I like the detail that the Mongol has studied the language and culture. Their mastery of diplomacy and espionage is something that tends to be forgotten, especially in fantasy pastiches like the Dothraki. I really like the detail that the average grunt level Mongol soldier can manage to say Rice in Japanese.
Yup, liked that detail aswell. The Mongol Empire and their conquests are often portrayed as simple zergling rush in western media, while in reality they were a bunch of cunning, calculating bastards who always tried to get the most out of each and every victory.
2:37 Historically speaking, he'd be fulled with arrows way before he had the chance to finish identifying himself, because the Mongols didn't understand the concept of introducing oneself before duel. At lest he got to finish his name here, but somehow it feels much worse.
I think you forgot the fact that the leeader said that he learned their tradition and their way of living So he mist have told his man to not shoot if someone come
@@vault29a I learned the most about mongols by reading the information in this game, but reading this made me appreciate the opening of the game a lot more even though its already my 2020 GOTY. Thanks for the info!
If anyone watching this is interested in learning more about Japan, I recommend watching the TH-cam channel Metatron, he's an Italian who lived in Japan for years, studied Japanese culture and can speak very fluent Japanese (I think he even teaches it at his college in southern Italy). Covers a lot of stuff on Japanese, Roman and Medieval culture, weapons and history, in a very fun way. He's also got a full and authentic set of Japanese lamelar armor, a huge no-dachi and a full suit of Roman armor too. Really cool TH-camr.
Ghost of Tsushima is really good. aaaaaaand so damn beautiful. I had a hard time letting go the controller so I (almost) played nonstop since release. I just finished my own playthrough and plat the game. I'm so excited for Welonz to experience it.
Watching bits of this as I play it for the first time on PC. This is 4K/60fps is fricking beautiful. And I feel so called out when Welonz said Sora sounds too weeb-y. I named my horse Sora 😭
Welonz if you dont know Japanease history dont worry you got youre trusted subscibers here. We'll start why the protagonist needs his Katana. For a Samurai its not only a weapon it is also a part of his soul. And as we saw it has a history. I guess this is the first wave of Invasion of Mongols so while samurai were duling them the Mongols were attakicing with massive numbers.
I might remember this wrong, but Samurai were military nobles, pretty much same as Knights in Europe. They supported King and King supported them. Japan had two leaders, Shogun (who wielded more power) and Emperor (who was more of figurehead). Historically speaking, both Knights and Samurai behaved pretty much the same: Some were good, some were good for their people and some were closer to dictators for lands that they owned, depending on their current leader(Shogun or King), they might lean more on one end than other. 37:50 You are right on this, it is most used tactic by invaders to cause severe punishment not to person who attacks their soldiers, but to their home or people close to them to quell resolve to fight back. "Kill one of my men, i slaughter rest of your village" 39:54 Militaristic nobles(mostly men) were trained in politics and combat, farmers and such were main bulk of armies but they were far less trained and had to use what little money that had to buy their own equipments for war, they used most of their time tending their farms or running businesses. More Money = Better Equipment = Better chance of surviving, unless your opponent is more skilled in combat. 53:15 Sometimes Samurai could regain their honor from dishonorable acts, other times they were given paper, Feather used in Writing and a sword(specially made sword this situation). They were to write their last words, their will and commit seppuku (suicide by slicing their gut open) in order to restore his remaining honor for himself and his family.
This game is great. So glad I''m far enough in the game myself, so now I can watch your playthrough without worrying about spoilers. Btw I love the outfits in this game, I keep changing the colors and try to find nice matching outfits xD
I had your video in the background while working and for a second I forgot this wasn't a TLOU2 let's play, when you were hiding in the grass towards the end I was expecting to see clickers wandering around lol
Best Bday gift ever! Was wondering if you'd start playing this later but I am so glad this series is gonna start and I won't have to look other playlist before hopping here with spoilers. Found your channel through Nier Automata and haven't found any other let's player as meticulous and careful about details as you. Hoping that you can probably squeeze some indie game alongside this, cause I like the way you support indie artists and though it's not a concrete suggestion, I like the appreciation you share towards them. Hoping you're having a better day after feeling down a month from your words in TLOU2. Thanks for the hardwork and content. Happy gaming, and stay safe. PS, Remember to stay as cool as a functional fridge. 🧊
The game got top score in Japan so Japanese Dub is quite accurate and Representation of Japan is accurate too. Animations are made for English dub so they don't sync with Japanese one very well. That is a minor issue.
A interesting tidbit is the fact that the word Katana i dont think is ever spoken in the Japanese dub, But rather the word Tachi, Which is the name of the actual type of sword used at that point in history, Its the small stuff that makes the history elements fun~
I just did a little digging to find out that this happened two centuries before the creation of the Ashigaru. So seventy samurai makes sense and I just put my foot in my mouth. As an answer to your question meritocracy did not become a thing until the official formation of, of course, the Ashigaru. Where a farmers' second or third born son could enlist in their daimyo's standing army as a full time soldier and, if they were to slay a samurai in battle then bring their head to their lord. That Ashigaru would be elevated and trained as a samurai.
I've been away from this channel for a hot minute, so it's time to start catching up! jk, I'm absolutely going to pick-and-choose series which appeal to me, but I'm very happy that these exist. Also, in case you read this, fun(?) fact about samurai: "Samurai" was a social class, not a job description per se. A samurai could be given jobs to perform as a ninja - more of a job description and skillset - such as assassination and subterfuge. So, at 32:05 when Jin says that to slit the enemies' throats would be to kill them "without honor", that is a historically inaccurate romanticized version of samurai and Bushido. The romanticized version seems to be a political tool created and pushed by the Japanese government starting in the mid-1800s. I recommend checking out The Metatron's youtube channel if you're interested in learning more, especially as far as reactions to Ghost of Tsushima in particular.
2day I finished the game(I know I’m 2 late lol but wow seeing the gameplay from somebody with some knowledge is quite interesting plus we chose the same name for the horse omg😮)
Coming in blind, I assume Jin's father and uncle are 大名, (Daimyo ー feudal lords owning lands). I wonder if the Sakai clan is based from the So Clan. The real clan that fought against Kublai Khan, interesting to see where this goes albeit obviously I'm not expecting this to be historically accurate.
I know from watching Korean historical dramas, there's so much context that goes over my head. So I'm interested to see how an international studio does with this slice of Japanese history. Just reading the Wikipedia page and it looks like a very interesting time. I guess I'm on the side of Japan despite being a Koreaboo; many Koreans fought on the side of the Mongols and basically were their navy (the Mongols invaded from Korea), but the building of that navy destroyed Korea's ability to defend itself against future invasions from Japan. Also it's not like it was the choice of the Koreans to go to war, since they were a vassal state of the Mongols. So I guess that makes the Mongols the baddies.
@@khornethebloodgod4155 Did you not like Ghost of Tsushima? I've heard it's pretty great, haven't played it, but if it doesn't float your boat that's okay!!
Tsushima wasn't heavily populated (it still isn't with a pop. somewhere around 40k people). Most of the people on the island would be farmers or fishermen. It takes a large number of people to support even a single samurai given that samurai were forbidden from doing any other work (that rule would be the one that eventually ended the samurai).
They were basically like knights from europe, with some differences; warriors employed as retainers to feudal landholders (arranged into clans, mostly based on lineage), a sort of lesser noble, above the peasant class. They were mostly paid with food/minor plots of land, and culturally it was considered beneath them to take on any other work than soldier, so a lot of peasants were needed to support even a single samurai.
As much as badass the samurai is the mongol warriors have interesting armor a mixture of Turkic and Chinese and mongol armor and Manchurian armor and middle eastern armor and Russian Slavic armor
So this is the East developed by westerners, just like how Dark Souls is the West developed by easterners? Interesting. Also I'm pretty sure the main character here is played by the same person who plays the English voice for the main character of Sekiro, which so far this game looks very similar to
@@creativebusinessunit7506 The Japanese voice acting in this game is not lip synced because the lip syncing was done with English in mind; so it looks weird.
The lip syncing issue with the Japanese dub is a bit of a shame but personally it's much preferable to having to hear the same handful of voice actors for every other NPC and their phony asian accents. No offense to the likes of Robbie Daymond or Noshir Dalal -- I love their work but I can still clock them instantly and it breaks my immersion for whatever reason. Probably because they are so prolific and voice so many other iconic characters in other games.
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"The Mongols are more than eighty?"
Yeah, that's something of an understatement.
I like the detail that the Mongol has studied the language and culture. Their mastery of diplomacy and espionage is something that tends to be forgotten, especially in fantasy pastiches like the Dothraki.
I really like the detail that the average grunt level Mongol soldier can manage to say Rice in Japanese.
Yup, liked that detail aswell. The Mongol Empire and their conquests are often portrayed as simple zergling rush in western media, while in reality they were a bunch of cunning, calculating bastards who always tried to get the most out of each and every victory.
ohh cant wait for welonz to demonstrate her insane knowledge on samurai and japan history!!!
2:37
Historically speaking, he'd be fulled with arrows way before he had the chance to finish identifying himself, because the Mongols didn't understand the concept of introducing oneself before duel.
At lest he got to finish his name here, but somehow it feels much worse.
well there is a difference in not understanding something and thinking it is foolish
I think you forgot the fact that the leeader said that he learned their tradition and their way of living
So he mist have told his man to not shoot if someone come
@@vault29a Plus there's the angle that he deliberately insulted the Samurai because it would goad them into attacking.
@@vault29a I learned the most about mongols by reading the information in this game, but reading this made me appreciate the opening of the game a lot more even though its already my 2020 GOTY. Thanks for the info!
Yuna: we can kill them without a sound.
Jin: FACE ME.
"While you studied the blade, I studied YOU" - Khotun Khan
You know a game is good when Welonz starts her commentary with "Oh My God!" >w
This is a fun and uplifting game after a depressing playthrough! I'm glad Materwelonz is playing this game!
Throughout the video, I just kept thinking "wow this game is gorgeous"
No break, Wenlonz? Damn girl. I think you will find, however, that Ghost is a great palate cleanser after TLOU2. May your spirits be lifted.
33:04 well, a ghost could also mean someone the enemy has thought long dead
If anyone watching this is interested in learning more about Japan, I recommend watching the TH-cam channel Metatron, he's an Italian who lived in Japan for years, studied Japanese culture and can speak very fluent Japanese (I think he even teaches it at his college in southern Italy). Covers a lot of stuff on Japanese, Roman and Medieval culture, weapons and history, in a very fun way.
He's also got a full and authentic set of Japanese lamelar armor, a huge no-dachi and a full suit of Roman armor too. Really cool TH-camr.
Was TOTALLY convinced your newest PicasoWelonz was Pac-Man.
I suggest you to do the side quests as well, they're good story wise and help you with learning the game.
May the wind guide you, Welonz! :)
The Mongols at this time period took over so much land, and were unbeatable.
True
Also at each other’s throats because Kublai has many brothers and cousins of different other great Khans who also are legitimate airs of Genghis Khan
Except for not being able to defeat the weather those 2 times but otherwise!
In the mongol invasion of Japan, they didnt.
Unbeatable? lol They couldn't invade Japan due to tsunami twice in a row.
Wake the f up Samu- oh wait wrong game.
*Let the winds guide you SamuraiWelonz*
Sorry, I don't get this reference.
@@T2266 is it Katana Zero?
@@zipzapzipzap6859 It's Cyberpunk 2077
Khotun hit Shimura with the dull part of the blade; so he knocked him out instead of slashing him.
The hilt actually. He basically pistol whipped him lol
Fight with Honor, Miss Welonz, that is the shimada code-
No but seriously I'm stoked to watch you play all of this!
Yooooo finally welonz; this game is a masterpiece
15:25
Tsushima island is 708.61sq km or 273.60 sq mi, if that helps.
So excited for this playthrough... this game looks amazing...
Gosh, I was hoping you'd get to this! Can't wait!
I'm so glad Welonz is playing this awesome game!! 😉👌👍
Way of the -Samurai- Welonz
Ghost of Tsushima is really good. aaaaaaand so damn beautiful. I had a hard time letting go the controller so I (almost) played nonstop since release. I just finished my own playthrough and plat the game. I'm so excited for Welonz to experience it.
"I let my father down before" hahaha that was a great one.
49:03 I like that u pay attention and remember these details !
Watching bits of this as I play it for the first time on PC. This is 4K/60fps is fricking beautiful.
And I feel so called out when Welonz said Sora sounds too weeb-y. I named my horse Sora 😭
Hell yeah let's do this Samurai Welonz
Loved this game! Can't wait for your playthrough
Back to watching this in December 2024 HI WELONZ and now I really want to replay this but I have to get up for work at 4am 😢😢😢
Welonz if you dont know Japanease history dont worry you got youre trusted subscibers here. We'll start why the protagonist needs his Katana. For a Samurai its not only a weapon it is also a part of his soul. And as we saw it has a history.
I guess this is the first wave of Invasion of Mongols so while samurai were duling them the Mongols were attakicing with massive numbers.
I suggest using the performance mode in case you aren't. The frame rate is stable that way.
True
I've been playing on resolution mode and barely noticed any frame drops, though I don't know how well it runs on the base PS4.
Yeah frame rate is better and you cant see much difference in quality on 1080p tv at least.
@@Meekail it runs like absolute dogshit on the base ps4
i WAS WAITING FOR THIS
I might remember this wrong, but Samurai were military nobles, pretty much same as Knights in Europe. They supported King and King supported them. Japan had two leaders, Shogun (who wielded more power) and Emperor (who was more of figurehead).
Historically speaking, both Knights and Samurai behaved pretty much the same: Some were good, some were good for their people and some were closer to dictators for lands that they owned, depending on their current leader(Shogun or King), they might lean more on one end than other.
37:50 You are right on this, it is most used tactic by invaders to cause severe punishment not to person who attacks their soldiers, but to their home or people close to them to quell resolve to fight back. "Kill one of my men, i slaughter rest of your village"
39:54 Militaristic nobles(mostly men) were trained in politics and combat, farmers and such were main bulk of armies but they were far less trained and had to use what little money that had to buy their own equipments for war, they used most of their time tending their farms or running businesses. More Money = Better Equipment = Better chance of surviving, unless your opponent is more skilled in combat.
53:15 Sometimes Samurai could regain their honor from dishonorable acts, other times they were given paper, Feather used in Writing and a sword(specially made sword this situation). They were to write their last words, their will and commit seppuku (suicide by slicing their gut open) in order to restore his remaining honor for himself and his family.
This game is great. So glad I''m far enough in the game myself, so now I can watch your playthrough without worrying about spoilers. Btw I love the outfits in this game, I keep changing the colors and try to find nice matching outfits xD
I had your video in the background while working and for a second I forgot this wasn't a TLOU2 let's play, when you were hiding in the grass towards the end I was expecting to see clickers wandering around lol
Welonz, the one of the rarest people who picked the dapple horse instead of the other two lol
Yeah, I chose the white one because it was to be my pale horse of death lol (wrong culture I know but it sounded cool)
Best Bday gift ever!
Was wondering if you'd start playing this later but I am so glad this series is gonna start and I won't have to look other playlist before hopping here with spoilers.
Found your channel through Nier Automata and haven't found any other let's player as meticulous and careful about details as you.
Hoping that you can probably squeeze some indie game alongside this, cause I like the way you support indie artists and though it's not a concrete suggestion, I like the appreciation you share towards them.
Hoping you're having a better day after feeling down a month from your words in TLOU2.
Thanks for the hardwork and content. Happy gaming, and stay safe.
PS, Remember to stay as cool as a functional fridge. 🧊
When 3-4 LP channels you follow are doing a LP on the same game at the same time... "Oh well, guess I'll just watch Welonz's"
Hell yea ! I was waiting fot this. Good Fun Materwelnoz
Wish I had watched this before starting, named my damn horse sora!
Haha there is nothing wrong with that, it is all personal preference!!
The game got top score in Japan so Japanese Dub is quite accurate and Representation of Japan is accurate too.
Animations are made for English dub so they don't sync with Japanese one very well. That is a minor issue.
A interesting tidbit is the fact that the word Katana i dont think is ever spoken in the Japanese dub,
But rather the word Tachi, Which is the name of the actual type of sword used at that point in history,
Its the small stuff that makes the history elements fun~
I just did a little digging to find out that this happened two centuries before the creation of the Ashigaru. So seventy samurai makes sense and I just put my foot in my mouth.
As an answer to your question meritocracy did not become a thing until the official formation of, of course, the Ashigaru. Where a farmers' second or third born son could enlist in their daimyo's standing army as a full time soldier and, if they were to slay a samurai in battle then bring their head to their lord. That Ashigaru would be elevated and trained as a samurai.
Ah, yes... once again Welonz starts a game I really want to watch. Life doesn't get much better than this.
I've been away from this channel for a hot minute, so it's time to start catching up! jk, I'm absolutely going to pick-and-choose series which appeal to me, but I'm very happy that these exist.
Also, in case you read this, fun(?) fact about samurai: "Samurai" was a social class, not a job description per se. A samurai could be given jobs to perform as a ninja - more of a job description and skillset - such as assassination and subterfuge. So, at 32:05 when Jin says that to slit the enemies' throats would be to kill them "without honor", that is a historically inaccurate romanticized version of samurai and Bushido. The romanticized version seems to be a political tool created and pushed by the Japanese government starting in the mid-1800s.
I recommend checking out The Metatron's youtube channel if you're interested in learning more, especially as far as reactions to Ghost of Tsushima in particular.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG !!! SQUEEEEE OF EXCITEMENT . Also I have a feeling this is not as historical accurate so I wouldnt worry on that part.
The real Tsushima Island is only about 70 km by 15 km (43 miles by 9 miles), but for the game's purposes, it's much bigger.
Really looking forward to this game! It definitely looks pretty so far c:
57:37 Not for a introvert like me, nah xD If I were in the middle of a mongolian invasion I'd probably surrender right away, japanese or not.
I for one would welcome our new Mongol overlords :)
2day I finished the game(I know I’m 2 late lol but wow seeing the gameplay from somebody with some knowledge is quite interesting plus we chose the same name for the horse omg😮)
this makes me want a playstation!
Coming in blind, I assume Jin's father and uncle are 大名, (Daimyo ー feudal lords owning lands). I wonder if the Sakai clan is based from the So Clan. The real clan that fought against Kublai Khan, interesting to see where this goes albeit obviously I'm not expecting this to be historically accurate.
Ahh...gameplay mechanics. Welonz toughest enemy.
It's funny that 3 players I have seen all named their horse Nobu. Poor Sora and Kage.
I know one who named their horse Kage!
If it had only been possible, I would have called it Roach. :)
I know from watching Korean historical dramas, there's so much context that goes over my head. So I'm interested to see how an international studio does with this slice of Japanese history.
Just reading the Wikipedia page and it looks like a very interesting time. I guess I'm on the side of Japan despite being a Koreaboo; many Koreans fought on the side of the Mongols and basically were their navy (the Mongols invaded from Korea), but the building of that navy destroyed Korea's ability to defend itself against future invasions from Japan. Also it's not like it was the choice of the Koreans to go to war, since they were a vassal state of the Mongols. So I guess that makes the Mongols the baddies.
this is gonna be good 😎
Just how strong was that wine to light up like this?
the Khan is a badass he only drinks petrol
Welonz making the ultimate chess move playing 2 PS4 masterpieces back to back
Uhhhh.... suuure buddy. Whatever makes you happy I guess!
@@khornethebloodgod4155 Did you not like Ghost of Tsushima? I've heard it's pretty great, haven't played it, but if it doesn't float your boat that's okay!!
@@subxero867 No idea what would ever give you that notion
Sub Xero correct
@@khornethebloodgod4155 Damn, that's a shame, I wish you could have enjoyed it! What did you not like about it?
Nice
Why are the samurai so small in number?
Tsushima wasn't heavily populated (it still isn't with a pop. somewhere around 40k people). Most of the people on the island would be farmers or fishermen. It takes a large number of people to support even a single samurai given that samurai were forbidden from doing any other work (that rule would be the one that eventually ended the samurai).
@@Cowinspace oh ok so because of small population got it thanks
They were basically like knights from europe, with some differences; warriors employed as retainers to feudal landholders (arranged into clans, mostly based on lineage), a sort of lesser noble, above the peasant class. They were mostly paid with food/minor plots of land, and culturally it was considered beneath them to take on any other work than soldier, so a lot of peasants were needed to support even a single samurai.
it's 日本語の時間です ~
Hope you play Souls one day, there's so much lore in there i think you'd enjoy. Keep up the good work.
Finally!!!
As much as badass the samurai is the mongol warriors have interesting armor a mixture of Turkic and Chinese and mongol armor and Manchurian armor and middle eastern armor and Russian Slavic armor
Oh god oh fuck the hype
Love your videos, love your accent, but I can't pinpoint it. What is your accent?
Mandarin, it sounds like.
hype!
PLZ play Disco Elysium you would love it
12:47 gotta apply what you learned on Last of us 2.
So this is the East developed by westerners, just like how Dark Souls is the West developed by easterners? Interesting.
Also I'm pretty sure the main character here is played by the same person who plays the English voice for the main character of Sekiro, which so far this game looks very similar to
Thank you for playing with the english dub, makes it easier to listen along while I'm playing a game myself haha
Thank God she is playing in English lol
Do you hate japanese
@@creativebusinessunit7506 The Japanese voice acting in this game is not lip synced because the lip syncing was done with English in mind; so it looks weird.
@@deepakrajendra8019 Yep
A thief? In a Sucker Punch game...?
I would be very surprised if there isn't an Easter Egg in the game referencing Rioichi Cooper.
so if this game is like ATLA but from the fire nation point of view?
im really late but omg at 24:17 i totally was like "wow this reminds me of iroh and zuko" lol!
The lip syncing issue with the Japanese dub is a bit of a shame but personally it's much preferable to having to hear the same handful of voice actors for every other NPC and their phony asian accents. No offense to the likes of Robbie Daymond or Noshir Dalal -- I love their work but I can still clock them instantly and it breaks my immersion for whatever reason. Probably because they are so prolific and voice so many other iconic characters in other games.
I love your voice
Me too
Oh, thx, that's very nice of you!
I love my voice too. ;)
Jeddak of Barsoom i love you
Is it bad that i feel sorry for real mongul people? They always seem to get the roll of bad guy. 😔
English dub? T.T
You can't be heard even if you crouch walk at full speed. You don't need to go slow.
play Way of the Samurai then we will talk.
Not playing with Japanese voiceover?
The game is really... not so good. Maybe don't waste your time.