Omg 1 year later after you guys I’ve just done the exact same thing!! Started act 2 got my House armour and thought let’s do some more side missions from the first island.. came here to IKI Island and thought oh no I’ve fucked up!! Found this video now I feel at ease!!! Thanks @1C3TV appreciate the video buddy!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@1C3TV i like that interpretation, a bluff to intimidate even after the end of the game, after the game he's bluffing about the samurai, before he's bluffing about the khan and/or about the samurai (matters if it's before or after he sends the message with his uncle to the main island)
@@raresoana672if you’re going to say it does, state with specifics how? Because I agree with the original comment, the story has his focus on his home of Tsushima not Iki. It would make more sense to liberate his home first before going onto any other island.
@@MannysVisionStudio the story clearly highlighted that it would be a problem if the eagle invades tsushima, and jin have to fight khan + the eagle on tsushima, so i think him going to iki island asap is good!
What a breath of fresh air, I thought I was the only one who thought it made sense to go as soon as you can. Can’t wait to finally play this dlc. Thanks for the video!!
What's even more impressive is that if you go after completing the game you get several more interactions that are nit there going as soon as you can. These devs are top notch
thank you for not saying any spoliers and going over the fear i had when he said 1000 samurais will attack the island was like wtf when did the samurais come back Anyways i leave a like
IIRC when you first get to kushi temple in act 2 I could have swore he says the monks are praying for a great storm to come and destroy the Mongolian fleet like a thousand samurai. Now I'm a history buff so i know this wars end result but as far as the comparison.... I could be imaging it but I could have sworn.
I originally played the DLC after completing the main game. I recently revisited it ASAP rather than post game, and it perfectly complements the main story! I wouldn't say it spoils it at all, rather it does an excellent job of *foreshadowing* future events!
You'll also notice that certain things don't happen now that you went there ASAP. A lot of the hallucination spots are missing or they don't have the same hallucinations as they did before. I cant wait to see what SuckerPunch does next.
There is a boat and a dead body on the beach behind the Nakajima shrine. If you examine it, Jin gets hallucination about his conversation with uncle that happened in the ending I chose (idk if there is another hallucination for another ending)
The difficulty of Iki Island is higher than act 3 which means Iki Island is meant to be played after the main game, or at least after the Khan is dealt with. You could go to Iki Island, finish your business there and return to Tsushima to have that final confrontation with Lord Shimura. That would feel like the best approach in my opinion.
You can tell it was a bluff and I love the detail that made me realise that when yuna came it was a hallucination because she asks when the reinforcement will arrive even tho he lied and yuna wouldn’t know
I unlocked this quest almost immediately after getting to island two and saw “new explorable region” as the reward, which sounded intriguing. I thought it was just going to be a quick little thing to do. I had no idea it was an expansion pack to the game. I’m playing on Lethal and feel incredibly underpowered here so it’s forced me into actually using a lot of the dishonorable tactics that my uncle/father have denounced. There was previously a disconnect because the story kept talking about all of the morally questionable tactics “The Ghost” was using despite me not really using them all that much outside of arrows. I’m becoming the monster my uncle/father/that caretaker lady warned against and it’s made me love the game even more. When I get back to the main island I think I’m going to try to limit myself to using subpar armor and stop upgrading weapons in order to force myself to keep fighting dirty to survive.
funny enough, its far more historically accurate for samurai to use bows than their sword since during that time(which is obviously not represented in the game for artistic reasons and gameplay) the tachi was way heavier than the later katana, which was more of a 14th onwards creation(i think) so even using the bow youre within your honor as a samurai
It’s my 2nd play though on plus + for the first time. That’s for the second half act mid Tsushima. I have maxed out all my gear armors and weapons upgrades from the first play through, EXCEPT FOR ALL THE CHARMS. This time? I’m holding off from getting my family Armor, and holding off from finding Goro for Shimura. Because it will take me into the third act on Tishuma once Castle Shimura is defeated. It’s with this time I’m going out IKI Island and scout out all the charms I missed that you are showing in here. Looks like I’ve missed quite a few, from my very first play through, by watching your vid today… Oh this should be fun.!! Fantastic share!! 👍👍💯🔥🎯 Good looking out!😁
The way I've been doing it is to wait until nearly all the activities in Toyatoma are done, then go to Iki just before going to Shimura's camp. My head canon is always that they're still waiting for the Shoguns reinforcements to arrive, so Jin takes the opportunity to investigate the island. It helps that theres a line saying the trip between Tsushima and the mainland is two weeks, meaning it should take over a month for the samurai to arrive after Shimura sends for them. To me, the story of Iki just makes more sense after Jin has been back to his home and talked about his father with Yuriko. Cant argue with getting the awesome charms as soon as possible tho
Love this video, beat the game 2 times already and wondered when I should go, and you described it perfectly. Definitely going at least right after I get something I want in act 2.
It's masterful the way thus DLC is designed to be enjoyed no matter what your progression is in the game. I cant wait to see what comes next from these guys.
That was the best part about this DLC to me. The fact that the experience doesn't suffer based on the decision of when to go to Iki is top notch game design. I. Ant wait until GoT2
Thanks for the video bro! It's my first playthrough and I just went to Iki Island but when I heard what Jin said to the new Mongol leader I thought, "oh I'm not supposed to be here yet" and I quickly quit the game to get off the island. I wanted Jin's and his horse's armor and the flaming sword for when I attack the Khan but I wasn't sure if it would throw off the Storyline. Also Yuna coming out of nowhere and Jin saying "I told you not to come" made me think he mentions Iki Island only after the end of the main story. Now I must go. Iki Island awaits! Lol
Still in the beginning of ACT 2 and completed Iki island already. I think it's great, plus I have items that will be useful to the story progression. I felt that if it had spoilers it wouldn't be unlocked so early. Rather unlocked at the end of the game. That was my logic.
You can get one of the most powerful armor there, sarugami armor. Been to Iki Island during ACT II in New Game, id say its better to go to Iki before finishing the ACT II Retaking the Castle Shimura. Level up first especially if youre playing in Hard or Lethal. But in new game plus, as soon as its available is just fine.
I'm glad I upgraded to Directors cut. It was so worth it. I'm loving Iki Island so far. It made me love the game even more. Such an amazing addition to the game
After Iki Island, you go back to your home and take on your father's armour during Act II makes the most sense. There is no point in wearing your father's armour before that because you have not forgiven yourself and your father. There are plenty of other armours in the game. To say it's "necessary" to wear your father's armour during Act II makes no sense whatsoever if not because of Iki Island event. Glad I play this DLC during Act II.
I didn't have a director cut for my first playthrough. It was still a fun time. Then I upgraded before I started new game +. I did Iki on my normal game, and glad I did. Everything carried over on my plus and is a big help. You should definitely play it, he didn't even mention the armors.
The sad part is that since you lost your horse in Act 3, Jin just calls out "Horse" instead of using the name "Kage" or any other name you gave it, in the first cutscene on Iki Island. :(
If Anyone is looking for confirmation, this dude is 100% right. I completed iki Island yesterday, and I haven’t played a single Act 2 mission yet. Little advice: I don’t know if you are an adventure player like me who likes to explore every part of the map and do every side mission and collect things; if you are, you would love this. If you’re not, please do it at least for the iki island because the amount of reward charms you will get is unbelievable. He didn’t even mention about your horse. You can make your horse look like a beast, and he gets so many tremendous powers. (you can get different armour and dyes for your horse) Also, you might not be able to complete two or three shrines because you don’t have a few armours from the act 2-3, but don’t worry; you can always travel back and forth once the main story of Iki Island is completed. but I would suggest you at least upgrade your katana before going there. Enemies are super powerful there, and once you learn how to defeat them and come back to act two, the combat will feel so easy that you will feel like you need to turn up the difficulty again. (in short, you get better) And like he said, there are dozens of rewards, so I won't spoil just play it and use those power-ups later in the main mission; why wait till the end of that game?
I always suggest to people to play Iki Isle after the base game as there aren't only spoilers pertaining to the Khan but also the end of the base game. In addition to that, there are certain there are certain enemies that could be considered hard, even if you have all the upgrades. A personal thorn in my side being the brutes with the double-sided spear ends that they twirl about; which of course are even worse when they are being empowered by the Shaman chants. Also, given a certain resolve drain fx, the final bossfight can be quite difficult up to a certain point. Those I mention in my later point also being a reason why I keep to playing Iki Isle last even after knowing how everything goes down. So, if the sheer fact of when things take place timeline-wise making Iki Isle an Act 4 isnt enough for ya, consider the aforementioned reasons.
Thanks for this explanation. I just finished the game first time on hard and ignored Iki and im glad I did. Jin leaving the island would take me out of the story and would make the game easier than it already is. Now that I'm in post will do Iki island.
I think the best time to do start Iki Island is just after Taka dies it serves near the end of act two, where the characters of main story too business to help Jin bond with those on Iki much deeper and understands their view how fluad his father was to make coming to terms with his lost more impactful
From a storytelling point that makes sense, but from a video game stance I prefer to go there ASAP so I can get all those charms as soon as they become available
@@1C3TV Though I do love gameplay of Ghost of Tsushima and I will not deny its importants but I am more of the story guy so what’s point playing the game if the story is shit. Also if Ghost of Tsushima ever gets a novelization and does include Iki Island that where I want to be. Though it is not likely happen but will nice to know greater detail what Jin was going through when first bends and breaks his code along with how viewed different characters as the story progresses
First time playing the game, got it with the new PlayStation game pass thing. I’ve done the first two main quests in act 2, and explored the map and done every side quest available. I’ve now sailed to Iki, and when Jin mentions Khotun Khans death and the samurai, I thought it was a bluff but also made me worried that there will be actual spoilers later on. The thing I don’t get is why the developers made it possible pretty much as you start act 2 if there is going to be spoilers. I don’t intend playing a second play through as I’m not going to have the Ps game pass thing for long, so I wanted to do everything I can before finishing the main game. So I thank you for this video. I’m glad there a no spoilers otherwise that would’ve been stupid on the developers side and frustrating on my side
I agree the dlc should be explored as soon as possible. But there are some preparation player should make before go to the island. For example, unlocking stance by defeating mongol leader, because many mongol in iki are brute and some even are uniquely dual type wielder, so you have to switch stance mid fight against same enemy
It honestly doesn’t make sense for Jin to leave Tsushima during Act II for seemingly a week or so. So much was going on during that period to pre occupy him. I understand that the growth Jin has on Iki can strengthen his transformation into the Ghost, but forgiving himself for his father’s death is arguably a separate issue when concerned with the honor code conflict in the main story. There are sound arguments for both sides and it just shows how well Sucker Punch framed this DLC. I’ve chosen Iki after Act III every time, but for my 4th playthrough I’ll find a spot in Act II to leave.
That's a fair assessment. I just recommend going after Act II because....well video games. The best charms are on that island. Plus, it's not like he CHOSE to stay there for a week. His boat got wrecked and he was stuck.
I always went with main story first then DLC's since from Mass Effect 2. I did same with other games like The Witcher 3, AC4: BF, Mafia 2-3, Saints Row 2-TT, Spider-Man, Fallout 3-NV-4 (NV can't do after story but can do before final quest as lot of alternate dialogues exist in DLC's) etc.
I just finished the game for the second time and both times I went to Iki island halfway through the second act. The horse abilities and horse armor are the best reason to go there as soon as you can.
If you get around to plating a third time, you should check out iki after besting the game. There are new cut scenes at hallucinations that aren't there when you go early.
I think it takes place before the end of the main game. Cause they refer to him mostly as samurai. Not as "the ghost" outside if kenji and other during the ghost of iki side quest. And because he leaves to iki wearing the sakai clan armor and plot wise that's the armor Jin is wearing (regardless of what you have equipped)
@@1C3TV I'm started it after beating and platinuming/ 100%-ing the main game. And that's how it occurred for me. I didn't know it would change. Had the PS4 version since launch cause gamesharing with my brother. And bought Directors cut edition PS5 and just got around to playing it all cause the wifi is down. Before thst it was all playing legends mode.
THANK YOU. I've been trying to tell people about it was all a bluff over on the Ghost of Tsushima Discord but TIME AND TIME AGAIN everyone says the Khan thing is a spoiler when it’s clearly not and these guys take everything at face value I'd still advocate for doing Iki at the end though Iki is a step up in difficulty from Act 3 enemies, and you get more hallucinations in Iki if you did more stuff in Tsushima
It doesnt make sense for jin to be side tracked while the khan is still around. Also the hallucinations spoiler later cutscenes. And before you claim irs foreshadowing. The drug causes your mind to twist past memories. Traumas.
The Problem with going to Iki Island immediately as my foolish self accidentally did is the enemies were that much stronger as I am getting bodybagged almost every encounter on lethal mode with my stone and water stance lol
I left before ending the game and Jin told the Eagle he had killed the Khan already, that made it feel wrong to play before the main story, if the diologue is different on before act 3, then for me is worth it.
(WARNING this comment contains spoilers for this game) The best time to go to iki island is right before the end of act 2. Let me explain, so on the final mission of act 2 your horse dies but whenever you travel to iki island you get separated with your horse, all you have to do is not find your horse until you complete act 2, then go back, find your horse, complete iki Island's story, the save Tsushima from the mongols. (Please note I have not tried this method of saving Jin's horse yet so please let me know if it works or not)
@@1C3TV Well.. You're locked on Iki once you get there until you've completed certain missions and since finding your horse after arriving is one of the two first missions, this is simply not possible as you wouldn't be able to go back to Tsushima to complete act 2.
In my opinion I don't like to go to iki until my horse is dead because idk why but I feel that in Iki you reinforce the bond with the horse so the death isn't that sad
Old video, but I see you are still commenting. That hat Jin is wearing at 1:39, where did you get that? It looks like that red kasa hat you can get on Iki, but this one doesn't look red.
Man I'm getting so many requests about what I'm wearing in these old videos, I have no idea what I'm even wearing let alone where I got them lol. I'm gonna have to do a gear guide video for this game I'm seeing. But yeah that hat is a light brown that looks red depending on the lighting
@@1C3TV Probably because the recent PC port of the game. You get a whole new audience for this video 😄 On closer inspection, it does appear to be red. It only seemed different because of the lighting.
@@1C3TV my answer is 100% right and cannot be debate . On your way to Iki Island. There is a scene where Jin, Kage ( horse ) and a man leading the boat to Iki , there is a lightning storm fall upon and fully damaged the boat. at the sametime , horse got scared and Jin Sakai shouted the horse named " KAGE ! " In Fact , In the end of act 2 Jin Sakai horse is dead. Weirdly, in Iki Island expansion Jin still refer the horse as Kage. so this mean the story take place around Act 2 timeline right before the Kage's end.
@@1C3TV oh really lol this is my first time playing the game , i jump to iki island right after i got the ghost stance , and now i just started act 3 .. lol whatever but this game is AMAZING 100% LOVE IT SO MUCH , i also heard that ghost of tsushima will have the live adaptation i mean movie .. is that true ?
Last we heard it is in the works. Ign reported they found a screenwriter back in April so it's gonna be awhile before it's complete. www.ign.com/articles/ghost-of-tsushima-movie-screenwriter
So I just started Act 3 then I saw your video haha. Do you recommend me still finishing Iki island before I do act 3 or should I just finish act 3 then Iki Island?
It really depends in if you plan on replaying the game after you finish it. If not, go to Iki now. If you're gonna do a second playthrough, wait until after the main game.
@@1C3TV Ah okay, yeah i don't play on replaying it, plus i just got the fire dance technique so I'll head there now before I finish anything in act 3 haha!
But storywise speaking jin himself says that Khotun khan is dead and he has killed him when he gets caught on iki island. So this dlc should be played at the end of main story
The main story of this game is very easy, there is literally no need to make it easier. However if you go to Iki island first chance you get the difficulty spike is massive, you are not going to have a good time. The end of Act 2 or at the end of the game is much more appropriate. You dont need the extra charms to enjoy this game, this game is literally unplayble in anything but the Lethal difficulty after a certain point.
playing through director cut and in my first playthrough i go when i finish act 2 bcs when act 3 the area in act 1 and 2 are locked. so i finish the mission first till the area are open and sail to iki. but what i realize is my horse is still not the named horse yet, so i have to reload the game to before i finish the act 2 and sail to iki. after i finish the iki island story, my opinion is : - if u go for the build, u can go to iki as soon as is open - but if u go for the lore, i think u can go after u defeat khotun sry for the broken english lol
So my question is. Are you locked out of receiving certain rewards/skins for completing the DLC before completing the main story? Really need to know asap.
As someone who has played both the main game iki Island, when looking at the scene Jin has to be bluffing, because if we follow the story's logic then there isn't a single samurai coming to Iki Island unless they're coming after Jin. Jin has no back up regardless of when you play Iki, regardless of whether or not the Kahn has been defeated at this point. Everything he says is a bluff.
@@1C3TV right, right. I always thought since Jin was so apprehensive about wearing his father's armor that it made more sense that he would go before getting the Sakai armor. It offers Jin a way to have closure before donning his father's armor. Plus, and maybe I'm reaching but the line where Jin says to his uncle, "I am not your son", actually holds more weight after considering the revelations Jin about his past and his father. Plus plus, really reaching here but, getting the Sakai Horse Armor first makes more sense if you think about it. In a way it almost prepares him to don his father's armor just as everything else that happens on Iki. What I normally do is the main missions aside from getting the armor while finishing up the side missions with Yuna, Ishikawa, Masako, Kenji and Norio in between then I head to Iki Island before getting the armor. I did some rough math and some educated guesses and found that the story of Iki would be set within roughly 2 weeks or so and depending on how long it took Goro to make it to the mainland with Shimura's request for reinforcements it would take the Shogun at least a couple weeks to get the samurai ready to go and set sail. Jin would have enough time to make the trip to Iki and return just as Lord Shimura is readying his forces for the attack. It's plausible at the least.
Damn, this is hard.... There's a line of dialogue on Iki Island. Kenji. He says that he was caught stowing away on the Viper's ship that was on its way to the mainland. I never thought about it before, Kenji wouldn't be on his way to mainland Japan. At least not during the second act. Him and Taka seemed like close friends, they were always hanging out together. I can justify Kenji being there alone during act 2 but the fact that he was trying to go to the mainland is the part that makes it hard to believe Iki takes place during that time. I hate to say it but Iki has to come after the main game. It just sucked cause the end to Iki after rescuing Funes daughter, is kinda anti-climactic. But other than that small line of dialogue it very well could've fit within the overall story. Would've made a much more conclusive ending to the story as a whole.
Why bother trying to leave the island when you can explore Iki Island, yeah you might not have the right outfits for the statues but it's okay there's some other fun activities you can do around the island
I regret listening to your advice. I went to Iki island right after finishing act 1. It is impossible to unlock the shrines in Iki island unless you get armours from finishing act 2. I recommend nobody to do the same mistake. Better to play this at least after act 2 or even after finishing the game.
That is the fully upgraded Ghost armor with the Avengring Spring dye. It unlocks after completing the main story. I think you have to buy it from a dye vendor in New Game+
@@1C3TV that means it's better to finish the game first to have full experience, in a mission there was a guy talking about jin's grappling hook and jin spoil things
I respectfully disagree. Jin gets his grappling hook before he can go to Iki Island. If events don't unfold before going there Jin doesn't spoil anything because it hasn't happened yet
First time i played the iki expansion i did it after I completed the main game because I bought it day one, but I recently started a new save and went to iki as soon as it was available at the beginning of act 2, lets see how it goes
Im glad I didnt see this video on my first playthrough, but I also did exactly what was suggested and got me some overpowered stuff. Manhandled the Kahn at the end, made him my bitch. Err...geisha.
I already finished the game and NG+ on my PS4 and playing it on my PS5 but let me tell you this. For new players, it would be best for them to visit Iki island after the story? Why? There's a specific line that Jin says when he met The Eagle that is kind of a huge spoiler.
I did and makes it so fucking hard, like crazy as hell khunbish , My very first time playing this game so I after completed act 1 I went and Man so fucking hard I hit and i was dead
does jin say something else if you go to iki island act 2 im curious on what he will say when you didn't kill the khan yet what will he say to the eagle
You can't get to Iki before you get the grappling hook. Don't get me wrong there are some things that change based on how far in the main game you are before going to Iki (one example are the hallucinations). But I'm not sure if any dialog actually changes.
