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Ghost of Yotei review: Swings the katana with finesse and flair

A gorgeous samurai experience.

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Ghost of Yotei studio will continue to focus on one game at a time, suggests Sucker Punch studio head – 'We really can only do one thing at a time'

It seems Sucker Punch will be sticking to what it's good at and continue being a single-project studio now that Ghost of Yotei has been released.

TechRadar

Ghost of Yotei studio Sucker Punch "can only do one thing at a time," admits co-founder – and that's why the "really important" decision of its next game is so hard: "It kind of has to be your best idea, right?"

"The decision is really more limited"

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Ghost of Yotei creative director says "the cognitive overload of all of the systems and all the buttons on the controller can be quite intense"

Sucker Punch's Jason Connell says "this is actually a real challenge when you're making the game"

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Ghost of Yotei has so much climbing because the devs wanted to focus on the "idea of freedom," and because Hokkaido really is that steep and "epic"

Lots to climb

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Demon Slayer and Solo Leveling anime star "thrilled" to be in Sony's Ghost of Yotei since "Tsushima is one of my favorite games of all time," says he's given a character "very Saul Goodman-like energy"

Aleks Le voices two characters in Sucker Punch's new game

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Ghost of Yotei's creative director reveals the "philosophical challenge" of open world RPGs and the joy of letting fans play how they like: "As long as you're having fun, we don't care too much"

Interview | Sucker Punch's Jason Connell on exploration, discovery, and offering "more freedom than any game" the studio has made before

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Yes, Ghost of Yotei has brought back the hot springs, causing the exact reaction you’d expect: "Jin’s butt is still unsurpassed"

Ghost of Yotei is spurring a rivalry between Jin and Atsu, of sorts

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Ghost of Yotei day one patch notes clock in at 883 words, Sucker Punch hopefully dodges the God of War: Ragnarok problem by limiting "puzzle clues in some difficulty levels"

The Ghost of Yotei day one patch looks beefy

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei review: stunningly beautiful and suspiciously familiar

3/5 This follow up to the celebrated 2020 game Ghost of Tsushima delivers beauty and action in spades, even if the storyline isn’t anything new

Evening Standard

Ghost of Yotei is reviewing 4 points higher than Ghost of Tsushima, but 2025 has been so amazing for games that it's barely top 20 for the year

Ghost of Yotei looks like another open-world triumph for Sucker Punch

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei is a cinematic and visually stunning PS5 sequel, but I wish it didn’t play things so safe

Ghost of Yotei will feel instantly familiar to players of its Tsushima-set predecessor. But what it lacks in innovation, it makes up for in sheer cinematic brilliance, packing an engaging story, satisfying combat and a visually stunning open-world setting.

Tom’s Guide

Sucker Punch confirms it fired artist for joking about Charlie Kirk shooting: 'Making light of someone's murder is a deal-breaker'

"That's sort of our studio, and that's kind of where we are."

PC Gamer

If you were hoping to see Sly Cooper on PC for some reason, think again: Ghost of Yōtei dev says 'it's been a long time' since the series' heyday and nobody at Sucker Punch wants to make those games anymore

Bye, Cooper.

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Sony's Sucker Punch made "one joke about a Yotei six pack" and now Ghost of Yotei has a partnership with one of Japan's biggest beer brands

The Sapporo logo even made it into the game

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Ghost of Yotei co-director says only 10% of Sucker Punch would be really excited to develop a new Sly Cooper game: "It's been a long time since Sly Cooper's come out"

Sly Cooper diehards, shield your eyes

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Ghost of Yotei won't be too caught up in which Tsushima ending you chose, director says, because "both endings are valid" and the open-world sequel is set over 300 years later

In fact, Atsu hasn't even heard of Jin Sakai

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"We're all still hungover": Ghost of Yotei director says the GTA 6 delay prompted Sucker Punch to party like rockstars - "That was a great day"

No one likes releasing around GTA 6

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Ghost of Yotei has gone gold, and Sucker Punch is celebrating with 74 seconds of brutal, bloody, John Wick-worthy gun fu

"We're so excited to finally have reached this milestone"

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The best part of Ghost of Tsushima is back: Sony confirms Ghost of Yotei Legends DLC is coming next year with 4 classes and new co-op missions

The multiplayer mode is dropping as free DLC next year

TechRadar

Ghost of Yōtei will likely take just as long to beat as Ghost of Tsushima as the game's creative director says both games are similar 'in terms of the time commitment'

Sucker Punch has confirmed that Ghost of Yōtei will take around the same time to beat as Ghost of Tsushima.

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei has a "similar" time commitment to Ghost of Tsushima, and another 25-hour open-world RPG sounds heavenly to my swelling backlog

It shares the same "scale and scope" of the original

Inverse

5 Years Ago, PlayStation Gave Us Assassin's Creed In Japan, Long Before Ubisoft Actually Got There

'Ghost of Tsushima' gave us Assassin’s Creed in Japan, years before the franchise would catch up and actually give the fans what they wanted.

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Ghost of Yotei is an open-world game, "but there's still a linear story structure" as Sucker Punch wanted to make sure protagonist Atsu's journey "tears at the heartstrings"

Said structure is "very important"

GamesRadar

Ghost of Yotei director says "I would love to work on more Infamous" and "see a trilogy re-release," but for now "Sucker Punch is a one game at a time shop"

The most recent mainline Infamous game came out in 2014

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