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The Andrew Klavan Show

Right Way vs. Wrong Way To Make A Video Game

The Andrew Klavan Show

The Andrew Klavan Show

News Commentary, News

4.822.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The Last Of Us 2 exposed some real problems in the gaming industry - and Ghost Of Tsushima did the exact opposite. I compare the two games to explain why we must keep the left from further invading the video game industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Slack. With Slack, you can bring all your people and

0:05.9

tools together in one place. It's your digital HQ where you can increase productivity,

0:11.1

enable flexibility and automate workflows. Plus, Slack is full of game-changing features

0:16.7

like huddles for quick check-ins or Slack Connect, which helps you connect with partners

0:20.9

inside and outside of your company. Slack, where the future works. Get started at

0:26.9

Slack.com slash DHQ.

0:29.9

We are Samurai!

0:32.9

Alright, I'm going to tell you why Ghost of Tsushima is a great game and it's a take

0:37.0

your knock-in-hear-anywhere else I guarantee you. Also, there'll be a couple of mild spoilers

0:41.1

up ahead.

0:43.1

Big new video game Ghost of Tsushima. Really, really powerful game. I would say excellent,

0:50.3

I think it's not too much to say an excellent game, maybe not a classic, but really, really

0:55.0

good stuff. Alright, so to give you the story, it takes place in 13th century Japan, the

0:59.8

island of Tsushima. The Mongols are invading. The Mongols were a really powerful force that

1:04.6

really changed all of culture even in the West. So, this is their first invasion of Japan.

1:10.1

And they come on this island and they destroy. They so outnumber the samurai that they

1:16.3

destroy the samurai. You play, this guy's name is Jin Sekai. And this guy is basically

1:21.3

like, remember the lone ranger, all the other rangers are killed. This guy is the last samurai.

1:26.4

And he has to go around finding the survivors and putting them back together to fight back

1:30.4

to save his island from this horde of Mongols, the Mongol horde that is taking over the island.

1:35.8

I found the gameplay really good when the, it gets reviews like on Metacritic, some

1:40.5

of the professional critics kind of counted it down, put, gave it in the reviews in the

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