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Yakuza Director Heaps Praise on Ghost of Tsushima, Laments Restrictions of Japanese Game Development

Toshihiro Nagoshi the charismatic and colourful character behind the Yakuza series, has spoken at length about his appreciation for the recently released PS4 exclusive, Ghost of Tsushima. Despite being set on the Japanese island of the same name, Ghost of Tsushima was developed by Bellevue-based studio Sucker Punch, and Nagoshi thinks that Westerners sometimes have a knack for pleasing Japanese audiences.

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morganfell1458d ago

"There’s like a notion that Westerners don’t understand things (about Japan), but that hypothesis itself is mistaken,"

Another stick in the eye to these pandering journalists caterwauling over a Western company making a game about Japan.

There was an idea mentioned in the Ghost of Tsushima Bonus material for the Collector's Edition. I'll expand on that. An Italian Director, copying a Japanese Director, made movies in Spain...about the American Old West. And they are some of the most memorable movies in the Western genre. Commonly referred to as Spaghetti Westerns and the formula was perfected by Sergio Leone.

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isarai1458d ago

Well it goes both ways, and if you're someone who like Japanese games and pays attention to the industry it's infuriating as hell with how many times they censor, alter, or redact things from their games because westerners "wouldn't understand". i'm not even talking just sexualized things. Entire activities, missions, and levels have been cut from games because westerners "wouldn't understand". I remember they cut the gambling den and hostess club from yakuza 3-4 because of that. Hell often we just don't get entire games because of that mindset, it's aggravating

Hakuoro1458d ago

Only 3 cut the hostess part. Yakuza 4 has the hostess clubs.

isarai1458d ago

Yeah my bad, haven't played 3/4 in a while, wasn't sure which one, still, twas dumb

RgR1457d ago

That censorship is done by corporations not by demand from actual western gamers.

The idea that we wouldn't understand is their own interpretation and isn't necessarily a reality.

RgR1457d ago

Unfortunately journalists nowadays are more into inserting politics and division than true journalism.

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Bathyj1457d ago

I honestly don't think any Japanese developer would have done a better job than Sucker Punch did. They got every mark.

Can I just shout out how good the bamboo strikes feel. I think I only ever did one of them on my first attempt. Most took multiple tries. But when you nailed it and it cut through smooth man it felt so good.

Elda1457d ago

Agreed. When I finally got it & would have a "YES!" smile on my face.

RgR1457d ago

They feel very good.
I also like that it does require some practice.
The failure of cutting thru them also felt satisfying to me.like when it stops at that last bamboo...there are also two different failing animations.

Bathyj1457d ago

If it was easy it wouldn't make you Samarai

Nanas1457d ago

Japanese devs don't have the money or manpower to do real AAA stuff.

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ShadowWolf7121457d ago

Capcom and Square Enix say hi.

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Christopher1457d ago (Edited 1457d ago )

It was always the ones that mixed multiple buttons with L1 that got me for the full 7 bamboo strikes. What helped me was turning it into a musical beat process in my head similar to DDR.

Edit: And 100% agree with your assessment that this game feels like an homage to 50s/60s era Samurai cinema. I wish they had more time to flesh out some of the side quests more and get rid of a few others, it would have been an even better presentation. But, the Tales were really well done and the ending is beautiful in its presentation and visual aspects.

I hope everyone chose the path of Honor at the end.

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RgR1457d ago

Glad to see a Japanese dev speak truth to the actual haters out there who don't think other people can correctly represent other cultures.
This belief divides cultures and people and does not unite anything or anyone.

Nanas1457d ago

tl;dr marketing people keep saying we can't do things

Sooooooooooo stop listening to the dumbass marketing people? Having middle-aged guys as protags works out totally fine even in Japan, look at anime like Tiger & Bunny or manga like After the Rain.

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Ghost of Tsushima Update 2.24 Enables Matchmaking Between Consoles and PC This July 16

Players will be able to download Ghost of Tsushima update 2.24 (PS5 version 2.024) this July 16, and this is for the Legends multiplayer mode.

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AMD FSR 3.1 Frame Gen 15% Faster than DLSS 3.5: Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon Forbidden West

Nixxes just added FSR 3.1 to all recent Sony titles on PC. This update improves quality and temporal stability while boosting frame rates by up to 10%. It also allows you to pair AMD’s open-source (works on everything) frame generation with DLSS-based upscaling.

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DarXyde25d ago

I'm genuinely curious on results when stacking DLSS+FSR. I imagine it will create some inconsistencies but I haven't seen any circumstance where they're paired.

Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough because something like this would definitely be tested and analyzed.

DustMan25d ago

DLSS plus AMD frame Gen can be used together via a mod that's easy to install on most games that support DLSS 3.0. It's a difference maker and both work very well in tandem with each other. I can see it being implemented moving forward as the Frame Generation aspect of FSR does not need to be coupled with it's it's upscaling tech. That said. FSR is getting better with each and every upgrade. Honestly it's getting hard for me to see a difference at this point with my 40 year old eyes.

Started up Last of Us, and honestly I had a really hard time finding quality issues with the new FSR vs DLSS. Yes. DLSS has an edge, slightly noticeable when you stop moving and analyze all the details. However I'm not playing games to simply judge the games fidelity.

If AMD can figure out how to beef up their Ray Tracing performance they'll really be on to something. I personally will find it difficult to buy another Nvidia GPU when I fear a set of features will be locked behind a paywall in 2 or 3 years.

Zeref25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

It shouldn't be a problem at all. The tech is completely independent of eachother. If NVIDIA wanted to they could do the same.

ED20225d ago

Yea and fsr looking horrible while dlss is no brainer looks like native+ without amd pixelation,shimmering and ghosting. Nvidia and sony did good job on horizon fbw it looks increbile and play maxed out 4k visuals(with dlss quality) 120fps

DustMan25d ago

I have a 3080, and the difference is becoming less and less apparent. Not saying FSR is perfect yet, but It's improving bit by bit with every update. Depending on your setup the difference is really becoming negligible, and in a couple years AMD's equivalent will be just as viable. Won't need to buy a new GPU to take advantage of it either.

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Games like Ghost of Tsushima you don't want to miss out on

Love Ghost of Tsushima? Explore similar games with exciting combat, epic adventures, and dangerous worlds to conquer.

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