I finally played Ghost of Tsushima... and it EXCEEDED my expectations!

[@MyLivingLegacy]

EDIT: so uh, Ghosts of Yotei anybody? What timing of this video LOL What a fantastic game 👏 I forgot to say spoilers for everything at the beginning as well, don’t watch if you haven’t played!

[@MyLivingLegacy]

This very casually made video is getting a lot more views than I expected 😅 I got so much to improve on before I want this many people checking it out lol

[@Splucked]

You're doing fine, dude.

[@Dakinekine]

Dude this game is phenomenal One of the best games I've ever played for sure.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Dakinekine glad to hear others think the same bro 👏

[@cocopuffz604]

It's a nice change from all the FPS games I've been playing. It's like Japanese RDR2 and GOW in the way it develops the story. Love it

[@MyLivingLegacy]

I just bought RDR2 this year in a physical sale. It's another major game I've never played, and I'm really looking forward to trying it out actually.

[@cocopuffz604]

@@MyLivingLegacy oh. It's so good. That and the RDR2 Online game was so good. Pretty much spent covid times hunting, treasure hunting and fishing in RDR2 Online with friends. Too bad they are shutting down "online" soon.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@cocopuffz604 I honestly can't wait to dive in eventually, I know it's gonna be damn special (I mean it damn well better be lol)

[@Damith140388]

It's so good, recently watched Shogun and had to play this masterpiece of a game again.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Damith140388 couple people at work REALLY hyped up Shogun, how similar is it? I don’t have the sub for whatever platform it’s on but I’m tempted after Ghosts

[@Damith140388]

@@MyLivingLegacy It's really good. Highly recommend it! I believe it's on Disney/Hulu? Otherwise if you have Netflix there should be a fine documentary on samurais and the unification of Japan.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Damith140388 ooh interesting! Thanks!

[@xkafu]

@@MyLivingLegacy It's insanely good it surpassed my expectations tbh, A top 5 for me although I am a bit biased to Japanese culture, It's just so cool that you just can't go wrong with it And the badass will written characters was just the cherry on top, It's definitely a must watch

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@xkafu Alright, adding to my list! I love this type of stuff and there isn't usually too many well made ones in Japanese settings.

[@RQUKOfficial]

Just finished the main story on PC, for the first time last night. Amazing game. Cannot wait for the sequel. :)

[@MyLivingLegacy]

Glad to hear you loved it too!

[@Splucked]

I *suck* at combat games. (old lady) Like you, I downloaded GoT on PS5 because it was free. Knew of it but hadn't seen any trailers, clips or gameplay. Turns out that the difficulty settings make it accessible to every level of gamer. Incredibly satisfying for someone who normally doesn't like battling to be able to complete this type of game. My only regret is that I didn't watch any videos so I didn't know about the horse. I was so pissed that I shut the game off for days, which is a testament to how much they sucked me into the story and character of Jin. I've been gaming for 50 yrs and have never been that invested in a game world. Sucker Punch knocked it out of the park with Ghost of Tsushima.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

haha I'll let you in a secret, *I played on the easier difficulty* ;) while I'm fairly decent at combat games (played a lot of Souls games) but even then, I just don't have the time to sit here and die against bosses or fights for hours on end, it took me 80hrs to 100% the game and DLC, I wouldn't have wanted to make that 90hrs banging my head against the wall, I just wanted to complete the game, and it made it so much better and enjoyable for me. In fact I did that for the Horizon games as well, cause they are so long I just wanted to make sure I completed them at all, let alone get stumped along the way. Used some accessibility options and difficulties to make it easier and faster. I did mentioned two spoilers I knew of, the horse was one. Friend in Discord streamed it years back on release, and I caught that scene, he was SO upset, and when I go close to the part where it happens in chapter 3, I suddenly remembered what was about to happen, absolutely sucked the emotions out of that scene for me. Glad to hear you enjoyed it that much! That's a long time gaming, and we've come a long way in the last few decades, cheers to many more!

[@Splucked]

​@@MyLivingLegacy I hear you. Gotta do whatcha gotta do to get a video made, right? We've come a long way indeed. PS5 is a bit better than my OG Pong days. Would love to game on my new PC but, liquid cooled i7-14700KF that gets hot if I sneeze. 😡 Any thoughts on the PS5 Pro announcement? Hard pass for me, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is cost.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Splucked not even video made wise, I mean I played this when I wasn't available to take notes or record for a few months, when everything what in another room so, just trying to complete this along with Sea of Stars the same time, wanted to make sure I played the most efficiently difficulty wise. My PC is decently ok, I have a 2080 super but I'll always be console for the simplicity of it all, I can't wrap my head around all the PC stuff 😂That and tech issues frustrate me to no end. That and it's so loud, a fan broke and now it starts to overheat as well lol oof, the uh, pro. I'm down here in Australia so uh, that $700 USD is retailing for $1200 AUD ... I'm a physical game collector when I can. I just bought Astro Bot physical as well :/ so I need that disk drive ($160) I need the stand ($50) my desk in office, or TV centre in bedroom cannot have a giant slab of a PS5 laying down. I can legitimately would be shelling out $1400, which is... well, I cannot even describe out fkn outrageous this is, in pricing for Aus. That's getting close to $1k USD. For a mid gen refresh, where the PS6 would be 3-4 years away to put down another $1k+ for a base model no doubt, just to run things a bit better, when we were promised solid 60fps and 1440-4k on release base PS5. This seems egregious. Sony is acting like Apple, charging a premium for the product. With the lack of competition from Xbox being so far behind the gen, and Nintendo living in their own world doing whatever they please to great success on cheaper hardware, Sony is for a change aiming to definitely make a profit on this, opposed to traditionally a loss on most consoles, making up for it in software in the past. I'm not a fan of the price, and lack of stands/disk drives. Sets a dangerous president for PS6, and physical people like me (Who I know are a dying breed but, damn man...) also the video presentation sucked, they didn't convince anyone properly, showing off older games that ALREADy looked INCREDIBLE, wild choice. /rant haha sorry

[@Splucked]

​@@MyLivingLegacy As soon as I hit Reply I remembered that folks outside the U.S. will be getting crazy screwed on the price of the PS5 Pro, so I have a nerve complaining. My bad. Loved Steve Burke's recent report over on Gamers Nexus about the PS5 Pro announcement. Agree with every point you made here; especially physical ownership. Big fan. Re: PCs - First time in my life I've been able to buy a decent, non OEM prebuilt and BAM! Forked by Intel. GPU is a 4070, which is nice, but the CPU prevents me from taking it for a real ride. If/when the current CPU dies, they'll just replace it with an identical CPU. Can't win.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Splucked 700 USD is still expensive even inside the US don't worry, everybody getting screwed over it seems. I built mine during Covid, and then 2 months later the 30 series cards got announced, and my friend built a decent machine better for less money within months and I kinda flipped aha. Seems the few times in my life I was in a position to spend a few thousand on a machine from scratch and I still somehow did it at the worst time. That really sucks, such a powerful card too, not being able to take advantage of that it such a waste!

[@Ura105]

Hey Xeno!! I totally agree with all the points you made of this game. Ghost of Tsushima is such an absolutely Masterpiece of a game. I seriously can't get enough. Jin Sakai is such a amazing protagonist. His struggles and past survivor guilt makes him very relatable & you understand him and you as a player want to root for despite the path he chose. Loved the exploration in this game. I can definitely agree with you, I was never bored while exploring. As someone that loves exploring in an Open world GoT did it right. (Wish Rebirth made exploration like this game) Gorgeous & beautiful, dark & bloody, this game plus the DLC is just 100% perfection in my eyes. I can't gush enough about this game. I can't wait til Sucker Punch announces Ghost of ??? 2. I know I'm gonna wanna buy the CE of it and until then I'm currently playing GoT NG+ lol send help!!! I'm a bit obsessed 😆

[@MyLivingLegacy]

Ah Rei thank you so much for checking it out, it means a lot!! Jin is so cool man, his transition and inner struggles are relatable and believable. The final moments with his Uncle at the end, where they get to go for a ride as well before the final fight, beautiful stuff where they share the same goal, but can't meet in the middle. Ooooh interesting, see I LOVED Rebirths, altho it probably felt more checkboxy more like a natural Ubisoft game than GoT If they do a cool Jin statue, I would consider shelling out the money tbh for a CE, depending when it launches, let's hope! Thanks again

[@Starmgard]

I was an Xbox guy before I played this around 2 years ago. This game was the beginning of me getting into a ton of Sony only games. I still like my Xbox, but this game showed me that PlayStation really does have a lot more variety to offer overall.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Starmgard I used to be an Xbox guy as well, 15 years nearly straight Xbox only, every console and collectors version like the Halo ones, special controllers, nearly 300k gs, hundreds and hundreds of games … Then eventually, they stopped making the games I like (FF and RPG’s) and Sony kept making games like this, it was hard to ever go back, the quality difference was staggering

[@Starmgard]

@@MyLivingLegacy my story is pretty much the same. I switched from PS to XB when the 360 came out and sort of just stuck with it. Occasionally PS would tempt me back, but I'd usually forget about it and just replay whatever game for the 15th time. I ended up buying a 2nd hand PS4 a few years ago and picked up Tsushima, Horizon ZD and FF7 remake, and honestly never looked back. Now I own a PS5 & XBSX, and I still play my xbox, but not anywhere near as often as my PS5.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Starmgard it’s sad man, I’m more happy being platform agnostic now but I dedicated so much time to Xbox specifically and it feels bad cause I barely touch it. I have the Halo infinite series X in the bedroom and it barely gets played cause Xbox doesn’t have much exclusives or 1st party, and I now prefer trophies and platinumed to gamerscore 😂

[@Starmgard]

@MyLivingLegacy Totally agree. Nice chatting to you mate. Sounds like we both like similar games too; consider me subscribed!

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Starmgard thanks heaps bro, much apprecaited

[@jakjones8680]

This is the best game on PlayStation!!! Every fight is different. This game is better than all AC games.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@jakjones8680 I used to be a big fan of AC games on 360 era, only recent one I’ve played origins which I liked a lot. This tho, while stealth might not be a good as an AC game, this is basically everything that AC ever wanted to be lol

[@jakjones8680]

@@MyLivingLegacy I totally agree! When I began playing Ghost I was halfway in AC Ragnorok! I bought dlc content and everything for my AC. But after an hour of Ghost I completely stopped playing AC and I didn’t bother purchasing the latest AC game because I know it’s not comparable to Ghost. And I loved AC!!!

[@MyLivingLegacy]

Oh wow, completely jumped shit haha well, the new AC Shadows isn't coming till next year now, so even if you wanted to try a Japanese setting AC, might as well damn wait for Ghosts of Yotei lol

[@STRICKLE]

I also recently started playing this and yes. it is great

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@STRICKLE hope you enjoy it as much as I did, truly

[@STRICKLE]

@@MyLivingLegacy I will be finishing the video once I finish this masterful game

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@STRICKLE you’re all good man! Games quite long haha let me know if you remember when you’re done how it was!

[@m_sorcerer04]

Big fan!! Here for content excellence 👌🏽

[@MyLivingLegacy]

you seem a little small sorry, gonna need a bigger fan! PS: It worked, the comment came straight through, sorry but maybe hashtags don't work :(

[@Maxel99]

The game was truly amazing. It was one of the very few open world games I didn't find myself hating after going for the 100%. Also imagine watching someone play it in a discord call. Pfft, who would even do that

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Maxel99 Thanks for checking it out Max, and yeah said the same thing, really just was THAT good. Shame I didn't play it earlier tbh. also yeah, who would DARE watch it for major spoilers, dunno man, that person sounds like an ass. Hope I never catch them!

[@Maxel99]

@@MyLivingLegacy yeah what a loser

[@captainhd9741]

@@MyLivingLegacyI don’t know if something is wrong with me but I find the lack of constant combat and action especially during traversal and the long unskippable cutscenes boring. Small little things annoy me too like taking a bit to find the entrance into a mongol camp or being unable to evade immediately during combat unlike with the parry. Haiku is not worth grinding. “Remember The Past” which is an event like Haiku is very boring and can’t be skipped and is long. You are forced to choose between appearance and armour stats because you cant costumise your look the way you want without compromising on the stats you want. The only thing that can be changed without changing stats is the head and face

[@hugo.nieves787]

Also was late to the party with this game. Cannot stop playing it.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

Heck yeah bro

[@NS-py4ky]

Amazing story but I found hard to be better than the hardest difficulty the hardest diff is realistic you kill enemies in 1 or 2 hits same for you making it easier but hard its like 3 or 4

[@MyLivingLegacy]

Yeah if I spent 80+hrs on this game at normal or easy difficulty I can't even imagine how long it would have taken at higher haha I'm down for maybe a few hits before death, but not 1 or 2, little too frustrating for me

[@NS-py4ky]

@MyLivingLegacy definitely not for everyone I'm just that weird dude who plays everything hard as possible 🤣 that naked base elden ring run guy that's me im that weirdo

[@tristantorres3558]

There’s a lock on it’s up dpad

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@tristantorres3558 I’m gonna throw myself off my balcony if this is true, 80+ hrs man 😂

[@tristantorres3558]

@@MyLivingLegacy I double checked cuz I didn’t want to mislead u and yes it’s up dpad but it’s the worst lock on system ever so ur better off not using it

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@tristantorres3558 damn that’s crazy, I had no idea. I just remembered a friend saying there was non years ago, and it wasn’t exactly intuitive if there is one. No misled done! Thanks for letting me know, it’s uninstalled now so can’t check myself. I’ll give it a whirl on NG+ before sequel comes out

[@Joker_JAK]

​@@MyLivingLegacy The lock-on feature wasn't available in the base game. It was added later. I personally hate it. It also has to be turned on in the menu.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Joker_JAK Yeah I actually went and looked up a video specifically to make sure I wasn't going crazy and it was in an update, and didn't seem very good, and from menu you're correct. Really wild lol

[@ChicagoBulls1984]

How'd you get that horse armour?!

[@MyLivingLegacy]

That is part of the Ikki Island DLC, there is a quest line to get it specifically.

[@philjamprimate]

Tomoe is definitely turning up in the sequel. There's a romantic element there...

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@philjamprimate I liked her character once we finally met her face to face, seeing her again would be great. Definitely could have had a romantic moment with Jin if he stayed the night 😂 especially considering they never pushed Yuna as much of an interest either

[@Joker_JAK]

People always say "don't pre-order games", but I pre-ordered GoT and don't regret it for a second. I Platinumed the base game, beaten a NG+, and have started another playthrough. I love it. People say that it gets repetitive with all of the Mongol camps needing liberated, but it never felt repetitive to me. I enjoyed clearing camps because I could do stealth which was a lot of fun or use combat which is also a lot of fun. So I don't understand that complaint.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

It's still 100% a mantra to never blindy pre order for me, UNLESS it's very specific franchises or developers with major track records. For me it's Final Fantasy for example, no matter how it turns out I'll be there day 1 with a deluxe physical copy if I can. Sucker Punch is a great studio, and pre ordering something like this back in the day I would call a fairly safe bet (altho devils advocate I could say the same for Cyberpunk after Witcher 3) I think with now the new Ghosts being announced, you'd be hard pressed to say they'll somehow do such a bad job that your pre order isn't a good idea, it's a safe bet to support them in advance for sure. Also same on the open world stuff or camps, I just never got bored, where as I see in comments other people didn't vibe with it, I know it wasn't exactly game breaking open world but, it was just never bad for me, I loved it, and happily did it all.

[@Joker_JAK]

I've pre-ordered dozens of games, maybe more and have never regretted it. I always know when I will enjoy a game I guess. I like pre-ordering because I don't have to have $70+ dollars right away. I can pay off $5 to $10 at a time over the course of several months, making it much easier to afford a game.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

I've always also had a good eye on pre orders, I can always tell if a game is my style or not after gaming for this long, I just myself don't buy many games day 1 anymore. 90% of the time I'm paying full price for a product which will get better later on, and with more QoL, updates, DLC's and fixes. I've got such a backlog that by the time I get around to something anyway I'll get the best version, but there is always some series or games I'm there day 1 for, 100%

[@Joker_JAK]

​@@MyLivingLegacy I am subscribed to Gamefly. So, for the most part, I just get games through that. However, if it's a game I know I'll love, then I'll pre-order it. Like Ghost of Yotei or the next Mass Effect game.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@Joker_JAK ah ok, I don't think we have anything like that anymore down here in Aus, I used to have something on the box 360, used it a lot for easy gamerscore games and quick stuff 😂 but I guess now Gamepass and PS+ are the things I use, I mean it's how I played this after all. I am ITCHING to replay the ME games, been well over a decade, and not since 360 days, I'm so close to playing the LE versions the next time I have a spare month ... which I never do lol I'm just hopping the next Dragon Age goes well so it helps with ME's development

[@chrisg459]

What took so long?

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@chrisg459 mentioned it but, I think I was just burnt out on open world games at the time, just far too many, and honestly I’m glad I waited cause now I played the best version on PS5

[@DrWolf223]

too many spoilers... skiped ahead a lot when ever something spoilery comes up and still too much spoiler for me

[@MyLivingLegacy]

@@DrWolf223 ahhh crap, sorry Wolf. I must have forgotten to mention that in start of video like I did in all previous videos. That’s poor for me, thanks for letting me know, apologies

[@DrWolf223]

@@MyLivingLegacy its ok^^ i think I still got the mayor parts of the review bit ^^👍

[@MyLivingLegacy]

Nah, spoilers are a cardinal sin for gamers haha I hate things being spoiled for me, especially in titles, thumbnails, twitter etc. Thanks for letting me know, I had forgotten, helps me do better next time!

[@basedalex]

The game is kinda mid, don't get the praise to the game beside visuals.

[@MyLivingLegacy]

Not an open world kinda gamer then maybe?

[@basedalex]

@@MyLivingLegacy This is exactly what almost everyone says when there is a critique of GoT. But yeah generally its harder to create a great open world game compared to great non-open world game.

[@khy6330]

Really? For me one of the best open-world ARPGs I've played along with Witcher 3. Visually it's stunning, the storyline is a masterpiece, the combat mechanics are spot on and the platforming content is challenging without being frustratingly difficult.

[@basedalex]

​@@khy6330 There is a lot of valid critisism that is often dismissed with sony exclusives for some reason. With GoT objective criticism is that it: 1) lacks in enemy variety 2) boring typical ow stealth mechanics and stupid AI that doesn't even bother looking for you after you triggered alarm 3) world is pretty empty (i will explain later) 4) most sidequests are boring garbage that felt like work 5) Duels are lame since you're basically stripped to defending options in them, since it makes no sense to start offense when you can just wait for a perfect parry, it also tracks enemy very poorly causing you to whiff attacks for no reason. They are also aids on lethal and without certain talisman they feel infuriating. 6) Lot of tailing missions, yes they sucked in AC, they suck here as well, there is just no way to make them fun ever. 7) Some scenes of peasants thanking you are unskippable 8) Climbing sections of this game are really boring, because there is no way to actually fail them. So it makes shrines just slightly time consuming pieces of the game 9) Fox dens just exist 10) Bamboo cutting is also there 11) No real rewards for hokku/haiku, you can like them or not like them, so at least you can skip them if you don't like them and not lose anything yeah 12) There are too many mongol camps and in the later game they're just too big, they're not hard to do, they just consume your time and energy 13) Remember the scene when they capture Jin with bonk to the back of the head? that was stupid, stupid af I mean the rest are subjective critique like me not really liking the story, not liking and caring about anyone not named Kenji. Feeling that characters just don't really mesh together really well. I am not saying the game is bad, but that its a good game but not near masterpiece like people usually try to convince us.

[@khy6330]

@@basedalex Many of your criticisms are opinions, and as everyone has differing opinions I won't attempt to debate yours as all opinions can be equally valued, if not equally valuable. For the rest: 1. Cliche critique I've heard made against many RPG games, whether true or not. 2. Yes, it has stealth but it's a SAMURAI game, fighting is done face to face (honorably), not by stabbing your enemy in the back, etc. (dishonorable), it's part of the mystique of that period of time in that region of the world. The storyline reflects this when you poison the entire mongol camp and are branded ronin and outlaw because of it. 3. You never explained later so nothing to comment on. 4. Opinion. 5. Opinion. Try using a different build/playstyle that doesn't focus on parries. I used a fire/fear build and rarely ever waited around for parry chances. Or try an archer build where you are rarely even in melee to need to parry. 6. Opinion. 7. Rampant Impatience? 8. You can miss jumps and fall to your death. No, it doesn't make the climbs forever undoable but having to start over is failing. And, no, the platforming aspects are not exceptionally difficult. Personally, I found them enjoyable. 9. And your point is? 10. And your point is? 11. Ok, I tend to agree on Haikus, really the only point in doing them is 100% completion. 12. Isn't the point of playing video games--or engaging in any other leisure activity--to consume your time and energy? 13. Opinion.