i opted for the ps4 version over pc because my pc is in dire need of some upgrades... and i'll be grabbing a ps5 at some point so i figured i could tolerate some poor optimization... and besides, ghost of tsushima still looks pretty great on the base ps4... but i was also planning on pirating the pc copy just to see if it could even run it. i have a 1050 ti as well as a pretty old processor so i absolutely didn't want to buy it for pc and then not be able to play it.
it's super bizarre but my pc looks WAY better than the ps4. my pc stutters a bit here and there and has some pretty long loading times, but then again, driving on the ps4 looks like TRASH. the ancillary buttons like changing the radio and switching camera views sometimes just don't respond at all, then 30 seconds later i'll get 15 inputs all happening at once. on top of that the video quality looks exceedingly granular. like i'm looking at the game through a layer of sand. but there's no frame rate drops really at all.
that being said this game... this game is... it's just fun. i usually HATE cities in rpg's... i get super claustrophobic and just need to go be free in the wilderness. in witcher 3, i can't remember the name of the city, it's the one where you meet dykstra and triss... i hated every second of being in that city and it almost always ends up being where i just completely run out of stamina to keep playing.
i am not getting that feeling AT ALL in this game. i don't know what it is, but it doesn't bother me so i'm happy