Ghost of Tsushima |OT| - Summer blade cuts through, the PlayStation shall go on, this is its swan song

One thing that's standing out to me are the sound effects; the blade on armor, flesh, other steel. Very well done, weighty and satisfying.
 
Never played any games made by this developer before but I'm all in on this. Love me some Kurosawa. Hard mode, Black and White filter and Japanese with English subs will be my way of playing. Been sorely lacking a great Samurai game since the Way Of The Samurai games...
 
I'm hoping this does well in terms of sales. By all indications this is a really good start for a possible franchise. I mostly want to see a sequel to see what these guys can do with next gen hardware, especially since this is what they did with such old hardware.
 
Wish I had PS4 for this game, looks so good and like my cup of tea.

Oh well, I expect some amazing gifs and screenshots to drool over Gaf, don't let me down!
 
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Watching the DF on this, and I am so envious.

I have a PS4. I'm stuck inbetween getting a Pro for this beautiful game, or waiting 4 months for PS5, and sanity is winning. Lol.

It just looks so gorgeous, and like a bit of an HDR showcase.
 
-Arcadia- said:
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Watching the DF on this, and I am so envious.

I have a PS4. I'm stuck inbetween getting a Pro for this beautiful game, or waiting 4 months for PS5, and sanity is winning. Lol.

It just looks so gorgeous, and like a bit of an HDR showcase.
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Buy a Pro, play GOT for a month, sell the Pro for minimal losses.
 
So is the hard mode way to go? Is normal too easy?
Is hard mode close to souls/nioh level?
Luckily I'm able to start playing Ghost of Tsushima at the end of the next week, so maybe we'll get a patch that fixes the AI even a little bit.
 
Technically my summer vacation starts on Monday... but I've been working home since March, no one will notice if I start one day early. Little over 11h to go in my timezone, preload ready - couldn't quite justify buying Japanese whiskey as it's so expensive here, so Laphroaig Triple Wood it is.
 
Game has already been delivered for me. 5 more hours of work tho..

Will definitely play this on the hardest difficulty first playthrough.
 
Salmon Snake said:
So is the hard mode way to go? Is normal too easy?
Is hard mode close to souls/nioh level?
Luckily I'm able to start playing Ghost of Tsushima at the end of the next week, so maybe we'll get a patch that fixes the AI even a little bit.
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Hard is the way to go and no, we are far away from souls level of difficulty, don't worry.
 
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My copy is pre-loaded & ready to go. Half day tomorrow, so I've got all afternoon to soak up that atmosphere. Good times ahead.

-Arcadia- said:
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Watching the DF on this, and I am so envious.

I have a PS4. I'm stuck inbetween getting a Pro for this beautiful game, or waiting 4 months for PS5, and sanity is winning. Lol.

It just looks so gorgeous, and like a bit of an HDR showcase.
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Trade in the PS4 for a Pro. Enjoy GoT. When the time comes, trade in the Pro for a PS5.

You only live once :messenger_horns:
 
Is there anything that explains the differences in normal v hard? I'm expecting tighter parry window and health/damage etc. Is that about the scale of it?
 
A little over an hour and a half and I'll be in. I think this is the first time since gtaV on ps3 that I'll be playing a title on midnight of release. Which is sort of weird, because while I'm pretty hyped for the game, there's been plenty of other this gen I was more keen to get my hands on.

Anyway, back to staring at the clock...
 
Not sure if this has been posted yet but apparently it'll be ready for release soon:


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I've never bought a Funko Pop but the geek in me kind of wants it.
 
Is there any Ghost of Tsushima spoiler thread? Because I found a playthrough of the game on Youtube already and I don't know where should I post it.
 
Anyone have luck getting the physical early today? If not ill get it on psn the reviews won me over looks awesome.
 
Its go time!

350mb day one patch is kinda small too

edit - scratch that. just got hit with 6 more gigs of day one patch
 
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cormack12 said:
Is there anything that explains the differences in normal v hard? I'm expecting tighter parry window and health/damage etc. Is that about the scale of it?
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I believe the NPCs are more aggressive in their attacks and don't wait as much when surrounded by several at a time. So you need to be on your A Game with stance changes in your katana kata.

At least that is one part I read.
 
Miles708 said:
Nice! I'll see it as soon as i'll get home.
Is there a summary? Can't watch it at work right now.
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DF - Ghost of Tsushima tech review: Sony first-party magic delivers a beautiful open world

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2020-ghost-of-tsushima-tech-review The last of the Sony first-party studio juggernauts for PS4, Ghost of Tsushima sees Sucker Punch take on the open world genre. Imagine an Assassin's Creed type of game paired with first party magic and you...
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Game seems kind of easy so far on normal, but if you get kind of sloppy it only takes a couple hits for your health to tank.
I like the 3D headphone option, it sounds pretty cool even though I'm only using normal headphones. Should pick up 3D ones.
Only complaint I have so far is the lip synching, for Japanese audio at least.
 
Sakura said:
Game seems kind of easy so far on normal, but if you get kind of sloppy it only takes a couple hits for your health to tank.
I like the 3D headphone option, it sounds pretty cool even though I'm only using normal headphones. Should pick up 3D ones.
Only complaint I have so far is the lip synching, for Japanese audio at least.
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Yeah I started with Japanese VO, but have since changed it. The lip synching wasn't great plus having to read the bottom of the screen all the time was kind of distracting from the pretty pictures. I played Sekiro all the way through with Japanese VO, but the talking in that were mostly during more subdued moments where reading wasn't really distracting from anything.

The English seems ok'ish so far I guess. Better then Sekiro at least where I tried it for about 2 minutes before changing it back.
 
Damn the sound design in this game is amazing, I swear you can hear leafs crunching when you step on some. It just highlights how little attention it gets from other studios, I miss the days when sound design was important.
 
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