Breathtaking visuals and art direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Easily the most visually stunning game I've ever played”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software2024Stealth · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A gorgeous, emotional samurai action-adventure with satisfying sword combat, but a repetitive Ubisoft-style open world. Skip it if outpost-clearing and unskippable cutscenes wear on you.
Great for
Fans of cinematic story-driven action, samurai settings and beautiful worlds explored at a slow pace
Main risk
Repetitive missions and activities that feel like a generic open-world checklist after a few hours
What players love
Emotional, memorable story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The Second best story in a game I have ever played. Easily a top 3 game of all time for me. The tears won't stop.”
Steam review · 31.7 h played ↗
Satisfying, stylish sword combat
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“It’s actually soooo satisfying. It’s not just button mashing or spamming same button, its about switching stances to break a shield guy’s guard”
Steam review · 288.1 h played ↗
Rich content, exploration and customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“every activity actually rewards you be it with gear, skill points, or just a gorgeous new view to admire.”
Steam review · 75.1 h played ↗
Good PC performance and Steam Deck support
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“runs very well for how nice it looks so it blows most modern AAA games out of the water in terms of optimization and performance”
Steam review · 165.3 h played ↗
Guiding wind and minimal HUD immersion
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“You don't have obnoxious minimap markers or a breadcrumb trail leading you anywhere, just an inoffensive wind you can choose to follow.”
Steam review · 69.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive missions and Ubisoft-style open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“literally every quest is "go kill enemies there" or "kill enemies in the encampent" or "go kill enemies there but try not to raise alarm"”
Steam review · 17.8 h played ↗
Unskippable cutscenes and dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Horrid decision to make cutscenes unskippable until new game plus.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Limited enemy variety and shallow combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“THE GAME ONLY HAS 4 DIFFERENT ENEMY TYPES THE WHOLE GAME.”
Steam review · 12.9 h played ↗
Empty, lifeless open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“it's just a pretty background with resources and the repeated points of interest.”
Steam review · 31.9 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and port issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“this PC port is beyond trash, memory leak happens very often so you have to restart the game once in a while”
Steam review · 12 h played ↗
Legends/PSN region lock and Sony account issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“it throws me to the Steam page and says "THIS DLC IS NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR REGION".”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 11.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support75 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-7100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Storage75 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Storage75 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-7100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Storage75 GB available space
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