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Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima is a 2020 open-world action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is set on the island of Tsushima in 1274, during the first Mongol invasion of Japan, and follows Jin Sakai, a young samurai who survives the massacre at Komoda Beach and then has to choose between the code of honour he was raised on and the dishonourable methods that might actually save his people. Combat is built around switching katana stances to break different enemy types, timed parries and standoff duels, backed by a stealth kit of assassinations, kunai, smoke bombs and darts, and the open world is liberated camp by camp across the three regions of Tsushima. A free co-op Legends mode and the paid Iki Island expansion were added after launch, and a Director's Cut plus a PC version followed.

• Stance Switching Katana Combat - Jin carries one katana but fights in four stances, each unlocked by killing Mongol leaders: Stone for swordsmen, Water for shield bearers, Wind for spearmen and Moon for heavy brutes. Matching the stance to the enemy type turns a slow exchange into a fast break, and stance upgrades add follow-up attacks that only fire on the correct target class.
• Standoff Duels and Resolve - Encounters often open with a standoff, a timing duel where a single well-read strike kills the first attacker outright. Damage taken and dealt builds Resolve, the meter that pays for healing and for the technique finishers, so aggression and survival draw on the same resource.
• Stealth, Assassination and the Ghost - Jin can crouch, hide in tall grass and assassinate through his tanto, then chain kills with Chain Assassination and Air Assassination. The Ghost reputation grows through these stealth kills and terrifies enemies, paying off mechanically through the Ghost Stance that unlocks late in the campaign.
• Ghost Weapons - A second weapon wheel holds thrown and utility tools: kunai, smoke bombs, sticky bombs, wind chimes, black powder bombs and blowgun darts. They are the answer to shields, to groups and to stealth openings, and they are the part of the kit that the samurai code explicitly forbids.
• Guiding Wind and Minimal HUD - The world is navigated by swiping for the Guiding Wind, which blows leaves and grass toward the current objective instead of drawing a minimap line. Exploration is rewarded by fox dens, haiku spots, hot springs, shrines and Inari charms rather than by a checklist of icons.
• Armour, Charms and Buildcraft - Each armour set carries perks that define a playstyle (archery, stealth, melee, health on kill) and is upgraded with supplies and materials, while charms and charm slots let a player stack smaller modifiers on top. Swapping armour before a fight is the main build decision outside the skill tree.
• Mythic Tales - Side stories framed as legends being told to Jin unlock signature techniques and armour, including the Heavenly Strike, the Dance of Wrath from the Six Blades of Kojiro and the Way of the Flame. They are the game's replacement for optional dungeons.
• Legends Co-op - A free post-launch mode that turns Tsushima into a four-player co-op horde and story experience with four classes (Samurai, Hunter, Ronin and Assassin), its own gear and difficulty tiers, and its own supernatural story about the kami of Tsushima.
• Iki Island Expansion - The Director's Cut adds a second island with its own story about Jin's father, Sarugami armour, the Eagle's shamanic Mongol force and hallucination sequences, plus the ability to revisit Tsushima with the new tools.
• Kurosawa Mode and Photo Mode - An optional black-and-white, film-grain presentation with Japanese audio honours Akira Kurosawa's samurai films, and the unusually deep photo mode became one of the game's most shared features.