As Jin completes certain tasks, he’ll unlock new sword stances that each come with their own movesets, and, more importantly, their own strengths versus a particular type of weapon. That probably all sounds familiar, but the glue that holds this combat system together and allows it to remain interesting the whole way through is the addition of the stances you can shift between at the push of a button.
Like all great combat systems, it’s simple to understand on a surface level: there are light attacks to quickly deal damage and beat out slower strikes, heavy attacks that deal more damage and can break through enemy guards, a block button to guard against certain attacks, and a dodge button to avoid the attacks that can’t be guarded. And, as witches’ brews tend to be, the result is magical. Ghost of Tsushima’s combat is like a witches’ brew made with bits of the Batman Arkham series, the pre-Origins Assassin’s Creeds, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and the entire library of Kurosawa films. Overall, it doesn’t matter what you’re doing – the music always fits and serves to enhance whatever emotion the gameplay and the cinematics are trying to evoke.
The dynamic score seamlessly shifts from quiet and ambient shakuhachi flutes during stealthy moments to thunderous taiko drums once blades start clashing tense encounters are made even more palpable thanks to increasingly speedy strums of biwas and shamisens. I wouldn’t recommend playing the whole campaign in Kurosawa mode, as there are some quests that demand some color recognition, but it’s a great visual effect to turn on every now and then.
It’s not a huge issue as it’s still well worth playing in Japanese – and you have the option of enabling the beautiful Kurosawa Mode, which puts a film grainy black-and-white filter over everything to match the style of the classic Akira Kurosawa movies that Ghost of Tsushima so effectively pays homage to. As a result, if you choose to play with the excellent Japanese audio track, which features the outstanding Kazuya Nakai as Jin, it comes off as a comparatively cheap dub with wildly mismatched lip flaps and facial expressions that don’t mirror the emotion in the voice. Khotun Khan is one of the most memorable game villains of recent memory.As good as the English voice cast is, though, it’s a shame that Sucker Punch wasn’t able to find a way to have the performance capture match the Japanese voice acting as well. He’s extremely cunning, always one step ahead, and his presence as the “Big Bad” is a large part of why Jin’s 40 to 50-hour quest for vengeance works so well. He’s one of the most memorable game villains of recent memory thanks to his soft intensity that is oddly calming despite his terrifying intentions. Even if Jin himself isn’t the most charismatic of protagonists, his foil, Khotun Khan, played by Glee’s Patrick Gallagher, has charisma in spades.
PS5 GHOST OF TSUSHIMA UPGRADE
If you own the Ghost of Tsushima: Legends standalone on PS4 or PS5, you can upgrade to Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PS4 for 40.00 USD or on PS5 for 50.00 USD.Ghost of Tsushima revolves around this inner conflict as Jin’s formative teachings push up against his need to save his homeland at any cost, and though it takes a little while to really get going, it’s a compelling struggle. This Legends standalone for PS4 and PS5 includes the Ghost of Tsushima online multiplayer mode but not the single-player campaign. Players on PS4™ and PS5™ can play together and Legends progression carries over whether you’re on PS4 or PS5. Purchase of Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT is not required. If you already own any other version of Ghost of Tsushima, all Legends content and updates are already available at no additional charge via the “Enter Legends Mode” prompt in the Main Menu. Content drops from 10 September to 1 October 2021 – look out for new maps and Trials of Iyo. Gear Mastery system – activate Mastery Challenges, upgrade gear to level 120, and more. Rivals mode – compete in two teams of two to defeat waves of enemies and collect Magatama to use against your rival team. Choose from four classes – Samurai, Hunter, Ronin or Assassin – and play with friends or via online matchmaking in two-player story missions, four-player survival missions or the new Rivals Mode. Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is an online co-op multiplayer experience* inspired by Japanese mythology.
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