Shacknews Top 10 Games of the Year 2020

#5 Game of the Year 2020 - Ghost of Tsushima

We have seen little shortage of open-world adventures that continue to bend the mind when it comes to what an engaging environment in these games ought to be. Ghost of Tsushima is a transcendent example of such a game, without question. The Japanese island of Tsushima is as much of a character as figure you might speak with in the game, unraveling itself as an ever-gorgeous tapestry of natural beauty, jagged danger, and the wartorn ugliness of mankind.

And on that last note, this living island is chock-full of interesting characters each pursuing their own purposes as Jin Sakai seeks aid to turn back Mongol army invaders and save his homeland. The revenge of Masako Adachi, Yuna's mission to protect her surviving family at all cost, the master archer Ishikawa's effort to keep his teaching from falling into dangerous hands, and so much more are arguably just as compelling as Jin's journey, ensuring that travels across Tsushima are hardly ever dull. Sucker Punch Productions clearly had reverence to an astounding degree for the stories of Samurai and Feudal Japan and it shows in every fiber of grass in Tsushima's vast landscape.

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