leemond2008 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 OK then, I've put some serious hours into this over the last 2 days. I have been waiting about 18 months for this to be released, mainly because one of my all time favourite games was Tenchu and the thought of getting another proper ninja stealth game got me really excited, now that I have Ghost of Tsushima I can honestly say that sometimes it is difficult to decide if I should go stealth and pick the **** off with my bow and arrow from a distance while sneaking around on rooftops or if I should just call them out and go balls to the wall attack, the combat is so much fun and gets better as you unlock more stances, when you get the knack of parrying, dodging and switching stance depending on the opponent it really is a joy, I also enjoy the fact that there is no lock on when in combat, it makes the movement seem more real and the way that the characters animation blocks or parry's depending on where the opponent is looks great rather than just locking on and facing them head on all the time. It isn't anywhere near as immersive as Red Dead Redemption though, the map is pretty huge but there doesn't really seem to be anything to gain from riding around unless you are heading to a marker on the map, whether it be an unknown location, a Mongol territory or a full on mission, with Red Dead you could spend hours just wondering round doing absolutely nothing that had any relevance to the actual story but there was something around every corner that would take you on a little adventure. My character feels extremely overpowered at the moment, I'm half tempted to knock it up to the hardest setting but then I don't know if it'll ramp up in difficulty as the game goes on. other than the character being overpowered it does feel like the game is really really forgiving, if you run into a Mongol territory and kill 3 enemies and then get killed yourself then when you restart again just a short distance away they remain dead meaning that the more times you try it the easier it is going to get, I would prefer it if they respawned and you had to go in from scratch every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 I did some hours last night riding round checking out the island, agree its not as captivating as red dead (which was almost detrimental to the game IMO, exploring the world and hunting was better than the main story) but would say despite having a lot of different things going on its not as guilty as assassins creed and other Ubisoft games of flooding the game with tasks, i think the world feels real, I like talking to the villagers to get map markers, I like that you cant just upgrade everything yourself would say I've got my head around the combat as well as levelled up in a couple of areas to be comfortable, its all about the parry! did stroll in to an enemy camp on the coast that had 15+ mongols in it and got my ass handed to me...I like how the difficulty comes from enemy types and numbers rather than coming up against enemies that you need to hit 40 times to kill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Simple things... Had a boss fight which involved me rolling around dodging but in mud... Caked in it! Stuck to all my armour, well impressed with the detailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted July 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2020 Put my first couple of hours into this yesterday. First impressions are very positive. It has a really beautiful and serene atmosphere (due mostly to the music and small details in the scenery) and although the story is well trodden and quite slight I'm invested already. The combat is...OK so far but that may be me adjusting from the Soulsborne games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2020 It gets more compelling. I actually struggled a bit with getting into the game in the first couple of hours but gradually it becomes more and more engaging and becomes very easy to wander around exploring. The combat doesn't have the depth of any of the Souls series, but it's strangely satisfying once you start to get powered up a bit and get your eye in. The perfect parry into kill will never not be satisfying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 I'm not a DS player but piled a lot of hours in to the last AC and I love the depth of the combat! Once you get a couple of stances and then more importantly switching between them becomes second nature you're on to a winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 fastest selling new IP on the PS4, sold 2.4m copies in 3 days (appreciate that as console sales increase the likelihood of this feat also increases) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 5 hours ago, villa4europe said: fastest selling new IP on the PS4, sold 2.4m copies in 3 days (appreciate that as console sales increase the likelihood of this feat also increases) This stat is huge. Days Gone which came out April 2019 sold 114,319 copies in 3 days. That was Sony's last new IP so for Ghost of Tsushima to launch and do numbers better than Uncharted 4 (2.7 million in 1 week) is insane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Anyone else trying to 100% the first part before moving on to the 2nd? Ive got maybe 5 hours tidying it up and I don't know if it's better to do it now or crack on with the story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Anyone else trying to 100% the first part before moving on to the 2nd? Ive got maybe 5 hours tidying it up and I don't know if it's better to do it now or crack on with the story I haven't completed the game yet, but I have gotten to Act 2. What I will say without spoiling anything is after beating Act 1 more side quest/things appear in the Act 1 portion of the map. I personally gave up trying to 100% each area and I'll just go back through when I'm super overpowered and do it all then. I am still doing some side stuff as I come across it as I think doing nothing will leave a daunting task by the end, but 100% clearing each section before moving on is something I gave up on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Yeah I've finished act 1 and I've gone back to do the farms then started doing everything else and now not sure if I'm killing momentum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30, 2020 I cleared the southern part of the island before moving on. I don't think it really matters, just go with what you feel like doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 I did move on eventually The difficulty step up is obvious but feels quite natural and well done Spoiler The straw hats are much harder to fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3, 2020 It was good of the dev team to implement an awful haiku generator. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 Finished it, loved it, started to get a bit easy so I got a bit lazy with the parrying and the combat which ended up making it harder, the story hasnt always hit home, some of the character missions are more interesting (masuko and the tamoe stories) but I thought the ending was brilliant Got a fair bit to mop up still so maybe 5 more hours to put in to it, can't be bothered with the crickets stuff though so doubt I'll platinum it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2020 Platinumed. Really enjoyed it. There's not much to it, but what there is really well done. It kinda lives and dies on the combat and the art - if you don't like the combat you'll never really like the game. As it is though, I really liked it. Another one that has great sequel potential. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 Yeah history is on the side of a sequel with a nice 7 year gap too which gives them plenty of scope to take the story somewhere Ill definitley replay it on ps5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Update added today, adds multilayer, new game plus, some gear I think and apparently a bit of new story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Was bought this for Xmas - had a 20 min blast on it last night. Visually stunning as expected and getting used to the combat moves. I quite like the stealth aspect of the gameplay and look forward to putting a few more hours into it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Loving this so far. Better than AC Origins IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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