Sacrifice of Tradition - In Game Original Music [Ending OST] | Ghost of Tsushima

“This is not my revenge. This is my Punishment.”

This should have been game of the year 2020. I got a PS5 for this game ONLY. Sucker Punch, y'all deserve a raise

“I will make sure you are remembered.. as a great warrior.. a wise leader.. and a father...”

"I have no honor. But I will not kill my family."

Both endings were bittersweet. Shimura calling you his son when you honor his wish for death, or you letting him live and walking to the light. Both so beautiful...

This is what it feels like to have to 1V1 your best friend on any video game lol

He killed me many times, but I still had to spare him.

Game of the year

Deep existential death happened in this scene. This is Duel of the Fates, with 3 possible endings. If Shimura succeeded in killing you, he almost certainly would have become an evil person. Something had snapped in him that he let go of his aspiration to be a good person anymore, and just give into the system of the Shogun's tyrannical Code. Half of Shimura wants the Ghost dead, so that order will be restored to Tsushima, but his other half wants to die out of self-hatred and remorse for killing his own son. He says it's not his revenge, but truly he is taking revenge on himself for failing his clan, and everything he dreamed to be. Split down the middle, it only leads to a complete existential crisis: I was the monster the whole time, the very thing I was trying not to be. Very well, I embrace my failure. I am a monster. It's only if Jin stops the fight that Shimura now can't make a claim on his destiny. He gives his life into Jin's hands, and in a symbolic sense must do whatever Jin orders, death or life. Just as you can honor his wish for death, to just end Shimura's suffering, if you pick the spare ending, he essentially honors your wish for him to live. He doesn't kill himself off screen when you leave, he goes back to living life. Shimura feels himself redeemed of being a monster if you kill him. But death isn't the only way to redemption, and sparing him offers him another chance to think things over. Maybe he's not a monster, but he's something else, and he has to keep walking his path of life to find out. Kill is the bitter "redemption", but Spare is the true redemption.

“The wounds you dealt my spirit may never heal.” “Killing me will only make them worse.” “I cannot fail the Shogun.”

"You have no honor" "And you are a slave to it" That hits hard. 😢

That 1 dislike was a member of the shogun

Man, this ending broke my heart.

This really be hitting different after finishing the campaign while roaming through Tsushima

the only boss battle music that can give a comfort yet sorrow feels at same time. such a masterpiece

Got a PS5 recently and bought this game on a really good discount. I've heard really good things about it... but man... This is one of the few games that convinced me into getting its platinum trophy. I cried 3 times, I bowed to every temple, I felt every quest and understood all of it's feelings. Suckerpunch deserves all of it respect back. This is a Masterpiece, an interactive movie/journey, with incredible gameplay with an honest price.

I literally cried during this fight and the music hits so hard :(

"Goodbye...my Son..."

He couldn't fail the shogun but he could fail his family

0:23 onwards with the flute bit just hits harder than it should T-T