The hate for this game is so forced. Also these aren't verified purchases so a lot of these reviews aren't reliable anyways (I have about 35 hours in the game now). On the Playstation store it has 24k ratings with an average of 4.84 stars and you have to purchase the game to rate it. If you're not interested in the game thats fine, but why call something terrible if you're not gonna play it? Anyways
The story is very good so far. Even though it sounds like a basic revenge story it is way more in depth than I thought. I would say tsushima's story is better overall but isn't paced as well as yotei's (it helps you can go at your own pace too). I think Atsu is pretty close to jin as a protagonist but I still liked jin a bit more mainly cause his story was so good. The gameplay is a lot like GOT: which was already near perfect, but its even better here! The new weapons are all very fun to use and is a lot more fun than just switching your stance with one weapon in my opinion. You can also throw enemies own weapons at them, use your bow, gun, kunai, throw a smoke bomb at the ground and chain assassinate enemies ... there's just so many ways to go about defeating enemies. The map is obviously big but the design is improved in this game. I keep getting side tracked by bounties which have their own little stories, getting ambushed randomly, wiping out camps, improving my bond with the new companion (wolf) which has its own skill tree, etc. Graphics and draw distance are unbelievable. Every 10 minutes i just stop and look around at the scenery, its such a beautiful game. I could go on but this has been my favorite playstation exclusive gameplay wise (story wise its still God Of War).
If you loved Ghost Of Tsushima then you will love Ghost of Yotei as well. Both are 10/10. Suckerpunch has done it again