Ghost of Tsushima
Launched: July 2020
Playable on: PlayStation
Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima is a master class in samurai fiction. A tale of a Japanese island overrun by a Mongol invasion, the game sees you take up protagonist Jin Sakai’s blade to get revenge on the barbarians terrorizing the land. While there are some shinobi-esque elements here, namely stealth and the use of ninja tools like smoke bombs, Ghost of Tsushima is primarily a sword-swinging affair between the samurai and the Mongols. If you wanted to play a Kurosawa film, the game fits the bill perfectly. But more importantly, if you wanted to live life as a pseudo ronin (a masterless samurai), Ghost of Tsushima gives you the sword skills and appropriate clothing to do just that, making it one of the best samurai games around.
