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The corruption wrapped around the statue is a reference to all the corruption tainting the land and machines in Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West.
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At the base of the shrine there is also a painting of a giant red circle with black birds flying in front of it. This is a reference to the giant blood moon featured throughout Bloodborne.
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The shrine is also adorned with a glowing symbol and some fur patches, two characteristics that are seen on every colossi throughout the referenced game, Shadow of the Colossus.
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There is also an ash tree with a golden hand print planted near the shrine, a direct reference to the intro for God of War.
Laying along the base of the statue are piles of chains, these are a reference to the chains that hang from the hilts of one of Kratos signature weapons, The Blades of Chaos.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2-DvOrIZr4#t=37
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There is a hidden questline in the game that is not trackable and only progressed by finding letters, each one a Key Item referred to as "A Family's Escape", hinting to where the next one would be. This questline follows a family that is fleeing the island of Tsushima who are leaving notes for an unaccounted family member named "Toku". Spoiler:The fate of the family and of Toku are left ambiguous by the quest's end.
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Toshihiro Nagoshi, the general director of the Yakuza series, was awestruck by Ghosts of Tsushima and its depiction of Japanese culture, history, and aesthetic, even going so far as to say that it was something they (Japanese game developers) should've made. He furthermore said it broke the misconception that western people do not understand Japanese culture.
"...It’s the kind of work made by non-Japanese people that makes you feel they’re even more Japanese than us. I think it’s amazing. We often believe Western people would never get certain Japanese things, but the game shows this way of thinking is wrong in the first place."
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