telling is well explored I tought this game would not find recognition I just never tought i was going to find a game    Just when i tought 2020 was going to be erased from game industry this game trailer come out
    Ghost of tsushima is a open world, samurai based combat when you have to do anything to survive.
    What a game boy, the graphics are excelent
    The protagonist is a badass
    The story telling is well explored
    I tought this game would not find recognition I just never tought i was going to find a game like this and is pure evolution.
    For sure one of the games who deserve goty since sekiro    … Expand
  12. spookie8595
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    One of the best games i have played on PS4.
    Graphics are gorgeous. Those landscapes full of grass and flowers are stunning. Level of impressiveness is unbelievable thanks to minimized HUD and Japanese soundtrack.
    Combat system is addictive and brutal. Every parry or succeed standoff makes you feel high. Progression system is great too, every special attack now has it's own background    One of the best games i have played on PS4.
    Graphics are gorgeous. Those landscapes full of grass and flowers are stunning. Level of impressiveness is unbelievable thanks to minimized HUD and Japanese soundtrack.
    Combat system is addictive and brutal. Every parry or succeed standoff makes you feel high.
    Progression system is great too, every special attack now has it's own background also every new gear is plot explained.    … Expand
  13. Alorand
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    Almost perfect. Aesthetically this is one of the most beautiful and immersive games that I've played. Jin is a great protagonist that draws you into the story. And the setting explores one of the fascinating turning points in history. Gameplay is fun, and not too difficult on normal.
    I did however run into some minor bugs that break you out of the immersion, that I hope get patched out soon.
  14. BL0ODYHAMSTER
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    Okay, I thought The Last of Us 2 had the best graphics on the PS4, Well I was totally wrong. Ghost of Tsushima is an amazing game that has such a great visual fidelity that I am baffled that a game can look this good on such an old console.

    The gameplay is enjoyable but I have some gripes, such as weird npc actions that is typical in this type of open world. Combat is fun enough but not    Okay, I thought The Last of Us 2 had the best graphics on the PS4, Well I was totally wrong. Ghost of Tsushima is an amazing game that has such a great visual fidelity that I am baffled that a game can look this good on such an old console.

    The gameplay is enjoyable but I have some gripes, such as weird npc actions that is typical in this type of open world. Combat is fun enough but not my favorite. Some of the abilites that you can unlock feels like moves you should have unlocked from the start but overall gameplay keeps you engaged.

    The story is a bit traditional with average characters. Probably the weakest point at the moment, and from how much I played hasn't changed yet.

    The sound design is top notch. The sound of thunder and the wind blowing around you is very spot on. Voice actors are well acted in both Japanese and English. No real negatives in this category.

    Graphically, this game is quite amazing. There was only a few times where I looked at a scene in gaming and was excited, Final Fantasy Remake when you enter Sector 7 slums, Dark Souls 3 after you leave the catacombs, and then the majority of time in this game. Granted I did put The Last of Us 2 as the pinnacle of graphic on the ps4, but nothing about its graphics really screams at me to be in awe, as The Last of Us 2 is portrayed to be realistic, but if I wanted realistic I would just walk outside. Ghost of Tsushima is a game that blends realism with professional photography together. There is a reason why professional photography looks as good as it does, because they understand how to fix the lighting and color to be satisfying for the human eye. Ghost of Tsushima does that for basically the whole game. The graphics do have some faults however. Some animation such as weird lip syncs especially in Japanese and animation bugs pulls you out of it but the game pulls you back in with everything else once again.

    Overall this game is quite the achievement. If you love samurais and amazing graphics this is for you. The game is held back by average story and some some gameplay and graphic problems but As one of the last 1 party games on the ps4 I think this worth playing.    … Expand
  15. Imad12345
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    A refershing experince asthonshing enviroment a fun combat system that keep always challniging through the gamplay
    Creative and simple but invotive i dea of exploring and very fun combat system.
  16. CDProjektBlue
    Jul 21, 2020
    7
    The game isn't bad and before I say any more, I do highly recommend buying this game because it really is worth it. Me giving it a seven is really only because at certain points can get repetitive.

    This game is awesome and the combat at first is just so satisfying and cool, but after a few hours of playing it does get a bit repetitive. At some point I do recommend you start to embrace the    The game isn't bad and before I say any more, I do highly recommend buying this game because it really is worth it. Me giving it a seven is really only because at certain points can get repetitive.

    This game is awesome and the combat at first is just so satisfying and cool, but after a few hours of playing it does get a bit repetitive. At some point I do recommend you start to embrace the ghost aspect and become stealthy because it adds more to the game. Clothing and armor is all useful for their own reasons so depending on your type of playstyle, you wont have to worry about having terrible armor. Though the outfits due have a few cool things you can wear and modifications to add to them, the clothing options seem lacking. There's not too much to wear if you were expecting fully detailed customization. Also for some reason things do seem to be downgraded a small bit. Maybe due to technical limitations or maybe them finding something new to go by when it came to the development. Graphics are not the greatest and certain scenes you can see it looks more like an earlier ps4 title. There are also issues with frame rate drops occasionally and xertain instances where characters will freeze in the middle of cutscenes for a split second.

    Now the greatest part of the game is both the style of the world and Jin's storyline. You slowly push back the invading Mongols while trying to save and help the people of Tsushima. Side quests as well asspecial side missions make the game feel more open and fun. The game feels as though it borrows heavily from Assassin's Creed, but to a much lesser extent. You clear out forts and other mongole controlled territory and by doing so you clear more of the map allowing you to see more points of interest. However there is no hud so you must rely on exploration to find new ways to clear out the map and to upgrade Jin.    … Expand
  17. YaBoiFirmi
    Jul 20, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I would have to say that this game is just a beautiful in story telling, character development, and just the sheer beauty of this open world. I think that the main thing I appreciated the most though was the environment and the graphics for a console that has been out for a long time. I also enjoyed the whole combat scene. Although I'm not a big fan of the whole parry combat thing, i must say it is hard at first but eventually you’ll get the hanged of it and becomes a little boring/repetitive but its fine. The reason why it is fine is due to the story and the sheer amount of side missions/quests. Another thing that I really loved was the character development in the story. Jin in my opinion was my favorite character because you get to see him grow into this boy into a lord but sadly losing it and being a outlaw. Another thing about all the characters, is that all the characters were unique in there own way and not one character that was in the game felt like a boring character and wasn’t just a burden if that makes any sense. I also liked how you can enter into a base and choose how you want to handle this base like being stealthy or going all in. I found myself just riding around and taking my time with the game and never felt like I wasted my time. I also liked how you can learn new techniques as your legend continues to grow. However, one thing that I disliked is the camera. The camera for me was kinda janky if that makes sense and there was some bugs here and there but it is a VERY VERY small issue and isn’t that big of a deal. The message of the story was I guess you can say Revenge because Jin is trying to kill the mongols that took his land and killed his people but i’m just guessing and have no idea what the message in the story is. The ending in my opinion was very good and I like how the game gives you a option on to kill your uncle or let him live to which gives you some replay ability. Another thing I appreciate is how there isn’t any agenda like some other game that people like to compare this game to. Now i don’t have a problem with any SJW or anything of that sort but it just doesn’t belong in video games, and i think people forget what video games are suppose to be. A fun game where you can take your mind off of real world issues and just enjoy yourself. I hate how people like to compare this to The Last Of Us 2 to which I understand if you wanna compare the 2 games in the stories/characters and the characters development but other than that, its just unnecessary or immature. This is however a great game and is a great final exclusive for this console generation and is a great game for 2020 because MAN....did we need something fun and enjoyable this year of video games especially after The Last Of Us 2 came out.… Expand
  18. Andresxdevil1
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Awesome game i really liked the gameplay and the combat system people should give it a shot
  19. rockandroll829
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    I am currently half way through the game and loving every moment about it. While waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 to released I was hoping to find a game to hold me over that wasn't Warzone. I saw the preview for it about a month before the release and was instantly sold. Ghost of Tusushima is beautiful and fun. I have the game spoken audio in Japanese with English subtitles and i feel like thisI am currently half way through the game and loving every moment about it. While waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 to released I was hoping to find a game to hold me over that wasn't Warzone. I saw the preview for it about a month before the release and was instantly sold. Ghost of Tusushima is beautiful and fun. I have the game spoken audio in Japanese with English subtitles and i feel like this the way to go. Photo mode is amazing and has so many options, so much so i have taken quite a few screen captures already. The combat on normal mode, is engaging and tough. I think the most defining feature for me is the waypoint system. No mini map and you are guided by a blowing wind who is apparently the spirit of your late father. So far i have enjoyed this game thoroughly. Plus you can pet the foxes!… Expand
  20. Jacobyj
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    The best open world game of the ps4s time for sure ! The fighting mechanics take time to get used to and there is some issued with clipping threw things or not being able to find things, and follow birds up and down cliff side or threw building ...
    But overall its FINALLY a new open world right game .
    It doesnt hold your hand threw anything and you can do whatever you want in what ever    The best open world game of the ps4s time for sure ! The fighting mechanics take time to get used to and there is some issued with clipping threw things or not being able to find things, and follow birds up and down cliff side or threw building ...
    But overall its FINALLY a new open world right game .
    It doesnt hold your hand threw anything and you can do whatever you want in what ever order .
    Seems like some enemies are over powered but all the things ive saw wrong in the game can get patched .
    Nothing in the game to make me rate it any less.
    And if you rate this like a 60 out of 100.
    You dont see the full potential in the game. Or you ran threw on easy and just did the story !
    Im 30+ hours in and started on hard for my first play and its amazing !!!!    … Expand
  21. Litogohard
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    literally the most content rich game i have ever played in my 25 years of gaming! Despite its flaws, ghost of tsushima offers beautiful graphics that are nothing short of breath taking. As well as visceral and satisfying combat! This game makes you feel like a samurai. I highly recommend
  22. Bushi35
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    An amazing game, it only has some bugs, however, it's a one of the best samurais games in the market for me
  23. JayBushido
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Such An amazing samurai game with great exploration and story content, love this game a lot!!!
  24. Kells_ExE
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    The game was absolutely amazing
    Massive open world
    Great story Smooth combat definitely got my vote for GOTY
  25. SmokingKeyboard
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Ghost of Tsushima is everything I ever wanted from the game. Suckerpunch knocked it out of the park and I'm more than 15 - 18ish hours into the game and I've just been enjoying the beauty of the game. The Exploration is great, there's always something to do it feels like in the game. The combat is so fluid too. I am absolutely loving it and it's so hard to put down.
  26. ImAlive4u
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    It's been a while since I played an excellent game without politics in it. This is definitely a game worth playing.
  27. FLIXXXX
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Played the games main story over the weekend I finished it on Sunday and still played for hours yesterday the side content is just as good as the Jin's story and the main missions and complements the main content perfectly. Furthermore the game is beautiful and the lack of HUD makes the game even more immersing a must play for anyone down the line wandering weather its worth the buy.
  28. DarkKingShadow
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    The game itself reminds me a lot of the assassins creed games which I both like and dislike at the same time but it doesn't take away from the gaming experience. The map is very large and prompts the user to go and explore its massive landscape. If you love long games and massive environments this is the game for you.
  29. DIVERSANT955
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Потрясающая игра, потрясающей боевкой, играть одно удовольствие, всем советую
  30. Dzemo69
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    I bought the game 2 days ago and cant stop playing it I think its amazing.
    But I would love it even more if you could get new swords and not just upgrade the one you allready have.
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#19 Best 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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