They were really cooking when they introduced sicko mode, or "ghost stance", a gameplay mechanic that both rewards you for dropping enemies without getting hit, and narratively pushes the story into the legendary - which is completely in line with the many legends you look into. Very neat!
Deadbeat Cat DadGhost of Tsushima is good in the way a pulpy samurai movie is good - there's really no subtlety to the plot or dialog but that's not why you put on Shogun Assassin at 11pm!