This is my second time playing this game since (relatively) close to its release and man does it hold up. From its richly detailed and gorgeous world, the character development, the engaging narrative, the perfect mixture of stealth and combat gameplay that feels equal parts challenging and gratuitous, to the deep exploration and the sheer sense of discovery. Everything about this game is absolutely superb. It may lack in originality (as it isn’t doing a great deal of things we haven’t seen before in countless other open world games) but it manages to refine/perfect a lot of what we’ve seen before. It executes its core ideas with a degree of passion, care, and focus that is unparalleled to the majority of its contemporaries and in a way that transcends whatever minor quibbles i may have taken with it. Ghost Of Tsushima is a game that i will remember for a very long time. It’s a game i’m sure i’m going to continue to revisit as the years go on. It’s a game i truly love and wholeheartedly believe in. It’s a game that thoroughly and fundamentally understands what makes for a fun video game, it understands what makes for a meaningful and engaging gameplay experience, it understands what makes for a compelling narrative that leaves you content and satisfied. It’s a game that goes above and beyond in every way imaginable. It’s a game that achieves so much that it really had no right to and it nails it in every single degree. It’s a game i truly love and wholeheartedly believe in.