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Ghost Of Tsushima Gets A Lot Wrong About Haiku – GameSpot
The haiku-writing mini-game in Sucker Punch’s PS4 epic captures the Zen-like calm of the form, but it’s steeped in inaccuracies.
Early on in Ghost of Tsushima, protagonist Jin encounters an easily missed poet in the forest around Hiyoshi Springs who teaches him the art of haiku, one of Japan’s oldest and foremost poetic traditions. Heeding the poet’s advice, Jin rests at a nearby rock and tries his hand at composing a haiku, scanning the idyllic scenery for inspiration as he contemplates his quest and the natural beauty around him in a moment of quiet reflection.
It’s a picturesque scene that captures the solemnity and Z…
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