How do you end a State of Play present? Will within the case of immediately’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 received an preliminary cinematic trailer for the sport, that includes a feminine ronin protagonist for the primary time within the sequence’ brief historical past. One who’s seemingly received a factor for wolves in the identical kinda means Jin Sakai could not cease messing about with foxes.
The trailer’s blurb presents some information 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 crammed with sprawling grasslands, snowy tundras, and sudden risks. Ghost of Yōtei involves PS5 in 2025.”
“Once we got down to make a brand new Ghost sport,” Sucker Punch communications supervisor Andrew Goldfarb wrote within the PS weblog in regards to the announcement, “we needed to take care of 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.
“We additionally needed to proceed to innovate. To create one thing contemporary however acquainted, we regarded 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 might 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 sport constructed from the bottom up for PlayStation 5”. “We’ve got large sightlines that allow you to look far throughout the setting, 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 provides 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, nicely, snow. Odds are you will not be doing any snowboarding on this sport, however to be honest, you by no means know. Anticipate Sucker Punch to disclose extra particulars about Ghost of Yotei “within the months forward”.