Ghost of Tsushima for PlayStation 4

TL;DR If you enjoyed Uncharted 4, the Ezio trilogy of Assassin's Creed, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, the Batman Arkham series, or the Witcher 3, then you'll enjoy Ghost of Tsushima! The world feels alive with real characters, the story is excellent, and the combat is amazing! REVIEW There are lots of things to love about this game. The world-building is properly fleshed out and the different characters you meet all feel like real people. The story is full of inner conflict and growth, and the main character has a really interesting journey (no spoilers!) – like Uncharted 4, this feels like a cinematic masterpiece that you can play. The UI is pretty minimalistic, so you can enjoy the brilliant visuals. From snowy mountains and dense forests to bright purple lavender fields and foggy beaches, this game is absolutely beautiful in every setting. I often found myself exploring new regions on the map just to see more of the world. Combat is probably the best part of this game. It's fluid and strategic, but easy to master. There are 4 main stances when fighting. Depending on the enemies you're fighting, you'll have to switch between different stances pretty quickly. The game challenges your speed and reactions, but it's so satisfying when you cut through hordes of enemies without taking a single bit of damage! If you prefer to go the stealth route like Assassin's Creed or Batman, you can do that here as well! You can use things like smoke bombs or kunai or sticky bombs to take out enemies on by one. You can take out entire bases without anyone realising you were even there! The game offers a great blend of different combat styles that stay true to the overall story/character (no spoilers!) and let you play how you want to play. You can upgrade your character's weapons as the story progresses (enemies get harder!) but it's never overwhelming or annoying. It's a simple and clean UI that keeps you focused on the story and mission at hand. There are collectibles with interesting facts as well as lots of side missions that provide interesting backstories for some of the other characters in the game. I cannot recommend this game enough and am eagerly looking forward to the next one!

So I brought Ghost of Tsushima based on the only positive reviews (which is something I rarely do), and found another gem, the best game that I have played since Witcher 3. The tutorial is quite long and in 2 parts. Learn the controls because they are not what you expect. Firstly this is not a slash and burn game, although I suppose it could be played that way. Finding Fox Dens (Inari Shines) and shrines on the top of mountains is important, don't ignore them. The fight controls seem easy and quite simple, however once you learn the various stances for fighting it becomes interesting. This is about choice and doing what you have to, and not what your beliefs are, although the choices you make do not have the same consequences as others. This is a semi open world, I say semi because you cannot access certain areas until you have completed certain missions. The cut scenes are about poignant and thought provoking and most characters having to make difficult decisions although unlike other games in the news (hi Cyberpunk) you cannot make the choices for the characters. Generally I get more enjoyment by being an assassin / sniper and this game is perfect for that. Therefore when I first started I did not carry out the first mission involving Sensei Ishikawa and found that you have to carry out the first mission to get your first bow. I died very many times without my bow to kill from long range. IF you like to slash and burn, you can challenge each group of bad guys and provided your timing is good, kill at least 1 (or 3 if you have developed the necessary skills). To me, this has a great story and lots of areas to visit and I cannot recommend this enough! Enjoy, while you wait for the Cyberpunk 2077 patches to be issued.

Super fun combat, fun stealth, good story length, side stories for side characters, plenty of other side quests, the mythic tales are awesome, characters you can get attached to, fairly easy platinum, no garbage trophies, you will never be screwed over by RNG (e.g tax collectors that you need to catch for a trophy but never spawn) or unnecessarily specific requirements (e.g needing to do specific moves in a specific order without any indication as to which moves you need to use when or why or even what the moves do). You'll always know what you need to do and how to do it without hand-holding and with satisfying challenge.

The game is amazing, I'd highly recommend buying it. Has a great story line and very impressive graphics. The only problem is it keeps freezing whenever you do a standoff or a boss fight resulting in restarting the game each time that happens. Very annoying not sure if its the disc or an in game problem. Wish Sony can sort this out.

I haven't played anything quite as atmospheric since God of War on the PS4. Looks amazing, Interesting world and in depth combat and story. Had I known it was this good, I would have bought it ages ago. You should play this game.

I can't say anything that hasn't already been said, so I'll keep in simple. This is the best game I've played in years. I bought a PS4 for Spider-Man, God of War, and Ghost of Tsushima, and even if I'd only played the latter, I'd of been happy with my purchase.

This seller only registered the game to work in America. Now I can’t play the DLC which I paid for.

Looks so stunning and plays really nice and fluidly