Just wait for the game to be officially released to buy it for the eyes.
At this year's E3 Game Show, Ghost of Tsushima is probably one of the most graphic and appealing games. We've written an article before about how the game's stunning graphics are reflected. Interested friends can review it.
In addition, ordinary gamers, or lovers of classical Japanese culture, may be more interested in the content of such a "Japanese game made by Europeans" as a gimmick, especially in the demo film, several classic Japanese scenes and the details of the sword collision during samurai duels are quite well restored.
When you think about it, there are definitely some people who will think of the classic Japanese sword blade of the last century. At that time, some people lamented that "The Ghost of Tsushima" would be even more evocative if it was painted in black and white.
Recently, in order to further restore the style of Japanese sword and sword films, YouTube channel SelectStartTV made the original game trailer more like a "pure" black-and-white movie after special treatment:
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P.S. Sword Films refer to Japanese samurai films with the themes of slashing and fighting (commonly known as "killing battles"). Just like when you think of Hong Kong movies, you will think of police films, martial arts films, sword and sword films can be regarded as one of the most important business cards in Japanese genre films, these movies are used to one-on-one or one-to-many hand-to-hand slashing, tasting accompanied by exaggerated blood spraying effects and fighting actions in pursuit of sensory stimulation.
"Kirin", 1962
Because the back of the sword film usually condenses a strong Japanese era drama background, the spirit of Bushido, and the katana culture, it naturally becomes the epitome of the classic Japanese culture on the screen. More than a decade after the war of the last century was the peak of sword and sword films (black and white films).
The Story of Humpback City, 1966
Although the tone has changed to black and white, so that the original excellent color rendering in the original demo film has disappeared, the contrast effect of black and white contrast is also a different flavor, adding a bit of depression and slaughter.
Original
Black and white filter version
The game's original dynamic effects are also eye-catching, which is preserved even in black and white films. If there are a few shots in the previous trailer that will make people mistakenly think that it is Zhang Yimou's martial arts film, then the black and white painting style is more like a Japanese film.
Blood Spray Scene:
In fact, the developers have made it clear that Ghost of Tsushima borrows heavily from the artistic style of Japanese samurai films, especially the work of Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa, which has always been used as a guide for the game.
Compare this to Akira Kurosawa's classic sword-and-sword film Seven Samurai:
The killing scene in "The Ghost of Tsushima" is not a bit godlike.
In fact, as early as the Presentation of the English dubbed version of "The Ghost of Tsushima" was just released in E3, some fans associated with the Japanese sword and sword film, and they also released some GIFs with black and white filters on the forum, which did look decent. This time, the SelectStartTV channel went a step further and completely remade this demo, which can also be regarded as satisfying the wishes of these fans.
The only doubt now is whether SP Studios will have a built-in camera mode or simply be able to switch between the two color styles after the actual game is released. Although the simple black-and-white filter processing may not be able to exert the power of the 4K+ HDR they are proud of, for fans, this black and white color + Japanese dubbing is "real and original".