During an interview with GameSpot director Nate Fox revealed that acting stealthy like a Ghost actually impacts the weather in Ghost of Tsushima.
Fox said during an interview with GameSpot’s Jordan Ramée, “The game is definitely scripted to provide more storms as you do things which are extremely Ghost driven.” This is likely a pathetic fallacy, a change in the weather, or an inanimate object that resembles one’s emotions. In Ghost of Tsushima, the main protagonist Jin Sakai struggles to contradict his samurai honor-bound mentality with attacks from behind. This is a big internal conflict that seems to be represented in the game’s weather.
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The beauty of Ghost of Tsushima is how important the environment is to Jin’s journey. The wind guides him on where to go, foxes lead the way to an upgrade, and we now know the weather changes from Jin’s actions. It also has 3 million trees in the game! It’s an incredibly stunning game set in Japan made by American developers. Ghost of Tsushima even impressed a big Japanese video game outlet in Japan called Famitsu, which gave the game a perfect score.
And it hasn’t just amassed the interest of the Japanese media. Ghost of Tsushima became the #1 top selling game in the U.K and reviewed well across Western publications for its wonderous graphics and combat systems.
Sucker Punch has a history of conflicted characters in their games. The inFAMOUS series has a moral system between good and evil. Depending on your actions in the games, you will get different endings and certain allies could turn on you. These superhero titles played around with the idea of how to use your powers correctly and how they can be incredibly dangerous in the wrong hands.
Ghost of Tsushima’s storytelling blends well with the gameplay. For example, when an air assassination is pulled off, Jin gets a flashback of his uncle telling him that criminals attack from behind. Jin then says sorry, knowing what he’s doing is dishonorable to the clan. On the other side, Jin is trying to comprehend a new form of combat rather than a full-frontal assault that failed him and the samurai against the huge Mongol army. He thinks becoming a ghost might be the only way to save Tsushima from its invaders.
Source: GameSpot
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