Recording summary · July 2020
Ghosts of Tsushima is a TERRIBLE Video Game
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Overview
Daniel reviews Ghost of Tsushima, calling it an overrated game reminiscent of The Witcher 3 with Japanese themes and giving it an overall rating of 2.8 out of 10.
Daniel criticizes multiple facets of the game, including an unfamiliar title, graphical fidelity rated at 2.9 out of 10 compared to the outdoors, immersion breaks caused by Zoro's voice actor, impractical shoulder armor, and unoriginal third-person combat amid genre oversaturation.
Daniel disapproves of repetitive pre-made death animations lacking ragdoll physics or decapitations, and regards the horse summoning, travel, Mongol invasion storyline, and side quests as generic tropes.
Themes
Overall assessment and rating of Ghost of Tsushima.
Game title critique and alternate naming suggestion.
Graphics, protagonist design, and voice acting critiques.
Combat mechanics, animations, physics, and gameplay tropes.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether Daniel has actually played Ghost of Tsushima remains ambiguous due to describing it as an overrated game never played while presenting first-person evaluation.
The extent of Daniel's knowledge about the plot of Ghost of Tsushima is unclear beyond basic premises such as battling invading Mongols.