Ghost of Tsushima (PS4 Exclusive)

[Smallville102001]

Quote: Originally Posted by RockinDaMike

Probably should do side missions, by the middle of act 2 I have all the stances complete and my katana, bows are all fully upgraded and those make a difference. Also all the current armor fully upgraded too. There’s also a bunch or charms you use to increase sources faster and gain health faster. The time you took dying you could have done side missions to make Jin better and stronger. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had 2 stances at that point in time. I never do side missions on my first play threw of games. I always just do main missions on first play threw and than do a second play threw trying to do 100%.

[peter42O]

I'm 40 hours into the game on hard and just reached the second area a few hours ago and when I did, a few new "outposts/camps" popped up in the first area since I didn't liberate that area 100%.

I have all 4 stances but haven't upgraded any of them yet. I have mostly done stealth kills with the knife or bow and arrows. Sword wise, im better now then I was in the beginning since my sword is one upgrade away from being maxed out.

The camera is still my biggest issue. Just so damn frustrating sometimes. Other than that, the lack of "quality of life" stuff would be second. Like not being able to climb up/down anything and everything. It's so annoying. No actual waypoints on screen would also be part of that. Sometimes, im searching and searching and it's like, just give me the waypoint. lmao.

Tsushima will easily my highest rated game thus far of 2020 (expecting it to be a 9 overall) and be my current game of the year until at least November as I have to see how AC Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077 end up being for me.

[RockinDaMike]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smallville102001

I had 2 stances at that point in time. I never do side missions on my first play threw of games. I always just do main missions on first play threw and than do a second play threw trying to do 100%.

Yeah I hear you on that but main reason your dying is you don’t have all the stances unlocked. The side stuff does that and it makes it way easier to fight spear guys, big dudes and all that.


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[rudyjuly2]

Quote: Originally Posted by RockinDaMike

Yeah I hear you on that but main reason your dying is you don’t have all the stances unlocked. The side stuff does that and it makes it way easier to fight spear guys, big dudes and all that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, I was dying a lot on Normal at the very beginning of the game when I had no health or weapons besides my sword. I haven’t completed Act 1 yet and have 3 stances unlocked, 4 charms, have the long and short bow and all kinds of good Ghost weapons. I’ve upgraded a lot of my stuff too as I’m doing a lot of side stuff. I’m actually concerned the game isn’t scaling up fast enough with me as I am finding combat fairly easy now. Part is me getting better but I worry that it might get too easy.

[RockinDaMike]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

Yeah, I was dying a lot on Normal at the very beginning of the game when I had no health or weapons besides my sword. I haven’t completed Act 1 yet and have 3 stances unlocked, 4 charms, have the long and short bow and all kinds of good Ghost weapons. I’ve upgraded a lot of my stuff too as I’m doing a lot of side stuff. I’m actually concerned the game isn’t scaling up fast enough with me as I am finding combat fairly easy now. Part is me getting better but I worry that it might get too easy.

Yeah I been playing on hard with common battles but when it’s a huge one I die a lot even with everything upgraded.

I do have to use a lot of ghost stuff like smoke all the bombs if it gets super heavy where as before I can rely on just sword skills

Duels I have a hard time on hard. You have to be pretty quick and have the right charms on.

The enemies are getting tougher and tougher as I keep moving though.

Honestly I don’t know you can play the game without doing the side stuff along with the main story. You have to do the bamboo strikes to gain resolve and get technique points to improve all the stances. Also the charms make a huge difference in battles and gaining supplies to improve your weapons.


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[ch46647]

Quote: Originally Posted by RockinDaMike

Yeah I been playing on hard with common battles but when it’s a huge one I die a lot even with everything upgraded. I do have to use a lot of ghost stuff like smoke all the bombs if it gets super heavy where as before I can rely on just sword skills Duels I have a hard time on hard. You have to be pretty quick and have the right charms on. The enemies are getting tougher and tougher as I keep moving though. Honestly I don’t know you can play the game without doing the side stuff along with the main story. You have to do the bamboo strikes to gain resolve and get technique points to improve all the stances. Also the charms make a huge difference in battles and gaining supplies to improve your weapons. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Agree with this post. I’m playing on HARD and recently moved to Act 2, but I liberated all 25 locations in the first island, and completed all of the side quests.

Jin felt overpowered by the time I completed Act 1, but that is probably to be expected considering all the upgrades and added abilities I’ve earned since completing all of those side quests.

I noticed a pretty big jump in difficulty immediately after starting Act 2, and I died 10-15 times in my first duel on the beach (the duels are incredible in this game)

I do a couple things to try and keep the difficulty in line with my player upgrades:

1. Turn off the enemy health meter
2. I do not use the “focus” when using stealth. The focus is the listening mechanic from TLOU.
3. Try not to use charms that seem overpowered
4. The only two armor sets I use are the Traveler set and Tadayori Archer set

[mkharsh33]

Do playing on different skill levels open up things that the easiest level will not?

(Asking for....myself). Thanks

[RockinDaMike]

Quote: Originally Posted by mkharsh33

Do playing on different skill levels open up things that the easiest level will not? (Asking for....myself). Thanks

No not at all, difficultly level is just how well the AI fights.


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