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Fox also mentioned in a follow-up group Q&A that they have spent a lot of time attempting to find a way to do justice to the samurai and people who suffered during the real-life Mongol invasions of Japan in the late 13th century. However, Ghost of Tsushima , while based on a real invasion, is a fictionalized story - and the names of all the samurai in the game have had their names changed in order to honor those that died on the beaches during the Mongolian invasAuthenticity to the period and setting were one of Sucker Punch’s key objectives when building the game. The team traveled to Japan to study the environment and architecture of the time and took that knowledge to develop a stunning game. From the thick forests to the lush moss growing on rocks to the fields of wheat that blow in the wind, Ghost of Tsushima is a gorgeous game to behold. To add additional authenticity to the world, the demo was played with Japanese audio, an option that will be available players at launch. The conversation then moved to a wider discussion about how AAA games should be more creative and unique when choosing new settings. While Nate Fox thinks recent Tsushimalegend.com blog post Sony first-party releases like Horizon: Zero Dawn and God of War did a good job at bringing players someplace new, he acknowledges the fact that there's a lot of room for expans Perhaps Sony wasn't thinking with its wallet in mind, but the release did set a precedent for the future. Games released towards the end of a console's lifecycle now had the potential to show up in enhanced form on that console's successor. Rockstar Games even seemed to take this lesson to heart by releasing Grand Theft Auto V roughly a year after its last-generation debut for both PS4 and Xbox In Blasphemous, you will explore the ravaged and haunting land of Cvstodia as the Penitent One. What makes this game so darn good is the moment-to-moment gameplay mechanics. The platforming, the combat, the exploration, and the RPG elements are all finely tuned and solid. Make no mistake; much like Sekiro, this game will punish you around every corner, which seems to tie into the dark narrat Last week, a trailer for Kingdom Hearts 3's DLC was posted early , showcasing new playable characters and some Final Fantasy additions. The trailer was officially shown off during State of Play. Kingdom Hearts 3 Re Mind will come out on January 23, 2From a gameplay perspective, Ghost of Tsushima is a departure from the Infamous franchise. While those games were all about continuously moving around the battlefield, Ghost of Tsushima is more about studying enemy movement, parrying and attacking when finding an opening. Melee combat becomes more nuanced when fighting 1v1, as shown in the final fight with his fallen comrade, Masako. Sucker Punch commented that they’re pulling heavily from Japanese cinema like Yojimbo for the combat. Unfortunately, the HUD was turned making it difficult to determine how exactly the game plays. When confronted, Sucker Punch didn’t explicitly compare combat to any other game on the market but did admit it has elements similar to the Batman Arkham and Middle-earth games. Sony's final State of Play for 2019 featured several new and interesting trailers, some of which are brand new announcements. The show took place quite early and went by quite fast, but we have rounded up the coolest announcements for you in case you missed There aren't too many compelling reasons to upgrade to the PlayStation 5, with very few titles able to make the most of the system's raw power . Thankfully though, adopters can at least enjoy this fantastic remake of From Software's Demon's Souls while they wait for the console's catalog of games to fill As good as Sekiro is, it is still only one game, and fans may be left feeling a desire for more. Thankfully there are other games that can give you that same feeling of challenge and accomplishment. Here are some of the best games like Sek Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice by From Software is a game about overcoming challenges. In this action-adventure game, you must accomplish your goals and the goals of your master as you face more and more difficult foes. But it is exactly this challenge and the subsequent feeling of accomplishment that players revel Fast forward about six months after the PS4 released and Sony announced during E3 2014 that The Last of Us Remastered would be hitting the console in one month. It was a move many anticipated before the PS4's launch, but one that also left a sour taste in some's mouths. Sony was now giving us the "better" version of the game instead of holding back the initial release to coincide with its next-gen launch. Was the game simply not ready for the PS4 in November, or did Sony know it could get away with charging tw While this premise and story are much different than anything Sucker Punch has worked on before, Nate Fox finds something romantic about feudal Japan and believes it to be a setting underused by western develop