Was surprised that I was able to find almost all of the collectibles in game with just a thorough playthrough. I think when I was almost done, I was only missing two crickets, three Mongolian artifacts and four records. Sashimono banners though? Honestly no idea how I missed that many lol. I kept thinking I would find more in forts but that was definitely not the case.

All in all, what an awesome game. Loved the story, loved the aesthetic, and I’m happy that they went for a more “streamlined” open world so that they could focus on the important NPCs. Played it through on Hard and found that to be a perfect amount of difficulty, even for someone like me who’s not great at games.

A bit disappointed at how bland the none Tales side quests were and how unalive the world left at times (in regards to settlements that is), but thoroughly impressed with how Sucker Punch hit the core gameplay and story out of the park. Will playthrough on Kurosawa mode the moment NG+ is available, and will be buying any DLC / sequels in the future.

Crazy to me just how well the game’s artistic and narrative vision was fulfilled. I can only see a sequel being ten times better.