Ghost of Tsushima - Review Thread (MetaCritic: 83 | OpenCritic: 85)
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Guys! Has there been any content showing Jin wearing a traditional ninja hood? I want to treat this as an open world Tenchu
I could imagine that this is some kind of reward for a quest later on when Jin is already on the ninja path. or maybe a collectible.
It's been a while since yesterday, but I was talking about the 2020 YTD list that's available in some countries. The game is effectively among the most popular/best-selling right now.
89. I think the game will be better than Horizon but the bar has been raised for open world games in the past 3 years so I don't see it scoring much higher.
If it has amazing story and characters, sure --- and those games developer has a precedent of their games having a great story. Sucker Punch last game with a great story was the first Infamous.
Sequel, sequel, sequel, new IP.
If you're showing up with a new IP by a first party studio I expect quality.
I feel like you should expect more quality from a sequel - it's their second try at bare minimum.
So if you're a repeated entry in a series from a reputable AAA developer and you have less than perfect combat despite having a multitude of experience and opportunity to learn from specifically in developing that exact combat in that exact series, your expectations are more forgivable than an entirely new game in an entirely new series from a AAA developer that is neither less nor more proficient than the aforementioned?
What kind of logic is this? You should expect more from developers who are making repeated franchise games and have, in some cases, 10+ years to refine their combat system.
Yey, the review thread is back open! My guess is still in the region of 88-90 but I voted for 90-94 in the poll just to be extra optimistic. I can totally see its meta score sitting at 86-88 though. Well... only 5 hours to wait and see what the reviews think.
Worldbuilding is good, the story and characters is just ok. I think most people would agree on that.
Look man, I agree with you, but some people think a little white dot auto locking onto enemies in GTA5 is amazing, decades later.
I expect more from rockstar, they don't deliver. I expect more from sucker punch. I hope they deliver!
Jupp, will get points docked for being "Ubisoft open world".
probably some pacing and dialogue taking player out of the experience dropped the rating a bit.
because all parts taken individually (lore, technical, story, score, replay value, collectibles management, combat, gamefeel), it's a fucking blast. Probably we got a bit tired of the open world mechanics which are pretty generic in HZD as well.
I feel that character development is were they always drop the ball. Felt iffy with Horizon, Days Gone and Spider-Man, they get that right and they crack the 90+ Meta. Only Naught Dog and Santa Monica have great character development. Need to see Jin's to see if it's 90+ worthy.
I feel like you should too, but unfortunately mainstream consumers don't feel as strongly.
My theory is that new games should come to the market with something to contribute that hasn't been contributed in that way. With this game, it's feudal Japan. I hope there's more, but if not that's enough for me.
Bad pacing, good game. Can't wait to try again on the pc version, fell off the PS4 version.
From what I've seen it doesn't though. No markers everywhere, no towers etc. It seems more organic than most.
A huge part of the Story is you finding out about the Worldbuilding and Lore.
Agreed. Also I think it will be docked a point or two for little technical things that Sucker Punch couldn't avoid.
Still don't think it will be a bad reception overall.
I get it, it's sad though. Sekiro, Control, and Death Stranding are all examples of studios making new IPs that brought something new to the table. Loved all those games.
Hm.
The world-building and story in Horizon is some of the best I've seen in any piece of media ever made.
Some of the characters could have been cooler.
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One of the reviews literally called it "Assassin's Creed for the poor."
Another said that all of the open-world missions are familiar open-world tropes (e.g. climbing towers).
This game doesn't have towers which reviews are you referring to?
It might have been a poor translation... It wasn't in English. (the 5/10 review posted earlier in the thread)
I was happy to see some new IP in Sony's PS5 presentation, like Returnal and Capcom's Pragmata, as well as already announced new IP like Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo. I think we're gonna see new IP from Naughty Dog and SSM as well next gen and I'm all up for it. Elden Ring remains my most anticipated new IP for now.
There's one review......and it calls it the ultimate samurai game.
Actually It does but not like assassin's creed and they're few.
I've read three reviews linked in this thread.
9.5/10
5/10
Unscored review that lauded the visuals and combat but said the open-world elements are rote.
What was new about Sekiro or Control? They were great games but they were iterating or tweaking designs of the devs' previous games (Souls/Bloodborne, MP/Quantum Break)
Horizon has like... 5 of these towers? And each one of them is really different compared with the Far Cry or Assassins Creed stuff. I don't see any problem with Horizon open world mechanics despite few poor sidequests (usually the ones that has poor facial animation).
Anyway, I think people are tired of Open World games and for a good reason.
I mean, we've seen watch towers in camps. That's not the same as "Ubisoft towers"
