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[Topher]

Looks like even some of the haters broke down. Time heals all wounds.

Heck man....I was defending the game from the very beginning when folks went nuts about it having a female protag. Never a hater. Just didn't like the shit that happened. Don't want to make the thread about that though.

 

[Markio128]

Only 10 minutes to go but the man flu has got the better of me, and I'm off to bed. I'll look forward to reading some impressions tomorrow.

 

[Jayjayhd34]

The marketing for this game has to be shocking 20 minutes in and safely say it's best looking ps5 games I played can't wait to see running on my pro tomorrow

 

[Topher]

Only 10 minutes to go but the man flu has got the better of me, and I'm off to bed. I'll look forward to reading some impressions tomorrow.

Feel better man

 

[DavidGzz]

Heck man....I was defending the game from the very beginning when folks went nuts about it having a female protag. Never a hater. Just didn't like the shit that happened. Don't want to make the thread about that though.

I wasn't talking about you. But like you said, lets just talk about the game. I shouldn't have brought it up.

 

[Topher]

I wasn't talking about you. But like you said, lets just talk about the game. I shouldn't have brought it up.

My bad. Yeah.....back to the game.....

 

[viveks86]

Was there some hotfix to the patch? Until yesterday they said it was going to be 1.006. But now it is 1.007?

 

[Lokaum D+]

fomo is hitting hard, but i must be stronger, no buy, a rental will have to do

 

[DavidGzz]

Looks like my game is being patched once again. Downloading another patch but it was already finished just an hour ago.

 

[Valt7786]

Played an hour and 30 minutes or so now. Utterly stunning on the pro, anyone who says otherwise is delusional.
Didn't expect it to go so heavy on the kill bill/samurai themed western kinda vibes either, loving that.
Atsu's voice as a kid in english is awful, my only complaint so far.

 

[STARSBarry]

Played 2 hours now going to bed.

My early thoughts are this, I feel far less interested in the story over the first one. I guess because I feel like the introduction to this character was so sudden, im unsure how to describe it, but by the time the title screen rolled in Tsushima I had a much better grasp of Jin than I do of the protagonist in Yotei.

Iv done a few more flash backs and a few side quests at the nearby Inn and im not yet sure who Atsu is and this makes it diffcult to connect, this was not an issue in the first game, im unsure why it is here. So far she could just be some Elden Ring tarnised I made myself, there's nothing there right now.

 

[viveks86]

Atsu's voice as a kid in english is awful, my only complaint so far.

Yeah that was hilarious. Did they get Erika to pretend to sound like a kid? I guess we should imagine this as her reliving the memory in her mind with her imitating her kid voice

 

[viveks86]

I do have one complaint already though.
Whenever you're riding a horse the aspect ratio changes to look more cinematic I guess. There's no option to disable it currently...

I don't remember this happening in Tsushima or have I forgotten?

Just read about a solution. Pressing R3 cycles through different views while on horseback. Seems there are 3 views total, 2 without bars.

Might be useful to put that in the OP cormack12 , as I've seen a couple of reviewers go through the entire game and call it out as a negative without even knowing about this option.

 

[DavidGzz]

There are supposedly a lot of accessibility options as well. You can even make the perfect parry window a barn door for us old fucks.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Heck man....I was defending the game from the very beginning when folks went nuts about it having a female protag. Never a hater. Just didn't like the shit that happened. Don't want to make the thread about that though.

Same here. Loved the company for InFamous and the first Ghost game, defended it against morons hating just because Jin was replaced by a GuRl!!!!!!! then the toxicity hit from within their dev team, then they fired it.

Still think I'll wait and get the game used or on a deep sale since it's basically just gender dlc.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

And another one:

Silent Hill f, FF Tactics and Yōtei all in the past 7 days, what a time to be alive. I want to wrap up my NG+ playthroughs of Silent Hill and I'm focused on Tactics but looking forward to digging in sometime within the next couple of weeks

 

[Arsic]

Alright gaymers! The time has come and so have I.

 

[Slothbeingg]

I do have one complaint already though.
Whenever you're riding a horse the aspect ratio changes to look more cinematic I guess. There's no option to disable it currently...

I don't remember this happening in Tsushima or have I forgotten?

I think you can press L3 or R3 to change the view and the ratio.

 

[Represent.]

Fuck it, I just bought it, downloading now. I was a super hater of the first game but I will give this one a fair shot.

 

[PurePlatinum]

Story within twenty minutes is already much better than tsushima

 

[pnutboy]

I've been waiting for my hype for this to kick in since it was announced, but it finally did upon booting it up just now. Ready to tune out the online chatter surrounding this game and just get immersed on hard difficulty with some Japanese VO.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Intro was very sudden, but after about an hour or so I found my groove with it but I did need to switch over to Japanese language with English subs. Its a looker for sure on the pro. Playing on a C4 and the picture quality is fantastic.
Is there a 120hrz mode hidden somewhere in the settings or just the special "PS 5 Pro Required" mode at 60?

 

[R3TRO]

What an intro…Wow

 

[DavidGzz]

Yeah, the graphics are REALLY nice. Character models and environment have had a nice upgrade. Just getting started.

Miike mode is disgusting, just the way I like it. The animations are so good. One of my finishing blows had me do a forward roll with the enemy while slicing him. So good!

 

[Revolutionary]

How the developers felt while making the calligraphy part of the intro:

Jokes aside, the game looks pretty good so far with the Ray Tracing Pro setting.

 

[Slothbeingg]

Played it a couple of minutes. The game looks great. The Japanese lip sync is much better than the previous game.

 

[Arsic]

Fantastic start. Both the intro and the inn area are standouts.

Playing on hard mode and it definitely is hard. Generous checkpoints so far too if you die which makes it the right kind of challenge too.

I'm not too sure the bull shit they were spewing about how they made the open world check list to do everything better actually is any better. It's more obtuse perhaps but you're still cleaning the map going from point of interests doing hum ho open world things. So far 0 have repeated though.

 

[viveks86]

Having watched so many videos, it seems the enemy animations have changed quite a bit from yesterday after the day 1 patch. They are all blended well with smooth transitions, and feet not floating above ground or sinking under. Hard to tell RT improvements with the garbo streaming quality.

Can't play till tomorrow. Aaaargh!

 

[KO7]

Hmm, double tapping O doesn't do a roll for me. Can you guys confirm that ability isn't possible at the start of the game? Didn't think that needs to be unlocked.