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Ghost of Tsushima is an upcoming action-adventure stealth video game which follows the story of Jin Sakai, one of the last samurai of Tsushima Island during the first Mongol invasion of Japan. The game was released for PlayStation 4 on July 17th, 2020.

History

On October 30th, 2017, during the 2017 Paris Games Week, publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Sucker Punch Studios revealed Ghost of Tsushima, an action-adventure video game set in 13th century feudal Japan.^[1] On the same day, the trailer for the game was uploaded to YouTube,^[2] accumulating over 572,000 views in three years (shown below).

On June 11th, 2018, a gameplay video for the game was uploaded to YouTube.^[3] On December 12th, 2019, the second trailer for Ghost of Tsushima was revealed,^[4] accumulating over 3 million views in six months (shown below, left). On March 5th, 2020, Sony^[5] announced that the game will be released on June 26th, 2020, with the release date later pushed back to July 17th, 2020.^[6]

On May 14th, 2020, IGN^[7] uploaded an 18-minute gameplay video of the game (shown below, right).

The game was released worldwide on July 17th, 2020.^[9]

Ghost of Tsushima: Legends

On August 17th, 2020, Sucker Punch Studios announced Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, a free co-op multiplayer mode for Ghost of Tsushima for 2-4 players, inspired by Japanese mythology. The mode is a separate experience from the main campaign, with players being able to select one of four classes (the Samurai, Hunter, Ronin, or Assassin) to complete wave-based survival missions. The studio also announced that another mission type, Raid, that would be enabled soon after the mode is added to the game in fall 2020.

Gameplay

Ghost of Tsushima incorporates elements of action-adventure and stealth genres, with the combat system of the game heavily focused on sword-fighting. Jin Sakai, the main protagonist of the game, is attempting to prevent the full-scale invasion of the Mongol Empire by abandoning his formal training and "learning the way of the Ghost:" launching small-scale attacks on the enemy to create fear and uncertainty in the Mongol ranks.

One of the core concepts of the game is the total absence of waypoints, with the player being free to explore the open world. The game features an optional "Kurosawa Mode," a black-and-white filter with Japanese voice acting and English subtitles, a tribute to Japanese samurai films.

Reception

The game received positive reviews. As of August 11th, 2020, the game had an 83 critic review score on Metacritic^[10] with 114 reviews, and a 9.3 user score with over 14,900 user reviews.

Fandom

On October 30th, 2017, subreddit /r/ghostoftsushima was created, accumulating over 16,000 members in three years.^[8]

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