I recently started playing Ghost of Tsushima again, after bouncing off the game back when it came out to play other things that I’ve now forgotten because my job is a never-ending avalanche of games and demos. Anyway, I had forgotten about the annoying cosmetic issue until I booted it up and tried to change my outfit and colors. Compared to everything else, this process can take 5-10 seconds to load a single item, with it remaining a transparent grey while the game frantically tries to get your preview prepared. It makes flicking through outfits and accessories an annoying and cumbersome process.

Advertisement
Advertisement

Now— as you can see in the gif at the top of this post — flipping between cosmetics is nearly seamless with almost no wait, no matter how fast you flick around the menus. It’s wonderful! Sadly, it appears this update is only for the next-gen PS5 version of the game.

Is this a minor thing? Sure! Did the longer wait time for cosmetics make this game terrible? No. But as everything else in the game got faster and faster, waiting around for cosmetics became something I quickly noticed while playing.

Maybe this time I’ll finally finish this game or even try out that cool and weird-looking multiplayer mode?