The support this video's gotten is kinda insane, I can't really wrap my head around it tbh so thank you to everyone who's watched and especially to those who took the time to leave a comment, it means a lot. I wanna real quick address some of the things a lot of people are saying:

1) I didn't mention it, but I DID play side missions while doing the story. However I definitely could've done more to make the endgame less of the grind, that is on me. But I do also wanna say that video games are supposed to be fun. I shouldn't have to spread the content out like the vegetables on my plate to make it more bareable. If the side missions were fun then I would've still had fun playing them how I did. Spreading them out just makes the boring missions stand out less, which WOULD improve my experience, but it doesn't change that they ARE still boring missions.

2) Because of the comments I've since looked into Lethal difficulty and yeah, that looks REALLY fun lol. I stand by not doing it for my first playthrough, but I'll absolutely give it a go at some point.

3) I'm not doing Yotei next because new games are expensive lmao. If I start making money from these videos then I'll invest that into doing newer games, but for now I just can't really afford to be doing all that.

Edit: Yeah I guess no one's reading this shit because people are still commenting about the side stuff lmao

Bro was running the wrong stance against the khan and thought we wouldnt notice

When my Nobu died, I actually had to pause the game because I was weeping uncontrollably. I had chosen the digital deluxe horse because he looked like a horse I had as a child (and because dun horses are ~*Beautiful*~), had I known what was coming I WOULD NOT have done that. Laying on the floor level devastated. Otherwise it was a fantastic game and I'm very much looking forward to Ghost of Yotei. They had better not kill my Nobu this time though.

I cannot recommend Lethal difficulty enough.  It does start difficult but the damage works both ways and as your skills increase the easier and easier it gets to kill enemies.

Not gonna lie for only having 700 Subs. This video was quality man. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

i picked nobu as my horses name too and when he died i actually cried i was more attached to him than any other character in the game such a sad moment

Great video! I don’t understand why some gamers play only the main story and then grind the side missions. It seems like it’d be more fun to intersperse the main story with a few side missions, with the added bonus that you have a lot more health and buffs unlocked when you hit that final boss!

I thought I was watching a video from someone with over 50k subscribers. This is super high quality. AlsoI think if you went for the side content while you were progressing the main story it wouldn't have felt as bad.

Bro, if you struggled with Khotun Khan and Lord Shimura... Never play ghost of Yotei. You're not ready for Takezo, believe me haha

What i love about the white sakai armor is that theres a god of war sakai armor (its on iki island btw just find the god of war statue then bow toward the statue and draw sword and you’ll get it)

9:15 subtle foreshadowing

SAME! I just bought Ghost of Tsushima about 2 weeks ago, got platinum already after finishing at 119hours (Iki Island included)  :)   now on to Yotei

Smoke bombs are great because you can then chain assassinations together. Then go into ghost mode and terrify everyone

Dude. HOW do you only have this many subs? You’re doing FANTASTIC

How do you only have  900 subs? You deserve much more

great vid my guy couldnt believe how small the channel still is

14:40 yeah whoever thought the half sakai mask was a good idea is an idiot. the normal sakai mask is so tuff

Great video man you deserve more subs

Congrats on finally experiencing this amazing game. Now you're ready for Ghost of Yotei.
Congrats on getting this platinum.

While I respect your decision to kill Lord Shimura at the end, the ending where you spare him is much better and has some of the best dialogue in the game imo. If you haven't seen it you should give it a watch!

Also, great video! It was fun to watch. I'll be checking out more in the future!