Ghost of Tsushima

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  1. deandrex
    Aug 9, 2020
    10
    I love this game!!! This game is the first game I've ever completed 100% and got platinum for ever! I'm almost 40yrs old and this is the second game that I've ever played through again shortly afterwards(first one was rdr2).
  2. qwertyl
    Aug 10, 2020
    9
    An astoundingly looking game with great gameplay mechanics and a pretty good story of self-reflection of the main character. The combat system is quite demanding at a higher difficulty especially on Lethal. One of the best open-world games to date.
  3. Antic
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    I have so fun with this game and it keeps the getting better I don’t want it to end
  4. FCT25
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    I loved this game so much that it even made me create an user to leave my review of the game here.

    From the perfect blend of natural exploration, to how the open world guides you without even have to use waypoints, to the combat and animations. I find it hard to give this game any score that is not a 10. Even after getting the platinum, i decided to find all of the collectibles even    I loved this game so much that it even made me create an user to leave my review of the game here.

    From the perfect blend of natural exploration, to how the open world guides you without even have to use waypoints, to the combat and animations. I find it hard to give this game any score that is not a 10.

    Even after getting the platinum, i decided to find all of the collectibles even if I already had done everything needed to get the platinum, this game is that good. I really hope that it can win GOTY 2020, but in the case that it doesn't win. That will not change the fact that this is the best game SuckerPunch has created and my personal GOTY 2020.    … Expand
  5. Silviu4WD
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    Few games manage to keep me intrested until i complete The game 100%. Top 10 game in The Last 5 years.
  6. jeanfff7
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    Eu nunca me senti tão satisfeito com uma gameplay de mundo aberto. O combate é maravilhoso e não se torna repetitivo. O jogo tem uma ótima árvore de habilidades.
  7. maxhazy
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    One of the best games I've ever played and I've played a lot of them. It sets a new standard as an open world game with the quality and level of attention of a linear game.
  8. Muigi
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    A game that comes once in a lifetime. With an open world set up where you can be a tourist through time machine way back 1274 at the same time. I had an awesome experience with this game. And the graphics was too overwhelmingly great! The Game play, story line and the combat was smooth. I'd say it's a must try samurai game!!!
  9. Metakillz
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    Honestly one of the best games I've ever played. It plays like assassin's creed but better. If there is an assassins creed based in Japan I'm not gonna buy it cause it will feel like a poorly made rip off of this game. There is so much depth and detail and passion put into this game like it honestly is a very very very top tier game. A++ from.me
  10. Tlou_der
    Aug 10, 2020
    8
    Игра хороша геймплеем,саундтреками,концовка мощная,если вам нравятся соул-лайк игры играйте на харде,а не на "кошмаре" это сложнее чем секиро. Трава отличная, лисы - милые,графика отличная, но не лучше TLoU 2. Берите,если прошли TLoU 2Игра хороша геймплеем,саундтреками,концовка мощная,если вам нравятся соул-лайк игры играйте на харде,а не на "кошмаре" это сложнее чем секиро. Трава отличная, лисы - милые,графика отличная, но не лучше TLoU 2. Берите,если прошли TLoU 2
  11. ExmoSrMAR_Jack
    Aug 16, 2020
    8
    Uma verdadeira obra-prima do entretenimento. Ambientação, combate e costumes japoneses bem explorados, referência histórica precisa mesmo não sendo uma representação fidedigna a todos os fatos. Boa dublagem em português do Brasil e com ótimas escolhas para áudio imersivo. Os pontos negativos são inúmeros bugs visuais e mecânicas já amplamente utilizadas em outras franquias. Se você esperaUma verdadeira obra-prima do entretenimento. Ambientação, combate e costumes japoneses bem explorados, referência histórica precisa mesmo não sendo uma representação fidedigna a todos os fatos. Boa dublagem em português do Brasil e com ótimas escolhas para áudio imersivo. Os pontos negativos são inúmeros bugs visuais e mecânicas já amplamente utilizadas em outras franquias. Se você espera algo focado em histórias sentimentalista ocidentais, não é algo recomendado ao seu gosto. Ghost of Tsushima foca nas escolhas entre o “Bushidō” ou o “Kuroudo” e suas respectivas consequências.… Expand
  12. Ghostly_
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best combat and story and best looking game… Expand
  13. darth_jax
    Aug 11, 2020
    9
    Tôi đã có một hành trình tuyệt vời đầy cảm xúc. Ghost of Tsushima xứng đáng là một trong những tựa game hay nhất hệ máy PS4. Không cố gắng hoàn hảo về mọi mặt nhưng Sucker Punch hoàn toàn biết cách chạm đến trái tim người chơi, như một bản nhạc hay chỉ cần chạm đến cảm xúc chúng ta một giai điệu.
  14. Zarmorox
    Aug 11, 2020
    10
    Samurai! Its a very enjoyable game with good combat system. People actually die as they should in this game. We should see more of this kind of combat gameplay!
  15. MehdiM027
    Aug 11, 2020
    10
    I love this game The details in combat are really good
    Environments are truely beautiful
  16. Yoshinori
    Aug 11, 2020
    10
    I was both and raised in Tokyo, I'm a native Japanese.
    My knowledge of Japanese history, culture and around Samurai are poor, but I have PhD in medicine instead.
    In my eyes, this game have no feeling of strangeness at all. Not only that, this game reminded me deep Japanese culture I forgot, and touched my heart strongly. I greatly appreciate staff of Sucker Punch Productions. I    I was both and raised in Tokyo, I'm a native Japanese.
    My knowledge of Japanese history, culture and around Samurai are poor, but I have PhD in medicine instead.

    In my eyes, this game have no feeling of strangeness at all. Not only that, this game reminded me deep Japanese culture I forgot, and touched my heart strongly.

    I greatly appreciate staff of Sucker Punch Productions. I highly respect theire effort.    … Expand
  17. Zinkee
    Aug 11, 2020
    9
    Amazing game with a great story and visuals. The only things keeping below 10 is the camera and the AI, the camera feels like another enemy in the game, while the AI can be the dumbest (even on lethal difficulty), I could assassinate someone and the NPC that is right next to him wouldn't even notice. Overall the best game I've played this year.
  18. xxxYounGGodxxx
    Aug 11, 2020
    10
    Это самая лучшая игра в которую я играл. Она полностью заслуживает высшую оценку.
  19. Jtmr11801
    Aug 11, 2020
    9
    Just finished the game, beautiful story, loved the scenery's especially during one on one fights. I think it had the most beautiful backdrops of any game. So much so that I enjoyed the haikus bc of the scenery. That said, alot of repetitive tasks with little reward. I also would've liked all of the one on one fights to be as parry reliant as the the final one.
  20. Countd
    Aug 11, 2020
    10
    This is the best game I’ve ever played. I have never gotten so emotionally evolved. The story is amazing. The way it captivates you and wraps you up in it is amazing. All together this is an amazing game.
  21. Fish_Ninja
    Aug 11, 2020
    10
    Wow, this was an incredible journey to take.

    Graphics: 10/10 Easily the most beautiful game I've EVER played. Open world design is one the best as well, with its wind mechanic being a revolutionary aspect Story: 9/10 From the mythic tales to the side quests to the main story, this game delivers an emotional ride throughout its campaign. Gameplay: 10/10 Each stance is specific to an    Wow, this was an incredible journey to take.

    Graphics: 10/10 Easily the most beautiful game I've EVER played. Open world design is one the best as well, with its wind mechanic being a revolutionary aspect
    Story: 9/10 From the mythic tales to the side quests to the main story, this game delivers an emotional ride throughout its campaign.
    Gameplay: 10/10 Each stance is specific to an enemy type, add in all the long range options and tricks you get makes the combat a very complex yet wonderfully designed system.....just wish the stealth could've been a bit more consistent, but thats very minor.

    Would 100% recommend, and worthy of a Platinum    … Expand
  22. casprreviews
    Apr 26, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this is a great game. it is honestly a game i'm going to play over and over again. to quote Upper Echelon Games "predictable isn't bad", . Im going to say this, a horse made me feel more character then all of the last of us 2 which i still think is a great game. the combat amazing with all the ways you can approach a situation, the story feels fresh and relevant and the music is great. some problems i've had with other games that have huge maps is lack of content, i'm sure others will agree with me ex. ac odyssey. this game does not have that problem it has a great mix of side activities which are all scenic and provide great world building. When jin refuses his uncles adoption wish i almost cried. this game made me almost cry. The dark path you see jin going down in his journey to becoming the ghost is sad and you no he's wrong to be so cruel but you understand all he wants is to save his home. You wish you could stop him but it's impossible he's made up his mind and he will do whatever it takes to save those he loves. The khan is also a great villain. originally you see him you think is a ruthless killer with no motivations other than greed and lust but then he turns into a complex character and you can understand him, he feels overshadowed by the accomplishments of his family and wishes to prove himself. when jin starts on his journey to becoming the ghost you can see similarities between him and the khan but as the story progresses you can see just how different the 2 are. one driven to survive the other to conquer. One desperate the other cunning. One enraged the other collected. they are the same side of a different coin. At the end jin is able to move past his hatred and conquer the khan who could not move past his willingness to prove himself which ends up killing him. Know i want to talk about the duels. These are great atmospheric treats and are a great tribute to the late Akira Kurosawa. If one nitpick i have i wish the duels had different shots to keep it interesting but its not that important and does not affect my overall experience with the game. If you have 70 bucks on your hand i recommend getting the digital deluxe because the added content is worth it for early game. but if not then get the regular edition its still a must play for ps4 and samurai fans alike. While it doesn't have the photo realistic graphics of the last of us pt 2 or the best stealth mechanics I've seen it is game greater then the sum of its parts.
    And nobody here is being payed off to say that.    … Expand
  23. hi_im_epsilon
    Aug 11, 2020
    8
    Disclaimer: I played this game on Hard mode then switched to Lethal when it came out.

    This game has sufficiently scratch an itch that I've had forever: playing a good, realistic samurai game. Sucker punch did an amazing job of coming up with an engaging setting with great characters and a good story. However, there is one thing above all that stands out as the most spectacular aspect    Disclaimer: I played this game on Hard mode then switched to Lethal when it came out.

    This game has sufficiently scratch an itch that I've had forever: playing a good, realistic samurai game. Sucker punch did an amazing job of coming up with an engaging setting with great characters and a good story.

    However, there is one thing above all that stands out as the most spectacular aspect of this game: the combat. This is what makes you never want to put the controller down. The sword combat is so fluid and addicting. Parrying is easy to learn but hard to master. I seriously sough out mongol encampments just so I could rush in and fight a bunch of mongols; it was that fun. Also, the standoff mechanic never got old. I felt so satisfying to cut down those first few opponents in one silver arc from Jin's sword. The ghost combat did not feel as satisfying but that kind of makes sense since you aren't in combat per se. I enjoyed some of the stealth elements but the polish of the sword combat was just so much better.

    While the combat felt amazing, the camera constantly ruined it at times. Sucker Punch did not give us a targeting mechanic in this game which is a perfectly fine decision. I get that they wanted you to think harder about your movements. Yet, the camera would get caught on walls and in trees which completely messed up combat. This could've been easily fixed by allowing us to change the controller layout so that the combat buttons were on the shoulder buttons. That way we could've moved the camera while fighting. I'd say 1 out of 4 times, the camera would cause me to mess up the fight and 1 out of 8 times, cause me to die (of course this is because lethal mode allows for minimal error and you die in a couple hits).

    Besides the camera, there were other things I did not like. The facial and character animations in cutscenes felt lifeless and almost like I was watching Wallace and Gromit. There was marketing where Sucker Punch made us think we'd have a choice in playing like a samurai or playing like the ghost but the game forces you to play as the ghost so it seemed like a disconnect. I wish we had the option to really play like a samurai the whole game but I understand the purposes of the ghost for the story. Also, there were many times in combat where I would roll away only for the enemy to basically teleport to me and hit me. It seems like once the animation is going and they are about to hit you, rolling will do nothing for you which doesn't make sense.

    Now for all the things I loved. The world is beautiful. I genuinely loved every environment. The picture mode is impeccable and should be added to every game (I would have a photo op every hour I swear). The horse mechanics are the best I have ever experienced in a video game. The sound effects and ambient sounds are all so good (especially the sound of your horse galloping). The fact that they put haikus in a samurai game. Jin's butt. All the vanity gear was cool. I was invested in all the characters (but Jin felt flat compared to everyone else). The story wasn't award-winning but the emotional beats landed for me. The cinematic duels were fun. The short parkour puzzles for any shrine. Grappling hook!

    While I had a ton of fun, there are still things left to be desired.    … Expand
  24. PaffenderSack12
    Aug 12, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lange nicht mehr ein Spiel mit so einer geilen Story, einer so unfassbar schönen Spielwelt und Charaktere die einem ans Herz wachsen gespielt❤️❤️… Expand
  25. Jagerman
    Aug 12, 2020
    9
    A wonderful game. The players have been waiting for this for so long and finally Sony has pleased its Playstation fans. Congratulations to the entire Sucker Punch team.
    We hope that the quality in the new next generation project will be higher.
  26. gustavobrito
    Aug 12, 2020
    8
    The game has a very interesting story and stunning enviroments. Very good combat, and it never gets old. Overall it's a very fun game that i highly recommend. But the game have some issues: the camera tends to be very problematic in combat, especially in close environments, and i dont't really like the missions where the player don't have freedom to approach.
  27. KWilson1991
    Aug 12, 2020
    8
    I very much enjoyed this game and Sucker Punch has done an amazing job in in bringing a Samurai power fantasy trip to life. It's a solid 4/5 game with some great mechanics and also very generic open-world tropes that we have all seen and done before, albeit, SP have tried to breath some new life into these to make them more interesting. Since gaining the platinum trophy yesterday, here'sI very much enjoyed this game and Sucker Punch has done an amazing job in in bringing a Samurai power fantasy trip to life. It's a solid 4/5 game with some great mechanics and also very generic open-world tropes that we have all seen and done before, albeit, SP have tried to breath some new life into these to make them more interesting. Since gaining the platinum trophy yesterday, here's what I did and didn't like about the game:

    Pros:
    - Graphically the game is immense with fantastic art direction. The facial animations and English voice work for main characters is also top notch
    - The combat is really good, some of the best 'grounded' sword combat I have ever seen in a game. For the entirety of the game (some 30+ plus hours if you're going for the platinum) combat remains a delight and doesn't get boring. Towards the end of the game, with all skills unlocked, you truly feel like a complete badass Samurai which is awesome.
    - The music in the game is great and really fits the whole serious Samurai Japanese theme
    - Lack of an in-game hud is a complete breath of fresh air into the open-world format. It means there is less clutter on screen, you aren't constantly looking at a mini-map and progression feels more natural and organic. The guiding wind mechanic is really cool. There is a health bar, etc, when you enter combat or when you select weapons but they don't get in the way and clutter the game like something from Assassins Creed for example.
    - The standoff mechanic is fun, seeing you march into an enemy encampment and just challenge everyone to a duel. It never gets old.

    Cons:
    - Combat may be brilliant but the stealth is only bang average. It's standard fair with assassinations, using our bow for headshots, throwing chimes to distract guards. It's not bad, just average, something we have seen a million times in AC and other stealth action games. Enemy AI is also not the smartest. You could wipe out 3-4 guards in combat and one of their fellow Mongol grunts within earshot will just ignore the entire thing.
    - I wasn't a huge fan of the story nor the cast of characters. Jin (the main character) is very one dimensional and not much to him other than stoic Samurai survivor slowly unlearning his culture to learn new ways to fight. That's it. The other supporting characters are also very serious and one dimensional. The story consists of gain allies, fight big boss miss big boss, gain more allies, fight big boss, miss big boss and then gain final allies, etc. Not much else to it apart from that. Side quests are plentiful, sometimes interesting, but mainly generic. Speak to NPC, go to location to find lost brother, etc, fight a bunch of the same Mongols, and then return with said brother or item. They start off fun, but if going for the platinum you have to do dozens and dozens of these and it gets very tedious towards the end of the game.
    - Collectables are quite fun to collect in this unlike AC. Fox dens, haiku's and shrines really do stand out but they too become tedious to collect all towards the end of the game.
    - The game can be played in Japanese but the voice work for this is very poor. The game was obviously made by an American studio for western English speaking audiences so the Japanese voice acting has been dubbed over character models. It looks like a poor movie dubbing. I personally, think it should have been made with the Japanese voice acting as the priority.

    Again, the game is a solid 4/5 for me, I really liked it and would recommend it. Combat is utterly fantastic, graphics are brilliant, and it's the closest I have ever felt to becoming an all powerful Samurai. I feel like the game would have been better if it dropped the standard open world mechanics and if it was more akin to the likes of God of War or Last of Us's story based linear progression. I think the story would have been more focused and had a bigger impact, which for me, is the reason why I play games in the first place.    … Expand
  28. SicariiAbarai
    Aug 12, 2020
    8
    I am deeply honoured to have Ghost of Tsushima as my first review. From a vast and beautiful open world to a cast of amazing characters, this game is a must buy for everyone who loves open world story driven games. I have spent hours immersed in an open world that is complimentary towards Japanese culture and history. The combat mechanics are fluid, however, they can get repetitive atI am deeply honoured to have Ghost of Tsushima as my first review. From a vast and beautiful open world to a cast of amazing characters, this game is a must buy for everyone who loves open world story driven games. I have spent hours immersed in an open world that is complimentary towards Japanese culture and history. The combat mechanics are fluid, however, they can get repetitive at times. I like the customisation aspects of this game, though when dieing clothes, I wish you had the freedom to dye specific parts of the clothing. And yes I wanted the same attire as Kenshin Himura lol.

    The best possible way to play this for the greatest experience is on hard difficulty. The game on this difficulty is not too challenging but it's not easy either. Overall, being a huge fan of Japanese culture, I am stunned by this game. I highly recommend this game to anyone. This game, whilst not perfect, it has paved the way for future installments which I'm sure will not be disappointing. Ghost of Tsushima is a great first step for the franchise and is definitely a must play.    … Expand
  29. DJRESX
    Aug 12, 2020
    10
    buen juego .. a un pelo para ser una obra de arte ... no es perfecto tiene sus cositas ....
  30. keivan98
    Jan 31, 2023
    9
    This game is amazing. I like the story and the combat system. It is fun to play
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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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