Sony has a set of interesting titles that are exclusive to the PS4 coming out this year, and one of them is Ghost Of Tsushima. The game takes place in Japan during the 13th century, and Sucker Punch has gone to some great lengths to try and recreate a vast majority of that time period. However, unlike some other games who do a similar thing, they aren’t afraid to admit that the game won’t be 100% historically accurate.
Programmer Chris Zimmerman talked with Gamespot about this issue and noted this:
“The way I think about it is: we’re going to deviate from historical truth, we just want to do it intentionally. A lot of the support we get from our friends from Sony in Japan, and our Japanese friends in Sony US, and all the cultural consultants we’ve assembled to help us do this stuff, is to make sure we don’t deviate accidentally. There are things we are going to do that are different and we want to choose those wisely.”
So yes, it won’t be fully accurate to history, but many of the changes they are planning to make are for the benefit of the game. For example, while, the look of Japan, the creatures, and more will be accurate, the dialogue will be altered to fit certain Japanese customs. The other big change though will be the way the Samurai look in Ghost of Tsushima.
“The armor that you see him wear, it’s not 13th century armor. It’s more warring states period armor. Because, honestly, the 13th century armor is pretty jarring looking, it’s not what you’d expect. It’s really boxy. It doesn’t look aspirational. And we wanna make sure that what we give you is your fantasy of what being a wandering samurai is.”
No release date has been set for the game just yet.
