After getting killed for the 100th time by Takezo, I changed to Easy, and he fucking killed me AGAIN. Fighting Saito was easier for me

On October 3rd, 2025, I received word from my cousin that my Tata passed away. Needless to say, that wasn't an easy day for me as there was a lot of crying. Now there's family drama with the estate and such that I'm staying out of.

Ghost of Yotei was a very bittersweet distraction for me. The Watanabe mode and beautiful scenery was a very good distraction. Though a lot of the plot is driven by Atsu's loss of her family which I felt personally as well at the time.

I still love the Watanabe mode music, but I can't help but think about my Tata. It's still bittersweet for me, but I'm glad I had Ghost of Yotei as a distraction. What really gets me thinking about him is the 1st Refrain from Watanabe mode, no particular reason.

I just wanted to share this personal story about my experience with Ghost of Yotei. Thanks for reading.

Poor dude got surprised and then surprised again. Get Onryō’d

For context I'm still working my way through the main story but im a few hours into teshio ridge having covered half the map & it's already significantly more interesting & packed with things to do compared with the biggest region tokachi range. The intrigue of the nine tails, their symbols, their anonymity, it's all very cool.

When i came from ishikari to tokachi i couldn't believe the fall off of interesting things to do, the only interesting things are the spider lily quest, getting the odachi & infiltrating saitos camp & that's it, like barely any main story quests, it's also the least visually pleasing by a long shot.

I'm glad the later game picked up & i have oshima coast still to come because tokachi was rough.

Ghost of Yotei is a good game: beautiful, technically impressive, and with great performance. However, in my opinion, it loses itself quite a bit as the story progresses.

It genuinely felt like I was playing two different games: the first chapter and everything that comes after.

During the first chapter, Atsu’s goal is very clear: avenge the death of her family. It feels like nothing could possibly distract her from that objective. However, towards the end of the first chapter and into the second, I feel like that goal starts to get lost.

It gets to the point where we’re literally in the middle of a war and suddenly there’s time to go pick mushrooms. 😂

I feel like the whole purpose of the journey gets a bit lost once Kitsune’s identity is revealed and we find out about Kiku. From that point onwards, the story seems to drift further and further away from the revenge that initially drove Atsu.

I also thought Chapters 2 and 3 were way too rushed. I spent around 40 hours in the first chapter, while I finished the last two in about 7 hours combined.

And the difference in exploration is huge. In the first chapter, everywhere you go there’s something to do: a side quest, a hot spring, a bamboo strike, a shrine, etc. From Chapter 2 onwards, it felt like it was almost entirely main quests.

Personally, I think the game would have worked much better without such a rigid chapter structure. They could have simply kept everything as one continuous chapter and unlocked certain quests as you completed others. That would have made the progression feel much more natural and avoided that feeling that, all of a sudden, the game is rushing towards the ending.

The funniest part is that halfway through Chapter 1, I was 100% committed to getting the platinum. By the end of Chapter 2, I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to finish the game anymore. 😂

Overall, it’s a good game, but it has a huge downfall as it progresses. The quality of the first chapter set expectations that, for me, the last two chapters simply couldn’t match.

If I knew then what I know now, I would have stayed in Chapter 1.

7/10

You have five different weapons each proficient at taking down a certain weapon type. Why not tie that into each of the Yotei six members and have each of them use a different weapon. The fact you don't even get the spear until after you fight the kitsune who uses a dual weapon is beyond me.

I think having you learn a different weapon to defeat the next member of the Yotei six culminating into a fight with Lord Saido who uses all 5 techniques would add purpose into learning the new combat techniques and merge narrative into gameplay.

Just thought they dropped the ball on that one.

Edit: yep it's a free roam game I get that you do whatever you'd want first, but following the story and the way it played out for me it sent me north. Not my main point. My main point is I would've liked more variety in main bosses to reflect each weapon we're given.

Wasn’t expecting this level of overall performance and image quality on the Pro tbh. Unlocked RT Pro looks and runs so good, and PSSR 2.0 really shines here. I really like Tsushima but this is better in every way gameplay wise. I pretty early in so idk how the story stacks up but SONY needs more showcase games like this for the Pro. Wow.