People who want to start playing open world games may unintentionally ruin their experience In a few ways. Failure to find specific quests that unlock core mechanics can result in content becoming inaccessible or making things more difficult. There are countless ways to ruin your video game experience. So let's take a look at the latest open world phenomenon. Ghost of Yoteifor example.
Here are some approaches: Ghost of Yotei Worse experience. These ideas may improve the game for some people, but they're not worth pursuing on your first playthrough. If players want to make the game more difficult for themselves, they can follow this path: Otherwise, here are some tips to avoid this scenario:
fatal play
How to Fatally Kill a Buzz
There are 5 preset difficulty modes. Ghost of Yotei: Casual, Easy, Medium, Hard, fatal. There are also customization options if players want to fine-tune the difficulty of the game. Hardcore players Enjoy more difficult games like: Elden Ring And other Soulslikes might want to start with It's fatal. Not only is it the hardest difficulty in the game, but Atsu dies in one hit. That's an extremely difficult jump to start the game off of.
Now this mode also has advantages like authenticity. Ultimately, a samurai could die from one deep wound to the chest. This mode allows players to become more familiar with the counter system. However, the critical difficulty also negates the deeper gameplay aspects of the game. Ghost of YoteiLike using hot springs to increase your health and using different sets of armor to grant skills. In Lethal mode, all of this is useless and players can risk exhaustion if they push themselves too hard. That's why, for a more balanced play, players can start on Medium.
Playing with only katana
There's a lot more out there
Even without the New Game+ mode, there are many reasons why you might want to play the game again after finishing it once. in Ghost of YoteiPlayers can think about shaking things up like this: Just play with katana It'll be interesting on a second playthrough. A second playthrough is also a great opportunity to experiment with harder difficulties, such as Lethal. However, it would be a mistake to only use the katana on your first playthrough.
One of the biggest upgrades Ghost of Tsushima There are more weapons that can be equipped Ghost of Yotei. By following the story, players can unlock a spear called Yari, the ability to use two katanas, a larger katana called Odachi, and a scythe and chain combo called Kusarigama. Apart from that, there are also various ranged weapons and tools such as bows, kunai, bombs, etc. It may be tempting for the player to play the game as a steadfast samurai, loyal only to his katana, but doing so would destroy gameplay variety and make combat extremely difficult. This may also prevent players from using the stealth mechanics that Atsu wants.
Explore the Altar of Reflection before proceeding with the story
Leveling up too fast
Players may not be aware that there are other weapons in the game. Ghost of YoteiThis is bad for two reasons. Not only will you stop using new weapons faster as you progress through the story, you may also inadvertently spend too many skill points on something you don't want to upgrade. There are places like this around the world: altar of reflection. Finding one will grant players skill points to use in various skill trees.
Unlike other games, you cannot earn skill points. That means if the players are too intent on finding the Altar of Reflection. Yotei's Ghost, This will allow you to use up all your skill points before other weapon trees are unlocked. Since you have more skills to choose from, you'll need to take the time to explore hidden locations once you've acquired all of the melee weapons.
HORSE FOR EVERYTHING
Ignore fast travel
Another way players can create Ghost of Yotei What is more certain is insist on horseback travel Move around the map. The player's horse, which can be selected during side quests, will receive help every time you whistle. Horses are fast, especially when the player passes fields of white flowers that can be seen in certain fields.
Ghost of Yotei is one of the coolest PS5 games to date, so it's understandable why someone would want to see as much of it as possible. Ignoring fast travel is a great way to discover things in open world games. This is especially true if the Golden Bird option is turned on. But ignoring fast movement can also lead to burnout. Because moving between different locations requires a lot of patience.
not camping
There are good reasons for downtime
Even on Critical difficulty, Arts will never become tired from hunger or sleep deprivation. The game features new mechanics that allow players to: camp. They can make camps in most areas of the game, and pressing the option will launch a quick mini-game where players can build a fire. It can be skipped, but the player is left with few choices afterward. They can craft ammunition, sleep, grill fish, play the shamisen, and sometimes even have NPCs chat with them.
Atsu will not darken unless camped, but players will still be required to camp. Making ammo is easy and will help you save money. Ghost of Yotei. Roasting food temporarily improves Atsu's stats. Exploring during the day makes things easier, and moonlight can help you spot enemy movements in your camp, so it's a good idea to sleep until a certain time of the day. Ignoring optional camping mechanics entirely can be a mistake on many levels for these reasons and more.

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October 2, 2025
- ESRB
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Ages 17 and older / Blood and gore, drug-related, high-intensity violence, profane language, partial nudity, drinking
- publisher
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sony interactive entertainment
