Sony’s Ghost of Yotei trailer.
For those who’ve been sleeping on the Akira Kurosawa-inspired, Murderer’s Creed-esque samurai sport Ghost of Tsushima, you have been lacking out. Provided that it lately obtained a PC launch, this can be a nice time to make amends for it—however now there’s much more purpose 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, considered one of Japan’s most picturesque locales—the realm is known as Hokkaido in the present day.
Most followers of the primary sport anticipated a brand new location in Tsushima‘s sequel, however they could not have anticipated the opposite huge 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 a substitute of direct sequels. A weblog publish from Sony says the brand new character is known as Atsu.
The weblog publish 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 seems virtually an identical to what we have performed earlier than. There are certainly going to be extra bulletins to come back, although.
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