Japanese Sword Experts REACT to Ghost of Tsushima PART 2 | Experts React 

"Jin doesnt clean his blade" *Me swiping right after every fight to feel like cool samurai throwing blood off blade*

Ok. That was a SMART IDEA of pairing up a professional swordsman with a pro Stuntman. That allows the stuntman to fill in extra and cool details such as the need to replace ropes.

Great Words About Kunai at least somebody knows that its mainly Hollywood/Anime Weapon.

I absolutely ADORE the waypoint/traversal system - having the wind guide you is ingenious. There's no mini-map distracting you from the gorgeous environments so you're not riding around looking at a line on a map. Instead, I'm paying complete attention to my surroundings and the environment. Such a great mechanic that I really hope we see in more games. I would always try to shut the map off in Witcher 3 but I would eventually need to turn it back on because I'd get lost. Ghost of Tsushima is amazing and if you haven't played it yet - WTF ARE YOU DOING?; GO BUY IT lol

For anyone having trouble with the standoffs later on in the game, just watch their feet. As soon as they start stepping forward it's always a tell they are going to actually attack. Once I picked up on that it was pretty rare they would fake me out.

This channel really listens to its viewers. People asked for a redo since the full version was released, and they got a redo.

“Are you good at climbing?” “Better than average.” Classic Jin.

“Doesn’t sheath”.... someone didn’t swipe right on their touchpad

"The grappling hook is really cool, it is like a Feudal Japan Batman." Would that make the Wolf from Sekiro the feudal Spiderman?

Man, the combat in this game is gorgeous. Edit: I just got the game and it is so beautiful and thanks for all those likes.

If Jin didn’t clean his sword in you’re whole play through, then you missed the point and joy of the touch pad swipe. Chain killing a bunch of guys then straight into the sword flick and sheath. Mmmmm good

Jin's movement was definitely fit more with the light stuff like the ronin armor. Although the ghost armor seemed like it would work too. I rarely wore of the heavy stuff cause it just didn't feel righr

Ghost of Tsushima is GOTY for me personally.

This game is pretty damn addictive, I think it's the whole progress, always wanting new skills, charms, outfits, stances, etc. Also it's finally the AC Feudal Japan game we always wanted, but done better.

What I like about this game was the cultural reference they have brought to the table. I'm a Chinese fella who had practiced Kendo for about 8 years when I was young and I'm currently practicing Japanese Buddhism under the branch of Nichiren Soshu and whatever the game does as a Buddhist reference, it's uncannily similar or close enough. For example, early on during the funeral of Jin's father, you could hear the monk at the back chanting: "Myo ho ren ge kyo ho ben bon dai ni" which translates to "The Lotus Sutra Verse Number 2" and the whole thing is at an extremely slow paced and that's how we chant it during a funeral service. The swordplay they did in the game isn't unknown but its fantastically done, especially the one where you cut thru the bamboo to practice your swordskill. It makes sense to cut thru bamboo but like the expert had mentioned, its easily chipped. However, it din't matter that much to feudal Japan as many of these swordsmith are legend as they are and their blades don't really chip that much if its made by a real master at its craft. If you think bamboo was bad, someone was even worse. Instead of using bamboo, some of these Samurai would stack criminals that are ready to be executed like a tower where their belly is on each other's back and then try to "test their blade" on these would-be executed criminals by cutting them up into halves with one hack. If it goes thru 2 guys cleanly, it is a good blade. Anything beyond 3 is amazing. This practice continued deep into WWII where military officers would bunch up captured POWs or even civilians (That's because WWII IJA were really that fucking sick) and lob off as many heads as possible with one stroke to practice their kenjutsu and also test their blade strength and lethality. Overrall, a great game with accurate cultural reference and also, great graphics and awesome swordsplay to boot. However, the only drawback I felt that the game could do better on was the voiceover. It was horrendously bad that everyone has close to zero emotions when they speak or total lack of feelings and the lip sync was so bad sometimes that the voice comes out in Japanese but the mouth movement was so out of whack that when they did the Kurosawa effect, it was even more amplified. Other than that, good game.

The graphics are unbelievably good on this game, I just hit the second part of the island and I still find myself being blown away. Honestly, the gameplay + graphics combo might be the best I've ever seen on a console, especially on a 4K TV.

Can’t wait to see how this video goes, The Male Marines, These guys and the Sword guys are my favourites.

they spent more time drooling over the games awesomeness, than they did analysing lol. And I don't blame them. The game is the most beautiful thing I've played. Deserves game of the year.

6:27 One correction I have to make: The katana that samurai used did not have this feature. They are referring to the 20th century katana issued to the IJA for their modern conflicts. What they had instead was a snugly fitted habaki, or blade collar, that would create some friction and lock it in place somewhat. However, the samurai did push their blade out past the habaki for much the same reason.

This has been one of the most fun games I’ve ever played and I’ve played A LOT.

Who else knew there was gonna a be a “No capes!” Joke when he disliked the cape

The broad sword on the shoulder is a stance in hema called the wrath stance

I like how these guys address the fact that sometimes games have to leave realism aside in order to make the game more fun

“The inside of his sheath is probably gross as hell” PFFFFT

If you're having trouble with the late game standoffs, here's a pro tip, focus your vision on the opponents back leg. The moment they step with their back foot is when their attack is coming

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I'm glad their not complaining abt some of the flaws and are still having fun with it. unlike the "combat correspondents"

I'm gonna say it again, Next: "Italian nascar drivers reacting to Mario kart".

This is honestly really great. Respect both these guy's knowledge

Fun fact. Most of the inexplicable parts of the game are super natural. It’s heavily implied by the characters. During the flashback to Kazumasa’s funeral characters mention that Kazumasa is the wind against Jin’s back, and also mention that Jin’s mother’s favourite bird was the golden bird that leads us to side activities and vanity items

3:05 This is perfet seeing as though they added the whole Kurosawa Mode. They tried to make the game an old school samurai movie as much as they could.

They didnt review charms or hot springs, but at least we know Lawrence is easy to fake out in a duel 👌

Didn't expected to find the person responsible for that absolutely amazing real action from TITANS here. Bruh, your work makes at least 50% of whatever quality the show has.

These 2 need a channel together, they are so perfect together

the back and forth at 7:11 is so cute. these 2 are great lol

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Thank you for bringing in Brendon!

Thanks for the video. Love Jin's thumb move right before a fight. Understated badass

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You can actually clean and sheathe your sword, you just need swipe a certain direction on the touch pad of the controller right after combat

The short katana is actually a sword that would not be used spill the blood of enemy's but more to spill you're own blood in a suicidal ritual called "Sepoku". 10:40

Thank you so much for a part 2. If you decided to make a third one, can you please consider asking the experts to talk about how Samurai or swordsmen deal with the sharp pain and numbness in their sword-holding hands caused by weapons colliding and clashing during fights?

2:41, not quite. For the ones who don't know, if you swipe right on the touchpad you can manually sheath your katana and Jin cleans it when it's with blood. very cool animations, can't call yourself a samurai if you don't do that after every fight. (And if you swipe down you can bow)

Funny because I never use the heavy armor in the game. The heaviest armor I wear is the Ghost armor

That single hand on the sword horizontal above your head is called the st.George guard in British military sabre and Backsword

"Oh u dont know that technique" "no I dont"

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What they were saying about the samurai clan armor having a bulky look and being silly for traversal is lowkey the main reason I never really wore it lmao. You look like a tank sneaking around and doing all this ninja shit. I run the Ronin, Traveler's, and lowest level Sakai armor right now in the game because of it.

Gotta be my favourite reaction vid. Since the guy on the left actually knows this game well. And then the guy on the right seems like a chill dude and seems like he played it as well

I love these guys chemistry the best. So good

Something they got wrong: Jin actually does clean his blade off. He tosses the blood completely aside, leaving it clean and wipes it off his sleeve before sheathing it. Now with the incindiary oil, yeah he doesn’t clean that shit off 😂

finally what we've been waiting for months

these videos are so cool i love hearing these guys

A shoutout to Lawrence Mok - the last bit of the video, where you see them doing Kata, his movement is incredibly powerfull. A brilliant example of Ki and Tanden use. Oneigashimasu

Experts: Jin never cleans his sword Me who wiped the blood off and bowed every time i was done fighting: am i a joke to you?

*meanwhile, in buzzfeed multiplayer... Ebihara-san: "There's no dishonorable way, just kill em, you know *chuckles "

The 2 guys are so humble and professional.

I love how they both played the game and can speak from that perspective as well

"Hi, I'm Lawerence, I study the blade." "My name is Brendon and I also study the blade."

He cleans his sword after the duels. he shakes the blade to get it off.

Awsome video looking forward to the next

I'm loving the Yoshida Brothers as the background music as well as the critique.

This is a huge step up from “ZoMBiE eXpERtS ReACt”

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The changes in weather relating to how I'd been playing would serve as great reminders to reign it in sometimes.

Played through this game 3 times! Love it!

Since Jin doesn't clean his sword, maybe one could say, he intentionally wants a dirty blade? Cursed blade of rot.

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These expert react videos are awesome. Seem to be very popular on yt. I love them

Brendon Huor is plays Lee in the live action Naruto vs Lee fight scene that got millions of views years back, for those who didnt recognize him.

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"Like a feudal Japan.. Batman." *proceeds to put a robin mask on*

Thank you for this amazing video ❤️😍

It would be really cool to have the experts show us how each of the moves are done in real life similar to how they did fight scene break down in the Scenic Fights channel.

they added a whole mechanic to manually clean your sword after each fight and this dude says jin never once cleans his sword lmao

Is it possible to find a shorter plexiglass barrier? Asking for a friend.

My favorite detail about archery is the side he rests the arrow on, it's historically accurate

Aww.. I was hoping they would comment on the stances moves. Like how practical water stance is vs shields, wind vs spears, etc.

My only issue is that when his sword is the sheath the blade is facing upwards so when we draws on the standoff he'd essentially be slicing them with the blunt side of the sword. At no point does he turn it around

I’d love to see how Japanese sword experts would react and view European styles of fighting and swords, and vice versa.

I’m not an expert but I have been training with a sword since I was 11 and even I could tell while some of it was done for show and cinematic effect a lot of the blade work in the game is done super good. The dodging was always my biggest thing I loved because he, like they said, moves to an opening which is accurate to how you would fight in that instance

part 3 cmon!!! its amazing

We've been pretty spoilt this year. We've ghost of tsushima, Cyberpunk 2077,watch dogs legion and AC Valhalla.

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In terms of the Grappling Hook part, I believe it's supposed to be a reference to once he gets the Ghost Armor from Taka. The Armor is more reminiscent of Nindo and Ninja which were loose and lightweight because he admired Jin taking on the Role as the Ghost.

Really cool to watch them react to this game

PS4: we have this many games Xbox: umm uhh Halo

When the new tony hawk games comes out you should let Tony Hawk himself react to the game that reaction video will be🔥🔥🔥🔥

I love it when the experts have actually played the game or has a background of playing games

Really is amazing how well they captured the various styles of katana swordsmanship in this. As someone who fences on and off, it makes me wish for a game that had a similar dedication for fencing. While there are quite a few games that try to capture the sense of weight that one would experience swinging a sword, most still just let you whale away at people with little regard for technique or stance. Hopefully this game might set a new standard for sword-based combat going forward in games, maybe even for other weapons like clubs, axes, and so on.

How about movie director reaction of game cutsense? Such as Last of us 2?

They're making this game much more sexier than it actually is. Omg. I need a New game+ or a part 2 NOW. with NO female protagonist tyvm

I like how they went with the Kubrick rule of “get the facts right first, then distort at your pleasure.”

I CRACKED UP when I was playing and the lightning strikes the enemy. My volume was so loud it scared the hell out of me so I laughed.

Someone should put the Ubisoft logo on the heads of his opponents as a message to them to say “this is how you make Assassins Creed Japan”

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon 🔪🔪🔪 Sore wa osoroshikute osoroshi bukideshita. Watashi wa Nihon no bushi no jidai ni zutto kyomi ga arimashita 🈴🈳🈷🈸🈯

Kunai and Throwing Stars are AMAZING at distracting or disabling if it's coated in a poison.

Wish this video wasn't this short lol loved it