Sony’s Ghost of Yotei trailer.
When 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 bought a PC launch, it is a nice time to make amends for it—however now there’s much more motive 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 throughout the time of the Mongol invasion, Ghost of Yotei is (fittingly) set across the foot of Mount Yōtei, one in all Japan’s most picturesque locales—the world is known as Hokkaido as we speak.
Most followers of the primary recreation anticipated a brand new location in Tsushima‘s sequel, however they could not have anticipated the opposite large change: there seems to be a brand new protagonist. The lady who seems within the trailers will not be Jin Sakai, the primary 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 in regards to the gameplay, although, past what we see within the trailer. Up to now, what we see appears nearly an identical to what we have performed earlier than. There are absolutely going to be extra bulletins to return, although.
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