Ghost of Yōtei Will Slash It Up on PlayStation 5 in October

What a 12 months for video games primarily based in Japan and that includes samurai, huh? After Assassin’s Creed Shadows in March, gamers can sit up for the PlayStation 5 unique Ghost of Yōtei October 2.

Developed by Sucker Punch, the sport takes place in 1603 Japan, over 300 years after 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima. Gamers tackle the function of Atsu (Erika Ishii), a warrior in search of revenge in opposition to the individuals who killed her household. Within the trailer under, we study her targets, the Yōtei Six: the Oni, the Snake, the Dragon, the Kitsune, the Spider, and Lord Saito. Armed with the katana Saito used to pin her to the wall throughout her household’s slaughter, Atsu units about monitoring and slicing them down, adopting the moniker of the Ghost first utilized by Tsushima’s protagonist, Jin Sakai.

Like its predecessor, Yōtei is an open-world sport, and gamers will discover Ezo (now Hokkaido), taking up contracts and killing enemies in numerous types of fight. In contrast to Jin, Atsu has twin katanas and different instruments at her disposal like a gun, an odachi, and a wolf buddy that may assault enemies.

There’s numerous overlap between this and Shadows, the important thing distinction being Yōtei gamers could be led to their goal by way of the way in which the wind blows. It’s a small factor, nevertheless it gave Tsushima numerous attraction and highlighted the great thing about its recreated island, so it’s good to see that return right here.

Ghost of Yōtei will initially be unique to the PlayStation 5, however a PC launch is probably going a while after its launch. PlayStation’s beforehand expressed hope this’ll be sufficiently big to adapt right into a film or movie, so hold that in your thoughts once you finally play it.

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