Ghost of Tsushima game discussion

Played 2 hours and 20 minutes so far.

Very much enjoying it so far.

I think Jin might be a little slow mentally both otherwise story is good so far. I think the acting, especially from the uncle had been pretty good. I do think it weird hearing Samurai talking about justice. Samurai have never really been about justice from anything I ever read. You know, the whole right to kill anyone who wasn’t a samurai rule.

Yes, as had been reported, it does start out slow. This is an origin story. Two hours in, I just now got the bow. That’s a cool mission btw. Feels almost like a gunfight. But from what I hear, they really really keep adding stuff throughout the game to keep things fresh so I do think a bit of patience might help some enjoyment. While this is an open world, this certainly is a very story centric game so far.

I don’t think the game looks as pretty as has been reported. (Ok, after more playing, the game is beautiful but I’d still say there is a fair a out of uncanny valley (hence why I said the game isn’t pretty before)) Stylish, yes, but I’m having major lighting issues. I can’t get the brightness correct. I can barely see inside buildings and trying increasing brightness hasn’t worked.



Combat is good but does take some getting used to. I’m not efficient with it yet. Spears are a fricking pain in the arse. But the block/parry feels better than other games. I’m sure I’ll have lots more thoughts but at the start, these are my initial impressions.

Stealth has been fine. Still to early to really experiment. Also as has been mentioned, the game for story reasons does promote combat early on.