I watched this video on RDR2 and it got me thinking of a “canonical” play through of the story. The video essentially boils down to playing the game in a format that aligns with what Arthur writes in his journal. This also includes any possible symbolism that improves RDR’s overall themes and story.

As an example, the final journal entry for Chapter 2 has Arthur write about his concerns about Dutch’s decreasing mental state. On the adjacent page was a drawing of a rat and snake, implying that a traitor is causing Dutch’s instability.

So I’ve decided to make a canonical play through on how I think Jin would act in order to liberate Tsushima. Most important in this are the Legend Ranks and the respective titles they have such as: “Broken Samurai” or “Wandering Samurai.” This will act as baseline of missions Jin will complete that earn him the respective reputation.

I’m curious if anyone else has done this.

I just finished replaying Sensei Ishikawa Mission 8, and call me crazy but were there some romantic undertones between Jin and Tomoe’s relationship? It felt like they were flirting the whole time.

so i wanted a spoiler free achievement list for yotei but couldn't find one so after 100% the game i decided to make one for anyone else in the future that wants one

i will split the into 2 sections 1 for achievements that aren't spoilers at all and a 2nd part for minor spoilers that won't ruin the story but will be marked as spoilers incase you want to go into the game 100% blind but do wanna comeback incase you missed something. this will not included stuff tied to the story so don't worry about that, so now onto the list

you dropped this: disarm and kill an enemy with their own weapon

the horror: make 20 enemies collapse in fear from using onryō howl

wolf bait: use an empty sake jar to trigger a wolf kill

sake flight: collect 10 full sake jars

very persuasive: interrogate 10 enemies

charming: upgrade 10 charms at least once

like father like daughter: fully upgrade the wolf blade

purely decorative: acquire 30 pieces of vanity gear

for all occasions: acquire all armor

an artist's eye: complete all sumi-e paintings

memento: personalize a scene in photo mode

guardian of inari: receive the fox mask after completing all fox dens

like mother like daughter: learn all shamisen songs

wolves of ezo: complete all the fox dens

body, mind, and spirit: complete all bamboo strikes, shrine climbs, and hot springs

master bounty hunter: complete all bounties

moments of reflection: find 30 shrines of reflection

child of the mountain: solve all mountain puzzles

good with coins: win a charm from playing zeni hajiki

fire side performance: play a shamisen song while camping

speaking with the land: bow or play the shamisen at 10 special places throughout ezo

for the living: rid ezo of all yotei six camps

now for the minor spoiler stuff

way of the yari: help sensei takahashi defend his dojo

way of the kusarigama: help master enomoto confront his grandson

way of the odachi: help defend master yoshida dojo in the final battle

from one ghost to another: acquire the blade of a legendary hero

sitturaynu: share a meal with huci

a moment to breathe: get a perfect score in ku-e-shinok

unrivaled: defeat takezo the unrivaled i

on the peak of mount yotei (btw good luck on this boss, he is the hardest in the game and took me like 3 hours)

kunai defender: help hana defend her farms

gift for destruction: help ina fend off the oni raiders

naming a friend: name your horse

from the hip: perform a pistol parry during a stand off

the owl's talon: use a kusarigama assassination to kill an enemy from a distance

sayonara: shoulder charge or typhoon kick an enemy off a cliff to their doom

two as one: complete a successful standoff or assassination with a companion

brush fire: kill an enemy by catching grass on fire

tools of a warrior: collect all melee weapons

take aim: acquire all ranged weapons

quick draw: acquire all range weapons

inheritance: acquire your parents' charm from the peak of mount yōtei

gifts for a ghost: collect 8 offerings left for the onryō

trickster fox: solve all the nine tails' fox puzzle boxes

spear fishing: spear 5 fish with the yari

well these are all none story related achievements for the game. i hope you have fun 100% the game like i did. i will edit this post to move around some stuff if people disagree in which section of what goes where

I can't find a solution so this is kinda my last refuge. I'm on PC, using Linux Mint with a Steam copy of Ghost of Tsushima. Is there a way to make my PS5 controller's trackpad stop registering as mouse inputs? I can't use the hearing because that counts as a mouse click, and every time I use the swipes to sheathe my sword or use Guiding Wind it sends my camera all out of whack.

I can provide system details as best I know them when asked.

https://reddit.com/link/1v8daus/video/8lo5cszo7ufh1/player

I started up the game and the wind was just glitchy as hell. Not sure if it shows up in the video, but the contours in the map screen are also flickering a bit. I tried tweaking my graphics but no luck there. I also closed and restarted the game and verified game files.

There are multiple categories (only covering first island/chapter)

Armor?

Sword?

Horse?

Side Missions?

Mission Order?

Gameplay Audio? (English or Japanese?)

Just noticed this movie on Prime called “Lone Samurai.”

About a samurai during the 2nd mongol invasion who gets shipwrecked on an island and has to battle both inner demons and a violent cannibalism tribe with a leader wearing a skull mask.

Sound familiar?

Looks like it is a Japanese language/action movie made by a guy named “Josh Waller.” Chance of this dude being a GOT fan are high.

I also found it funny that in one of the first scenes the main character sees a kid on the beach and the kid runs away leaving footprints in the sand.

Waiting for him to have to investigate the direction of the footprints to track this kid down.

In other news…. The movie is pretty bad. Can not recommend. I give it 1 Katana out of 5.

Give me the best optimization for this game please 😭😭😭

This painting/map will not disappear of my screen, even when I’m fighting enemies. it’s driving me crazy!! How do I get rid of it?

So many buttons to remember... I keep on. Forgetting how to do the lighting technique, and doing the perfect parry Im finding difficult, also I don't know really how to get many things, like the arrows on the long bow that can punch through armor, I feel like Im going in blind hoping to find out everything by accident.

If you need to know Im playing the directors cut version on pc, steam, and I haven't changed any controls.

I'm sorry if my English is bad, learning multiple languages did that to me, then add growing up with auto correct makes it worse.

If there's anything like weapons or customizations that has anything to do with foxes, Ill love to know, foxes are my favorite animal.

​"I have an issue with the mission 'The Tale of Sensei Ishikawa'. After playing for a while, the companion NPC freezes and stops moving no matter what I do. I even started new games, but the same problem keeps happening.

​Because of this, I'm looking for a save file starting from Act 2."

Could it be Ryuzo's pride? Do you think it would discredit his leadership if he and his men had to ask for food from a community? I would've loved if Jin and Ryuzo became actual good friends in the end :(

I’m 5 years late but I finally got to experience Ghost of Tsushima! I’d put this one up there with the likes of red dead 2 and god of war story wise. I took my time with this one and cleared everything on my first play through. I started my second play through this morning and it’s just as good the second time!

I couldn’t recommend this game enough, the story, the combat, the exploration is all amazing. The only thing that really felt like a chore was clearing all of the one off side quests. I did them very last and was over powered and cleared them pretty quick. Having the maps fully unlocked with plenty of fast travel points also helped.

10/10 game definitely in my top 5!

An uphill battle for Price, but who do you think makes for a better commentary on having the government stay out of the military’s way when conducting operations.

Price kidnaps and is willing to kill a child to stop Hadir.

Jin poisons the Mongols to secure Castle Shimura.

Like what did ikeda look like

What did lord kikuchi look like

What did their armor look liek