I wasn't particularly excited for this game when it was released, and so I skipped on Ghost of Tsushima for a few months. I ended up buying it at a sale and.... I was amazed. Everything about this game is beautiful, from the visuals to the story. Let me start off with the visuals because this game is stunning. The way the white-tipped grass sways with the wind while birds chirp above you is just mesmerising, and the particle effects! The particle effects are just gorgeous! The soundtrack is also incredible and really works to heighten the key story points of the game. There's soft, calm music in between the open world objectives as well as some dramatic as hell duelling songs. As for the story, I've beaten the main quest line and man, you're in for a treat if you manage to stay for the ending. The story is full of drama and tension, and really showcases the characters Sucker Punch has made who really feel human. The characters you meet, as well as Jin Sakai, all have their motivations and faults. They all truly feel human.

Ghosts of Tsushima is seemingly remarkable in its ability to hide the overlay of video game UI and encourage movement and discovery, allowing you to explore its unadorned beauty within a breathtakingly alive world that is constantly in motion. The game never feels bloated, expertly curating an open world where every corner feels rich and distinct with life. Sucker Punch have paid loving attention to the principles of Japanese aestheticism, contrasting backdrop of nature’s chaotic prowl to the order and preciseness of Japanese architecture. I found myself constantly in awe, taking moments to stand still and gaze at the level of detail and craft that has gone into curating the poeticism of its world. Wandering the game at times feels like a source of mindfulness meditation. Combat in Ghosts of Tsushima feels weighted and precise. It’s skill tree evolving and exciting to explore as enemies become smarter and more tactile as the game progresses. While some side quests did begin to feel repetitive and the main story, although serviceable to a tale of a noble samurai, did for me lack memorability in its core character. Ghosts of Tsushima as a whole is an excellent open world game where the excitement of discovery and the memorability of serendipity are core to its narrative of its world.

Ghost of Tsushima is quite possibly the most beautiful game I've played in terms of its outstanding visual fidelity and incredible depiction of feudal Japan that makes for genuinely awe stricken moments. The game in and of itself is very good, the combat is violent,swift and paired with the 4 stances makes for cinematic duels that are almost pulled from some of Kurosawa's greatest works which the developers of the game have been clearly influenced by. Whilst the world of this game and its combat stand out on its own, the story falls short in some areas primarily in its mild depiction of internal moral dilemma of upholding honour where I felt like there wasn't really much choice in being dishonourable or honourable and would've liked for it to affect gameplay a bit more. However, the story has some genuinely great emotional moments that alongside its score make for some true film like moments that are amazing to witness. To put it simply, Ghost of Tsushima is a great welcome to SuckerPunch's island of Tsushima that will leave you wishing you were a samurai after seeing JIn swiftly eliminate his foes under the cherry blossom trees.

Ghost of Tsushima review: . As always, start with the pros: The story of the game is beautiful and it shocks you with some of its events - Excellent characters like Shimura, Jin and others - Values ​​play in the game are terrible and varied - The fighting in the game is legendary and its methods are varied, and everything that progresses develops and becomes better. Fighting in the trailars greatly wronged him and I was afraid of him, but after I tried the game, it dazzled me and for me it is the best fighting with swords in the games. - The style of the ghost is also excellent and everything that progresses in the game develops greatly and terribly, I did not expect to play with it and find it, but after that I started playing with it and found it and I began to play various fighting styles, once in the style of samurai and once in the ghost. - The duels and fights in the game are terrible and enjoyable (I have become any Mongolian who can see me as a match and a fight) The main missions are varied and awesome Also, the side quests are varied, and there are few repetitions and terrible tasks in them, such as the legendary story missions and the characters' story missions, which one is better to settle before he concludes the game in order to develop his character and shields and get things that benefit from them - The world of the game is very beautiful and its environments are varied and the world feels like life in it, unlike most open world games (I don't mean Rockstar games and CD project) - The effect of the winds in the game and everything in the world is moving and what we expect to see in a game other than the Ghost of Tsushima Part Two (if it happens) - The graphics in the game are excellent, and it is true that it is not the best and has become a downdraft, but it remains excellent and strong - The soundtrack in the game is legendary and beautiful, and one of the best soundtracks in general I hope I forgot something from the positives, and in time we will save to the negatives: - The facial expressions in the game feel like a dead person, a little like, if someone is sad, you do not feel sad in the first place. - Weakness of artificial intelligence in disguise (I mean, for example, one touched you, sitting around for how many seconds and leaving, and it was not as if something happened and nothing was recovered, and the situation is as if it is normal, not like Metal Gear 5 and The Last of S2 will turn you around and you need to change your place so that they do not happen to you) Thus ended my reviews My final review of the game 10/10 A great game and one of the best surprises in 2020 and one of the best games in this generation, and frankly scribbunch is a studio that deserves respect and enters the list of confidence and enthusiastic about any game that comes to them.