Ghost of Tsushima (PS4)

[Mafffew]

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I couldn't find a topic (perhaps a failing on PHs search or my own skills)

Anyhow, I've been looking forward to this for a while. Sony released an extended "state of play" video for the game yesterday and it looks superb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fMlkQy7r28

Release date, 17th July, not long to go now.

[Don Roque]

It looks nice but the combat looks a little slow and clunky. After Nioh 2 and Sekiro, this one is late to the party. It looks to be trying for a slower, more cinematic take on proceedings. I'll still get it, but I'm not that excited for it.

[point]

Agreed. After all the fast pace, japanese theme games such as Nioh and Sekiro, which were not perfect but at least had interesting and challenging game plays, this apparently slower offering will need to have a terrific story to trigger my interest, even if it looks beautiful in this demo. The rhythm here however suggests to me it may end up as some kind of walking simulator punctuated with the odd combat. I will definitely wait for the reviews before considering buying it.

[scrubchub]

Some new.gameplay has been released that looks very impressive from a technical standpoint. This one has flown under my radar for the most part but it looks like my kind of thing.

Reviews out tomorrow.

[Mafffew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piApenO8SsE - Launch trailer

Review embargo lifts at 3pm today, I have an original PS4, rather than the pro, so it will be interesting to see how it runs on there.

[scrubchub]

Yes, me too. I opened it up and cleaned it out last week and it made such a difference. I think if I'd tried this game on it before that then it would have tried to take flight.

[Mastodon2]

Reviews seeming to confirm what a lot of people suspected from the recent gameplay reveals; pretty visuals but slow, dull, unengaging gameplay. Characters and story apparently nothing special.

After years of hype that this was going to be an unbelievable new IP for Sony that was going to take immersion to a new level, I can't help but think this has fallen massively short of the mark.

[Stevil]

One bonus for me is that it makes the choice between this and the new Paper Mario much easier

[scrubchub]

Some glowing reviews, some saying it is a filler filled but good looking open world. Well, there are plenty of those already around.

Could just keep going with my Witcher 3 New Game Plus for my open world fix, but will go further into the reviews this evening. I really want this to be great, but I'm not sure we need another boring but good looking open world.

[seefarr]

scrubchub said:

Some glowing reviews, some saying it is a filler filled but good looking open world. Well, there are plenty of those already around.

Could just keep going with my Witcher 3 New Game Plus for my open world fix, but will go further into the reviews this evening. I really want this to be great, but I'm not sure we need another boring but good looking open world.

Yeah, reviews are mixed to say the least. Eurogamer gave it a "meh" out of 10. ArsTechnica "instant contender for 2020's game of the year".

I also started a new Witcher 3 game recently that I was expecting to lose my life to but I'm a real sucker for Japanese imagery. Decisions, decisions....

[Mafffew]

Reviews seem overwhelmingly positive, sounds good to me, roll on Friday

[Stevil]

Mafffew said:

Reviews seem overwhelmingly positive, sounds good to me, roll on Friday

Think we must be visiting different sites for the reviews, there's a few I tend to trust, being Eurogamer, VG247 and Polygon, all of which said it was very pretty but the gameplay is formulaic and just like any other open world game, with lots of shallow side quests and filler content.

[Mafffew]

Stevil said:

Think we must be visiting different sites for the reviews, there's a few I tend to trust, being Eurogamer, VG247 and Polygon, all of which said it was very pretty but the gameplay is formulaic and just like any other open world game, with lots of shallow side quests and filler content.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/ghost-of-tsushima?ref=hp

Plenty hold a different opinion. At the end of the day, reviews are subjective and I will reserve my own judgement until I play it on Friday. But based on what I have read so far, I am looking forward to it.

[Stevil]

Mafffew said:

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/ghos...

Plenty hold a different opinion. At the end of the day, reviews are subjective and I will reserve my own judgement until I play it on Friday. But based on what I have read so far, I am looking forward to it.

Fair-dos, but metacritic isn't the ideal place to formulate an opinion as I'd say a good half the sites out there don't put a score on things anymore as it's a largely pointless exercise.

[Mafffew]

Agreed, but it does serve as a good tool to get an idea of what the general consensus is. I think a lot of people tend to look at the score and go from there, but the summaries and actual articles are a better indicator.

[scrubchub]

It does look fantastic and I samurais are awesome. Not sure that's enough for a full price, day one purchase....

[scrubchub]

Spent an hour watching reviews last night and I think i may go for it. It looks stunning, the combat looks cool. Protagonist looks like a bit of a yawn fest. I reckon worth a shot.

[anonymous-user]

Just finished Star Wars and Uncharted Lost Legacy, came to the forum looking for a new game, this looks great from the trailer, IGN giving it 9 as well, nice one OP didn't have a clue this was coming will grab it on Friday

[Mafffew]

No problem

My copy has arrived early, annoyingly I don't have the time to get stuck in tonight.

[scrubchub]

A friend in Australia has had a good session and is very impressed. Says it's the best looking game he's ever played and the combat is good fun. I'm very tempted but haven't bought a full price game for years. I'm a cheapskate basically.