The main addition to the game is Iki Island which offers you another great-looking island to explore, but also a series of Archery Challenges, two new Mythic Tales – with one exploring the Sakai legacy – and even visit monkey sanctuaries, giving you the opportunity to play the flute for monkeys, deer and cats. Still, Tsushima has fantastic art direction, and if you’re one of the chosen few to actually have a PlayStation 5, why not take it all in in 4K? I’m generally not too fussed about visuals – I want something interesting in a game, and the visuals are just a nice bonus. This makes the action feel more fluid and if you have a nice TV, the already stunning game will look even better. Now, let’s talk about what Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut actually offers, shall we?įirst, there’s the 60FPS 4K supercharge for users on PS5. During longer sessions, I felt totally immersed in a different culture, and while I can’t speak for how authentic it really is, but it is a great time if you’re happy to spend a bit of time soaking in the atmosphere. I also enjoy the fact your special meter can be used for special abilities or healing creates a nice risk and reward dynamic.īut mostly, I just love the feeling of authenticity that Tsushima provides. I love the standoff mechanic that sees you calling out your strongest enemy for a duel, letting you trade a stealthy advantage for taking their strongest piece off the board at the start of a fight. Most of this has touched on the base game – the core Ghost of Tsushima experience. It feels familiar, I play Tsushima quite passively, plodding down roads on my horse or exploring the hillside looking for a stat-boosting soak in a hot spring, or a fox to pet. In our original NME review, Jordan Oloman describes Ghost of Tsushima as a serene samurai simulator and describes plowing through a series of podcasts while playing the game. But I’m not really trying to feel mighty. Greatness in Tsushima isn’t really on the table here. While many games indulge you with power fantasy as you level, here your only real reward is to suck a bit less – even unlocking the mythical Heavenly Strike rewards you with nothing more than a quick unblockable strike to ease the pressure in a tough fight. Slowly, very slowly, you’ll get to grips with the core loop that underpins fights, but you’ll also start unlocking a drip feed of upgrades: Kunai to stun enemies at range, or new stances that will help you better fend off shield users – or an angry Mongol with a spear. Winning a simple fight in the early game feels like a real achievement, and death will come with regularity as you get used to the combat mechanics. Credit: Sucker PunchĬliche alert, but the way in which you slowly liberate parts of Tsushima, bettering yourself and exploring this beautiful island, feels a million miles away from Ubisoft’s all-you-can-eat action buffet. You can forgive developers Sucker Punch for cribbing here though, because Ghost of Tsushima feels different, almost meditative, a game that is more about the journey than the destination. If you’ve ever played an Assassin’s Creed or Far Cry game, how you do this will feel obvious: You hack up bad guys, you do some quests, you knock over a few outposts. He becomes the legendary ghost, freeing the island from occupation and becoming the titular Ghost. This is the story of Jin Sakai – voiced in English by Daisuke Tsuji, who is excellent – a samurai left for dead after the Mongols invade Tsushima.
If, like me, you didn’t catch Sony’s Samurai-’em-up, here’s the deal. I skipped Ghost of Tsushima first time around.
READ MORE: ‘Recompile’ review: a bite-sized but disappointing Metroidvania.Perhaps this is why it’s so beautiful, forcing you to stop every now and again just to listen to wind playing through the trees, or some wildlife padding around the countryside. Ghost of Tsushima: Directors Cut is a game that encourages you to take your time.
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