Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island — Review
Sucker Punch's standalone expansion is one of the strongest PS5-era post-launch additions to a first-party game. Here's the review on its own terms — essential context before Yotei lands.
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Ghost Series
Sucker Punch's open-world samurai saga — from Jin Sakai's defence of Tsushima to the standalone follow-up Ghost of Yotei.
Ghost of Tsushima arrived at the tail-end of the PS4 generation as one of its most quietly confident open-world games. It traded the bloat of its peers for restraint — a focused samurai story, a smaller map by genre standards, and a combat system that made the duel the defining encounter type.
The hub covers the original, the Iki Island expansion, the Director's Cut, and the standalone follow-up Ghost of Yotei.
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Ghost Series Reviews
Ghost of Tsushima — Review
Sucker Punch's samurai open world arrived at the very end of the PS4 generation and quietly became one of the defining first-party games of its era. Here's how it holds up as a review on its own terms.
2 min read
Ghost of Yotei — Review
Sucker Punch's follow-up to Tsushima is a standalone story in a new era with a new protagonist. Here's how Yotei lands as the studio's most considered second swing.
2 min read
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