Jan 26th, 2023, 04:08 AM
Ghost of Tsushima (PS4)
Finished the platinum for this a couple of days ago. Still need to do all of the DLC stuff and get all of the extra trophies. In the end my stance on the game pretty much remained the same -- great story, great world and exploration, very nice character stories, very good bow gameplay, good music... but that god awful combat just really lowers my overall score for the game though. The stealth was wonderful. Probably my favorite stealth gameplay in a game, but the open combat/duels were just... bad. I'd give the game a personal 8/10 for all of the good stuff, but the combat drops it down to a 4/10 or 5/10 for me personally.
I was going to play through the PS5 version entirely fresh, but now I'm considering just transferring my save and auto-popping the trophies to save myself from having to experience that combat again. Though maybe I'll at least try the game on Normal/Hard to see if it makes the combat feel any better, since stat upgrades and Charms will actually make a difference on those difficulties, whereas they don't do squat for you on Lethal due to everything just being a 1-shot or 2-shot at best.
Story though was delicious. Really enjoyed the game for everything else.
Finished the platinum for this a couple of days ago. Still need to do all of the DLC stuff and get all of the extra trophies. In the end my stance on the game pretty much remained the same -- great story, great world and exploration, very nice character stories, very good bow gameplay, good music... but that god awful combat just really lowers my overall score for the game though. The stealth was wonderful. Probably my favorite stealth gameplay in a game, but the open combat/duels were just... bad. I'd give the game a personal 8/10 for all of the good stuff, but the combat drops it down to a 4/10 or 5/10 for me personally.
I was going to play through the PS5 version entirely fresh, but now I'm considering just transferring my save and auto-popping the trophies to save myself from having to experience that combat again. Though maybe I'll at least try the game on Normal/Hard to see if it makes the combat feel any better, since stat upgrades and Charms will actually make a difference on those difficulties, whereas they don't do squat for you on Lethal due to everything just being a 1-shot or 2-shot at best.
Story though was delicious. Really enjoyed the game for everything else.