PETER HOSKIN Reviews Ghost Of Tsushima - Director apos;s Cut

Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut (, £69.99 or £15.99 upgrade)
Verdict: Open-world perfection
Rating:
Gosh, would you look at that leaf tumbling in the wind .

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Sorry, got a bit distracted there. Where to start?
Ghost of Tsushima arrived at a strange time: it was first released for the playstation 5 4 last summer, just as everyone was saving up for playstation 5 the PlayStation 5.
The main addition of this director's cut is Iki Island, a new landmass for your character to roam and to protect against Mongol invaders

In the past, when console generations were more defined, that might have spelt death for this fantastic Samurai epic. 
These days, it gets to live on. Only a year later, there's a 'director's cut' with extra material for PS4 and, especially, PS5.
The main addition is Iki Island, a new landmass for your character to roam and to protect against Mongol invaders. 
PS5 owners are also treated to faster load times, special rumblings from their controllers and various graphical improvements.



It makes a visually arresting game even more .

. . arresting. I'd break from the action every few feet just to watch the autumnal light playing through the trees.
I'd become transfixed by leaves and their aerial acrobatics.
If Ghost of Tsushima has a problem, it is its similarity to other games: here is yet another open-world adventure in which you slash or playstation 5 stealth your way to completing every task on a map. 
Just like The Witcher 3 or Assassin's Creed, then. But it is such a refined experience, in everything from its story to its score, that it stands as a paragon of the genre.

Now let me return to my gawping.

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