Learn the ways of the Samurai in this combat guide for Ghost of Tsushima covering 8 essential combat tips to help you survive the Mongol invasion. #ign
It introduces them slow enough that you can't help but grasp it that way. R2 is the universal button, then it's 0 for shield, x for sword, left on D-pad for those shuriken things, down for smoke etc. and once it starts flowing it's actually epic. That, plus a maxed out standoff streak with levelled up Sakai armour = ripping through mongol territories feeling like a badass.
That mnemonic device for remembering the stances! I trusted the game to teach them, but wow. Crossed swords, triangular tip of a spear, circular shields, square for brutes. Got it. That's easily the best tip I've ever seen in a gaming video. Or just a brilliant design by Sucker Punch. Either way, that was the one part of gameplay I was cautiously optimistic about, now I'm just keen to get started. Edit: And I see I'm hardly the only one who rushed to comment praise for the stances tip. Nice to see the positivity.
If you Want to maximize your stats in a fight. Change outfits constantly. if you're using stealth and archery make sure you got your archery outfi on. when you're in sword fights change to your samurai or Ronin outfits. And when you're traveling have your travel outfits on.
I really want to praise the person playing in this video. I have seen countless videos of this game and this is by far the best the combat has looked. Maybe because more of the combat system was allowed to be shown compared to other videos but regardless great job
Archer: THO-SHO! THO-SHO!! Jin: Thanks for your gibberish. I can always dodge or block your arrows. Archer: THO-SHO??? Jin: Yep. Archer: THO-SHOOO!!! *shoots* Jin: lol Thanks~ *slashes the incoming arrow* Now die. Archer: tho-sho... :'(
I dunno if anyone else has said this, but a small detail I've noticed in my game is that archers only have an audio tell if there are other enemies around for them to warn to get down (they actually crouch when the warning goes out, which I think is cool.) But with no other enemies, there's no shout, which can cause problems if you haven't spotted the archer. I took a lot of damage tonight coz there was an archer perched on a roof that I'd missed and he'd stopped calling out coz I'd killed everyone else. I suggest unlocking the parry projectiles ability as soon as you can, being able to block them instead of relying on dodge, which can be mistimed, is super helpful, especially if you're in the middle of a group ^_^ Youre mnemonic for remembering the stances was really great, by the way, nice one :)
Yeah the standoff tip is definitely important. In later game feints and attacks look really similar and if you're looking at the attack arm you won't notice the beginning of the attack until it hits you. Those feet move you kill them immediately.
my first real "combat" game...i love the story line of being the peaceful warrior doing what must be done so i bought this game...the day after my first few hours of play, omg my forearms and hands are so tight from being so tense and "mashing" as i give myself time to adjust to the style....and my thumb is a lovely shade of red...i need to perfect how to parry bcs yelling "i'm freaking out man!" isn't working lol ;) so thanks for the tips!
Omg... tip 6 was seriously the most useful! I never even considered holding R2 to freeze time. That’s amazing! I thought he was gonna say hit R3, but that only works with the bow, or that he was gonna go as far as say hit photo mode, lol. But R2 is amazing!
This game reminds me of Fallen Order. After beating Fallen Order it left a giant hole in my heart. I loved the combat system, and just enjoying the adventure. This game reminds me of Fallen Order, and I hoping that it can be the replacement since I 100% completed Fallen Order
I just picked this up and it gives me so many great aspects of assassins creed horizon batman arkham i get some rockstar red dead vibe too some naughty dog vibes too
First skills I went for were the ones where you can take out up to three targets at a standoff, it helps alot, then I went for defence against spears and arrows n stuff
The standoff feet thing is so helpful for me. My game is a little buggy so I once had an enemy faint a standoff attack at me for almost a full minute. Was around 20 faints, and that happens to me quite often.
Thanks for the Tips. Especially about how to memorise the different stances. One thing I noticed.. Are we unable to control the camera angles, especially during battle?
setting the game on hard really helped me read and memorize enemy move sets, sound queues, etc. might even try lethal, but i'll obv die very often which is okay for me, but respawning in this game after death is like the game sometimes forgets the previous encounter like nothing happened