the iki island hallucinations are more tragic knowing these are literally just jins thoughts just worsend by the eagles voice, the constant suicidal thoughts are likw so.
the one in the hot spring just made me sit back for a bit like bro 😭
Just finished Ghost of Tsushima main storyline AND Iki Island DLC.
sighs
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT, OMG
One of the best games I’ve ever played tbh, it was beautiful, I fell in love with Jin Sakai and his character, like, he is genuinely a beautiful person and omg I felt pretty charmed by his resolve throughout the entire game—more men like Jin Sakai please. (yuna youre so lucky girl…)
I’m not much of a gamer myself, kind of I guess, I play when I have free time in my PS5 and when it comes to action games I’m a coward lol idk why whenever I am pushed into a battlefield I freak out (I almost had a heart attack when I started Ghost of Tsushima and the mothafuckers sent straight to fight at Komoda Beach, HELLO? The intro was so beautiful tho…). But Ghost of Tsushima balanced everything very well, and I enjoyed doing NPCs side missions, I felt powerful and badass.
(The way how the fear that the Ghost inflicts on his enemies is portrayed??? Chef’s kiss honestly. And the Records items, especially Conversations with the Khan, I enjoy the lore with so so so so much glee hehe.)
The characters, I fell in love with the characters. I knew I liked videogames when I first played Far Cry 4 and the characters felt so dear to me, and Ghost of Tsushima brought me back to when I was like 9?? and I was playing FC4 on my dad’s PS3. Jin’s story and the rest of the characters’ Tales hypnotized me, idk. The flashbacks, the foreshadowing, the small conservations within Jin and the others…I was sobbing in the ending and in Masako’s and Yuna’s tales. AND THE LOVELY WAY WE GOT SO MUCH APPROACHES TO IMPORTANT THEMES AS WOMEN EMPOWERING, FAMILY, QUEERNESS, TRADITIONALISM, ETC. jin baby you deserve the world.
Ngl, while I was playing the game not only I cherished every single interaction of Jin and his allies/friends, but I was glad he had the time to talk and rest, yk? And that’s why I love Yuna so much, gods.
From what I’ve seen, many ship Ryuzo and Jin, and while I kind of understand and respect Ryuzo, I don’t personally ship them. I was too excited to duel him the moment he was deemed a traitor lol, this game brought out the worst side of me (i was cackling when i got the ghost stance, run fuckers!). I did cry a lot on Iki Island whenever Jin had Ryuzo’s hallucinations, like, ouch, I would hurt forever if a childhood friendship ended like that.
(Talking about Iki Island, Kenji doing a cameo there LMAO, and Jin teasing him with “so you left Tsushima and you didn’t even bothered to say goodbye?” AJDKAKDKAKS YES YOU TELL HIM JIN)
Now, Jin and Yuna??? Muah muah muah, they are soulmates, romantic or platonically or both. Its the way Jin (throughout the story this loyalty builds up, love that) does everything no questions asked when it comes to Yuna, going with her to her tales? Damn Jin straight went and brought her heads! How romantic. The way Kenji was like “he cannot refuse if I tell him Yuna’s waiting”, AND THE WAY JIN HIMSELF OUTRIGHT SAYS THINGS LIKE ‘I would give my life for you’ OR ‘so you and Takeshi…?’ Hehehe they are so precious. They are definitely in love your honor, at least for me.
Wish I could still find the characters in the map or something after the main story ends, I’m at my new home behind Omi Monastery full of nostalgia because Jin’s home is a mosaic of gifts and remembrances of everyone he has known. Yuna’s gift, Ryuzo’s hat, Taka’s hook, Kenji’s sake, First Horse’s saddle (Nobu precious, I wish you had been there with me 😭) and lots of other stuff from Masako, Ishikawa, Lord Shimura, and many others that I don’t remember rn. Like, it is clear Jin loves his homeland, his people, his friends, I’m sure he would have made a perfect Lord, aw.
Thank you for reading my venting. Now, I need fanfics.
don’t get too excited about me playing ghost again, this is just one that’s been sitting in my drafts for a while. love this game to pieces, though. and I feel like I didn’t post nearly enough iki island content while I was playing through it.
In all seriousness, this song is one of my favorite tracks in the Ghost OST… AND IT ISNT EVEN OG OST ITS DLC 😭😭.
I just be riding around Iki and this lil sing song starts playing and I break down. It sounds like a lullaby 🥺, like I just wanna go and run around and pet cats after hearing it. It’s such a sweet yet sad song under such circumstances in the game I just can’t take it. LITERALLY THE CUTEST SONG IN THE GAME AND THIS GAME IS FARR FROM CUTE ☹️☹️.
This song and all the reminiscing that happens on Iki Island makes me think of little mini Jin just trying to follow in his father’s footsteps but he feels unworthy and neglected and I just wanna HUG HIM.
iki island is the saddest shit ever to oh my god that whole dlc was just jin having intense ptsd, altough i do wish it the story was a tiny bit longer too fully explore the hallucinations BUT OHMY GOD IT TORW OUT MY HEART
i go by vera, she/her! i’m a metalhead, horror fanatic, video game lover and a collector of many things ^_^ i’m really obsessed with silent hill and i’m bisexual - check out my featured tags for more tag navigation - this is my virtual photography main blog, my writing and much more personal side blog is @world0fmadness - my gg profile can be found here here
i mainly post unfiltered virtual photography and unfiltered icons for characters! my icons are free to use with no credit required, unless you’d like to give credit of course, so use them as you please
my ask box or private messages are always open if you wish to talk about games or anything else!
request terms ❕request status: open!
you can request scenery of a location in game, icons for a character or a character portrait
* by a game title means i am not accepting requests for that game at the minute
please be patient, specify exactly what you’d like and please only request for games i have listed below <3
“ it would be a much better sight with you, with me ”
✩ ✩ VIDEO GAMES I POST FOR AND BLOG NAVIGATION
clicking an underlined game title will take you right to the tag containing all of my posts for said game, this list will expand over time!
A PLAGUE TALE INNOCENCE - AVATAR: FRONTIERS OF PANDORA *
BANISHERS: GHOSTS OF NEW EDEN - BEYOND: TWO SOULS - BRAMBLE: THE MOUNTAIN KING
CONTROL - CYBERPUNK 2077 *
DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN - DEVIL MAY CRY 5 - DOKI DOKI LITERATURE CLUB PLUS!
FATAL FRAME: MAIDEN OF BLACK WATER - FIREWATCH - FORT SOLIS
GAL GUN: DOUBLE PEACE - GHOSTWIRE: TOKYO - GRAND THEFT AUTO V
GHOST OF TSUSHIMA - IKI ISLAND DLC
GOD OF WAR III REMASTERED - GOD OF WAR - GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK - VALHALLA DLC
LAYERS OF FEAR - LOST RECORDS: BLOOM AND RAGE [ COMING SOON ] - LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW REPOP [ COMING SOON ]
LIFE IS STRANGE REMASTERED - LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STORM REMASTERED - FAREWELL DLC - LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLOURS - WAVELENGTHS DLC - LIFE IS STRANGE: DOUBLE EXPOSUE [ COMING SOON ]