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Ghost of Tsushima - Director's Cut on the PlayStation 5 is definitely the best version of Sucker Punchs Samurai adventure. Technically, the game on the new console generation puts the latte a little higher: shorter loading times, more stable frame rate and a total sharpness presentation convince. The dualSense functions also have a positive effect on the middle feel. The story extension The island Iki inserts well into the game world. Nobody should expect serious playful innovations. The island trip plays close to nuances as well as the main program. In short: Who has left Ghost of Tsushima so far should strike directly at the Director Cut .

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The Ghost of Tsushima published in July 2020 is one of the last major exclusive plays for PlayStation 4. In the test, the adventures of the Samurai Jin Sakai with the unused scenario, fighting the fleets and the excellent presentation. On the other hand, the co-missions and the design of the open game world Tsushima came away less well. Nevertheless, the action game developed by Sucker Punch Productions (known by title as infamous ) promised to the crowd pleaser. On August 20, 2021, Ghost of Tsushima - Director's Cut for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Away from the new island Iki, however, the Director's Cut brings mainly benefits to the current console generation.

What does the Director's Cut cost?

In contrast to earlier PS5 upgrades, the game data transfer works easily and quickly with Ghost of Tsushima . Already in the main menu, the old game level can be selected and imported by pressing a button. The price model behind the Director's Cut is less clear. Do you have the PlayStation 4 version and want to upgrade this to the PS4 Director's Cut ? Then it costs the 19.99 euros. If you buy a PlayStation 5 in the detesta, you want the exclusive hardware features, lags that with 9.99 euros to beech. If you would like to upgrade from the PS4 standard version on the Director's Cut of the PlayStation 5, it will eventually cost 29.99 euros. In it, not only the PS5 functions, but also the extension The island IKI are included. The full version of the Director's Cut costs € 69.99 for the PlayStation 4 and 79.99 euros for the PlayStation 5. quite complicated!

Better on the new console generation

The game benefits on the PlayStation 5 significantly from the upgrade. Thus, Tsushima shines in 4K resolution in a frame rate of 60 frames per second. Especially the fast struggles are better controllable and overall the picture on the new console generation is quieter and atmospheric. For this purpose, Ghost of Tsushima supports the functions of the dualSense controller. While the adaptive triggers are more secondary in the use of arrow and bow or gripping hooks, the game is noticeably added to immersion through haptic feedback and dynamic vibration effects. Ride with Jin through the landscape, the effects adapt to the substrate. So rocks feel significantly different than meadows or even swamps. In addition, cute gimmers like bonding vibrating when collecting experience points.

In the audio department, Ghost of Tsushima supports 3D sounds on stereo headphones and makes use of the internal controller speaker at certain points. For all versions thanks to a free update NEW: In contrast to the old version, you can now target opponents and take a focus. This makes it easier to make individual fights noticeably, but they meet groups, change will continue to be confusing. In these moments they come better without this function.

Fight against the eagle strain

The most important innovation represents the story enlargement The Island Iki . This abducts it to a lying in the southeast of the game world, on which Mongols have also widely. Hero Jin Sakai is fighting not only with the eagle stem and its leader, but also goes to the search for the murderers of his father. The story extends over four to six hours and provides exciting entertainment in the style of the main game. Especially good please like the repeated flashback and dream sequences. Playfully, the extension remains faithful to the main game and only brings a few subtle innovations.

With her horse, for example, they now carry out a storm attack, which costs resolve energy, but enormous damage to enemy soldiers. In the fight they meet new opponent types like shamans that strengthen their adversaries and thus represent a great danger. The missions change again between tremendous battles and the quiet infiltration of Mongolian bearings. The island of Iki thus remains true to the line of Ghost of Tsushima and keeps the quality of the original. In addition, the smaller environment puzzles occur positively when exploring shrines and the properly written co-missions. There are also mini games like sword fighting and firing competitions as well as meditation points where they play for cats flute. As a reward, they receive talismans and allowed to fell the fur noses (at least virtual) a little.

The legends live

With the Director's Cut , PS5 players are also increasing multiplayer options in the legend mode. These appeared in October 2020 for PlayStation 4. For owners of Ghost of Tsushima this game option is free. Who has no interest in the main game, acquires legend mode separately for 19.99 euros. Ghost of Tsushima supports the cross-generation option, so PS4 and PS5-Samurai compete with each other. In addition, Sucker Punch Productions to start the Director's Cut once again fits the online options: How to integrate from JINS STORY and the new game + conquered cosmetic items, adjusts the game balance and integrates an extension of the reward system.

The result can be seen: legends turns out to be in the Director's Cut as a lousy extension of the solo adventure. With four character classes, nine story missions for two players and horde inserts for four participants is well positioned Ghost of Tsushima . Important: The legend mode takes some changes on the solo gameplay. For example, the Samurai no longer suffer a fall for a fall. On the other hand, however, use them through parades and silent switched off achieved determination in special maneuvers. Life energy regenerate through the beating stationary sky. Also, there are hardly any collection objects to stop the game flow. New consumables such as arrows are available instead of centrally positioned shrines. In the test with the PS5 version, the legend mode worked smoothly and there were neither server problems nor other difficulties.

Release: Ghost of Tsushima - Director's Cut appears on August 20 2021 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The full version costs PS4 69.99 Euro.