some of these 60 metacritic scores are just baffleing...

Digitally Downloaded : "I found the moment-to-moment gameplay of Ghost of Tsushima to be excellent and massively entertaining, if a little derivative at this point in time – the open world genre as a whole does need some new ideas. Tsushima doesn’t do anything that will surprise you if you’ve played any of Sony’s other first party games in recent years, but it does it all in a way that’s as refined and sharp as a samurai’s blade, and that is fundamentally enjoyable." 6/10

Reasoning for a bad score? Wasn't american enough, didnt feel like it did "historical epic inspired by Kurosawa" well enough.
Its not supposed to be 100% fact.... its a game, its allowed to take liberties with history surely? Do they judge assasins creed by the same logic?


VGC - "Sucker Punch’s Kurosawa homage has atmosphere and sharp combat, but it's weighed down by the genre’s more perfunctory tropes."
(doesnt like open world games) so 6/10

VG247 - "It has its moments, but like Jin Sakai in the opening hours, the past holds it back. It’s Open World: The Video Game. It’s far too easy, too - the lack of consequence for failure makes it feel like you’re just going through the motions. If you’ll excuse the wind-based pun, it’s a breeze. While playing it, I often found my mind wandering. By the third and final act, I just wanted it to be over. Like the samurai, Ghost of Tsushima feels like a relic of a bygone era."

Wasnt challengeing enough for him (did he play on easy mode?), so he couldnt consentrate about the game? so 6/10.


Guardian - "Unlike Assassin’s Creed, which always uses its historical settings as stages for its own eccentric stories, Ghost of Tsushima sticks so closely to the tropes and storylines of classic samurai fiction that it sometimes forgets to have a personality of its own. After I caught myself repeatedly checking my phone out of boredom during the story missions, I decided to abandon them entirely for a while and had a great time chasing foxes, bathing in hot springs, composing deeply average haiku and climbing mountains in search of a legendary bow instead. This is the most beautiful version of Japan ever conjured in code, and when running errands and slashing Mongol spearmen to bits gets tedious, you can always just drink in the view."

hmm....

Isn't Tenchu one of those unrealistically hard stealth games? Like Splinter Cell or Thief?

I could see it ranging anywhere from 78 to 93 on Opencritic. So I'll split the difference, and predict 85/100.