Ghost of Tsushima Actually Sucks

[@TheDigitalMadMan]

Hey everyone, I'm sorry there was such a big gap between this video and the last, I really have no good excuse. I am, however, committing to releasing a new video before April ends. Thanks so much for tuning in! Hope you enjoy the video, and be sure to let me know what you think :)

[@jetjaguar5200]

Im sure everyone is getting sleep bud

[@steelbear2063]

Man this title probably ruined things for you. You do present valid and solid points, but the title just gave you half the dislikes on its own. Should've called the video something neutral

[@jetjaguar5200]

@@steelbear2063 good idea except the game is dog trash

[@steelbear2063]

@@jetjaguar5200 I mean I like it enough, though the combat is beyond me. Just can't grasp it

[@jetjaguar5200]

@@steelbear2063 the combat is the only ok part to it. Like og assassins creeds blend with the batman/spiderman rocksteady combat. The lack of detail and secondary animations, garbage stealth gameplay, and imo boring story w baseless characters, make it hard to play. Have you seen the guy walk up stairs? He clips thru past his ankles…ive never seen a “game of the year” like this.

[@Swagster-b8x]

the worst thing i hate as a ghost of tsushima player. is that initating a standoff doesnt alert ALL the enemys. most noticeable in big camps. i kill 3 enemys by standoff. kill 1 group watching the standoff. and then silence, then i find out some guy didnt hear a samurai shouting "ARE YOU COWARDS" like a deaf person.

[@shaman_ns]

Yup. The enemies are dumber than a box of rocks 😂 I still enjoy the game tho

[@SP-hu2dt]

I understand the value of smaller maps. For me , most open world games are just too bloated with bland missions, basic npcs and bland story made unnecessarily long. After a while open worlds just feel like a chore.

[@milesharris249]

Its hard to imagine this game NOT open world, Be honest, would you really enjoy this game if it were a level game? No alternative paths to take a base? If every fight took place inside a mongol base? With no steath variety?

[@THETHC123]

@@milesharris249 linear dosent have to mean level to level, it could be a smaller map that’s easier to traverse. Having a big open world only to fill 60% of the space with fetch quests and repetitive enemy bases Is a waste since it could’ve been done without the 2-3 minute process of holding the W key / left stick while zoning out.

[@iammac5813]

Witcher 3 for me had perfect balance of side quest and other activities . Side quest were short but with enough side story context to make each quest unique somewhat .

[@justsomeguyontheinternet5898]

@@THETHC123that’s not what linear is.

[@titomattos]

@@iammac5813 Yep. It had some boring quests too but the most of them were interesting and even made mention to real world fables/fairy tales. Witcher 3 is literally the only open world game i liked.

[@L0vac]

It's like half-fixed Ubisoft game. It doesn't have resource or leveling grind which is nice, combat is very good, art is perfection BUT those fillers in gameplay, after clearing 20th location you'll get anxious, for real. I played it last winter and after about 15 hours, I didn't start any game for weeks, that's how anxious and stressed it made me feel, a f-in checklist, like being at work. I MIGHT start it up one day as I'm sucker for old Japan but then I'll just rush through main storyline. I wouldn't say it's a bad game, but fancy look aside it's 6 or 7 out of 10 aka "meh"

[@ItalianoDio-]

Combat is crap.

[@Calebandon0]

@@ItalianoDio-L ragebait

[@Calebandon0]

@Kai_Stone For you. The game was amazing and it did not feel like a chore because of the gameplay, open world, customization, and story. Maybe you should stick to lesser games if you don’t like slow paced stories.

[@Calebandon0]

@Kai_Stone You must be blind or ignorant about how the game moved then complained. The scenery each mission was different if you pay attention. Lastly the cutscenes were good and better than the other games you play. “Good games” like what? This game is comparable to rdr2 and one of the top rated story games considered to have possibly the most well written protagonist

[@iluvmusicqwe]

Yeah I would have preferred if it was less of an open world action adventure and more of an RPG like Witcher 3 or a more tight linear experience like Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor. Exploring the world in GOT is pointless. You've got those stupid fox, hot spring and haiku things which are so boring and monotonous. The towns and villages are all empty and lifeless. You never feel like you're actually going to run into anything interesting.

[@matteoziegler7632]

what struck me the most was the lack of good cutscences apart from the chapter finales. The marketing was all over the "so inspired by movies" but the presentation didnt reflect that apart from a few scences

[@dancewithyourcorpse281]

There were some awesome cutscenes here and there, far in between though. I was disappointed with the repetetive camera angles during companion missions, made it feel like a none-event. Things would come a long way if they treated these segments with more care. It would help flesh out the lore simply by using cinematography ; not some stupid birds eyeview.

[@mphylo2296]

The marketing was some of the most two-faced, disingenuous nonsense I've seen for a game. Nothing in the game is even vaguely reminiscent of samurai cinema. It's just a video game that looks like any other.

[@Leonidas04052]

Yeah it was just two guys standing 3km from each other with only their lips moving and nothing else, it's like from an old early 2000's RE game. This game is just like Starfield for me. Beautiful world, but incredibly bland and boring world and NPCs.

[@jarltrippin]

All I learned from this game's success is that it's absolutely okay to use the same tired open world formula that everyone's apparently sick of, so long as it's set in Japan. Got it.

[@cocoapowered]

this is the perfect way of putting it. it’s crazy what people overlook about this game’s flaws because it looks pretty and has samurai. the side quest designs are terrible. stealth is terrible. combat is OK. story is OK. game overall is not bad at all, but it’s so repetitive and so emblematic of all the shitty parts of older Ubisoft games that people loveeeeee to hate on

[@southsidetherealest2860]

and as long as its only on playstation it gets bias brownie points

[@Apathy.Apathy.]

⁠​⁠@@southsidetherealest2860facts. There’s so many people out there who worship these PS exclusives despite so many of them being complete dogshit.

[@BastianRosenmüller]

@@cocoapowered yep, i thought exactly the same ,it was so boring to play this game. It played same as assasinscreed and i expected more. But the wast majority of people who played that game enjoyed it. it got very good reviews In the end it is just like any other boring sony game

[@CryoWolf96]

From all the gameplay it looks like modern assassin's creed but in Japan

[@Outliers4Life]

crazy how people overlook how boring the first hour of the game is. Its literally an hour long trailing mission with unskipable cutscenes with 30 seconds of gameplay spliced between each cutscene

[@zzz-cb3xe]

Does it get better though? I turned it off after 45 minutes because I was bored

[@Outliers4Life]

@@zzz-cb3xe no it doesn't

[@talus9663]

Finally on PC and I want my money back. Was bored 45 mins in and decided to play a bit more. I regret that.

[@dragoneater2008_]

@@talus9663you can refund a game you don’t like on steam

[@dorraymarshall1143]

@@zzz-cb3xe Yes of course it does. WTF is wrong with you stopping only 45 minutes in? ADHD?

[@tardarsauce1842]

Ghost of Tsushima is basically Assassin's Creed + Far Cry game, with the mission structure design of RDR2.

[@suda_lifts]

And that’s not a bad thing

[@nuclearicebreaker]

Yes it is we don’t need more slop

[@Juicybignut00]

@@suda_lifts super bad actually lol

[@ẞxĦ]

dont compre rdr2 to this abomination of a game

[@clxstur]

@@ẞxĦexactly rdr2 is wayyy better open world than this

[@thoumotherdearest9041]

This has gotta be one of the first critical game reviews for ghost of Tsushima I’ve seen and actually agreed with most of the points.

[@samuelesquivel6202]

He might be a tlou2 fan

[@rover5058]

@@samuelesquivel6202 Zdj pa konc sveta

[@billcipher3946]

@@samuelesquivel6202 Why assume not everyone is going to like what you like.

[@diegosotomiranda4107]

​@@billcipher3946it's a fair assumption cause half the fanbase of got that Say it's a masterpiece it's only a bunch of haters of tlou2 using this Game as a safe space

[@Ragmon1]

“The most Ubisoft ass game not made by Ubisoft”. Truer words never spoken.

[@William-h2d1f]

Funny that the people who hate Ubisoft open world games love this game for some reason.

[@J_Roq]

Bro I swear most triple A games all have that feeling of "missing something"

[@AugustBurnsRed181]

Finally someone points out the true facts about this game. “The most Ubisoft ass game not made by ubisoft” perfection.

[@thedopeson]

Bingo. If this game were made my Ubisoft it would've gotten 6's across the board.

[@Ligmatesti]

Least its not filled with micro transactions

[@kor6bigtime592]

No wonder this shit is free on ps premium

[@jmurray1110]

You can just see the “assassins creed samurai” on the box

[@solidarity9371]

​@@kor6bigtime592that's the only logical explanation about it being free on ps plus premium

[@raidenx_knights1026]

If you just play the main story and roam around in the open world just for looking at the graphics then it is a fantastic game but doing all those open-world activities gets boring.

[@KanyeIsKing]

@@foolie7226 just like your personality

[@Fairenough169]

@@KanyeIsKing bruh this chick likes this game too much. This a critique calm down

[@KanyeIsKing]

@@Fairenough169 stop stalking people, bot account

[@idanshoval6939]

@@KanyeIsKing why are you personally offended by this lol

[@KanyeIsKing]

@@idanshoval6939 I am not personally offended by anything you loser, why? Do you have a bone to pick with me? Is it because I decided to sell 10 diapers on eBay? Or that I sell some handmade bags? Or is it because I have decided to start selling pottery? Or is it because I have a wall that says "DON 'T CROSS!" and it has been crossed? You are obviously high, and if you are, my hat's off to you. F you! F you! That's right. It is in fact 12: 30pm. I did not spend the entire time sleeping, I was watching marathons of 24 on USA and caught the last half of an awesome episode of Dancing with the Stars, plus I called my mom. Here are some thoughts I had on the evening: "Should we get showreel pizza for dinner?" "Nah, it won't be as good." "That's what she said." "I should sign my check," "I should sign my check." "I should just get the salad." "What's the difference?" "I could make the salad for $3, and the pizza for $8." "I really need a good salad”

[@bizmonkey007]

The game has absolutely astounding art design. The minimalist approach to guiding the player to objectives complements the setting beautifully, while adding a huge level of immersion. But I hate the camera during combat. I also get the burnout from these types of open-world games, which have been done to death. GoT is basically Assassin’s Creed: Japan but with nicer art design and more thoughtful combat.

[@kor6bigtime592]

The art design is good for only seeing once, it looks fucking fantastic.. But only once.. That's not good art design

[@Labeditz108]

And stealth that isn’t even fun

[@CocoManiGaming]

I played and finished the game and I agree with what you've got to say. By the time I got to Act 3, I just wanted to be done with it. The open world, even if beautiful was exhausting, because there is nothing worthy to do. The side quests eventually devolved into same OW tropes of - go here meet person, go to another place with said person, kill enemies, repeat. This game would've been another level had they made a linear, focused game. OW games will need to innovate greatly or die.

[@WOW-yd3uf]

Since when did side quests ever became "interesting", ever since Skyrim the players don't really nor give interests onto a side quest mission but just completing 100% of the game or upgrades. If you really wanted to put much time on every side quest's story then sure why not but don't expect players to give interests nor impact because to them, its just filler or to get upgrades.

[@purplestrawberrysunset]

In my opinion the saboteur is the best ow game.

[@UmbrellaSound]

​@@WOW-yd3ufhave you played Witcher 3? Hell, even cyberpunk for all it's shortcomings has got a lot of fun side quests.

[@WOW-yd3uf]

@@UmbrellaSound I didn't say it wasn't fun, of course I had a lot of fun, played around with it, and there times that the side quest's story became interesting on showing some aspects of the character or world. But in the end of the day, it's still repetitive on doing the same formula (not saying that I hate it, I'm ok with it). Witcher 3 is a phenomenal, one of a kind game and cyberpunk...I couldn't even enjoy the side quests due to the gameplay and gunplay still being buggy.

[@theelectricprince8231]

This game is a samurai version of Horizon Zero Dawn, an open world game I unistalled and stopped playing. Painfully mediocre

[@wallacesousuke1433]

Bro HZD was actually pretty good, a masterpiece compared to this lame joke

[@Navefreamo]

@@wallacesousuke1433not for me tbh, I was bored as hell instantly

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@Navefreamo HZD's combat is actually good, GoT is a generic snorefest, an AC wannabe

[@Navefreamo]

@@wallacesousuke1433 I am talking about horizon I was bored instantly

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@Navefreamo how is that possible, considering you liked GoT, a terrible snorefest of a game? Horizon is far from perfect but it destroys GoT in every category

[@finkitsallover]

I absolutely despise the game design of most Sony games past the middle of the PS4 gen it's like they made a hollow shell of a game then paste different skins on it and sell them as separate games

[@Lordani66]

Like what? Give examples

[@theluckydude5579]

This is one of the best types of reviews for me. I absolutely love this game and disagree with some of your points, but you deliver your thoughts with actual care and analysis, instead of carelessly rambling like so many do. Keep it up man, I'm attempting to put out an analysis for the game soon so it helps to see what others have done.

[@Blue-Apple-fc9eo]

@Mystic Editor Or have different opinions then you

[@00Cashcarti00]

@Mystic Editor a fanboy of what?

[@thunderborn3231]

to be fair i would imagine most people dont bother concisely composing a half hour long list of opinions because its going to be met with lol get good, and the effort wont be reciprocated in any meaningful way.

[@samuelesquivel6202]

Yeah man keep it up and next time you might create a better game than this 🤷‍♂️

[@schmucknorris2672]

Wrong. This guys is just a fkn idiot. No value at all.

[@Flawlesslaughter]

I actually originally thought that they'd go into the reason Jin survives the war, bridge and poison. I thought the ghost meant something and that they would reveal that perhaps he did die or that he became cursed or something. I suspended my disbelief because I thought that perhaps he couldn't actually die. But turns out, no he has protagonist armour

[@TheDigitalMadMan]

I know, right! I remember in one of the original reveal trailers they showed the Komoda Beach scene, and I kept waiting for an actual ghost to show up cos like... seemed like the thing you don't get up from. But no... he's just too cool to die for reals, I guess...

[@crumblyairship]

i refunded the game after 7.6 hours. the CONSTANT fade-to-blacks and unskippable cutscenes drove me crazy, especially when the cutscenes weren't animated at all, and the conversation could've easily let me keep control of Jin. having my control taken away from me constantly was annoying, and it broke my heart because i really wanted to like this game, but i couldn't stay in it because my camera kept going black every five minutes

[@jaketheman1577]

Forgot the black screens the combat is stale bread.

[@dorraymarshall1143]

@crumblyairship OH NO A CUT SCENE!?!?

[@Alcoholic_Driver]

then story games obvious aren't for you

[@Bejdza]

​@Alcoholic_Driver you can have a story and still be a good game you know

[@Alcoholic_Driver]

@ i never said that a game with a story can't be good?

[@bobjilesen8450]

Yes this game is boring as hell its just a mediocore game with fancy graphics

[@dorraymarshall1143]

@bobjilesen8450 Its only boring if you have ADHD.

[@crosses101]

I'm just here to outrage at the title.😂 Also, you are indeed able to change stances during duels👨🏾‍🏫

[@Stopitpls]

I remember being on the subreddit back when it first came out and seeing people pride themselves on 100% the game three times and then saying that they’re gonna do it all again. Meanwhile I played the main story twice and never touched it again, all I wanted to do in the game was clear outposts, honestly thought that’s the best part of the game.

[@Bejdza]

The side content is literally horrible the idea of doing it once let alone 3 or more times makes me suicidal

[@tardarsauce1842]

Yeah, I know this is just a video game and a fictionalized version of the Mongol Invasion. But damn, as someone who reads history. This game is so inaccurate. For example, the armor design of the Samurai and Sakai Clan armor are anachronistic, those armor came later in the 16-17th centuries. The sword design is a katana. But the game takes place in in the 13th century when Japan still used "tachi" which is a curvier sword. The katana was invented in response to the Mongol's hard and thick armor not being able to penetrate the brittle and weak blade of the tachi. (Though in Japanese dub, the sword is called tachi, accurate) But, the thing I really hate is there's not a single samurai who wields a bow! Only like Ishigawa and Jin! Because a real samurai wasn't only a master swordsman, but also an archer! In fact, swords of samurai are mainly for secondary use! In fact, I don't see any samurai who wields spears or war clubs. And yes samurai also knows other weaponry not just swords! The Mongols too are kind off disappointed, because why does this game don't have any Mongol cavalry?!! Umm hello, that's what they were widely known for! They are master archers on horseback. In the game, they ride horses, yes, but when they see Jin, those Mongols immediately dismount to fight you in the ground! Also, the hwacha is not even a Mongolian weapon, it's a rocket launcher developed in Joseon (Korea) in the late 16th century! And what's so ironic is the hwacha was created due to the Japanese invasions of Korea! How about that "samurai code" also known as Bushido? It wasn't fully developed in the 16th century. Also, that samurai fights with pure honor is just romanticized of Hollywood or Kurosawa fiction. In fact, a samurai wasn't only a warrior but a strategist too. They would applaud you for innovative or unconventional tactics. Furthermore, when Shimura arrests Jin by the Shogun due to his dishonorable acts, it's all bullsh1t. What's this the Jedi Order? No, the Shogun wouldn't do something weird like that. This is just scratching the surface there are still a lot of inaccuracies but, this is just a video game I get it! But it still hurts... (Sorry for the bad English, I'm a Filipino)

[@johnconnorpliskin7184]

It definitely screams of a more stereotypical Westerner’s perspective of Japanese history. Despite delving into absurdity, Yakuza Ishin and Rise of the Ronin feel more historically accurate, owing largely to the fact that Japanese developers made both games. I think it’s also telling since Sucker Punch said their game was more of an ode to Akira Kurosawa films than anything else. It’s just that SP’s version feels so devoid of cultural context in a lot of ways that it ends up feeling like a product.

[@DOne-ci1jg]

Your english great! Thanks for the insightful comment

[@thegreatESQUEape]

This game sucks lucky me I can’t get a refund because I played it

[@dorraymarshall1143]

@thegreatESQUEape Let me guess you think TLOU and RDR2 are amazing!?

[@bonitoflakes8881]

What I hated about this game is the duels/boss fights on the hardest difficulty, them somehow locks on you even if you dodge or block, it's a cheap illusion of sekiro's sometimes questionable boss grabs or hitbox

[@unstartedartist]

@@Broken_Lobo no he’s totally right, esp first Kahn fight. beat the game on hard btw. def some cheap shots in there

[@unstartedartist]

@@Broken_Lobo what is lethal plus

[@BustyNutz]

Get good buddy

[@justinholland6132]

​@@unstartedartistyour literally not even supposed to beat khan the first time. He can't die lmfao so its not point in really complaining about

[@thatrandomdude-wx5vg]

Sounds like a skill issue

[@Jezze102]

I feel they should've put more effort into the side quests etc. The world is absolutely beautiful and the swordplay is very fun. Stealth didn't really feel innovative at all. You just sneak behind or over the enemy and press a button. The enemy AI doesn't really react to your stealthy approach, meaning even if the enemy catches a glimpse of you, they rarely go check it out. I ended up challenging the enemy head on every time and because of that the story didn't quite match up. Jin Sakai was not the Ghost for me, except for the poisoning of the mongol troops. Also NO CUTSCENES for the sidequests except for the stories of your allies. Despite it's flaws I think it was one of the best games I've played in a while.

[@zzodysseuszz]

My god dude how do you find the swordplay fun. It’s such a generic lazy combat system, most of it is redundant like the different stances and it’s extremely lacking in depth and difficulty. It’s easy, boring and bland.

[@suda_lifts]

@@zzodysseuszzthe swordplay dosent have to be like sekiro fun. You don’t need something that’s so difficult and extravagant. Other games like rdr2 and the last of us 2 have very simple gameplay yet it’s still very fun and engaging.

[@Labeditz108]

I enjoyed ac unity more than this game no that says alot

[@theknightjester]

I played my first play through on Lethal mode. The combat mechanics really shine and dont feel so spammy on the harder difficulty. I thought the art and pacing was brilliant. Act 3 was weak as all hell though and needed more development.

[@thebukojoeplays]

Act 3 feels rushed. It felt like they don't know what to add any more.

[@eggmcmahon4320]

I mean the game designers sitting in an office and it's not an exact quote: "Let's call every player who wants to complete their gear and collect all the charms more moronic than the planet can bear without saying the words" Are these Fox Dens in reality supposed to be an IQ test and if you do them more than 3 times you already failed?

[@jmurray1110]

I can’t tell you how many times I accidentally changed weapons when I wanted to change ammo, attack or heal because I was using the bows

[@lucaschenJC]

Boring and repetitive. If you’re a weeb then this is for you

[@rennohara376]

The fact that you cant skip any cut sence or or you you have to spaaam R2 to start dilouge is so so frustration

[@Kudos2_Me]

Wow, great work on this analysis. I just finished the game a few days ago and most of your critiques are spot on.

[@andrewmarciano2449]

I’m not even gonna try it. Sekiro makes this game look like somebody farted in a shoe.

[@selfhealing]

Your comment didn't age well 😅

[@UmbrellaSound]

I dont understand all the praise for this game. Got it on discount recently, played until reaching DLC map and finally dropped it. Got bored out of my mind. But it is beautiful yeah.

[@dontbothertoreply9755]

x2, I will play Rise of the Ronin definitely, but this one is lame on the lack of connectivity between gameplay and story is not lame as f, it is not woke neither it is not a Ubisoft cashgrab but the game lacks on many departments, and damn it is too long.

[@AutumnRed]

this game must be the most overrated game ever, it has so many flaws but people for some reason rarely want to talk about them or directly pretend they don't exist, like the dumb enemy AI, the big amount of copy paste, the texures looking plastic, the kurosawa mode having not understood Kurosawa's work at all and being just a black and white filter with a little bit of grain, nothing that the simplest mobile app cannot do and even better than this game... and lots of bugs, you can find videos that last over half and hour only with bugs, the game is just mediocre in every aspect but people see nice colors (which isn't the same as textures btw) and they think "oh, this game is sooo good", just stupid

[@OscarDirlwood]

Most overrated goes to Witcher 3

[@Castiel335]

@@OscarDirlwoodred dead 2

[@brex0077]

You are Right the texture is really what pisses me of, Nobody Talks about it! I hope in the sequel the change graphic

[@ehNokka]

You don’t NEED to get every single open world thing in the game. You can complete the game without them. You can take some while going to main quests n side quests, but if you complain about being a checklist perfectionist.. i mean, that’s just ridiculous, isn’t it? How many years would this game have taken if they had a 60 different small open world tasks? The health and resolve increases are that, health and resolve increases. You don’t need to do them if they’re too boring. There aren’t even too many of them in the open world?? Yeah, i get the foxes, those get boring and annoying, but man.. everything else is nice, unless you have an incredibly short attention span.. if you see some of the very small side quests in GOT as just "walk, fight, save" you might as well look the same cynical way at every repeating task in any game. That’s the thing with games. Some tasks repeat. Oh no. Some quests are bigger than others, wow. That’s how the world works... damn i get bored every single time i need to take a shit on the toilet! It’s so repetitive! I wish my asshole would tear from time to time.. *(im incredibly sorry)* But the thing is, if you aim too high and make 70+ quests a totally unique experience.. wouldn’t it 1. Be sorta impossible, 2. Run like shit? Take a millennial? Like imagine finishing the beautiful and emotional main quest with your team, and then breaking out of your human form, transcending your current plain of existence to work on creating a totally new and unique experience for small missions with the world you have? Man, by the end there’d be dragons overdosing on bubblegum in mongol armor in the skies, like.. the world is limited with the shit you can do in "old” japan right? Of course lord shimura must be remembered, in STORIES, to have a character be of more importance than others you need to make them more important.

[@madalindragan9569]

IT'S A BORING UBI CHECK LIST! Stop making excuses for this mediocre beautiful game. The better game won GOTY and that was TLOU 2

[@THEWArioReview-63]

TLOU FANBOYS LIKE YOU ARE THE REASON WHY TLOU IS GETTING MORE AND MORE HATE​@@madalindragan9569

[@БогданКаушан-к4н]

@@THEWArioReview-63But TLOU is, at least, better than Tsushima Like really, than why than AC Valhalla wasn’t even nominated? Literally the same that Tsushima is with just better parkour, budget, cutscenes, model quality and different setting The reason is: it just gets boring

[@THEWArioReview-63]

@@БогданКаушан-к4н valhalla is more boring is more slow and tedious to get trough (also AC is a extremely overrated franchise, i only like Ac 1,2,brotherhood, revelations, and 3, even black flag and everything onwards suck, i maybe like tlou but my god the fanboys of the second game are beyond retarded)

[@user-ht4kp7py2c]

Put anything Samurai, anime, or Japanese related into a game and it’s 10/10. This is a 6/10 game at best. No side missions, adobe flash combat, and dead open world.

[@zerg6001]

What game did you play? It has a ton of side missions, the combat has a skill ceiling and the world literally changes as you help the people take the island back. It’s one of the more Alive worlds we’ve gotten in the past few years.

[@justinholland6132]

​@@zerg6001just dudes that live just to hate

[@yassinewalker-no7su]

you either downloaded the wrong game or you're just blind

[@user-ht4kp7py2c]

@@zerg6001 the same one that you did, where even after clearing out all of the mongol camps, I still encounter them during free roam. I mean they could have rewarded you with other activities, side content rather than pressing buttons to cut bamboo, following foxes/birds, or taking a bath. It’s not the worst game in the world, but it definitely is not a great game.

[@user-ht4kp7py2c]

@@justinholland6132 so I guess not loving everything that lemmings blindly follow is hate now.

[@muccigane2351]

This game came with my PS5 bundle pack I got from GameStop, this and 2k22 ( which I really don’t play, because I hate that game as well). I decided to play this game without checking the reviews online (that and because it came with my system) and I can honestly say this game is trash and a pain in the ass. The controls seem bulky and laggy, the moves don’t register half the time and it seems buggy and glitchy. There’s a bunch of unnecessary dialogue you can’t seem to skip pass and the enemies are walking talking cheat codes. This game sucks.

[@CinematicSeriesGaming]

This is probably the best analysis of "Ghost of Tsushima" I've seen. Great video! I think GoT is a solid game with fun combat, okay story and a beautiful world. However, I am sick of people glazing it, like it's some outstanding masterpiece. So many people insist that Ghost should have won GOTY 2020 instead of The Last Of Us 2, and I think that's just INSANE! The Last Of Us 2 is more impressive in pretty much every aspect you can analyze: story, characters, dialogues, cutscenes, combat, stealth, immersiveness, world interactivity, emotional impact, music, themes, AI, physics, and so on. People who think Ghost is better have no idea what they're talking about.

[@jenishmaharjan9655]

Tlou2, goty 2020 and fan award 2020 lives rent free in got fans 😂😂. Whenever there is video in KZbin or TikTok regarding this game, these three points are brought into argument every single time. No objective arguments on games strengths and flaws, just keep screaming about how it is a masterpiece, it deserved the goty, it won fan award, so other awards are considered null and void, nd paid the critics, tlou2 is woke that’s why it won. Like why can’t got fans just enjoy this Ubisoft game and completely ignore nd and tlou2 🤣🤣

[@daboyjay7413]

​@@jenishmaharjan9655gow better

[@jenishmaharjan9655]

@@daboyjay7413 got carried by tga lobby in 2018, and folded by Elden ring in 2022, so much better 🤣🤣

[@daboyjay7413]

@@jenishmaharjan9655 gow still better

[@jenishmaharjan9655]

@@daboyjay7413 322 awards vs 20 awards, I win bye bye

[@IAMthatIAM992]

He even kills the same. Every leader stealth kill is a decapitation, in battle that random left arm dismemberment. Any way I have another base to clear in this Sony Swan Song!

[@dajoker8998]

Good bxtch

[@SkullyMcRattle]

People who over praise this game are incapable of actually critiquing a game because oooh pretty instead of looking deeper than what it provides at the surface. The combat is ridiculous it's janky and confusing thanks to the camera being unable to follow you. The story is also boring.

[@fanatp0stpanka]

I disagree, the combat is literally the best aspect

[@fanatp0stpanka]

@Mystic Editor dude my favorite game is rdr2 wdym, this is like my 4th favorite

[@KnucklesWTD]

@@fanatp0stpanka this combat is a joke it lacks variety

[@fanatp0stpanka]

@@KnucklesWTD ok? and?

[@KnucklesWTD]

@@fanatp0stpanka game is a 8/10 that people are ignoring the flaws to pretend it’s higher.

[@Bacender]

Thank you for this review. I completely abandoned Ghost of Tsushima on PS4 ages ago but picked it up again when I finally managed to get a PS5 a few weeks ago. 60FPS made the game more tolerable but I found myself feeling extremely bored very quickly. I try to 100% every game I play, but the repetitive nature of the open world and the “press button to make health increase” nature of all the side content made me abandon my incessant need to 100% my games and just burn through the story as quickly as humanly possible. The combat was the only thing I truly enjoyed in that it made me feel extremely overpowered coming out of a 20v1 encounter having not taken a hit, but all the encounters are so similar and so repetitive that they manage to lose their lustre too. Honestly looking at all the reviews and videos gushing over this game confused me and made me consider if I was losing my touch with gaming or something. I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt this way about Ghost of Tsushima. A visually stunning, competent but wholly underwhelming and shallow experience cluttered with boring and repetitive missions.

[@Blue-bi3pz]

Same i was going for the platinum because it’s pretty easy but man i got bored during act 2

[@Chilltehome437]

We're at year 2021 and still there are difficulties to just go sight seeing in open world games. I spent more time doing just that and creating amazing art with the in game camera feature. I hope devs make a game one day with this kind of mechanic.

[@thedamntrain3467]

the game's issue is that it's an open world with ZERO justification for being so. it clearly screams design as a hub based semi open world like sekiro. maybe they could even have shipped the game with a honor system and a branching path narrative if they didn't commit to spending resources on open world meme, because the game's narrative and design just screams traces of a honor system.

[@sleeplessguardian]

11:17 u fucking killed me with that part bro, the constantly raising voice had my dying hahahaha imediately liked and subbed

[@biggiered4321]

I felt the same exact way after getting in to Act lll

[@loucipher7782]

this game felt like a old ps2 game strap with modern graphic shaders and lighting on top

[@CanalDoRyu]

Probably the most disappointed I've been with a game in recent memory, it's basically a repetitive Ubisoft open world game, except it's made by another company and now suddenly everyone loves it even though it's hardly any different from your typical Assassin's Creed fare, it's arguably worse in some areas like the laughably bad stealth

[@ToMMySGU]

Ubisoft game with better graphics and no microtransactions

[@thehound1359]

I literally couldn’t finish this game. Was really boring.

[@Angelus_Liberationis]

Same, but I returned 3 years later after becoming a master in the legends mode and now I´m having fun with the single player somehow...oh well.

[@CANTHATEmeNAME]

Ya,…I get it. Games not perfect but i personally love the vibe, story, music, gameplay, and setting so much that I still love this game. All the complaints you have I feel could be improved in a sequel which Sucker Punch is always amazing at. Sly 2 and infamous 2 are both incredible sequels (Also saying the game sucks is pretty wild. Kinda disrespectful to the creators who actually did make a good game even if you have problems with it)

[@mikejones-nd6ni]

I'm on PC so i just got around to playing it and imo it was Heavily overrated. Not really that good, in the begging it was ok but got old and repetitive really fast. The way it was hyped i thought it would be great like an RDR2 or Witcher3

[@kiwiofficial64]

rdr 2 is so much better

[@dorraymarshall1143]

@@kiwiofficial64 RDR2 is horrible. Its a cowboy simulator at best.

[@kiwiofficial64]

@@dorraymarshall1143 have you even completed the game bruh?

[@dorraymarshall1143]

@@kiwiofficial64 Got halfway through. Spam x to make horse run..... L1 to talk to people, L1 to draw gun...? It would make a better TV series than a video game.

[@ToMMySGU]

Definitely the most overrated game of all times. It's not a bad game, it's mid. Nothing more than a Ubisoft game, but with better graphics and no microtransactions

[@bryxxdore4150]

This game is getting pass from all the reviewers, if it was a Nintendo game people would criticised till death. This is 3-4hr of fun extended or spread out ovee 25 hr

[@ronthorn3]

Dude you literally spoke to my heart! Every single point you’ve made have been driving me nuts throughout my play through i was thinking of making a video and I don’t even make them, I don’t get the praise.

[@edrichlouw]

From a historical point of view the story is complete nonsense. The ninja was samurai. Each lord would’ve had several in his employ. Nothing jin does is dishonourable to either samurai or shinobi. Their honour code summarised is: if it serves the lord (shogun) it’s honourable.

[@trippymlgjunkrat5749]

WHEN YOURE SNEAKING AND IT ACTIVAT3S GHOST LIKE WELP THATS A WHOLE GOD DAMN RESET

[@MichaelJ44]

The things it’s missing, is LIFE. I have no idea who my character is, what his name is, what he’s fighting FOR (not against) Compare it with Skyrim. A decade old game. I just don’t understand why I’d want to play this over Skyrim (apart from Graphics :) )

[@BustyNutz]

You didn't pay attention then lol the characters name is scattered many times through the game jin saki the last surging member of his clan next to his uncle

[@MichaelJ44]

@@BustyNutz exactly. It didn’t immerse me

[@BustyNutz]

@@MichaelJ44 that's your fault then no the games

[@MichaelJ44]

@@BustyNutz wrong

[@cynicalidealist11]

@@BustyNutz How is it your fault if you weren’t immersed? lol it’s always up to the game (or movie, tv show or book etc.) to get you immersed in its world.

[@LocoCocoPops]

The stances just seemed pointless. You start the game without any of them. Tap o for one red dot, tap o twice for two red dots and so on. It’s the weakest part of the game

[@dorraymarshall1143]

@LocoCocoPops Red dot? WTF you talking about?

[@ezioauditore6038]

The unskippable cutscenes and dialogue are insufferable....another game trying to be profound and "cinematic' but instead is tedious and boring

[@xtrwq]

Typical boring open world game. There's a review on YT "Ghost of Tsushima is a bit of a mess - Game Analysis" where the reviewer won duels on hard just by mashing triangle, it's braindead button mashing easy a lot of the times. Jin is also too OP in this game, most of the time I was wondering why I needed all these people to help me, I'm a one man army, which felt good, but it was a little too much. Sekiro Shadows Die Twice, now that's a good sword fighting game.

[@ToMMySGU]

The worst thing in this game are probably the dialogues. Most of the time they are completely meaningless, unnecessary and banal, they don't really add anything to the story, and you can't even skip them. The story is predictable and the characters are bland. Add that to a repetitive and boring Ubisoft style gameplay and you get a mediocre game. Most overrated game of all times

[@WTFidontknow1]

I loved the game but this has got to best and most real review I’ve seen. So true through and through. And funny.

[@henkhenkste6076]

AC: Japan

[@KanyeIsKing]

okay Ubisoft fanboy

[@Ace-dv5ce]

@@KanyeIsKing It’s not even remotely ac though

[@budilamarius5053]

@@Ace-dv5ce no is not, at least AC manages to keep me entertained despite being repetitive. GoT puts me to sleep.

[@Ace-dv5ce]

@@budilamarius5053 I agree

[@darkninja9499]

​@@budilamarius5053 lmao reading this after AC controversy is funny

[@MarcraM82]

Overrated game. Found it boring and repetitive. Mongol outposts were the worst, just rehashed over the whole open world. Accurate review. This and Horizon zero dawn I found very similar in mission design and constant collecting and check boxes. Terrible. Great writing by the way, have subscribed.

[@KanyeIsKing]

Game is good

[@Blue-Apple-fc9eo]

@@KanyeIsKing ok?

[@Shaker1000]

@@Blue-Apple-fc9eo For a hot second, I thought her last name was Bukaki and that she was a spam account.

[@Blue-Apple-fc9eo]

@@Shaker1000 Yeah don’t blame you either.

[@standardmax4373]

14:13 he explains exactly why he didn't like the game. He literally didn't bother to understand the bare minimum of the combat... "Erm, I just kept mashing button. Erm, game boring bad." Buddy, stick to Fortnite if reading a weapon tutorial is too much for you to handle.

[@Adriandz271]

Perfect example of a spoiled gamer brat review.

[@Blue-Apple-fc9eo]

Yeah, it's you.

[@DegenPhilly]

You are so wrong about the combat, you never upgraded your stances so your missing key parts of making the combat fun. Also you can absolutely switch stances during thr duels. Using the wind combo and moon spinning attack.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

Nothing fun about this terrible combat, just play Sekiro or Nioh instead

[@resolve06]

@@wallacesousuke1433It’s not perfect but saying it’s terrible is a reach. Get out of your emotions.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@resolve06 LOL I couldnt be more objective if I tried, it's you whose opinions are being driven by your female hormones... that or you're casual garbo who can't tell a good combat even if you're hit in the face with

[@smeller1214]

people will shit on assassin's creed and then play assassin's creed Japan. the story was mediocre, the dialog was so terrible I actually laughed during the serious moments, the combat? its cool if the major features actually work as intended (standoff, wind stance parry), and if you want to fight the same fight 100s of times over 50 hours. and the OpenWorld? are we all fucking 10 years old? because it's been years since I've seen an OpenWorld that isn't just a scavenger hunt. the armor and weapons? 85% would never match with each other and 80% of the armor sets fucking suck. Also, by the end of the game I almost got violently mad every time that gold bird appeared. Finally, the stealth is so laughably easy you can kill an entire camp one by one as they run over to check on their dead comrades, just such a silly little game.

[@smeller1214]

also do you guys remember when fallout 4 came out, and they were trying to push that "the man out of time" name? and everyone said it was lame? yeah "the ghost" is about as fucking lame.

[@bulkel6885]

I just got to this game. It sucks, i don't get it, am i the only one who thinks graphics suck in this game? The nature feels plastic and empty. Maybe something is wrong with my PS5 but it looks totally unreal. It always reminds me like - hey its a GAAAAAAAAME. Everything starting from water ending with creepy animals and terrible nature that moves always under angle. i don't get it how people think that a flower that is a triangle folds instead of bending is beautiful. All and all if i could, i would refund this game and never go back to it. The sky is empty. Seriously the water graphics especially on the beach looks like from 2006. For 2022 this game should have released in 2010, than i would not complain.

[@zzz-cb3xe]

I agree. The game's graphics look very basic and feel like they were done in 2010.i just don't see how people say it has outstanding graphics, it feels cartoonish, the nature and lighting in horizon zero dawn look so much better

[@bulkel6885]

@@zzz-cb3xe all my best friends say that the graphics are amazing 🤦‍♂️when it’s sunset 🌅 I literally want to put a pen in my eyes the lighting hurts so bad, the water looks really 2005-10ish maximum. And the separation of nature is horrible, everything is put on a map in peace’s the nature does not mix at all 🤦‍♂️ all n all I tried to play it recently since I had nothing else and me an my gf said ( let’s give it another chance ) but after 5 min we both said f…… it, and delete.

[@NeverQuit87]

I agree. This game is boring as fk. I played 2/3 acts on and off it took me until now to get that far because of boredom. Good combat but same crap over and over worse than Assassin's Creed origins, odyssey and Valhalla which kept me more entertained.

[@Ryuk1138]

Your critique of the combat and gameplay is pure cancer.

[@pedrol.p.carvalho8605]

Game is mediocre at best. People praise it only to make a counterpart to TLOU2

[@BB-in8yz]

Tlou 2 is better

[@columnarbasalt4677]

GoT doesn't even come close

[@raidenx_knights1026]

I hate both lol, I like games like Devil May Cry 5 and God of war.

[@BB-in8yz]

@That HALO Dude have you played it???🤣🤣🤣

[@BB-in8yz]

@That HALO Dude tell me why it’s shit??

[@loucipher7782]

to a white guy the cutscene look like they are just standing still to Asians and western fans who watched classic samurai movies this actually looks like a recreation of a classic samurai movie in a game there is also a black and white filter for the entire game or a old classic movie filter

[@NhlanhlaMathe]

Abandoned this game, couldn't take it no more

[@darkninja9135]

​@EdwardHogtumorAnd Roblox too.

[@illusma7822]

​​@EdwardHogtumori haven't played fortnite but I bet it's more engaging than GoT

[@flakowl2889]

I feel personally attacked

[@Fairenough169]

Good the game is terrible lol

[@jetthejudge]

@VITEX Cyberpunk is better than Ghost.

[@hollygonie2766]

@@jetthejudge naaaaaaaaaahhhh

[@directdebit6078]

I would hate this video since I'm a gigantic fan of the game. I think it's the best samurai game ever and maybe in the top 20 games ever (IMO) But this is just a really good analysis/review. I respect this video

[@jetjaguar5200]

I dont like the sheathing..lol it ruins it for me. Its all about sword play and theres like one animation and so far its suuuper delayed. I do some badass stuff and then i stand there like a dimwit after. I have been shocked and disappointed so far. Just got the game

[@directdebit6078]

@@jetjaguar5200 you're able to sheath your katana by swiping right on the 'big ass button' as it's called

[@jetjaguar5200]

@@directdebit6078 it doesnt work for me. I did just start..idk

[@directdebit6078]

@@jetjaguar5200 strange. Try swiping at other angles

[@addyy8544]

@@jetjaguar5200 swiping right on the touch pad sheaths your sword

[@Daemonic287]

You definitely didn’t plat Skyrim

[@loucipher7782]

those fighting stances are useless i stick to the basic and chop everyone throughout the game anyway would be cool if that water stance actually have water breathing technique

[@tommyvercetti9434]

Whenever someone asks me about Ghost of Tsushima all I can say is "It is a different Ubisoft game". EDIT: 20:30 The reason I only used smoke bombs

[@DescendingBlade]

It’s a better version of Assassins Creed, and that’s why I like it. But I understand why some might find that to be a little generic. In my opinion Ghost of Tsushima is what the new AC games should have been.

[@thedopeson]

@@DescendingBlade all three recent AC games are better than Ghost of Tsushima. The only things GoT does better are graphics and combat. I loved all the recent AC trilogy games. If they were "like GoT" I wouldn't have even finished them.

[@YEY0806]

​@@thedopeson combat is debatable considering how overpowered you get that challenge evaporats, it's just aesthetically good

[@damianlegion8455]

21:42 - 21:48 THIS here... THIS earned my Subscription. 😌 ...Well done! 🥰

[@regularguy3879]

I honestly think action-adventure games with open worlds were better with their small to medium sized worlds (zelda likes basically) big open worlds are mostly worth it in something like elder scrolls games in my eyes

[@user-db2uj9vc7s]

Yeah and open world in elder scrolls games usually sucks. Generic, repetitive and a lot of times.

[@regularguy3879]

@@user-db2uj9vc7s i Think what mostly sucks is not necessarily it's repetitiveness, but lack of depth in it's basic mechanics. Skyrim, Morrowind and even Oblivion were just about right in terms of world size.

[@fabianklevenz4800]

"I didn't upgrade my stances, I never learned their moves. Ohh, the only reason to use different stances is to mash triangle" There's quite a lot you are missing here, each stance has it's own thing it can do well Stone stance can bypass any block that isn't from a shield enemy Moon has spinning strikes to hit multiple enemies Wind can knock back enemies for enviromental kills Water has a flurry attack that does high damage against unguarded enemies A few more highlights of this review are "I have to move the camera myself, therefore the camera is bad." "I have to aim attacks myself and i sometimes miss enemies, combat is janky" "Combat is boring, there's just light and heavy attacks, but also more options are bad because theres too much" "Being stronger is bad because its easy, but also you can still die quickly because its hard" "Clicking R2 is interact, holding it opens a menu and holding it while aiming is fire, thats way too much for me." "You have to aim in order to swap your ammo and bow, thats bad for some reason" "The game assists your movements, thats bad, but also lock-on should exist so every attack always hits an enemy"

[@syllo137]

I guess some people just like those Ubisoft like games. Both this and Horizon zero dawn were hyped AF, tried both and I felt like I've played them before because all of them feel so similar

[@ItalianoDio-]

Whoa! Horizon is nothing like this game. Horizon is amazing (probably the best games...ever.). I just finished Forbidden West. Started on this game next...what a joke. This game is lame as shit. I tried for 2 days to get into it and it's just so boring and I can't skip anything.

[@The-Azure-Knight]

You're just explaining what every game is. Every game gets repetitive at a point. It really just comes down to how invested in the world you are that determines if you want to put more time into it.

[@csl9495]

Every similar game is repetitive in the fact that you go to some destination on the map to start a mission and complete it but with GoT its repetitive in mission design. All the mission length were the same length and cut scenes were the same length. Nothing dynamic happens. You go on these missions, meet your companion, go to raid or fight some enemies and done. Comparatively to Rdr2 and Witcher 3 there was so much more going on. I couldn't love this game as much becasue I noticed it just was lacking what these two games executed so well. Only thing I truly loved about GoT was the combat, only when raiding the castle with my group of companion facing hordes of enemies... not really when I was out and about traveling. On that note there wasn't many missions that did that. And comparatively to an action driven game, where the character feels totally bad ass killing large groups of enemies... GoT did that kind of, but not as well as the GraveWalker from Lord of the Rings Shadow of Mordor/War. And you can tell it also drew from Lotdr too due to the combat focus and the scaling of buildings or objects, just not as enjoyable. I felt like GoT was trying to do everything what these games did great and lost focus. Hence it does some familiar things we all enjoy... so we enjoy the game but as the reviewer said something was empty about it.

[@YEY0806]

​@Csl, the real issue is less repetition. It's the fact that by the start of Act II you pretty much have everything you need and the game is too simplistic. Finding another fox shrine, hotspring, side quests, collectables and pillers is no longer gratifying since the gameplay isn't evolving and the rewards feel minimal as your already overpowered so doing more will just further break the game.

[@ACompletelyRandomGuy]

Now everyone is saying how amazing the main story is, and so I played it, and I hated it. Like I HATED Yuna. She came in, and taught and spread everything that would turn him into the ghost. And the whole ghost BS is so anoying to me. Yuna calls me the ghost ok I'm the ghost. Like I think from the start to finish of the story aged like milk. I will say they had a pretty good comedy relief character but for 75$ it's a waste. Also if you think about some of the small too much it crumbls the world a little more. Why does gear of legendary samurai give you a assasanation boost? Or even better why do the gods support the assasanation? Cool soundtrack though.

[@ACompletelyRandomGuy]

Also why do the Sakai have an assasanation blade? You could've just given Jin an assanation blade when he learned it and upgraded it to look cooler. You could even have a legend about getting a cooler one but no, they just have it.

[@Angelus_Liberationis]

Yuna, Shimura and the ronin guy are super annoying! Atleast we get to take two of them out 😃

[@26MECH]

I beat the game ..took my time too...haven't done iki island yet but this review is spot on man....it's not terrible but it's not goty material....it's repetitive and bland...the foxes were cute at first but damn....the same shit over the whole map....I could go on for days

[@haunteddreams7856]

It's boring 🤷. I guessed the ending of the story while doing the combat tutorial. The world is empty just nice views and a occasional base. The combat is alright but I've seen so much better. It's a typical ps exclusive where do focus on graphics and give bare minimum on gameplay

[@Ace-dv5ce]

This is exactly what I’m thinking, I could literally make ghost of Tsushima story. All the characters and all and that’s not a good look cause I wouldn’t say I’m very good at that.

[@haunteddreams7856]

@@Ace-dv5ce the story was so lazy that I guarantee you can write one better than that

[@Ace-dv5ce]

@@haunteddreams7856 I do too, and that’s ridiculous coming from a open world triple a lol

[@haunteddreams7856]

@@Ace-dv5ce it's all because it's a ps exclusive..... I guarantee you that if this game wasn't exclusive then it would be rated as average

[@John-996]

@@haunteddreams7856 Well its also a grounded Samuri game. So it stand out thats what i love about it. Not GOTY but still great.

[@Alpaslann]

This game is like a h**ker. It looks beautiful but it's empty. Don't expect love. Just fk for an hour and move on.

[@Castiel335]

Great words

[@zacsimillion]

47 minutes of nitpicking.

[@KnucklesWTD]

This game is not that good. I wasted money buying this.

[@cosmicbilly]

You didn't even watch the video lmao. He wasn't even nit picking.

[@gaztroan131]

​@@cosmicbilly😂, yeah he was.

[@ronthorn3]

Nah he’s right, I literally shut the game off mid last boss fight, I was so bored, didn’t help that I played sekiro right before, just not even close to the perfection of sekiro.

[@Kenzar23]

​​@@gaztroan131 no he wasn't it's was y'all can't just accept that it's not as good as you make it out to be 😂

[@TTG2025]

Most people will dislike this because their opinion is always right and they can't respect others. I'm glad people actually speak out on what they think, rather than arse like every title they own.

[@Shaolinstout]

The like to dislike is telling and yet i can’t find but a small handful of comments that disagree. Another video bashing GoT has the same thing. Its fine if you don’t like ghost but It’s almost like these people can’t handle people disagreeing or criticizing them. Pathetic if you ask me

[@justinholland6132]

​@@Shaolinstoutits because just saying got sucks and that fly Cooper and infamous are better games are literally just terrible takes. And he's nitpicking on a lot of things. You can simplify every single game and make it seem bad. "All dark souls games is go around fighting bosses" "all rdr2 is just shooting and robbing" all gta5 is shooting and robbing. U see my point. And his content himself is low effort. His jokes ain't funny at all

[@stitchfinger7678]

holy shit the lack of awareness most of the comments are literally shitting on people for having the nerve to like the game.

[@kura6184]

Ryuzo is goofy he gets mad at jin for not throwing the fight but also to proud to accept jins handout to server under lord shimura

[@Fairenough169]

Beautiful game but absolutely terrible gameplay. Got bored so damn fast, missed essential character side missions that play into the main story. Tons of terrible side missions. Oh and not to mention the entire game is supposed to be becoming a ninja and the AI stealth mechanics are similar to original Xbox and ps3 games. So sad it was such trash haha. Best fights were duels, should’ve been based around those mechanics

[@KanyeIsKing]

It wasn’t trash kid, you’re just bad.

[@Fairenough169]

@@KanyeIsKing ever played ninja gaiden on hardest difficulty? That games beyond better

[@KanyeIsKing]

@@Fairenough169 that game is a 7/10, this game is an 8/10

[@haunteddreams7856]

Gameplay was so bad but that's a ps exclusive for you they focus on graphics and give bare minimum on gameplay. Look at horizon zero dawn I absolutely loved that game but gameplay there's hardly anything to it but jump, role and shoot. Ghost of Tsushima was a massive let down

[@haunteddreams7856]

@That HALO Dude ok

[@conansutton7990]

Okay but infamous second son was pretty damn good

[@VonDutchNL]

The only reason why it got praised so much is because TLOU2 came out around the same time.. and sucked. I Pre-ordered GOT, and was REALLY disappointed.. same "villages" same houses.. generic story.. generic everything. I finished it and sold it straight away. It's just a 5/10 game for me.

[@karlkarlsson9126]

Ghost of Tsushima is magical the first half, but still no one has done what Witcher 3 did. The thing with Witcher 3 was that it was representing something new all the time for the player with little to no repetition, the open world didn't have any repetitive scenarios that was randomly computer generated, instead most of the things on the map was thought out, and everything was so well done that you didn't know if it was a small side-quest or a main mission, and the lack of repetitiveness was striking compared to other open-world games. The problem with Ghost of Tsushima is the usual, after a while you get tired of the random events that happens over and over, and collecting things and foxes are just the same after the same.

[@messirulz100]

I would have loved a modified version of the dishonored system where if you stealth the game it changes the world and if you fight by the code or whatever it also changes the world accordingly. I could completely not bother with the stealth and still be forced into doing stealth

[@mfngaming5630]

Nailed it. With the Iki Island "expansion" out now, Sucker Punch seems to be pulling a Ubishit on us. After what Ubistank did to Ghost Recon Wildlands, Sucker Punch is looking real familiar. Real familiar.

[@devora4809]

Yes the story was ok, a bit boring more of the same just this time Jin is trying to get over his "Daddy issues", and after beating the side quests I just can't bring myself to finish the other activities, it's so boring.

[@Ace-dv5ce]

I like how you say Wildlands when there’s obviously one game 10 times worse that came out more recent

[@mfngaming5630]

@@Ace-dv5ce Iki island isn't bad it's reminds me of the difference between fallen ghost and wildlands right now. I hoping fans like myself who pay lots of money for this stuff get what we want. The bug fixes do come out pretty often, that's good. I'm hoping there are add ons or dlc to address other issues before we have a list of different game modes to choose from. That said, I'm gone go play right now.

[@PhiI93]

The world is itself is so bland. The lack of music when you're exploring makes it seem empty. Unlike GTA, Witcher 3, the world just doesn't seem lived in. When you're exploring, you know when you find a village, it's the same process every time, go into the house that is the same one every time, climb the ladder that is in the same place. Pick up your few supplies. That's my biggest gripe. The menu and levelling up elements was fine for me.

[@swauseguy9911]

I'd like to start this by saying I am currently 2 minutes into the video. While this is a *clear* as crystal indication on the lack of knowledge I have with the video, I've been reading the comments, and they make some interesting points in both ways. Considering my situation (which I will go into detail about), I'd like to make a measured response to the debate. **SPOILERS FOR GHOST OF TSUSHIMA -- RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2** Coming off of the heels of my groundbreaking and life-changing gaming experience with Elden Ring, I had to have more. I got into the other souls games. Dark Souls 3, Sekiro, Dark Souls 1, 2, even bloodborne. The only game in the "soulsborne" colloquial series I havent played is demon's souls. Access to the original, and better, version of the game is hard, since the only way is through Emulation. I'm sure I can figure it out some day. All of that is to say that these games are my favorite, still. Recently too, I finished Red Dead Redemption 2, and then it's predecessor RDR1. Phenomenal fucking story. In the same way that Elden Ring's vast, seemingly endless open world built on the mysteries of past civilizations, past gods and the philosophies therein, Red Dead 2 (and for different reasons RDR1), blew me away with how *personal* it got. How close to the soul it got with even less empathetic characters like Micah. Dutch and his paternal-adjacent control over the Van Der Linde Gang. It's as though I played through a movie. Just like Elden Ring, to me, it is a perfect game beginning to end. To give credit to RDR1, it's similarly beautiful to me for different reasons-- It feels as though it is the closing statement of the thesis that is Red Dead Redemption 2. But, in its silence it does leave a *little* to be desired in comparison to its prequel. To me that doesn't take much off of what it seems to be-- a closing statement. Redemption. All of this comes to a head when I would start Ghost Of Tsushima very recently. Being who I am, a person who finds feudal japanese history not only interesting but cool, Ghost of Tsushima stuck out, because of course it did. And being as I am critically and artistically, I went in open-minded to potential historical inaccuracies in the name of the "ideal presentation" and the story the game wishes to tell. Reaching act 3, I am totally fine with saying that it's becoming monotonous. Of course it would, considering how I have been very thorough with it. In the same way I was with games like RDR2, RDR1 and the soulsborne series. But the game, Ghost of Tsushima, has been great on the fronts that I personally believe matter to me the most: gameplay, and its visual expression. It's not better to look at than Elden Ring in my eyes, or Red Dead in its hyper-realism, but I like the more dedicatedly-unreal approach it takes to its visuals. What irks me the most about Ghost, though, is many of the things I would say most people agree with me on. Cutscenes (for the most part), quest design, and the story's subtlety. On Cutscenes: it's strange to me that the cutscenes in this game, for the most part, are so uninteresting. With such a beautiful world and unprecedented access to good hardware/software for this game to be as intricate as possible, the cutscenes being as samey as they are is super sad. To compare yet again, Red Dead 2. Pretty much *ALL* of its cutscenes are extremely high quality and are also very personal in their execution. Down even to sidequests. I know that Ghost was under a significantly smaller development time under a significantly smaller group of developers, but artistically it sours what good the game does with its presentation. On quest design: Quests in Ghost of Tsushima are vastly samey. Many of them feel deeply unimportant as well, only serving to establish The Ghost as the monolithic figure it becomes. Which, sure, is very important to the ideological notion the game wishes to portray-- that traditionalist ideals are limited/limiting in nature-- yet it doesn't feel personal. None of the quests I feel inform Jin's character in a way that, comparing yet again, Red Dead 2 does. Quests like Arcadia for Amateurs, while given equal care in regards to presentation as the rest of the game's quests, also inform the development of Arthur Morgan. In Colter, he is deeply uncaring-- but he knows it. He knows already that the life of the outlaw is coming to an end, and he knows that he is a bad man, and for that he knows he will die a violent death, but he cares not to embrace life. Though it is through quests like Arcadia for Amateurs that he sees beauty in the world, irregardless to his circumstances, irregardless to his attitudes. These sorts of quests inform further the emotional development of Arthur Morgan as he ventures to redeem himself-- the sidequests really *make* the story for me, in that way. I can't say the same for Ghost. Jin's development is good in my opinion, and yet it doesn't surpass that in any significant way, unfortunately. It doesn't feel as though the game has dived deep into what the progressive, anti-traditionalist nature of The Ghost means for Jin. While he laments that it is a way of utilitarianism, in that he murders and backstabs in the face of an imperialistic enemy not unlike a force of nature, it feels one-note, his sorrows. And the sidequests don't particularly help. On the story's subtlety: There's something wrong with how the writing, as in the physical words written for the script of the game for the actors to act out, presents itself. A part of it feels far too unsubtle, like it doesn't trust the audience to infer a level of character in what characters might be saying. Masako Adachi's questline comes to mind, particularly. Her story is deeply tragic, the massacre of her entire family leaving only *her*, and its perpetrator being her sister is even more despairing. But it feels off. One-note. Like it doesn't wish to spend much time festering in the deeper implications of Masako Adachi's vengeance, the deeper thoughts she feels in regards to this vengeance. In comparison to what is the most depthy and delved-into story in the game, Jin Sakai and Lord Shimura, and the conflict therein between beliefs, Masako Adachi's story and many others feel unvisited. It's unfortunate. I do feel like I saw a path in which these questlines could at least, like I mentioned before, further inform Jin's delve into the way of The Ghost. I saw glimpses of it in Sensei Ishikawa's quest and Masako Adachi's too. But it was never fully realized. And I wish it was. -- All in all, Im liking Ghost of Tsushima. But with its glaring problems, I am looking more forward to finishing the main story's content than much else. I've unlocked a lot, and I plan to play the DLC too, except I do feel burnt out. Mind you, I have nearly 1000 hours into Elden Ring through more than 15 different playthroughs. This shouldn't be *special* by any means but it should highlight that I like to give games chances. Explore all that they have. All that they offer, as games. Unfortunately, what Ghost offered was a little too off-balance-- favoring the fun and weightiness I found in the combat, and the beauty of the artstyle of the world. I like the game, I love it even, but it couldn't reach me unfortunately. I wish it could've of course, I enjoyed the premise and continue to. But there's something in games like Elden Ring, Dark Souls 1-3 (yes, even and ESPECIALLY Dark Souls 2), Sekiro, Bloodborne, Red dead 1 and 2, that Ghost does not do.

[@rohansensei5708]

Combat is elegant but that’s all about it. Making the deflecting skill based doesn’t work when you can’t animate the enemies properly, a Batman style not execution based parry would save this game’s combat. Shadow of Mordor has done everything better this game tried to do.