It took me a while to get around to this after playing the base game, but here we are. Iki island is a side story that further explores the protagonist's backstory through the memories of his fathers death long ago. It's a touching narrative in terms of how their strained relationship slowly unravels through flashbacks and visions, which bring Jin's unresolved inner turmoils to the surface. It doesn't really change much in terms of his character going forward, but it's a nice layer for the sake of depth. It's all about perspective in this story, and I liked it.

Iki island is nothing you haven't already seen in the base game, it's essentially a new island filled with more of the same content, and tougher enemies to fight who are able to switch combat styles on the fly, forcing you to adapt your fighting style in a moments notice.

It's fun that they gave your horse some upgrades, but in terms of new abilities.. that's all your getting, I mean Ghost of Tsushima is already an awesome game, and one I was happy to revisit with the PS5 upgrade, upping the FPS to 60 and improving the lighting, this island is beautiful to track in... though I will critique them for making the upgrade and the island separate purchases...

Honestly that's really all I have to say, Iki island provides a decent challenge and some new areas to explore, but offers very little in what I consider fresh and unique content, it's just more of the same.

It's a decent length though and side activities will only further extend your game time. This was a good time overall - 7/10

Good because the gameplay of the main game is really awesome.

I liked the story but it was very short.

Overall was a bit underwhelming and I didn't feel motivated to explore outside of the main quest.