How do you end a State of Play present? Will within the case of right this moment’s September 24 broadcast from Ps, the reply is by revealing Ghost of Yotei, a follow-up to Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima.
It is set to reach in 2025, and obtained an preliminary cinematic trailer for the sport, that includes a feminine ronin protagonist for the primary time within the collection’ brief historical past. One who’s seemingly obtained a factor for wolves in the identical kinda method Jin Sakai could not cease messing about with foxes.
The trailer’s blurb presents some data on the plot, studying as follows: “In 1603, a brand new Ghost named Atsu units out on a journey within the lands surrounding Mount Yōtei, an space stuffed with sprawling grasslands, snowy tundras, and surprising risks. Ghost of Yōtei involves PS5 in 2025.”
“After we got down to make a brand new Ghost recreation,” Sucker Punch communications supervisor Andrew Goldfarb wrote within the PS weblog concerning the announcement, “we needed to keep up the core pillars established in Ghost of Tsushima: taking part in as a wandering warrior in Feudal Japan, providing freedom to discover at your personal tempo, and highlighting the fantastic thing about the world.
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“We additionally needed to proceed to innovate. To create one thing contemporary however acquainted, we seemed past Jin Sakai’s story and the island of Tsushima, and shifted our focus to the thought of the Ghost as an alternative. At Sucker Punch we love origin tales, and we needed to discover what it may imply to have a brand new hero carrying a Ghost masks, and uncovering a brand new legend. This led us to Ghost of Yōtei: a brand new protagonist, a brand new story to unfold, and a brand new area of Japan to discover.”
Goldfarb additionally added that that is “Sucker Punch’s first recreation constructed from the bottom up for PlayStation 5”. “We’ve huge sightlines that allow you to look far throughout the surroundings, entire new skies that includes twinkling stars and auroras, much more plausible motion from wind on grass and vegetation, and extra enhancements we’ll share sooner or later,” he wrote, “Our new setting additionally offers us the chance to introduce new mechanics, gameplay enhancements, and even new weapons.”
Notably, Mount Yōtei is in actual world Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan identified for its, effectively, snow. Odds are you will not be doing any snowboarding on this recreation, however to be truthful, you by no means know. Count on Sucker Punch to disclose extra particulars about Ghost of Yotei “within the months forward”.