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[GymWolf]

I´m a filthy casual gamer and play it at medium. Have to say it´s a decent challenge for me

Use the ninja tools more, they are stupidly op.

Lol sorry for the response, i didn't realized that you were the same dude

 

[wvnative]

Extremely pissed off. For me the standoffs constantly bug out, and result in me losing every time.

Has anyone else had this?

 

[shubik]

Use the ninja tools more, they are stupidly op.

Lol sorry for the response, i didn't realized that you were the same dude

hahah all good. I was like.. wait what

 

[GymWolf]

hahah all good. I was like.. wait what

You not having an avatar doesn't help

 

[HotPocket69]

More Ghost actions cause the weather to be more grey and stormy

Ghost Of Tsushima Changes Its Weather Depending On How You Play

If you choose for Jin to utilize more Ghost abilities, the weather on Tsushima island will begin to change.

www.gamespot.com

 

[IntentionalPun]

Extremely pissed off. For me the standoffs constantly bug out, and result in me losing every time.

Has anyone else had this?

Confused why you'd have to role back a save?

If something is bugged in that area, just finish it without a standoff.

 

[GymWolf]

More Ghost actions cause the weather to be more grey and stormy

Ghost Of Tsushima Changes Its Weather Depending On How You Play

If you choose for Jin to utilize more Ghost abilities, the weather on Tsushima island will begin to change.

www.gamespot.com

I kinda noticed that (of course i wasn't sure).

So for all the people who bitched about the game having storms all the time, stop being a pussy and use your sword a little more

 

[Bartski]

So for all the people who bitched about the game having storms all the time, stop being a pussy and use your sword a little more

or play some flute

 

[wvnative]

Confused why you'd have to role back a save?

If something is bugged in that area, just finish it without a standoff.

The standoff is forced for that mission, and when I take my thumb off the stick to hit d pad down to heal i get ganged up on.

It's okay now, after several failings it prompted me to abandon the mission. So I ultimately won't have to rollback.

 

[shubik]

or play some flute

This also works in real life

 

[GymWolf]

This also works in real life

Yep, a lot of guys see the sun everytime a girl play with their flutes.

 

[triplejjj]

There is nothing in tsushima or spiderman that looks as bad as some ps1 texture or backgrounds in ff7, if anything these games are palate cleanser after that uneven piece of crap.

Hey - just so we're clear, I'm talking about the remake, not PS1 FF7...

 

[GymWolf]

Hey - just so we're clear, I'm talking about the remake, not PS1 FF7...

Yeah i know, i played that fucking rapeke (no, it's not a typo).

 

[triplejjj]

Yeah i know, i played that fucking rapeke (no, it's not a typo).

OK - I might be blind then, what PS1 backgrounds in Remake are you referring to?

 

[HotPocket69]

I kinda noticed that (of course i wasn't sure).

So for all the people who bitched about the game having storms all the time, stop being a pussy and use your sword a little more

Or bust out that flute!

Edit: Beaten. Fuck!

 

[GymWolf]

OK - I might be blind then, what PS1 backgrounds in Remake are you referring to?

I can continue if you want.

That game is the most uneven triple A game in a long time, his lows are lower than tsushima or spiderman.

 

[Apollo Helios]

I PTed GoT two days ago and yesterday I couldn't help myself and started another one bc I couldn't wait for NG+. First game I started on Medium but after a tale switched to hard and haven't looked back it was challenging because I used Ghost weapons minimally, but not the Ghost Stance ofc that was too much fun. This game is easily my game of the year and in contention to be game of generation it is that good. I had too many goosebumps during some of the tales and that sublime ending *chefs kiss*. I am playing second time in Japanese and it is better, tough I would love to read all NPCs talking as you pass by. Also just read the 1.05 patch notes, but I don't know if I would go with Lethal as I want to play more Samurai and less Ghost unless forced to with too many opponents, and that difficulty seem like it would hand me my ass with my own preference play style, so I will go with Hard.

SuckerPunch deserves every acclaim fro the game and more.

So, i just finished the game. Wow, what an experience.
Several times it managed to stir my emotions quite heavily.

Regarding the Endings: which do you guys consider the good and which the bad ending?

Spoiler

The Honorable one, where you kill Shimura feels better at first, as they part as father and son followed by Jin crying in anguish after the Kill. But after the credit you wake up in a gloomy surrounding, implying this is bad.

While on the other hand you have the Dishonorable Choice to spare Shimura, which hase them part without love, but after the credits you wake up in a sunny environment and a living uncle governing the island

I cant quite make up my mind which is more „correct“ or fitting.

This is my point of view

Spoiler

I think the correct ending is the one where you kill Shimura.
He always lived by honor and the honorable death is what he desires, instead of living a life of shame for being spared.
He had no choice, either die or keep hunting Jin until the end of his life, because he was ordered to kill him.
Also it's more emotional, an impactful ending to a great game.

Spoiler: Ending

So I see it like this. You became The Ghost bc you didn't care for honor or samurai code, but wanted to save your people in any way you can, well to save your family too you have to be dishonorable, having honor wasn't in Jin's priority not then definitely not now in the end, so it makes sense to save your father figure, your uncle's life as you finally claim yourself as The Ghost (not as something taht was attributed to you and you going along with it like in the beginning). The uncle is also knows that Jin saved their people and it is being forced to this by the Shogunate as they were following him with every failures, and if you have listened to other NPCs talking during when you infiltrate the Shimura Castle to drop the note for him, you could hear that they were looking to get rid of Lord Shimura if Mongols stayed any longer.

I know english voices are good but japanese voices are just another level. I wish they just went with japanese lip sync instead of english.
Btw the actor playing Kotun Khan is the same guy who played Genghis Khan in the Night at the Museu lol.

Japanese seem more in line with the soul of the game but that is not to say English wasn't perfect. I really can't decide which is the perfect choice but the main thing is it is an option and with different play throughs you can effectively make the game really different.

Spoiler

I did everything before the last duel which made me choose to not kill Shimura. He was really a great model of Samurai, but at the same time it was clear he loved Jin more than anything. The problem wasn't Jin, but what the Ghost meant.

During all the journey, Jin did things a Samurai wouldn't do, but he had always a big reason behind it: to protect his people and do everything to not feel like he did when his father was killed.

But to evolve his character to this all the love and teachings Shimura poured onto him was important. He made his decisions after saw both sides: the people who had power and the majority who don't.

And we come back to the fateful decision...truth without love is just brutality, so no way in hell I would chose to kill Shimura. Jin was never unfair to his people and loved Shimura as a father.

That's why I was really happy with the results. At this point I would imagine Shimura could die in the sequel to protect Jin and I'm positive he proposed the last duel without anyone to see for a meaninful purpose.

Anyway, the last duel is simply superb. Sucker Punch nailed beautifuly.

Spoiler

Yeah I concur with your points. Also I saved and loaded the killing ending and while it is quite sad and tearjerker, it didn't made that much sense.

 

[Da-Kid]

I'm going to be taking a lot of pics of this game.

 

[IntentionalPun]

The standoff is forced for that mission, and when I take my thumb off the stick to hit d pad down to heal i get ganged up on.

It's okay now, after several failings it prompted me to abandon the mission. So I ultimately won't have to rollback.

Oh dang that sucks.

Only buggy thing that happened to me was I sat in a hot spring, and then was attacked out of nowhere.. and the attacks were interupting my dialog, so I never finished my "thinking about my Uncle" thing and it ended up killing me lol

 

[SleepDoctor]

so I beat the game, got plat, went on playing, got every single collectible, slayed hundreds of Mongols and NOW they're putting a difficulty mode in that the game should be played on.
Good troll SP, now I have to start all over

Collectibles aren't part of the plat??

 

[IntentionalPun]

Later today, patch 1.05 for Ghost of Tsushima will be released, bringing new combat and text options.

This patch includes the following new updates:

Ghost of Tsushima: Patch 1.05 Details – Sucker Punch Productions

www.suckerpunch.com

I'll replay the game on Lethal if they enable cutscene / dialog skipping.

Like come on SP...

 

[HotPocket69]

Holy shit they added GymWolf Mode already?!

 

[HotPocket69]

Collectibles aren't part of the plat??

Nah they are, but you don’t need all of them (artifacts and records)

 

[Entroyp]

Collectibles aren't part of the plat??

You only need half the artifacts and records, like 5 crickets (enough to unlock the second tune) but need all the shrines, fox dens, bamboo strikes, hot springs, haiku places, and at least some of the pillars.

 

[HotPocket69]

You only need half the artifacts and records, like 5 crickets (enough to unlock the second tune) but need all the shrines, fox dens, bamboo strikes, hot springs, haiku places, and at least some of the pillars.

And ten of those signs you need to bow in front of. They aren’t marked on your map either.

 

[SleepDoctor]

You only need half the artifacts and records, like 5 crickets (enough to unlock the second tune) but need all the shrines, fox dens, bamboo strikes, hot springs, haiku places, and at least some of the pillars.

Great. I actually wanted to get the plat but i refuse to get all collectibles. Have 3 crickets already.

 

[Entroyp]

Great. I actually wanted to get the plat but i refuse to get all collectibles. Have 3 crickets already.

I thought this was one of the easiest plats I’ve done, but maybe because I walked the while island just to admire the view.

There are a couple of trophies that I thought were BS because they’re not part of the story and there are no hints on how to get them.

 

[triplejjj]

I can continue if you want.

That game is the most uneven triple A game in a long time, his lows are lower than tsushima or spiderman.

No need to continue, if those are PS1 backgrounds to you I don't know what to say.

 

[MrS]

Fuck I so wish the game launched with Lethal difficulty. Sounds amazing. Gives me another reason to play through the game on PS5.

 

[Shrap]

I've cleared out the entire first part of the island and I can already say this is my GOTY so far. It'll take a lot to topple it. It just feels so good to play, the attention to detail is outstanding and the atmosphere/art design is exceptional. There is way too much to go into. An insane amount of effort has been put into making the game not just incredibly beautiful but a joy to play. If only RDR2 had this kind of approach; it would've been so much better.

 

[Keihart]

Is there a way do disable the red tint screen when doing the Hiten Mitsurugi looking move?

 

[Kamina]

Holy shit Lethal Difficulty

I just beat the game two days ago, but my heart is pounding faster when i think of returning to play the game again.

 

[Keihart]

Holy shit Lethal Difficulty

I just beat the game two days ago, but my heart is pouding faster when i think of returning to play the game again.

That's it, i'm holding of for the patch to bump up the difficulty, hell yeah!

 

[GymWolf]

is there anyone who can't download the new patch?

if i manually check updates for the game it says that i have already the latest version (1.04)

maybe the release time is different for europe?

 

[Bartski]

Yep, a lot of guys see the sun everytime a girl play with their flutes.

works every time!

weather aside, I'd wish they patched in no time of day/night change during mission. I go ninja clearing a larger camp at night and boom it's noon all of a sudden, that just kills the vibe

 

[Apollo Helios]

is there anyone who can't download the new patch?

if i manually check updates for the game it says that i have already the latest version (1.04)

maybe the release time is different for europe?

Yeah patches see staggered release across the globe and sometimes there's difference even between countries in Europe.

 

[Keihart]

is there anyone who can't download the new patch?

if i manually check updates for the game it says that i have already the latest version (1.04)

maybe the release time is different for europe?

checked like 30 minutes ago and i have no patch available yet, my account is NA tho.
Since the PS Store version it's always the latest one...i wonder if redownloading it would make it faster ....

 

[JeloSWE]

is there anyone who can't download the new patch?

if i manually check updates for the game it says that i have already the latest version (1.04)

maybe the release time is different for europe?

same here, some blog said it was to be released later today.

 

[GymWolf]

Yeah patches see staggered release across the globe and sometimes there's difference even between countries in Europe.

oh cmon i want to try the new lethal mode, i have probably another 2-3 sessions of playing before the end...

thanks to all of you guys for the answers.

 

[Apollo Helios]

oh cmon i want to try the new lethal mode, i have probably another 2-3 sessions of playing before the end...

God dang it, the game must make you salivating if you can not wait for the difficulty patch for those sessions LOL Just tell us you love the game, no one will hold it against you

 

[HotPocket69]

Is there a new TROPHY for Lethal?

 

[Apollo Helios]

Is there a new TROPHY for Lethal?

They wouldn't add a trophy just for difficulty, make it a NG+ and difficulty and then it would be OK.

 

[GymWolf]

God dang it, the game must make you salivating if you can not wait for the difficulty patch for those sessions LOL Just tell us you love the game, no one will hold it against you

i mean yeah i can be harsh for the lack of challenge but the game does a lot of things right so i'm enjoying my time with it.

by the end my score is probably gonna be around 7,5-8 and just because i use a full scale of numbers, 7,5 is very good in my book, i scored days gone a similar number and it's one of the few open world game where i did 2 complete run.

 

[Punished Miku]

And ten of those signs you need to bow in front of. They aren’t marked on your map either.

This is why I wear the Traveler's Armor most of the time and stop by all cemeteries.

 

[TheKingOfPain]

This is why I wear the Traveler's Armor most of the time and stop by all cemeteries.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Hidden Altars don't trigger the Traveler's Attire vibration.

Anyway, I can't wait to try Lethal mode, I've only done like 3 main quests and a couple of side quests.

 

[Yoshichan]

In EU, no patch???

 

[Bartski]

BTW, not sure if this was ever mentioned here, but here is a strat to always win every standoff ever:

Watch the legs.

In late game the reaction window gets smaller, the distance shorter and mongols fake a lot. But while faking they NEVER move their legs, only when they're actually attacking which is your moment to release triangle.

You're welcome.

 

[Kamina]

In EU, no patch???

Not yet it seems

 

[Punished Miku]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Hidden Altars don't trigger the Traveler's Attire vibration.

Anyway, I can't wait to try Lethal mode, I've only done like 3 main quests and a couple of side quests.

I think you're correct.

 

[Yoshichan]

Not yet it seems

Ffs