Ghost of Tsushima

This game looks so beautiful and it isn't next gen. The are probably very good at hidding loading, seams and pop in.

Can't believe we didn't have a topic on this. Just discovered an amazing Twitter thread... by one of the devs I think

start of the thread

I like this black & white cinematic mode!

I've not followed this at all but saw this blow up on Twitter after it aired. Gave it a watch this morning and I want this game. Looks beautiful and the gameplay looks like it'll be a fun mix between Assassin's Creed and Zelda: BOTR. It got me hyped!

"But you can't have exploration without curiosity..."

That's like, soooo deep, dude.

Pretentious guff aside, the visuals are worth skipping through the muted video. ?

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On 5/14/2020 at 10:27 PM, [HP] said:

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Finally watched this last night, and I know SP have worked on other sandbox games before, but I wasn’t expecting this level of Assassin’s Creed/Far Cry “tick the box on the map”. Yes, it’s done much more poetically as you would expect a game set in Japan, but from the first gameplay I was expecting a much more linear game. (Rewatching that video now i can recognise the telltale signs I ignored at the time)

I hope the sword fighting is richer than it seems because it really evokes AC’s counter-based strategy, instead of a richer combo system.

All I hope is that the game doesn't have rpg leveling mechanics like assassins creed. I don't mind getting a new sword every hour or so in a game like BOTW, but I don't want to be constantly looking for an item that has slightly better numbers so I don't get fucked by the enemies. I want to be able to choose what weapon I use, not look for the statistically best gear.

Oh wow, is coming out in three days! Thought was still a while to go

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5 hours ago, [HP] said: Another open world... sigh...

Yeah, I know what you mean....

Regarding reviews:

Now for the real question: any chance this is coming to PC?

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1 hour ago, will2k said: Now for the real question: any chance this is coming to PC?

You can expect it to (maybe) release on PC right before PS6 launch. Stay tuned!

Pretty hyped for this now. That review above made me really excited for the combat and exploration. I say this about every PS4 game but damn I wish I had a Pro to get some extra bells n whilstles.

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Quote Basically Ghost of Tsushima in this regard is like an Assassin's Creed game... but good

I played the ps5 version of this. It's crazy how well it's put together, it's one of the best open world games in my opinion.

The minimalistic approach for the HUD worked so well. Using a wind mechanic as a guidance system was brilliant. Though they still needed a blinking HUD element to highlight the interaction point when you got close enough. There were only a handful of instances where I didn't get that indicator and took me a few minutes to find the exact place for a button press.

One of the few open world games where the combat didn't feel like tedious busywork at the end of the game.