An absolute masterclass in art direction.

Every where I go I’m like “holy shit I need to screenshot this” because literally every single area in this game is so picturesque. I was also surprised with how fluid the combat feels with the stance switching and the amount of tools they give you. I’ve never felt cooler playing a game before Ghost of Tsushima. If there’s one thing PlayStation exclusives nail, it’s the story and GoT is no exception. And can we praise Nixxes for such an incredible port? This is one of the best console ports to PC I’ve ever played. It seems they have kept every setup in mind, as it also runs crazy good on the Steam Deck as well.

There’s a couple things holding this back from being a perfect 5 star. Like many have mentioned before, the open world suffers from being too “safe” in my opinion. It’s very clear it follows the typical open world formula you see in most open world games where you have to do a specific activity to get a specific item (like climbing the shrines for charms or following foxes to boost charms) and it kinda breaks immersion for me because you know what to expect when you do an activity. Also the typical outpost clearing is present too which isn’t a bad thing, but like I said it feels safe. I also noticed in the Iki island and Act 2 portions of the game, the audio for sound effects like fighting often cut out during big fights which I felt was a weird bug in an otherwise well ported game.

Overall an excellent experience with very few flaws. Also Sony bad lol.