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I shouldn't have started Elden Ring in the middle of Ghost of Tsushima playthrough because most of my gaming time is occupied by it lately. The constant hunger to grow more powerful and beat one more boss or explore one more place doesn't let you close the game once you start. I didn't expect Elden Ring would make me forget about Ghost of Tsushima. I am here to tell you about the update in Tsushima.
Last time, I told you about the retravel of Sakai Armour and a memorable trip to Omi Village. Today, I will tell you about the most intense mission so far.
Ghost of Yarikawa
Yarikawa is a clan that once rebelled against the Samurai clans, but their rebellion was crushed. This was before the Mongols came in, and now, Jin had the task of convincing them to fight against the Mongols. When we reached the fortress of Yarikawa, it was surrounded by a heavy Mongol army, so we had to sneak in, meet the leaders, but they didn't yet trust Jin.
Mongols had had enough of waiting, and they launched a major offensive attack. Hundreds of Mongols were coming through the gates with all their might. It was an intense battle as we tried to defend the gates and then go on to destroy the trebuchets so the attack wouldn't be successful. Otherwise, this fortress is going to fall into the Mongol hands.
As we came back after destroying the siege weapons, the gates of the fortress were overrun by the Mongols. We had to kill a lot of them from behind. Using many tricks that I doubt Uncle Shimura calls honourable. Finally, we face off the general, a strong Mongol leader.
It wasn't a tough fight, a bit of a challenge, but nothing seems tough after getting addicted to Elden Ring lol.
At the end of the fight, we finish him off with style, chopping off his head clean. It unlocked a new 'Ghost stance' that makes enemies terrified of your presence, and they try to run away, fall over on the ground or just stay stunned, and you kill them easily. This 20-second clip is one of the most memorable things so far from this game. I would even rate it top 5 best moments in video games that pumped me so much.
People started chanting Ghost! Ghost! And that's how we managed to recruit the Yarikawa clan to fight against the Mongols.
More Side Missions
I completed a few side missions involving Sensei Ishikawa. Not a big fan of him and his missions. The guy is too into himself, trying to catch his former student who joined the Mongol side. I have my suspicions about him lol.
Got a lot of upgrades going on. I focused a bit too much on doing the side activities and gaining xp to level them up. They are getting expensive as well, with many requiring 2-3 technique points.
We had to send a message to the Shogun, but the Mongols controlled all the water. Lord Shimura knew a guy who could do that for us, but we had to distract the Mongols, and that's what we did example. Uncle Shimura and Jin charged right into the Mongol territory and killed hundreds of men.
We took down some Mongol ships using the weapon which holds hundreds of arrows and shoots them. (Not sure who was reloading all the arrows there, but who cares lol)
It was a cool fight scene. Quite different from what we were doing so far.
The game is so damn beautiful with the same places looking different in different weather condition and time of the day. Even with all these variables, it still manages to look good. I have taken some nice shots in the game that I can use as wallpaper. I even used one of them for a long time.
I will be playing it more often. I feel like we are at the end of the second act, with most of the map of this area already been explored. There are still many Mongol outposts remaining here, so it will take a bit of time to fully liberate this middle region. It is time to retake Castle Shimura. I have some good expectations for that mission. The Ghost of Ishikawa mission suddenly raised the bar so high that the next mission could seem bad. So, I have to go with lower expectations somehow.
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- Screenshots are from the game, Ghost of Tsushima.