I'm a 67 year old female, retired teacher. I began playing games about 4 years ago to keep my mind sharp. I've finished Horizon Zero Dawn, Last of Us 2, and all the Uncharted games but THIS one is by far my favorite!! AMAZING on so many levels. I have no one to share this excitement with as none of my friends play at all. So, thanks for letting me share here.😁

In my head, "You have nothing to teach me". Bird lands in hand. "I am wrong, please continue".

this game for me is a masterpiece loved every minute of it

I just finished the game and this was an unforgettable experience. Everyone has to play this.....everyone.

Bro I adore this game. Wish it was longer.

Mongol leader: in immense pain Jin Sakai: **plays flute**

*Story Expansions, Samurai enemies, New Duels, replayable Duels, the Mongols can take back liberated villages or farms, explorable castles after story. Those are the only things I care about this game's future contents.*

I like the mechanic of “bowing” whn infront of shrines or signs that have a figure bowing whn u do so amazing things happen like thousands of dragon flies swarm around you or frogs etc etc

I heard that the storms are more frequent if you engage in ghost tactics to coincide with Jin going to the dark side.

The storm is actually the reason the mongols were unable to seize Tsushima.

The headless crawling Mongol leader happened to me and when my brother walked in my room he was so scared 🤣

The more you stealth kill enemies, the more storms spawn

For all the people saying the games too short and theres not enough content..bruh I'm still on act 2 ya'll boys acting like theres a million dollars on the line for whoever beats it first, chill out people damn..

The weather is actually tied to how you choose to approach the fighting of the game if you do standoffs and "honourable" tactics the sky will be clear the more you use ghost tactics for example assassination poison darts and fire arrows the more cloudy the world becomes to the point where it will start to storm on the island along with playing your flute

Ffs we need ng+ and more armors and possible weapons

Idk if it's in the video but I found a rare animation yesterday. I was in the straw hat's village in act 2 standin on the porch of the main village. My objective was 20m behind me (I didn't realize) and I swiped up for wind. No wind came, but the wind marker was white meaning that I should see it, then Jin pulled a single leaf out of his pocket and let it drop in the air to tell where the wind was going. I did this like 3 times when I realized what was triggering it, but after I moved outside then back on the porch I couldn't replicate it, it was just normal wind

Everytime I go jogging and the wind blows I start running in that direction.

You forgot all the secret place to pay respect that create an animation with the environment (some are marked with a panel telling you to bow, others are not but if you know Japanese culture a bit you know where you should bow to pay respect).

Just wandered through castle kaneda after watching this picked up a few supplies scattered around. Hey guys it can be longer, play it again or maybe slow down next time nobody said you had to beat the game two weeks after it came out. Enjoy the journey with Jin.

I have no idea why I waited so long to play this game. But I just finished it and it is now in my top 5 of all time! Absolutely phenomenal game

New game plus and 1 more act would be great

I unintentionally 100%'d this game just enjoying it and roaming around. Matching outfits taking pictures there is so much to do.

I have a few tips! When you're sprinting for long enough for Jin to get tired just jump every ten seconds or so and it will "reset" his stamina. The Charm of Inari is broken. If you're diligent you can easily max your gear out in the first Act. Speaking of broken charms, there's a charm that poisons enemies who investigate chimes. Combine that with the Terror mechanic and you can clear a whole outpost with 3 or 4 chimes. Totally recommend it for higher difficulties. GoT has New Game Plus and it's frigging superb! You keep all of your gear and skills and upgrades, you can level up your equipment even more, the game becomes slightly harder, and you can skip cutscenes! Can't recommend it highly enough.

Dosho!!!! Peeeeeeeeewww!!!!

The lightning storm is a reference to the "kami kaze", the "divine wind" that sank the Mongol fleat with a storm at sea. You can even name the horse "kaze" meaning "wind". Also, you can assassinate an enemy even if the square button doesn't show, you need to jump closer or turn to them as you drop from higher, then if you're lucky and skillful enough the button to assassinate will appear. And if you press the wind slider several times Jin will throw some leaves into the wind. The berserk poison darts work on enemy dogs too. Personally, I prefer to guide bears into enemies camps or bait patrols into bear territory. Pigs are smarter than that though.

You can bow to not just places with a wooden bowing sign, but a lot of unmarked things in the game to trigger some form of environmental animations... for example bowing in front of Taka's grave or loyal friend's grave... I may be wrong with this one but I noticed that if I ride a random horse it would try to throw me off but not when I ride my own horse.... When I ride my own horse and not move for awhile it would start sorta kicking its leg and the character would lean forward and pat the horse to calm it down... If you whistle for the horse and keep running, the horse will come and keep running alongside you

I wanted the ghost armor earlier that's when I truly felt like The Ghost Jin looks so badass with that armor and mask on but getting it when you did was fitting if you played the game to that point

As a person is on fire roll if its in grass nothing happens to the armour, roll in mud it sticks, if it rains and thunderstorms the fire dissipates faster without to roll, but preferably roll its faster. The mud that sticks to armour get in water waist high that part is clean, to swim mud is gone completely. Walk into water with light color clothes not armour are soaked and moves differently ever slightly. Bow and arrows shoot enough and run out jin will reach back and look at his hand in "where are they".

You can horse-jump into Shimura castle from the south pretty easily.

There's actually another event that isn't marked on the map, though it doesn't involve any combat. When you unlock the third map and are able to travel south safely by progressing through a certain point in the story, there is a huge temple area close to it. It would have people outside of it, unable to go in the temple grounds because the Monks won't allow people on the land, not wanting to risk them being attacked by Mongols. You can talk to some of the people being held outside and have them tell you where to go, but the game won't put a mark on the hud for you to follow. Instead, you'll have to keep in mind what they said (it's really simple to remember and figure out, too) and go there to help solve the problem. There's no fighting involved in this, but it was a great attention to detail of the aftermath of the raids and pillaging. It really caught me off guard when I was just randomly exploring and getting some cosmetic items. I THINK it was the temple where it had the Second Son bandana (Which is a reference on it's on. And I also think the theme of it plays when you get it. I'm not positive, but when I picked it up a song I never heard started to loudly play) on one of the towers, but I'm not certain.

Once you complete the yarikawa main missions and the mythic tale "spirit of yarikawa's vengeance", if you come back to the ruins of old yarikawa, you'll find a samurai who, together with three or four other warriors, will try to kill you for revenge for the yarikawa rebellion. Not so different from killing bandits, but still fun for the background

Nate Fox cinfirmed that the change in weather is directly linked to our playstyle. If we play more like a Ghost there are a lot more thunder storms.

The storms are directly related to your play style. The more Ghost you are the more storms you'll have, I basically have a never ending thunderstorm.

Bow to dead bodies, fallen samurai for some dialogues.

When ur on your horse and not moving he tries throwing you off his back if ur not moving

Is this jorraptor’s second account

I freaking love this game. Days Gone, Ghost of Tsushima, and Red Dead Redemption II.

If you have the adventures outfit there's an option in the game to locate any of the secret hidden items and locations in the game As long as you're wearing the outfit you just press right on the d-pad when you are on the map screen

It’s subtle, but I love the bowing mechanic - walking around villages and temples if you bow at villagers they will almost always bow back - some even get up off the floor just to bow. Also if you encounter any corpses on your travel (which you will….many) if you bow to them Jin always says a little something as a mark of respect.

Anyone else still playing in 2023

This game was the best game 》Something u miss go to Taka grave and touch ( “bowing-down sign”) see what happens 🤯

You can tell that this game was made with heart and with all the good intentions.

Not sure if this was mentioned but I thought it’s also neat that depending on Jin’s actions, the dialogue for side quests may change as well. In the side quest where a woman asks Jin to steal rice from bandits, you could either sneak and steal or kill the bandits. It changes the dialogue when you speak with the lady.

When you behead the mongol leader and hes still crawling on the ground, it feels like it was done on purpose. If you've ever heard that chickens can survive a few minutes without their head then this may make more sense, its trying to give you a gross feeling in your gut.

I want a full face covering. I know we're not actually ninjas but a ninja face cover would be awesome

I really hope New Game plus comes out for Ghost of Tsushima

I’m like hella late but during the funeral of Jin’s dad, they say that he’s the wind at Jin’s back and that his mother is the birds, both guiding him to things that’ll help him retake Tsushima. You could conclude from that that the idle animation of the bird is Jin’s mom checking up on him.

This was so cool! I have never seen Jin drag his hands through the flowers while on his horse. Seen him do it while walking. Love this game. Can't wait to try getting back into the closed bases (didn't know those locked either, thanks) and I just caught the trailer for Legends release date and can't wait to try that out!

If you didn't already know... with regards to the weather: there is a much higher chance of rain/storms if you perform a lot of ghost tactics. It's intentional as it signifies the impending storm that you bring to the world.

In my first playthrough I tried to get into Shimuras camp after it was closed just to see if there was a way and I glitched through the fence at the point where it interlocks with a rock and creates a corner. There was still a vendor icon inside the camp but the vendor wasn‘t there anymore

Man, great job covering this game! Your content is very fun to watch! 👍 I'll try the bird one that lands on your hand 😁

It’s not killing an enemy, it’s using Ghost tactics that make the weather more stormy. Devs confirmed this!

Hot springs have steam that rises and you can see them from a distance.

Another detail: If you bow to the npc dead bodies the in the mongols camps or ones that where places by mongols Jin says something for them. Not sure if all but so far has for me.

Started the game last week and I’m loving every single minute of it.

Woop early squad. Awesome vid :D

How about The map of a region gets cleared for you when you liberate all the camps in it. So you dont need to walk all the fog away cause the small cloud bursts wont do everything for you

1:10 just reminds me of gladiator with russel crowe walking through his wheat field

I love the mini stories captured in what are basically dioramas you find at the pillars of honor

Man, I haven’t enjoy a good game since Metal Gear Solid 1 for PS1 Ghost is the best game for 2020

The first game I have gotten a platinum trophy on since Army of TWO: The Devil’s Cartel. Just patiently waiting for New Game+

The weather thing, it isn't affected by fighting in general, its affected by the style of fighting you are doing (samurai or ghost). Going down the path of the ghost will result in many more storms, while samurai will have sunny weather.

I juat found this secret you could miss very esaly. When you upgrade jins katana , from about level 5 to max each upgrade gives you a different hamon, very cool if you ask me.

The flute thing is good to know thank you!

that headless comander moving, it scare me too, if it bug, i hope suckerpunch not fix it, because it terify me too!!!

Just platinuned this morning 😁. Starting another play through on lethal ugh. This game is amazing

Anybody else still playing g this game in 2024 cause I am it's dope on my 3rd play through and still enjoying it

I love the ghost of tsushima content! subscribed

Anyone else feel like the game plays way better with the characters speaking Japanese?

I wish they add samurai hunting us down sent by the shogun but instead of fighting them normally a duel would be cool but ordinary samurai soldiers we fight normally

one more thing, there is an chance to when you call the wind, (you need stay still) jin get an flower in his hand an throw it, can be an flower and it can be an leaf too

Didn’t know the flute animation and I already finished the main story. Thanks!

You have 2 Jumping attacks 1 where u press rectangle = Fast attack / can be blocked if misstimed 2 triangle = a kick that only damages the enemy guard / can also be blocked The reaching for grass is even shown in the cinematic opening of the open world

I’m so sad my adventure ends and got nothing to do. Just waiting for NG+.

You mentioned you get a lot of stormy weather.. that is because you are fighting without honor and using ghost weapons often. If you face your enemies head on and use the "standoff" option more regularly, the game will react with sunny weather/clear skies. Another hidden mechanic in the game.

would love to see some role-play-centric character builds, with backstory and aesthetics

I love this game. It's my game of the year.

Does anyone know how can you check your progress in the game. To see how many hours you put in and mission status?

Just got the platinum last night. Such a superbly crafted game!

If you stand still and activate the wind, jin will have some more unique animations, like looking around surprised of the sudden breeze or throwing leaves into the air

I‘ve seen a lot of love for this game, and I just beat it, but I honestly don’t get why everyone loves it. Just to preface, the previous games I played before this were breath of the wild, sekiro, and the last of us 2, and the whole time I was playing the game, I just kept feeling unsatisfied compared to the feeling I got from those games. While exploring, I thought the scenery was nice, but I wished for the ridiculous amount of freedom to climb anything and fly anywhere of breath of the wild. During combat, using the stances was cool, but I missed the intensity and satisfaction of sekiro’s poise system and reading enemy attacks. During all of the cutscenes, I just couldn’t help but notice how much worse the facial animation was and how much less compelling these scenes were in terms of acting. I did think the environment was really pretty and that there were some cool story moments in act 2, but other than that, I feel like I just missed something that everyone else seemed to get. Totally willing to discuss with anyone who thought the game was a masterpiece on what I missed though.

On the beginning of act 3 and I don’t want this game to end yet 🥺 Warning: *Spoilers of the end of Act 2 in the replies*

Great video. Does changing the weather do anything other than change the weather? Does it affect gameplay in any way? Are you more stealthy when it is raining, for example?

There's also this cool feature that if you go "Ghost" mode (sneaking around and assassinating people) the weather becomes stormy.

I just want more side quests

I wish they add The night time flute song.

brilliant post - thanks KG :)

GOT has probably the best death animations, make it a great example of how a game should be. Look at Hitman, they all goes down like all generic npc, different state and animation = Immersive videogame!

Is this Joraptor lol sounds so much similar

The catapult and headless moving Mongol happened. I haven’t found any of the “hidden encampment”. One that wasn’t mentioned was two ladies on the hills- one a samurai other a peasant. The samurai says she can get you pass the mongols and you have to zoom in (second act only). Don’t want to say much. But I thought that was interesting.

Didn't know about the bird. That's wonderful.

I have found that these thunderstorms spawn when you fight "dishonorably" aka as the Ghost. So when you sneak around and assasinate instead of challenging enemies to a standoff and fighting openly. That is as you said game design

Yellow birds are annoying as hell...

Turn the headless bug into a sekiro style dlc. Dead enemies can come back unless finished off with something special. New blade or Ghost in a real sense type thing

something I discovered (probably common knowledge) is that you can kill a herd of swine with a powder bomb, which is super convenient since killing three pigs with a bow usually ends up in one getting away

And bigger mobs, and maybe asking Yuna or someone to travel alongside you

The head bug actually can work to where they are still standing and moving around like they normally would... I was able to get it to work by jumping at a point where iw would glitch into a raised platform when they are below me and I would assassinate them but the animation would cancel and they would get their head cut of without actually taking damage. I think they werent able to damage you in this state but it was so easy to pull off I was able to get a few guys in a camp to have that happen to them... it works with any enemy in a specific base that had a boat being worked on but I'm certain you could tmdo it in other spots aswell.

I still play this game. Its such a beauty. You can tell that SP put a lot of effort and love to this masterpiece.

I love this game i hope they add dlcs, also its so good for stress relief

There is also another catapult in Kamiagata, Sago, Kamiagata Falls and I don't know if it spawns when you are in act three or you completed the last "Norio Tale" or you completed the game, but I found it when getting the last mongol artifact.