***Ghost of Tsushimafeels like a tech demo–a showcase of the PlayStation 4’s graphical capabilities, especially through its hefty photo mode and the sheer amount of things you can have on the screen at the same time. However, it lacks the mechanical refinement of most modern AAA titles***
Insanity. I highly question this reviewer’s objectivity in this review. It’s just laden with poisonous words for the gameplay and anything non-Japanese. I’ve played a ton of games like this, it’s no more “by the numbers” as other games nor does it lack storytelling elements ,but the author infers that there is lacking of it because outside of the story you repetitively fight enemies… like every game of its type out there.
Edit: And to the author, the enemy types are dog, bear, boar, hawk, mongol swordsman, japanese swordsman (very different these two), spearman, shieldman, archer, bomber, brute, captain, bosses/dueling opponents. A bit more than you said in your review. This doesn’t include that as you advance in the game the difficulty of these opponents grows with more combos and combat options available to them all.
Edit 2: I don’t care about the author’s score, it’s his words that feel wrought with bitterness of some sort. Like he went in with the intent to impugn everything but the japanese voice acting and the graphics of the game. He represents his opinion lazily and incorrectly throughout.
