@@aimarramadhan2380 I think u mean Witcher 3 and red dead 2 right? Yep, I Know, there are good games and then there are games like red dead 2 Witcher 3 and God of war.
@@kidnamedfinger2840 I actually I haven't played Witcher 3 nor God of War and only Red Dead 2 and Ghost of Tsushima but I think all these games deserve a masterpiece. PS: About your name though. When will you succeed a PLAN
@@aimarramadhan2380 bruh trust me u need get both of those ASAP, it's an experience u don't want to miss And about my name, my plan worked already I'm chillin in tAHiTi
The way samurai stick with their code of honor in battle and their unwillingness to adapt and change their tactic remind me of what Vaas Montenegro said in Far cry 3 "Did i ever tell you the definition of insanity is? Insanity..... Is... Doing the exact same fucking thing over and over again expected shit to change, that is crazy"
Samurai employed spies/saboteurs as early as 9th century Japan. Samurai sticking with their code too much is false and is just a common stereotype, Sengoku Jidai showed how very flexible samurai are (employing firearms, using terror tactics, unconventional warfare and samurai functioning as ninja).
Honestly I think it’s just Lord Shimuras strict code of honor and stupidity as doing one of the side quest it is stated that jins father was often creative and unconventional in the way he fought
@@JABelms One Samurai bushido code is different with the other Samurai. There are traditionalist Samurai who hate underhanded tactics and despise the firearms, but there are also pragmatic Samurai who will do everything if it can give them a leg up against their enemy, including buying firearms from the westerners. Apparently, those in Tsushima are traditionalist even in real life(there's one record of a Samurai who challenged the Mongol on one-on-one fight, only to be butchered by many troops in formation)
@@number1gamer198 in other words it should have been shimura who should have died instead because in the game its hinted that Jon's father was less headstrong then shimura plus jinn would have had a better bond with his own father
That shit at 9:00 gave me chills when I was playing that part... I was like oof Jin is a savage!!!! And in front of his uncle, too? Gah damn. Shit was BRUTAL. The only reason I searched for this video was to see that part lmao, I've already beaten the game.
I like how they made specific variants for each enemy type, like how the ranged mongols can be from a rookie type, experienced type, to a mastered type, and then they can become a fire/experienced type
9:23 this cutscene has always been hilarious to me. He's just like "what are you talking about uncle im clearing the way 😐" and there's just blood all over his face and practically dripping in his mouth
Pretty cool that this game is set during the Mongolian invasion of Japan. I don't know much about this time period and would like to learn more about it.
The story of 2 back-to-back invasion of the Mongols to Tsushima is rather more tragic than what Ghost of Tsushima depicts. It's good to know that their thousands strong ships were sunk by a Typhoon while trying to invade mainland Japan lol.
Two typhoons are what stop both Mongolian invasions not the events that happened in this game and Katana's were not made yet until after the Mongols attacked. The swords they used prior (forgot the name?) were trash towards Mongolian armor so they invented the Katana to combat it. In the game you already have a Katana before its birth.
The irony with the Ghost of Tsushima is its storyline is actually more representative of the Korean popular resistance to the Japanese invasion of Korea during the Imjin War. So the samurai were actually in the role of the Mongols as the brutal bad guys. The real Mongol take over of the small island of Tsushima only took a few days before they moved on to attacking the Japanese home islands.
Japan has already tried to hide its imperial history especially those against Korea. It plays the victim role and those types of stories rather become more popular. You won't usually find a game where Japan is in bad light nowadays because of the popular narrative.
I am Japanese. I learned in compulsory education what Japan did to Korea. During the Japanese invasion around 1590, Japanese warriors cut off the noses and ears of Korean peasants and brought them back to Japan for rewards as false proof that they had defeated enemy soldiers. Ear and nose graves still exist in southern Japan. They also abducted Korean artisans to Japan. The history of the Japanese empire before and after World War II is also studied in compulsory education (I omit it because it is lengthy). All Japanese know about them, except those who fell asleep during class or are foolish enough to forget what they have learned.
Sucks that they couldn't include the chinese or koreans into the enemy line. One of the biggest betrays the Japanese felt was seeing the people who they would have call trade partners and allies for centuries fight them. A Japanese intern said they it would have been a bad idea to raise controversy on a new ip. At least they included chinese and korean style weapons and armors.
The samurai didn’t have a code of honor. At the end of the day the objective is to kill your enemy. The only time honor would come into play is during a duel.
Exactly. The whole bushido concept was an attempt to introduce some general way of behaving because most samurais were testing the sharpness of their blades on their own peasants.
the visuals, the soundtrack - man this game is so good also I love that slide slice synced with the explosion at 15:23 the soundtrack during these fight scenes is pretty damn good
Mongols didn’t defeat samurai so mongols were not unbeatable . Japan never invaded by anyone. Thanks to sea and nature. Samurai battle tech isn’t that much good. They don’t use shield to protect themselves. Poor defending tech but attacking tech is good.
Japan is fortunate that there were typhoons on the southern part of Japan where the Mongol fleet was, if it wasn't for those typhoons they probably would've made it to the island of Japan.
This game feels like a true Assassin's creed game. Ubisoft are just repeating the same mistake over and over again after Obyssey. They are giving combat and battles more important than what it means to be an assassin. Jin qualities to be a great assassin. He abandoned his code and took to stealth and cunning to defeat his opponent and most importantly he walks this path alone. Jin's actions perfectly describes "Nothing is true, everything is permitted." Honor would not defeat your opponent and it wouldn't save your people. To win you need to do everything possible even if it means poisoning your enemies's food. Ubisoft has been adding things like navel battles, settlement building, more weapons and better combat but all those things were not what made Assassin's creed 2 so a perfect game. It's kind of ironic how other game studios are making a better Assassin's creed game than ubisoft even those games are not even Assassin's creed.
@@rahulsar2030 Well I mean just look at older AC games ( Ac2 - Ac Blackflag), the potential for one person would buy micro-transaction is so minimal, or for GOT, none. Meanwhile, MTX in RPG games sells like hot cake, with like 4 -5 youtubers getting real-money currency sponsored by Ubisoft to brag to their viewers. " Just look at how sick the Helios set looks"... Ubi$oft is all about dem dollars now.
Valhalla has a chance to be DOA, the graphics and the facial expressions is a complete downgrade, it also had a ladt of us 2 touch with force gay romance
@Robert Phillips look like it's true , majority of the game when you fight it's look like the allies do zero damage even when they use the same weapon as you
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood 🙌🙌🙌 Watashitachiha tsumazuite taoreru kamo shiremasenga, futatabi agarudeshou. Sento kara nigedasanakereba jubundesu 🙆🙆🙆
I think the thing that annoyed me the most about this game is that you didnt have any choice in becoming the ghost or a samurai, like the two endings shouldve been the ghost and current ending and another ending where you stick to being a samurai but get killed by khotun khan, or fail to prevent the invasion of the mainland
I really liked this idea too. I was also thinking that since the actual outcome of Tsushima invasion is complete annihilation of the island, it would be fitting to say that the true ending is being defeated because of sticking to the tradition despite the overwhelming odds. On the other hand the best ending would be this one, being Ghost, the hypothetical poetic win for the islanders. Another idea also is this. If you were able to worship 100% of the shrines, you will activate the Divine Wind that will prevent the mainland invasion; if not, the Mongolian forces will be successful invading the mainland as well.
Not every game needs to have branches of story lmao. This isn't even an rpg. The devs wanted to tell their own story of a character they created and they did. That's all there is to it. "Sticking to be a samurai and getting killed by khotun khan" so you literally know what happens, it's predictable asf. Literally no point in making a whole another branch of story like that and waste time, effort and money.
I absolutely the slaughter on the Commander. Jin casually poisons an archer, a dual-wielder and (what looks like) a heavy swordsman to distract the general, jumps off a balcony (in plain fucking sight of the mongols but IG the three guys choking on their own blood was too creepy for them to ignore) and beheads the warlord in one clean strike before literally yeeting his disembodied head at the cowards who are running for the fucking hills. And Shimura still has the balls to call it dishonorable just cuz he wasn't looking the general in the eyes when they literally said five minutes earlier that they'd take the Khan's head.
There is no point in honor or playing by the rules when your enemies can use it against you and shimura cant say "it's better to die with honor" or " if we sink to their level we are no better then them" shit batman would say you are fighting in a WAR! If you lose all you have fought for will be for nothing which your honor means nothing
Because they were samurai, a warrior classe used to fight against another samurais, who also happened to follow the same rules, Japan was isolationist for most of it's history, they didn't fought that much against foreigner enemies
You don't have to fight "fair," but there are still rules. With the way you're thinking, you probably believe that any morally reprehensible action is okay as long as you win.
I like the idea of this fight but I feel like the limitations of the game result in fewer total bodies on the battlefield and that strikes me as less immersive. When I think of a real siege on a castle or fortress, I'm thinking of hundreds of men, not a 30 v 30.
16:34 this custscene just skipped for me. I might have done something wrong, but I think there is no way to skip cutscenes in this game, so I guess it glitched on me? Had to search it up on youtube.
This part was so amazing because my armor and weapons were pretty well leveled-up by this time, and it was so cool to go into battle with my full armor and mask on 😂 this game was beautifully authentic
When non Japanese makes samurai games it doesn’t matter if they look like edo period or Sengoku period or Kamakura period and how realistic it was. All the armor tactic and even swords are mixed up from different period. Its cool action game I admit that tho.
I can’t speak for everyone, but for me, it’s an A.D.D. thing. Whenever I’m playing a new game for the first time, I have it set up where it’s easy for me to follow the dialogue with English words and subtitles. That way, if I miss the audio I can rely on the subtitles, and vice versa. When I finish and replay the story, I’ll switch to Japanese language and even play in “Kurosawa Mode.”
Totally amazing. But, this is the reason why i only play Mount and Blade and total war. “Great Battle”? And is just No more than 20 guys at the time. Is almost insulting.
The story was intentionally unrealistic. There are two big reasons. One, Sucker Punch felt it was the most culturally sensitive direction. Two, it helped the game’s story fit the whole “Kurosawa movie” direction.
9:05 Is that golden dude for real? Two of his men die being OBVIOUSLY shot and he doesn't suspect shit, and he DOESN'T HEAR SAKAI LANDING WHEN WE CLEARLY DO And HIS MEN DIDN'T SEE HIM EITHER? OR THEY DIDN'T WARN HIM? WTF BRO
@@TheBigR02 As the great Robert Downey Jr said in his infamous role about a white guy playing as a black character "What do you mean, you people?"... But seriously, your question to me about race is hilariously ironic. Just google "Whitewashing in Hollywood" to get your answer.
@@stdona dude you don't even know about the mongol invasion this is real expect the samurai surviving komoda beach and jin sakai (in the real history ) he survived the mongol invasion and was the only Survivor of komoda beach he even said that the we should have gotten in the stealth way and that the honour way was the one that got the samurai killed
The historical background depicted in this game is inaccurate. For example, the Japanese soldiers' armor and costumes and Japanese building in this game are from the late 16th century, not the late 13th century (at the time of the Mongol invasion). Westerners like the word "samurai", but in Japan at that time, it was more popular to call it "bushi", "buke", "bujin", "bumon" instead of "samurai". In addition, "bushi (samurai)", which has a master-slave relationship with the "Kamakura-dono(Kamakura Shogunate)", was called "Gokenin".
In the Japanese dub, they use the term “bushi” a lot more. You’re right that it’s inaccurate, but they intentionally made it anachronistic for stylistic purposes.
Mongolians will never burn horses because they respect horses, as if they stamped the world with horse hooves. After the 8th century, Mongolians still respected their horses
Not really, horses were just a travel commodity to them to get to point a to point b. Some even ate their horses after they died. Kothun even mentions he his men feasted on his favourite horse after she became I’ll and died.
Eu não consigo entender essa honra do tio do jin. É um conflito todos os meios pra expulsar os invasores são válidos. Os fins justificam os meios. FODA- SE A HONRA.