Sony’s <em>Ghost of Yotei</em> trailer.
In the event you’ve been sleeping on the Akira Kurosawa-inspired, Murderer’s Creed-esque samurai recreation Ghost of Tsushima, you’ve got been lacking out. Provided that it lately received a PC launch, this can be a nice time to atone for it—however now there’s much more cause to take action, as Sony simply introduced a sequel titled Ghost of Yōtei.
Slated for a 2025 launch, the sport bears similarities to its predecessor. It follows a wandering samurai who rides horses throughout picturesque, wind-swept fields, befriends animals, and defeats enemies in katana duels.
Whereas Ghost of Tsushima was set on Tsushima Island through the time of the Mongol invasion, Ghost of Yotei is (fittingly) set across the foot of Mount Yōtei, certainly one of Japan’s most picturesque locales—the realm is named Hokkaido as we speak.
Most followers of the primary recreation anticipated a brand new location in Tsushima‘s sequel, however they might not have anticipated the opposite huge change: there seems to be a brand new protagonist. The girl who seems within the trailers just isn’t Jin Sakai, the principle character of Tsushima. This means the franchise will transfer ahead with one thing like an anthology format as an alternative of direct sequels. A weblog submit from Sony says the brand new character is known as Atsu.
The weblog submit additionally says that Yōtei takes place in 1603, 300 years after the occasions of Tsushima.
Developer Sucker Punch hasn’t revealed something concerning the gameplay, although, past what we see within the trailer. To date, what we see seems to be nearly equivalent to what we have performed earlier than. There are absolutely going to be extra bulletins to return, although.
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