Ghost Of Tsushima was among the best video games of 2020—I gave it my GOTY award—and is without doubt one of the greatest open-world video games I’ve ever performed. Attractive graphics with a definite, colourful art-style mixed with wonderful voice-acting, brutal fight and a terrific story all conspired to make this one of many PS4’s greatest video games of all time, and it’s even higher on PS5.
Now we’re getting a Director’s Minimize with a bunch of recent content material and enhancements, plus some further perks for PlayStation 5 players. Right here’s every thing you must know.
Watch the trailer above to get a glimpse of the Director’s Minimize in motion, and skim on to search out out extra.
Watch The Trailer
Rattling that appears good. No shock there, after all, however rattling. Such a beautiful, trendy recreation.
Launch Date & Platforms
Ghost Of Tsushima Director’s Minimize releases on August twentieth. The sport is launching on each PS4 and PS5.
New Area: Iki Island
The brand new area in Ghost Of Tsushima’s first single-player enlargement included with the Director’s Minimize is Iki Island, one other island invaded by the Mongols throughout the identical time interval because the invasion of Tsushima.
This new island will function the situation for the sport’s new marketing campaign, replete with new Trophies to unlock and even some new animals you may pet in addition to new armor, mini-games, strategies and enemy varieties. Fairly candy.
As for the DLC marketing campaign’s story, we don’t know a lot. In keeping with Sucker Punch, Jin travels to Iki Island to analyze rumors of a Mongol power there and finds himself embroiled in a brand new battle with “deeply private stakes that may power him to relive some traumatic moments from his previous.”
Shade me intrigued.
PS5 Bonuses
One cool function within the PS5 model of the sport is Japanese lip-syncing which was notably absent within the PS4 model, although not likely a distraction in my ebook. “Due to the PS5’s potential to render cinematics in actual time, cutscenes in Ghost of Tsushima and on Iki Island on PS5 will now provide lip sync for Japanese voice over,” Sony informs us in a weblog publish on the Director’s Minimize.
The sport may also take full benefit of the DualSense controller’s haptic suggestions and different options, in addition to enhancements to 3D audio. Load occasions might be a lot quicker and the sport may have 4K choices and goal 60 fps. It’ll be quicker, prettier, extra fluid and sound higher on PS5 principally.
What About Non-Director’s Minimize Homeowners?
If you happen to already personal a replica of the sport on PS4 you may pre-order an improve to the Director’s Minimize for $19.99. If you happen to purchase the Director’s Minimize on PS4 you may improve to PS5 down the highway for $9.99. Since Sony is being fairly strict with the mathematics right here, upgrading immediately from the PS4 base recreation to the PS5 Director’s Minimize will price $29.99.
If you happen to don’t improve you’ll nonetheless get a number of the updates within the base recreation. Together with new Legends multiplayer updates, “All gamers will obtain a patch with some new accessibility choices for alternate controller layouts, in addition to the choice to allow a goal lock-on throughout fight. And for the one that tweets at us on a regular basis asking for an possibility to cover your quiver throughout gameplay: sure, we’ll be including that, too!”
Glad to see some humorousness from Sucker Punch right here. The patch will embody another stuff however we’re not aware about that simply but. Extra might be revealed nearer to launch.
Screenshots
Ghost Of Tsushima: Director’s Minimize
Credit score: Sucker Punch
Ghost Of Tsushima: Director’s Minimize
Credit score: Sucker Punch
Ghost Of Tsushima: Director’s Minimize
Credit score: Sucker Punch
Ghost Of Tsushima: Director’s Minimize
Credit score: Sucker Punch
Ghost Of Tsushima: Director’s Minimize
Credit score: Sucker Punch
Pre-Orders
Ghost Of Tsushima: Director’s Minimize
Credit score: Sucker Punch / Sony
As you may see, pre-ordering comes with a bunch of persk together with a digital artwork ebook, new songs from Iki Island and different digital goodies. This is without doubt one of the safer pre-orders on the market since everyone knows the sport is incredible and have little motive to imagine the enlargement might be any much less incredible. If you happen to pre-order now you’ll get entry to the bottom recreation instantly. It’s $69.99 on PS5 and $59.99 on PS4.
Transferring Progress
One superb piece of reports: If you happen to’ve already began a recreation file within the base recreation you may switch progress to the Director’s Minimize slightly than beginning over. So for those who do pre-order this and hop into the unique recreation, you gained’t need to redo something when the Director’s Minimize releases.
Ghost Of Tsushima: Director’s Minimize releases on August twentieth.
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