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Allies in Ghost of Tsushima Will React to How Players Deal With Situations; Exploration, Combat Get New Details

DunDunDunpachi

Patient MembeR
Sounds amazing, and Sucker Punch is still one of the best open-world devs of the last ~15 years, so I'm not worried.

I'm gonna have to suspend my enjoyment of the Sekiro combat and play the game on its own terms.
 

Hendrick's

If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
they officialy said that they are trying to achieve that type of combat, you kill and get killed with few hits.
i don't know how this is gonna play out, but i don't expect spongebob enemies except for bosses and heavily armoured enemies.
I'm not expecting true realism, but hope for realistic action with artisitic restraint. As long as they can capture the feel of 1960's samurai films I will be happy.
 

Bartski

Gold Member
and that's what we see in the first gameplay trailer. Animation blending is rough AF but notice one unblocked hit and it's over. I really hope this is the direction it's going
 

GymWolf

Member
I did not understand the thing about the passage of time. What does it mean?
the game informs you about how many days have passed since the mongol invasion, you can see that in one of the trailer if i remember well.

i guess some location and major villages are gonna change during the course of your playthrought to show how bad the invasion was for the island.
infamous 1 and spiderman did similar stuff, infamous with the citizens gradually helping or assaulting you based on your karma and spiderman adding new enemies and graphical changes in the city during your progression.

dying light 2 is gonna do something similar on even a bigger scale if devs haven't lying to journalist during past previews.
 
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GymWolf

Member
and that's what we see in the first gameplay trailer. Animation blending is rough AF but notice one unblocked hit and it's over. I really hope this is the direction it's going
i really don't get the critique about animations tbh, they are already less glitchy and more realistic than last 2 AC games, and 1000+ people have worked on these games.
 
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Bartski

Gold Member
i really don't get the critique about animations tbh, they are already less glitchy and more realistic than last 2 AC games, and 1000+ people have worked on these games.

haven't played last two ACs and they do feel jittery to me but that's besides the point. I'm sure it's going to look amazing at the end and the combat will flow nicely when polished.
And please no boss battles like big-fat-dude-you-need-to-arrow-headshot-10-times etc.
 

GymWolf

Member
haven't played last two ACs and they do feel jittery to me but that's besides the point. I'm sure it's going to look amazing at the end and the combat will flow nicely when polished.
And please no boss battles like big-fat-dude-you-need-to-arrow-headshot-10-times etc.
boss battle are already confirmed, 1vs1 duels are a thing in the game.

some more gamey elements are gonna be in the game, hard to hope otherwise unfortunately.
 

bender

What time is it?
I've never really cared for Sucker Punch's output, but they are checking some boxes for me. Exploration without way points is right up my alley.
 

GymWolf

Member
Really hyped for it.

However:


This scare me a bit. I don't want to be invincible at some point.
yeah that bit scares me a lot, i hope they are talking about normal difficulty but it's wishful thinking at this point, they already officially said that the game is not sekiro\souls hard during the first batch of info for the game.
 

PSYGN

Member
The facial animations could use some polishing, but otherwise a beautiful looking game.
 
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CrysisFreak

Banned
Hopes:
-Combat being so satisfying it rivals Sekiro and/or Nioh
-Parkour, free climbing
-Tense stealth
-Big map
-Great OST (big potential here imho). inFamous 2 had some good music btw
-Performance mode on PS4 Pro with unlocked framerate like God of War
-Lots of blood everywhere after an assassination
-different outfits?
-Satisfying traversal on horse
 

JokerMM

Gay porn is where it's at.
is there any loot system here or you're just stuck with one sword for the rest of the game?
 

Wwg1wga

Member
Still isn't fucking with Sekiro.

Sekiro has a genuine feel to it in the design and overall ambiance, methodology of the storytelling, etc.

This kinda looks like what it is I guess....a bunch of white people making a Samurai game. And before someone says don't compare it to Sekiro....don't kid yourself....it's gonna happen regardless.

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GymWolf

Member
Hopes:
-Combat being so satisfying it rivals Sekiro and/or Nioh
-Parkour, free climbing
-Tense stealth
-Big map
-Great OST (big potential here imho). inFamous 2 had some good music btw
-Performance mode on PS4 Pro with unlocked framerate like God of War
-Lots of blood everywhere after an assassination
-different outfits?
-Satisfying traversal on horse
i can answer\speculate at some of them:

-dying light\assassins creed type of parkour not yet confirmed but being a ninja probably comes with some sort of parkour ability to unlock in the skill three, also grappling hook to climb buildings was already showed, so probably something very similar to sekiro\tenchu

-it's their biggest game to date, they said it's far more bigger than infamous 3, so yeah probably a big map

-they already confirmed different outfits for ninja and samurai, people react to what you are wearing (if you wear ninja scary outfit during the day npc are gonna attack you or escape from you) also you have limitation while wearing some outfits, for example you can't climb buildings with heavy samurai outfits while having more defense etc. (these examples are already confirmed by them)

-probably no chance of performance mode with unlocked framerate in a game of this scope and with this graphic and vegetation physics, gow performance mode was in the upper 50frame only in few rare occasion with almost nothing on screen and that game is noticeably smaller.
maybe a resolution mode with sub 30 fps in heavy occasion and better resolution\minor details and a performance mode with close 30 frame locked and less resolution.

-sucker punch said that the motto for the game is "blood, steel and mud" i think blood it's gonna be very present during fights, also the blood spray in the trailers looks very good.
they even said that every hits on enemies leave a bloody scar for the sake of realism, so yeah...
also dismemberment is already confirmed, the guy cuts off an enemy's arm in the reveal trailer

-call me pessimistic, but the combat is not gonna be on nioh\sekiro level, the game difficulty and skill cealing is probably lower, they said the game is not sekiro\souls level of difficulty.
 
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GymWolf

Member
I somewhat still hope for an Assassin's Creed 1-style combat system: counter-based 1 hit 1 kill.
combat was the worst thing in ac games, easy as fuck and you were literally a god with that fucking parry to kill.

i hope it's nothing like that.

i'm okay with enemies dying in a couple of hit or well timed counter, but not like it was on AC games.
 
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Bartski

Gold Member
combat was the worst thing in ac games, easy as fuck and you were literally a god with that fucking parry to kill.

i hope it's nothing like that.
not a copy of AC1s obviously, it was way too simplistic and enemies were queuing up to attack you which is just silly. But I think the general block/parry/evade or die idea is doable and has a lot of fun risk-reward potential
 

Miles708

Member
combat was the worst thing in ac games, easy as fuck and you were literally a god with that fucking parry to kill.

i hope it's nothing like that.
I agree they can be dead easy in AC, but i think the concept about them (the first 2 AC anyway) is so cool, where every hit someone dies. It's at the same time cinematic, dramatic and realistic. I agree it will be a shame if it's just as easy in GoT, but it can be easily expanded (with different types of parry and strikes, for example) and the basic concept it's perfect.

EDIT: Beaten by Bartski Bartski
 
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GymWolf

Member
i just don't want another cakewalk open world game, that's it.
i hope the timing for counter it's gonna be very tight and hard to pull off.

but like i said, it's more wishful thinking, they already said that the game is not gonna be very punishing.
 

CrysisFreak

Banned
I just wish for the combat to be responsive and not so janky. I recall when Fallen Order was released and people were comparing it to Sekiro not only in terms of parry mechanic but also in terms of quality.
Regarding the latter, hell no, that janky mess (to some degree enjoyable) wishes it was Sekiro in terms of quality.
I just feel spoiled by Sekiro and Nioh in terms of combat.
Waaaaay to many triple A games that should be polished are janky as hell: As I said Fallen Order, AC Origins and Odyssey, DBZ Kakarot and so on.
I spent 170 hours in AC Odyssey and I cannot count how many times both my char and the enemies teleported around the block during finisher animations lmao
 

vkbest

Member
They are not even close to GOT, that's what i'm discussing.

PS4 Pro is not PS5, is more powerful than PS4 but have to render higher resolution. Besides Sony makes the games for PS4 base. PS4 base will be identical to Pro version except resolution 4k or 1440p vs 1080p.
 

vkbest

Member

I can't understand what do you want suggest me with that "Jaguar" quote. PS4 pro have same CPU too, so are you implying those gif are from PS5 and not PS4/Pro?
 
I can't understand what do you want suggest me with that "Jaguar" quote. PS4 pro have same CPU too, so are you implying those gif are from PS5 and not PS4/Pro?
PS4 pro & regular PS4 have the same CPU and jaguar can't do this :

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Miles708

Member
PS4 pro & regular PS4 have the same CPU and jaguar can't do this :

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What do you mean by that?
I don't know if I'm missing something (didn't watch all media released) but your gifs should be nothing particularly unthinkable on a regular ps4, it's mostly a barren land covered in grass, visually striking and far from trivial but not particularly absurd.
Also, I didn't understand if you imply this game will only ship on PS4 Pro, of course that won't be the case for obvious reasons.
 
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What do you mean by that?
I don't know if I'm missing something (didn't watch all media released) but your gifs should be nothing particularly unthinkable on a regular ps4, it's mostly a barren land covered in grass, visually striking and far from trivial but not particularly absurd.
Also, I didn't understand if you imply this game will only ship on PS4 Pro, of course that won't be the case for obvious reasons.
All i'm saying is GOT will be downgraded on current gen compared to the trailers.
GOT will obviously be playable on ps4/pro & ps5.
 

Ellery

Member
Sony keeps on giving and giving.

Really excited for this PS4 exclusive game. If it gets delayed due to covid-19 then so be it, but I will definitely get this one.
 

Miles708

Member
All i'm saying is GOT will be downgraded on current gen compared to the trailers.
GOT will obviously be playable on ps4/pro & ps5.
Ah sorry, somehow I missed the most obvious interpretation.
While I expect some kind of downgrade too (as for all games between initial trailers and actual release), I also expect the final product not to be so different, we're at the end of the generation and historically this is the time where the technical wizardry shows up :messenger_grinning_smiling:
Also, gorgeous open worlds already came out (RDR2, Horizon, The Witcher 3 etc.) and perform good/flawlessly on base PS4, so at most i expect some hiccups or a lower dynamic resolution.
 

Mista

Banned
I am so fucking stoked. I just can feel that its going to get delayed because of TLoU 2

I don't want this to happen cause I don't give a shit about TLoU 2 but fingers crossed that it won't happen
 

CrysisFreak

Banned

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Alright everyone STFU I have a bomb here I want details on Ghost of Tsushima NOW. Yoshida if you read this make it happen you cunt.
Sick and tired of waiting really.
Come on Sucker Punch you feel me? I love you since inFamous 2 and for good reason but come on I'm an utterly starved dog the wait is killing me.
It looks so good and fun and adventorous but I can't have it for some reason? It's literally currentyear so step up.
No offense.
 

THEAP99

Banned
I really hate this lack of information. It is time for a gameplay deep-dive with hands-on impressions. IF we don't get those within the next month (assuming release date is still June 26th), I don't have confidence in this game anymore
 
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