‘Ghost of Tsushima’ review: Sending off the PS4 in style

[Jacob Siegal]

• Ghost of Tsushima is an open-world, action-adventure game from Sucker Punch Productions about a samurai that must save his homeland from the invading Mongol Empire.
• Sucker Punch is best known for the Sly Cooper and Infamous franchises.
• Ghost of Tsushima will be available for PS4 on July 17th, 2020.

Ghost of Tsushima is only the second full-length title developed by Sucker Punch Productions for the PlayStation 4, but it’s also the last major first-party exclusive made for the console ahead of the launch of the PlayStation 5. There’s obviously no way the team at Sucker Punch knew this would be the case when development on the game began, but it’s a fitting send-off for one of the most successful video game consoles of all time.

Sucker Punch is best known for Sly Cooper -- a franchise about a thieving raccoon with a heart of gold -- and Infamous -- an open-world action-adventure series with a superpowered protagonist. Ghost of Tsushima draws from both, but as fun as those games are to play, the reason that Sucker Punch has been one of my favorite developers for nearly two decades is because their storytelling chops match their game design strengths. And Ghost of Tsushima features, without question, the most serious and dramatic story the studio has ever told.

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