When it was first revealed in October 2017, Sucker Punch Productions' upcomingGhost of Tsushimacaught a lot of attention for its stunning period recreation of Japan. A big departure from theinFamousseries, the upcoming open-world epic seemingly takes a lot of inspiration from classic samurai films and has delivered some amazing setpieces from what we’ve seen of the game so far. With its release now just over two months away, Sony gave us one of our best looks yet at the game with brand new gameplay footage.
Yesterday, Sony airedits latest State of Play presentation focused specifically onGhost of Tsushima. Running for about 20 minutes,the full broadcast gave us an extensive lookat many of the systems that players will utilize in Sucker Punch’s upcoming title. Over the course of the video, we saw a glimpse of the Guiding Winds, which players (as the protagonist, Jin) will rely on to navigate the world, while also taking a look at the game’s varying combat systems. In addition to that, we also saw some neat features that players will have to make the game feel more cinematic, such as an extensive photo mode and a black-and-white filter to make it feel like an actual, playable samurai film.
After what we saw from theGhost of TsushimaState of Play, we want to know what theDualShockerscommunity thought about the presentation.What did you think of the new gameplay footage? Did the footage show some new things that you didn’t know about the game? IsGhost of Tsushimaone of the games you are most looking forward to playing this year? Let us know in the comments below.
Personally, the new footage that we saw fromGhost of Tsushimahas me excited to finally experience what the game is all about. Compared to some of the other anticipated PS4 exclusives over the past few years,Ghost of Tsushimais a game that we hadn’t seen a ton from before, and it was nice to finally get a deep dive into how the samurai open-world title will play, and for the most part, the new State of Play broadcast delivered.
Overall, I’m very much looking forward toGhost of Tsushimawhen it releases, despitebeing pushed back by a monthfrom when we were originally expecting it. Some of the gameplay left me wanting a little more, and I’m concerned a bit that the open-world gameplay segments might look a little familiar with other open-world franchises likeAssassin’s Creed. That being said, the game’s setting and style are absolutely gorgeous, and I especially love all the nods and stylistic touches that pay homage to classic samurai films. As one of the PS4’s (presumably) final exclusives before the PS5 arrives later this year, so far, I’d say I’m all in onGhost of Tsushima.
Ghost of Tsushimawill release exclusively for PS4 on July 28, 2025.
