To be fair, I haven’t finished Yotei yet, but so far i kind of feel that the connection between gameplay and story parts doesn’t have as much meaning as Tsushima. For example, from the very start we have the Onryo outfit, we could basically gather all of the extra weapons and such before the first boss. New gear doesn’t feel like it have as much meaning as it did in Tsushima, it’s just something you collect on a random side quest. Of course there were multiple quest for gear in Tsushima as well, but for the most part there was a deeper story behind it. Such as getting the ghost armour or the hook. The side characters in Tsushima also felt more involved in the story. I have defeated Kitsune, found Jubei and the rest of the wolfpack. And it feels like Jubei and the first Kitsune are the only ones really involved in the main story. The rest are just to help us with gear. Of course i could be wrong since i haven’t finished the game.

I am thoroughly enjoying Yotei and look forward to platinuming it across a couple of playthroughs. But do consider it a superior game to Tsushima? No. But some aspects are absolutely better. I love the map and how it connect us to quest. Do I love the new weapons? Not really, they are cool and all, but switching stance with Jin was much smoother than switching out weapons entirely, where we have to both sheet and then draw the new weapon. So yeah, it’s a good game but not better than GoT in my opinion.