{"id":45138,"date":"2020-07-16T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/?guid=343abf13e2017729d6ff4bf95ccb74aa"},"modified":"2020-07-16T12:00:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:00:01","slug":"i-love-ghost-of-tsushimas-kurosawa-mode-but-its-not-for-everybody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/07\/16\/i-love-ghost-of-tsushimas-kurosawa-mode-but-its-not-for-everybody\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love Ghost Of Tsushima\u2019s \u2018Kurosawa Mode,\u2019 But It\u2019s Not For Everybody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><meta name= \\\"keywords \\\" content= \\\"\u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f, \u6559\u80b2, IT \u96fb\u8166\u73ed,\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u73ed\uff0c \u5bb6\u6559\uff0c \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b\uff0c \u8cc7\u8a0a\u6280\u8853\uff0c \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8a2d\u8a08\uff0c \u96fb\u5b50\u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c \u904a\u6232\uff0c \u860b\u679c\uff0c \u96fb\u5f71\uff0c \u8a08\u7b97\u6a5f\uff0c\u7de8\u78bc\uff0c Java\uff0c C\/C++\uff0c JavaScript\uff0c PHP\uff0c HTML\uff0c CSS\uff0c MySQL\uff0c mobile\uff0c Android\uff0c \u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c Python\uff0c teacher\uff0c \u88dc\u7fd2\uff0c \u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2 \u8cc7\u8a0a, \u7535\u5b50\u8ba1\u7b97\u673a, IT ,Game, apple, movie, Computer,student,Java,\u6559\u80b2, ,\u5b66\u751f, \u5b66\u4e60, learn, \u6559\u5b66,  Android, apple,anime, animation, \u4fe1\u606f\u6280\u672f, \u7a0b\u5e8f\u8bbe\u8ba1, \u79fb\u52a8\u7535\u8bdd, \u8cc7\u8a0a\u79d1\u6280,Game, Jeu, Juego,Call Of Duty ,\u4f7f\u547d\u53ec\u559a , \u6e38\u620f, \u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f,, \u591a\u4eba\u7535\u5b50\u6e38\u620f, \u7f51\u7edc\u6e38\u620f\uff0conline\uff0conline game, \u624b\u673a\u6e38\u620f, mobile \\\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/body_default\/s3\/2020\/07\/15\/b694d385\/ghost-header.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"368\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"game-details\">\n<div class=\"game-details-publisher\">\n\t\t\t<b>Publisher:<\/b> Sony Interactive Entertainment\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"game-details-developer\">\n\t\t\t<b>Developer:<\/b> Sucker Punch Productions\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"game-details-release\">\n\t\t\t\t<b>Release:<\/b><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"00Z\" class=\"datetime\">July 17, 2020<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"game-details-platform\">\n\t\t\t<b>Platform:<\/b> PlayStation 4\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>I was already interested in Sucker Punch\u2019s samurai epic Ghost of Tsushima when I heard that it was, for all intents and purposes, the Assassin\u2019s Creed game set in Japan that fans of that series have been begging for. My enthusiasm scaled even higher in May, when Sony highlighted the game during a livestreamed event and revealed something I didn\u2019t even know I\u2019d wanted all along: Kurosawa mode. This setting gives players the option to play through the entirety of the adventure with black-and-white visuals, a weathered-film effect, and compressed sound evocative of \u201850s cinema. Coupled with subtitled Japanese voice acting, I was all in. Now, after spending several dozen hours playing Ghost of Tsushima almost exclusively in Kurosawa mode, I can report that it\u2019s about as good as I\u2019d hoped for \u2013 even though there are some caveats that I couldn\u2019t have anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Kurosawa mode is, in a word, breathtaking. Even though I doubt the game\u2019s visual design was cobbled together with black-and-white visuals in the front of the team\u2019s mind, you might be able to convince me otherwise. Vistas are striking and atmospheric, with events such as thunderstorms and dramatic showdowns losing little \u2013 if any \u2013 of their visual appeal. At least, that\u2019s what I\u2019m guessing. I turned the Kurosawa option on from the start, and aside from switching over to take some screenshots for this piece (and a few other moments we\u2019ll get to in a second), it\u2019s how I\u2019ve experienced everything so far.<\/p>\n<p><i>Click image thumbnails to view larger version<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/body_default\/s3\/2020\/07\/15\/cce35efb\/ghost_of_tsushima_20200713132500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"100\" border=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/entity_browser_thumbnail\/s3\/2020\/07\/15\/cce35efb\/ghost_of_tsushima_20200713132500.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/body_default\/s3\/2020\/07\/15\/4de23fdf\/ghost_of_tsushima_20200713132420.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"100\" border=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/entity_browser_thumbnail\/s3\/2020\/07\/15\/4de23fdf\/ghost_of_tsushima_20200713132420.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The visuals are an easy thing to spot, but the sound is also great. It\u2019s difficult to describe, but the sound range has been consciously crunched together to be a bit less dynamic than it would be otherwise. It\u2019s not tinny, but it\u2019s close. Certain effects, such as the wind, also have a more prominent position in the mix. Having just rewatched Seven Samurai in preparation for the game, the audio captures its soundscape remarkably well.<\/p>\n<p>If the sound and the visuals evoke old samurai movies, you can just turn Kurosawa mode on and enjoy, right? Well, mostly. A couple of things prevent me from making it an automatic recommendation, even for fans of samurai cinema. I won\u2019t get into any spoilers (I promise!), but I will outline a general type of mission in a completely vague way that shouldn\u2019t ruin anything for you.<br \/>\nThere are a couple of missions (they call them \u201ctales\u201d here) during the first of Ghost\u2019s three acts that have you track down a location using visual clues. Love it. Well, that is, I loved it until the text \u201cSearch for violet flowers\u201d appeared on my mission objectives. Violet flowers? Umm, OK? I wandered around in the plains for several minutes, and occasionally the tale text would change slightly to following the trail of flowers. Then I\u2019d get off track (a track, I should note, I wasn\u2019t sure when I was on in the first place) and have to \u201cfind\u201d the flowers again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/body_default\/s3\/2020\/07\/15\/b50a1d31\/purdy_flars.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>To be fair, these specific flowers are distinct from the other grasses, flowers, and vegetation in the area when you do know what to look for \u2013 but getting that far is a long shot. Eventually, I had to turn colors on just to get a clue of where I should be heading. That\u2019s not the biggest problem I\u2019ve encountered in a game, to be fair, but it was annoying. In a sense, I was as helpless as I would have been if Sucker Punch decided not to subtitle the Japanese in a particular cutscene.<\/p>\n<p>The bigger issue that I\u2019ve come across is a matter of life and death \u2013 at least within the context of the game. Combat in Ghost of Tsushima is based on stances, counters, parries, and dodges. It\u2019s pretty standard stuff, though I think the way you can change stances mid-fight gives a nice sensation of combat mastery. Anyway, enemy attacks give off an X or slash-shaped flash when they\u2019re either unblockable or can be parried. When you\u2019re playing traditionally, these flashes are either red or blue. In Kurosawa mode, they\u2019re \u2026 white X or slash-shaped flashes. Without that additional layer of color information, it makes it tricky to fight effectively \u2013 or at least that\u2019s been my own personal experience.<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/body_default\/s3\/2020\/07\/15\/f81428bf\/ghost_of_tsushima_20200712100104.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>This particularly noticeable when fighting enemies such as spearmen, who can finish you off quickly if you don\u2019t get out of the way or knock their spears aside with your sword. You can eventually unlock an ability that lets you parry their otherwise unblockable attacks, which makes these encounters much easier to handle. But in crowded fights when you have different enemy types firing off a variety of attacks you can parry or dodge, it is effectively impossible to parse which counter you should perform. I\u2019ve relied on dodge-rolling much more than I suspect I would have if I\u2019d started playing with that extra visual information; rolling will help you avoid damage in both cases, though you lose out on the chance to deal satisfying lethal blows after throwing the enemy off-guard with a perfect parry.<\/p>\n<p>Just as an aside, since we\u2019re talking about combat, I was a little disappointed that Kurosawa mode doesn\u2019t also enable or give the option of adding the comically powerful geysers of blood that originated in the director\u2019s 1962 film Sanjuro. We can always hope something along those lines comes in a later update. OK, maybe not.<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/body_default\/s3\/2020\/07\/15\/06c28d65\/ghost_of_tsushima_20200710092254.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/review\/ghost-of-tsushima\/ghost-of-tsushima-review-a-most-honorable-epic\">Matt Miller reviewed<\/a> Ghost of Tsushima for us, he marveled at the beautiful color palette and exaggerated natural beauty. I think both of us agree on the latter point, even if I\u2019m not fully equipped to talk about Ghost\u2019s use of the color spectrum. There are moments, such as going through a grove of drifting cherry blossoms, which translate perfectly well. Other locations are inarguably beautiful, even if I can\u2019t appreciate why. When I was capturing screens, for example, I was stunned to see that the grasslands that I\u2019d been traveling for hours were a striking jade hue and not the golden wheat-like color that I\u2019d imagined. Knowing that doesn\u2019t add to my appreciation of the game or detract from it. It just is.<\/p>\n<p>At a minimum, I\u2019d recommend that everyone give Kurosawa mode a shot, with or without the Japanese audio option. It\u2019s really worth experiencing, if only for a short while. Even with my criticisms, I plan on sticking with it, knowing full well that it\u2019s a choice that may make my experience a little tricky at times. Worst-case scenario, I can always turn on the color when necessary. 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