- Publisher: PlayStation Studios
- Release Date: Aug 20, 2021
- Also On: PlayStation 4
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Aug 19, 2021Everything you're doing is building your own connection to Jin, helping to flesh out the human side of the inimitable Ghost of Tsushima through his family, his friends, and new-found (if reluctant) allies. Sucker Punch's ability to weave beautiful narratives that will, ahem, sucker punch you right in the feels is more in the spotlight here than ever, and it's an utter success.
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Aug 19, 2021Iki island is just more Ghost of Tsushima. I wish it had done more to differentiate its action, or tell a bolder story. There are definitely good reasons to visit Iki. I won’t soon forget that moonlight filling the cloudy sky. But it’s too conventional an expansion to be the bid for greatness that this game’s vivid world deserves.
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Aug 31, 2021The care present in Ghost of Tsushima’s design makes its undercooked take on its own ideas harder to forgive. Take its themes seriously, and it becomes a story about a feudal landlord learning that maybe life isn’t about him, but centering on him anyway. The Jin Sakai that players engage with through play — the Jin Sakai that composes haikus, loves animals enough to play them little tunes on his flute, who never met a row of bamboo he did not want to cut for fun — seems to have the interiority that the Jin Sakai of Ghost of Tsushima’s narrative does not. One is a thoughtful guy you might want to hang around. The other is not. He’s kind of embarrassing.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 401 out of 510
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Mixed: 18 out of 510
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Negative: 91 out of 510
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Aug 24, 2021
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Aug 24, 2021Story: 8
Graphics: 9
Sound: 9
Gameplay: 9
Game Time: 15 Hours (Main Story) + Extra -
Aug 25, 2021