Breh the HitMang
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Act 2 ending was fukking crazyyyyy
Ghost of Tsushima | PS4 | Out Now
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Hopeofmypeople
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This game is absolutely incredible, especially as you progress and combat becomes more advanced. Story is also amazing, love how even side quests are amazing and fun.
Hopeofmypeople
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Just thinking I know this game has sold well but it wasn’t properly advertised. For example gameplay footage we were shown was with the Mongols coming at you one at a time but in the game that isn’t the case they come at you together. Then again I am playing on the second hardest difficulty so maybe it’s different the higher the difficulty.
Hyperion
Superstar
I just finished. Woah. 
I don't care what anyone says, this is a masterpiece. It didn't need to be groundbreaking to be amazing, but this delivered.
I don't care what anyone says, this is a masterpiece. It didn't need to be groundbreaking to be amazing, but this delivered.I just couldn't finished off Unc Shimura. 
"I have no honor." I feel like if I take his life, Jin becomes the very monster people make him out to be. And neither of them wanted to fight, but a clash of ideals to this degree... It's already gone past the point of no return. Once Jin disobeyed Shimura, his fate was sealed. And I can completely understand the shogun's decision too, because the Mongols DID get the poison because of Jin. 
It would've been different if Jin had went in and Rambo'd everyone, but then he wouldn't have needed the poison. Strong as dude is, even he has limits.
But it's like I was saying earlier... Could he have killed the Khan without all those sacrifices? Could he have liberated all of those villages without taking those measures? It's too tough to say, but I'm willing to say it wasn't. After all, even Khotun mentions that to Ryuzo -- "He has no limits, and that makes him dangerous." Notice how he didn't have any words for the samurai, so that to me implies that he didn't see them as too much of a threat. This could've been a traditional ancient Japanese war story and they win through honor, blood and sacrifices (which does happen), but the whole point of the game is to make you ask the question of, "Does the ends justify the means?" I don't think it's a clear yes or no for this situation, but to quote Thanos... "The hardest of choices require the strongest wills." Fighting honorably nearly got Jin killed in the beginning, and if becoming the Ghost is the only course of action and it actually worked...
See, it's tough. Definitely not a black or white situation.
The game also is very good at making you understand that vengeance can drive people to do very bad things. Masako's tale especially, and even Norio losing control at the end of his tale reflects this. Masako was on a warpath because (understandably) she lost her entire family. She even almost killed Junshin (the monk) who did nothing wrong, because her own anger blinded her from thinking rationally. And just when she's neared the end of her path for vengeance... She finds out the sister who she believed was killed, was actually the one who put out the hit. Even in confronting her sister, in her sister's very last moments, she's blaming Masako for everything that went wrong in her life. She went to the grave despising Masako, but by that point, too much blood had already been spilled. You can't have civil discourse once your whole family's murdered, even if it's another member themselves that's the cause. She accomplished what she sent out to do, and peace still escapes her grasp. But what else could've been done? Was there another way, a "right" way? I don't think there was.
Compare that with Ishikawa's tale where Jin and Ishikawa continuously butt heads due to Ishikawa's demeanor and his habit for evading answers. But instead of Tomoe getting killed by Ishikawa's hands, he decides to let her go. She's not redeemed, she's letting go of the Way of The Bow. The same way of life that Ishikawa regrets devoting his life to, instead of starting a family. Ishikawa regrets many things, and feels responsible for Tomoe's actions (as well as other things that have occurred in his past) but the interesting is that while Tomoe's crimes are much graver than Hana's was (Masako's sister), Ishikawa seems satisfied with letting her go. I thought that was interesting.
Norio went from a peace-loving monk that only fought when he felt it was necessary and kept bigging up his brother, to going on a murder spree to avenge what happened to Enjo by the Mongols... Possibly killing innocent monks in the process. But when you see your brother limbless, bleeding, burnt and missing an eye... No sane person would take that calmly. When that fort went up in flames and Jin had to go in after him because Norio went ahead while Jin was sleeping, I really thought we were going to have to possibly fight him. Even though he feels he can't be a monk anymore, he still saved many lives, and will still be very necessary for protecting the monks. What Enjo meant by being "wrong", it's hard to say... But, regardless of his previous accomplishments, it's up to Norio to be the Guardian now.
As for Yuna, you can tell that there's a bit of romance between the two, but I think so much has happened that there's no real room for that in the story. The characters never really get a break, and now both Jin and Yuna are wanted by the shogun (I'm sure Yuna would be, since she's the one that convinced Jin to break traditions). Tsushima is still overrun by the Mongols, and everyone else's story is complete. So I think if they're going to explore a Jin and Yuna romance, it'd have to be in a possible Ghost of Tsushima 2.
I've said more than enough already, but wow. This was an amazing way to close out the PS4's run for First-Party titles. I gotta give it a 9/10. It impressed me that much. Wow.
"I have no honor." I feel like if I take his life, Jin becomes the very monster people make him out to be. And neither of them wanted to fight, but a clash of ideals to this degree... It's already gone past the point of no return. Once Jin disobeyed Shimura, his fate was sealed. And I can completely understand the shogun's decision too, because the Mongols DID get the poison because of Jin. It would've been different if Jin had went in and Rambo'd everyone, but then he wouldn't have needed the poison. Strong as dude is, even he has limits. But it's like I was saying earlier... Could he have killed the Khan without all those sacrifices? Could he have liberated all of those villages without taking those measures? It's too tough to say, but I'm willing to say it wasn't. After all, even Khotun mentions that to Ryuzo -- "He has no limits, and that makes him dangerous." Notice how he didn't have any words for the samurai, so that to me implies that he didn't see them as too much of a threat. This could've been a traditional ancient Japanese war story and they win through honor, blood and sacrifices (which does happen), but the whole point of the game is to make you ask the question of, "Does the ends justify the means?" I don't think it's a clear yes or no for this situation, but to quote Thanos... "The hardest of choices require the strongest wills." Fighting honorably nearly got Jin killed in the beginning, and if becoming the Ghost is the only course of action and it actually worked...
See, it's tough. Definitely not a black or white situation. The game also is very good at making you understand that vengeance can drive people to do very bad things. Masako's tale especially, and even Norio losing control at the end of his tale reflects this. Masako was on a warpath because (understandably) she lost her entire family. She even almost killed Junshin (the monk) who did nothing wrong, because her own anger blinded her from thinking rationally. And just when she's neared the end of her path for vengeance... She finds out the sister who she believed was killed, was actually the one who put out the hit. Even in confronting her sister, in her sister's very last moments, she's blaming Masako for everything that went wrong in her life. She went to the grave despising Masako, but by that point, too much blood had already been spilled. You can't have civil discourse once your whole family's murdered, even if it's another member themselves that's the cause. She accomplished what she sent out to do, and peace still escapes her grasp. But what else could've been done? Was there another way, a "right" way? I don't think there was.
Compare that with Ishikawa's tale where Jin and Ishikawa continuously butt heads due to Ishikawa's demeanor and his habit for evading answers. But instead of Tomoe getting killed by Ishikawa's hands, he decides to let her go. She's not redeemed, she's letting go of the Way of The Bow. The same way of life that Ishikawa regrets devoting his life to, instead of starting a family. Ishikawa regrets many things, and feels responsible for Tomoe's actions (as well as other things that have occurred in his past) but the interesting is that while Tomoe's crimes are much graver than Hana's was (Masako's sister), Ishikawa seems satisfied with letting her go. I thought that was interesting.
Norio went from a peace-loving monk that only fought when he felt it was necessary and kept bigging up his brother, to going on a murder spree to avenge what happened to Enjo by the Mongols... Possibly killing innocent monks in the process. But when you see your brother limbless, bleeding, burnt and missing an eye... No sane person would take that calmly. When that fort went up in flames and Jin had to go in after him because Norio went ahead while Jin was sleeping, I really thought we were going to have to possibly fight him. Even though he feels he can't be a monk anymore, he still saved many lives, and will still be very necessary for protecting the monks. What Enjo meant by being "wrong", it's hard to say... But, regardless of his previous accomplishments, it's up to Norio to be the Guardian now.
As for Yuna, you can tell that there's a bit of romance between the two, but I think so much has happened that there's no real room for that in the story. The characters never really get a break, and now both Jin and Yuna are wanted by the shogun (I'm sure Yuna would be, since she's the one that convinced Jin to break traditions). Tsushima is still overrun by the Mongols, and everyone else's story is complete. So I think if they're going to explore a Jin and Yuna romance, it'd have to be in a possible Ghost of Tsushima 2.
I've said more than enough already, but wow. This was an amazing way to close out the PS4's run for First-Party titles. I gotta give it a 9/10. It impressed me that much. Wow.
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Suckerpunch could make a fire game of thrones type game now that I think about it.
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
Brehs, during standoffs I be staring at the screen like
Ironman
#Knickstape
Damn yall beating this shyt
I'm maybe halfway in act 3 but due to nba I haven't played. I'm back on this weekend after work
I'm maybe halfway in act 3 but due to nba I haven't played. I'm back on this weekend after work
Brehs, during standoffs I be staring at the screen like
i try hard af not to blink.