Ghost of Tsushima – it’s an Ubisoft. Specifically, it’s a Japan-flavored Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, with maybe a bit of Far Cry.

It’s not by Japanese people though, which is interesting. It’s reportedly well-received there and the guy behind Yakuza (basically, “Being Japanese: the AAA Series”) likes it.

But beats feel a little off. The best synecdoche for it was I had to switch off the Japanese audio track. It was grammatically and phonetically correct but I couldn’t tell if the director just didn’t know where to put emphasis or if I was being bugged by the translated-from-English lines when I know the sentiment would be expressed differently.