Ghost of Yōtei: Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima Sequel Dropped, and I Cried Yall

Ghost of Yotei Cover

In 2020, the world stopped. We were deep into the global pandemic, global protest, and a world wide feeling of this timeline being not only the darkest time line but the worst time line. When I think back to that time, the thing that held my loved ones and I together was playing Ghost of Tsushima. To give so much onus to a video game may sound like i’m putting 100 on ten but honestly, for us, Jin Sakai’s journey was a life raft in a perfect storm. In a time when people had to be separated for their own good, Sucker Punch not only gave us an amazing solo adventure but Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, a multiplayer that gave us the chance to be social and build a community to run these raids. To say this game impacted my life would be putting it mildly. Which is why, when EIC Will Evans sent me a message that said, “We Back” with a link to a trailer that read Ghost of Yōtei… I cried.

The Ghost Of Yōtei

Honestly, It was more of an internal emotional cry but never the less. I’m on an emotional roller coaster. My circle knows Jin Sakai put the pandemic on his back and got us through it. For us, it’s five years later. In Ghost of Yōtei, it’s been nearly 300 years. Jin Sakai’s jersey is in the rafters and we’re introduced to our new female protagonist, Atsu. We don’t know nothing bout Atsu but what I can tell from the trailer? Atsu does shots of ex-lax for fun cause she’s with the shits, and that’s all I needed to know.

Ya girl rocking dual wield katanas with a wolf on the hilt? Walking round with an actual wolf along with a shamisen strapped to her back? Plus she wiping the blood of her enemies off on a banner that she keeps tied around her swords like gangstas tying bandanas on the steering columns of impalas? We can stop talking right here, friend. I don’t need to know anymore of the story. I’m in.

From what we can gather though, Atsu is on the hunt up north and don’t care that ops done put a bounty on her head. She spilling blood out they head tops on top mountain tops. We see she’s equipped with new weapons, new fighting stances, new fits, apparently a wolf companion, and a flintlock rifle?! She’s tooooooooogh! Ghost of Tsushima gave me this feeling where I just knew that the game was going to be a stand out. Ghost of Yōtei gives me the feeling that although things have changed… I’m still going back home.

“Sometimes you gotta go away to make a come back
And those that know when they go don’t even come back”- Beanie Sigel

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