Ghost of Tsushima is positively brimming with awesome little details that breathe that much more life into the game’s world. One particularly striking detail is that the game’s protagonist Jin Sakai pays respect to every innocent dead body he comes across (if you make him bow near them).
In the game, you are able to make Jin bow which comes in handy at any hidden altars you come across (bowing at these alters can unlock the Honour the Unseen Trophy). There isn’t a dedicated button to make Jin bow, instead you simply swipe down on your console’s touchpad. Doing so will make Jin perform a short bow.
Bowing towards NPCs will often derive a similar bow out of them in return, depicting an exchange of respect typically seen in Japan. But things get cooler when you make Jin bow over any dead bodies of innocent people throughout his travels. That sounds incredibly morbid - and it is - but also incredibly touching when you realize he will always say something out loud to pay his respect to these deceased people.
And he only does so for the innocent souls who were the victims of undeserved violence; he doesn’t say anything to honor the fallen who had committed atrocities against the innocent. One Redditor confirms this after having tried the following:
I fought a group of Mongols who had killed some peasants but one was still alive. When I bowed to the peasant neither of us said anything. When I bowed to the dead Mongols nothing happened. When I bowed to the dead peasants, Jin said “You deserved more respect than this."
