This is an extremely obscure game but it is an absolute hit. My father got it for me one day, randomly picking it out from a bargain bin at Circuit City. Little did I know I would play this game so much in my rotation of all my favorite PS2 games. The art style calls upon Japanese art from the period (mid-1700s to 1800s), when the story of Minamoto no Yoshitsune was becoming a part of pop culture with the adaptation to Kabuki plays. It's a great parallel to the art direction in Ghost of Tsushima where almost every landscape is a gorgeous painting or movie set piece.
This game was a gift I never knew I wanted. Years later, I found out it was based on a fictional story of a real person and I was so excited to learn about the history of Japan. This is an awesome action-adventure game that ironically has some educational value. Love, love, lovveee this game.