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Ghost of Tsushima |OT| - Summer blade cuts through, the PlayStation shall go on, this is its swan song
SleepDoctor
Banned
impressions so far? Unfortunately mine won't be here for a few days.
Whitecrow
Banned
Yeah, that's what it's said everywhere.
Nevertheless, everytime I re-calibrate, the image looks different. I might be wrong, but if my eyes are anything to go by (and by this time, I trust them), I would say every game passes through that calibration as the last tone mapping step.
You can try it with any game: the more visible the logos are on the white background, the more bright is the overall image on HDR.
Play with it without changing ingame settings, and you should definitely see a difference.
If I'm wrong, I will change my avatar to one of your liking for a month.
I'm surprised by it, and I pretty much agree with the reviews. Artistically is amazing, combat have a lot of potential, exploring the world is very relaxing and immersive, but Jin as a main charcter, lacks something, but it's not bad.
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SleepDoctor
Banned
I was hoping it would have shipped early to get here the 17th but unfortunately it shipped today. I've been looking forward to this since it was first announced. Thanks a lot. Can't wait for it to get here.
Knitted Knight
Banned
Time to slice Khotun Khan a new pair of buttocks.
Bragr
Banned
Some early impressions:
At times, it's almost meditative, the colors and music create a very serene scene if you take your time. On the flip side, once in a while there can be way too many bright colors and movements on the screen, it's can be extremely disorienting with 10 billion bright orange leaves flapping about and the sun shining right into your face.
And lol at the pathfinding on those fucking golden birds, half the time they fly into the ground or cliffsides.
But the game is great, the voice acting is on point, in fact, it's fantastic. And most of the missions so far are solid, combat is really good. And I love the clean hud, the wind guiding you works well.
At times, it's almost meditative, the colors and music create a very serene scene if you take your time. On the flip side, once in a while there can be way too many bright colors and movements on the screen, it's can be extremely disorienting with 10 billion bright orange leaves flapping about and the sun shining right into your face.
And lol at the pathfinding on those fucking golden birds, half the time they fly into the ground or cliffsides.
But the game is great, the voice acting is on point, in fact, it's fantastic. And most of the missions so far are solid, combat is really good. And I love the clean hud, the wind guiding you works well.
eastwood333
Banned
Been watching the RadBrad play. Game looks good. Now to decide on whether to buy it now or wait for the inevitable PS5 since sony has not confirmed a free upgrade.
Bryank75
Banned
Should be amazing on PS5, you can't go wrong either way.
I am hoping for a higher difficulty and NG+ with more collectibles for PS5 launch. In addition to the graphics and fps bump.
HotPocket69
Banned
JeloSWE
Member
It seems like you are correct. I changed my HDR setting on the PS4 to some ridiculous low values, logos were extremely visible (in essence tricking the PS4 HDR output to think I have a TV with very low nits output) and the sun in game was many times dimmer as expected. So this is the first game that where those setting have an effect.
Edit: Tried it again and I'm 100% convinced that the PS4 HDR settings affects GoT.
Sony managed to at least get the last AAA game to obey the setting
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PanzerAzel
Member
This game is sublime. It’s better than I could’ve hoped for.
trikster40
Member
yeah, that’s how I’m playing too. Just hoping they patch it soon. Would just be weird with English voices.
JeloSWE
Member
I'm just regular anime weeb, I know a bit of Japanese, been studying a little bit on a lazy level and almost always go for the Japanese voices but in FF7R I think the English voices were so good I didn't want to switch to the JP version. In GoT I started with the Japanese but then tried the English due to the annoying lip sync issues. I also find it a bit hard following the dialogue when a lot of stuff is happening on screen, there is simply no time to look down and read the subs, I'm in no way fluent but they use a lot historic/archaic conjugations etc so it's even harder without looking at the them. No I think I'll stick with the English for now. Also it's weird hearing One Piece Zoro voice actor as Jin, where is his green hair haha.
HotPocket69
Banned
Clarissa
Banned
Misread this as dimsum and I got hungry.
Making the boyfriend take me out for dimsum later.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Really enjoying the game, but constantly having to take my thumb away from attack and dodge buttons to babysit the camera is literally killing me (well, Jin). So frustrating.
slade
Member
Got a few hours in. Not really all that impressed. Environmental graphics are great but character models are fugly beyond belief and the gameplay so far has been merely ok. Locking onto someone when there are six guys surrounding you while needing camera management is not fun. Sidequest stories are good though. So far its a 6.5 - 7 game. Surprisingly, I enjoyed the opening few hours of Days Gone a lot more.
Anyway, will muddle on. It's just that Sucker Punch sacrificed inFamous for this and so far I don't like this nearly as much as I liked inFamous.
Anyway, will muddle on. It's just that Sucker Punch sacrificed inFamous for this and so far I don't like this nearly as much as I liked inFamous.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Made it about eight hours in, having a really good time with the game so far. Still in act 1.
The game reminds me (a lot!) of Assassin's Creed Odyssey. A period piece but with a sprinkle of myth thrown in. Combat also feels a lot like AC but has a bit more depth to it (although AC had better weapon variety later on that really made combat more dynamic). Lots of running around, exploring, helping people. I keep expecting NPCs in Tsushima to call me Misthios. This game has that one beat on style and presentation though.
I loved that game and sunk over 200 hours into it, so I can see myself squeezing a ton of time out of this one too. For now, I'm just exploring the island and taking my time.
The game reminds me (a lot!) of Assassin's Creed Odyssey. A period piece but with a sprinkle of myth thrown in. Combat also feels a lot like AC but has a bit more depth to it (although AC had better weapon variety later on that really made combat more dynamic). Lots of running around, exploring, helping people. I keep expecting NPCs in Tsushima to call me Misthios. This game has that one beat on style and presentation though.
I loved that game and sunk over 200 hours into it, so I can see myself squeezing a ton of time out of this one too. For now, I'm just exploring the island and taking my time.
trikster40
Member
English voices good? I heard they were, maybe I’ll give that a try. I completely agree about the subs, I miss a lot when it starts getting crazy.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Enjoying it quite a bit, but I have some issues with the combat. Namely the camera. I wish it was pulled a bit further back during combat.
JeloSWE
Member
Sure, English main cast seem to be done by Asians so you get that fitting accent.
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Kumomeme
Member
luckly they decided this year's Assasins Creed game to have Viking theme..imagine if they hear fans plea and doing Japanese theme of Assasins Creed and it coincide to release this year with Ghost of TsushimaTherefore, the japanese Assassin's Creed we always wanted but wouldn't get from Ubisoft.
Arkam
Member
Pretty much the same. Been playing all day and avoiding all the "Jin's Journey" Tales and just exploring and doing the Tales of Tsushima... tales. After this much riding I can say with absolute certainty, the map is plenty big. I have only explored about 1/10 of Izuhara.
Komatsu
Member
My policy is to always play a game with the audio set to the language of those who created and mo-capped it. I know this is a tale set in Kamakura shogunate Japan, but the actors and the original cast are all American, so I playing it in English. And I say this as someone who has worked in Japan and speaks and reads a fair bit of Japanese.
PanzerAzel
Member
Is there an in-between speed for the horse or is it just trot and/or full on gallop?
JeloSWE
Member
I don't think so and I've been annoyed by this.
Endless Fluff
Banned
This is pretty much me, I've played for 7 hours now and I've done the assassin and bow quests as well as the Heavy Strike one. I'm just walking around, coming across fox dens, yellow birds and occupied camps. I'm not even riding much... just walking through the world and taking everything in. I also enjoyed Death Stranding because of this slow pace.
I also found something that bugged me a lot: Jin clips through every Bamboo tree. It's not bad when there's only one or two trees, but when you clip through the whole Bamboo forest then it becomes jarring. lol. I wonder why they decided to do that.
devDemonik
Neo Member
This game is pretty fricken awesome. Was thinking just a while how cool it would be to have an Assassin's Creed based on the Mongol/Japanese war, but this is way, way better.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
This game is pure art. Loving it so far. Fuck TLOU 2 this is the real shit.
DavidGzz
Member
It was pretty great in AC Origins and then took a step back in Odyssey. Even the UE5 tech demo had terrible water. I think running through mud and puddles in Ghost looks great. The large bodies of water, not so much. Sea of Thieves has insane water though so I guess it depends on how much of the power they want to use on it. It will keep getting better over the years, I'm sure
Slothbeing1209
Member
It would be great if npc bows back to you if you bow them lol.
trikster40
Member
All I know is, Sony has come a loooooooong way since this:
hollams
Gold Member
I wish all games, especially open world games, would have an auto walk/run button. On PC I'm able to accomplish that with some joystick emulation software, but I'm really missing that on the PS4.
I'm enjoying the game, but it's not grabbing me for some reason. I've played about 3 hours and I'm already tired of the golden birds and foxes. I like what they did with the UI and how you open up locations on the map by exploration, but with the birds and the foxes it takes part of that exploration away. I know I can ignore them but they constantly make noise when I'm in their vicinity and if I'm already running where they are showing me they will circle around me. I wish they were a toggle option or like they do the artifacts where there is clothing you can wear that will rumble your controller when you are near something so if you did't want to be lead by the game you would not wear it.
I'm enjoying the game, but it's not grabbing me for some reason. I've played about 3 hours and I'm already tired of the golden birds and foxes. I like what they did with the UI and how you open up locations on the map by exploration, but with the birds and the foxes it takes part of that exploration away. I know I can ignore them but they constantly make noise when I'm in their vicinity and if I'm already running where they are showing me they will circle around me. I wish they were a toggle option or like they do the artifacts where there is clothing you can wear that will rumble your controller when you are near something so if you did't want to be lead by the game you would not wear it.
Bryank75
Banned
Some of the criticisms here are valid.... camera is a bit finicky, a few glitches and so on...
I'd recommend it but you know I love my PS exclusives and all of that!
Is there anyone who often lines up with your taste in games that could give you an opinion?
Punished Miku
Gold Member
This combat system is legitimately bad, and especially so on boss fights. Fighting a boss and he just spams repeated unlockables and and also instantly follow up unblocakables with quick slices. If you dodge the unlockable and strike it doesnt usually hit stun at all and he just slices you anyway.
And it looks like they took the same enemy AI from infamous SS. The archers all have nearly perfect aim from so far away I cant even see them and just follow the missile trails as they fly past.
And it looks like they took the same enemy AI from infamous SS. The archers all have nearly perfect aim from so far away I cant even see them and just follow the missile trails as they fly past.
Shakka43
Member
This came to my mind right away too, as soon as the archers first appeared.
On the rest I can't agree, I'm finding the sword combat pretty satisfying.
Bryank75
Banned
Yes, the archers are stupidly accurate... kinda unfairly!?
I love the sword fighting though, so so satisfying. I have quite a bit of gear now though... even kunai, bombs and smake. But usually I slice em up pretty fast.
The mythic tales are the best IMO.
AllBizness
Banned
GoT is GOTY
The archers accuracy is the only thing they have to be dangerous to be honest.
You can avoid every arrow by just continuosly tapping circle, then get close to them following the trail and kill them with two hits.
Usually they are the first target I go for since they can be annoying if you get distracted by melee targets, but they are easy to kill.
You can avoid every arrow by just continuosly tapping circle, then get close to them following the trail and kill them with two hits.
Usually they are the first target I go for since they can be annoying if you get distracted by melee targets, but they are easy to kill.
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CrysisFreak
Banned
Can't stop thinking about this game and wanting to play it.
Just woke up, played 12 hours yesterday without even getting THAT far.
Can't wait to get back into it.
Just woke up, played 12 hours yesterday without even getting THAT far.
Can't wait to get back into it.
DavidGzz
Member
Wait, they aren't bowing back in your game? The only ones who haven't bowed back to me were crying or sitting and looking away from me.
I'm all about deflecting in this, just unlocked the ability to deflect the spear thrusts, so good! I have the timing down to where I almost never fail. So, the bombs are op, I just ran my horse up to a large group threw a bomb as I ran past and killed all but one who was staggered. The first time I just fought them straight on and died to the last guy so going back for revenge like that was amazingly satisfying. This may be my overall favorite fighting system now. There are just so many ways of going about encounters and it all feels so good.
I always did that first, almost like taking out the mage first in a RPG but now I have arrow deflect when I block so I take my time and save those fuckers for last lol
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JimiNutz
Banned
As
Bryank75
said there are definitely some legitimate criticisms that a few people don't seem to be able to get over (mainly the camera and lack of lock on in combat).I haven't had any issue with it personally and reading through the thread it seems as though the majority of us are able to overlook this minor flaw and enjoy the combat.
If you have any interest in Samurai then I think you'll enjoy the game. Riding around 13th century Tsushima is incredibly serene and the environments are really beautiful and fun to explore. I'd be surprised if you didn't enjoy the game.
CrysisFreak
Banned
Some bow some don't. Some bow without you even bowing first.
So they are not all the same.
As
I haven't had any issue with it personally and reading through the thread it seems as though the majority of us are able to overlook this minor flaw and enjoy the combat.
If you have any interest in Samurai then I think you'll enjoy the game. Riding around 13th century Tsushima is incredibly serene and the environments are really beautiful and fun to explore. I'd be surprised if you didn't enjoy the game.
Cool, drawbacks sound manageable, and definitely into the setting. I’ll pick it up. Thanks guys.
GymWolf
Member
Watch the df special about the game, they have hdr setting for c9 if i remember well.
70 brightness
30 hdr britghness
And something else.