PlayStation Nation |OT| Playing Astro Bot on the Horizon Until Dawn

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twintail said:

I've been playing Ghost of Tsushima these last couple of weeks and I have to say that this game is just incredible. I love it so much. Just did this quest for some demon bow and damn, just didn't expect the journey it would take you on.

IT's such a weird thing to see a 'sleeper hit' be a game that sold like 9 million copies. It got mid-tier reviews but EVERYONE I know who plays it is in love with it. I think the Ps4 version got like a 9.3 user rating on Metacritic and I agree with that a lot more than the 83 critic score...but I also agree with the critic score. 

Why? Well, I agree with the criticism. I think it's a lot of busy work, it's a lot of empty, open space, and I do think it's a touch too long. but you know what? The combat, the story, and the world building is all so damn good I don't care. IT's an amazing game from top to bottom and it gets more and more involving the longer you go. A truly great game. I hear there's some STRONG rumours of a sequel and while I'm not convinced it's necessary, I'm totally down for it. 

BasilZero said:

So how is the game, I've never really looked at any gameplay or trailers of it.

Is it a action hack and slash type of game or like a Souls game (lite version of it)?

IT's...hard to say. I wouldn't call it souls-like at all but it is an action adventure game with a heavy emphasis on combat. I know it doesn't SOUND Flattering but it's got a lot of Assassin's Creed DNA in there...if Assassin's Creed ever grew balls and went for a samurai/ninja setting. It's KINDA like that but unique enough to not be a deterrent if you're not a fan of Assassin's Creed. the combat, for example, is FAR better than any Assassin's Creed. Weighty and rewarding, but still satisfying and challenging in equal measure, which is Probably why you thought it was souls-like even though it's not that similar.