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We are less than 100 days away from the launch of Ghost of Yōtei on PS5 on October 2! This week, we can't wait to give you your best look yet at what to expect with a State of Play gameplay deep dive streaming on July 10.

Our State of Play features nearly 20 minutes of Ghost of Yōtei gameplay hosted by Sucker Punch's Creative Directors, Jason Connell and Nate Fox. Beyond sharing more about Atsu's quest for vengeance, we're excited to show off her new weapons, new ways to personalize your journey at the edge of Japan, new special modes, and much more.

The Ghost of Yōtei State of Play gameplay deep dive will stream on PlayStation's Twitch and YouTube channels on July 10 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm BST / 11pm CEST.

 

[PurePlatinum]

I thought the first one was incredibly mid, and showed signs of internal development turmoil. I'm really excited to see where they take it with a sequel and clean up the experience.

I think giving up on Jin's story was the smartest thing they could have possibly done. Really stoked to watch this.

 

[lh032]

I thought the first one was incredibly mid, and showed signs of internal development turmoil. I'm really excited to see where they take it with a sequel and clean up the experience.

I think giving up on Jin's story was the smartest thing they could have possibly done. Really stoked to watch this.

 

[Fake]

 

[Rush2112]

Can't wait to watch this with my wife's boyfriends's son!

 

[Hookshot]

Late August would have made more sense for this. People don't have attention spans for 4 months anymore.

 

[hemo memo]

I doubted the first Ghost after that horrible SoP, and it went on to become one of my best games on PS4. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

 

[Burger King]

The plot seems to be copied directly from the manga "Blade of Immortal", which, in my opinion, is a great thing since it is wonderful and is my favorite manga ever.

 

[Certinty]

The first game is probably in my top 10 fave games the last 5 years but i'm just not hyped for this one.

Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of it is to do with Assassin's Creed Shadows releasing earlier this year and being a very similar game in setting, story and gameplay, but at the same time there's also been nothing about this to excite me like the first game did.

Let's see if that changes on Thursday.

 

[hemo memo]

Can't wait to watch this with my wife's boyfriend's son's stepdad's ex-wife's new fiance's adopted golden retriever!

Ftfy

 

[tTHANOSs]

This better be amazing after only showing cinematic trailers up to this point.

 

[lh032]

I doubted the first Ghost after that horrible SoP, and it went on to become one of my best games on PS4. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

for some reason im not really excited, the protag just doesnt do it for me.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Curious how the presentation will compare to AC Shadows. Animations should be a home run above, graphics and tech we will see.

 

[Fake]

Can't wait to watch this with my wife's boyfriends's son!

 

[envyzeal]

Already pre ordered, let's go!

 

[Baemono]

We gonna finally see if it's profitable or not

 

[Bartski]

LETS GO

 

[Punished Miku]

This better be amazing after only showing cinematic trailers up to this point.

 

[Doom85]

I thought the first one was incredibly mid, and showed signs of internal development turmoil.

I agree, something about the feel of controlling the character just felt a bit off, and the overall experience was just okay.

Hopefully they release a demo so I can see if this one is more appealing to me, otherwise it's a skip for me.

 

[hemo memo]

LETS GO

 

[R6Rider]

I'll watch.

 

[PurePlatinum]

I agree, something about the feel of controlling the character just felt a bit off, and the overall experience was just okay.

Hopefully they release a demo so I can see if this one is more appealing to me, otherwise it's a skip for me.

Felt okay to me and it's a very polished experience -- I think it's pretty obvious that they had an infamous-esque morality system in there that got ripped out in the final year of development.

I imagine the play testers gave feedback like, "Playing as the ninja is rad but if I choose the 'good path samurai' I only get to use the sword?!". Sucker Punch caved and let the player just build a hybrid samurai/ninja but the end result is that the game is incredibly easy and unbalanced.

 

[ElCasual]

Woke of yotei.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'm sure it'll be good. I'm expecting it to be very similar to the 1st one. Will get it on sale. Definitely curious to see how it is after all this suspense.

 

[viveks86]

Guess I'm not getting any work done on Thursday

 

[Sooner]

I'm already sold after the first game. I'm avoiding this. I want to go in as blind as possible.

 

[R6Rider]

I'm already sold after the first game. I'm avoiding this. I want to go in as blind as possible.

Just watch it blindfolded.

 

[adamsapple]

Just watch it blindfolded.

Immersive as fuck.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Definitely going to be it's make it or break it moment and it's kinda wild it took this long.

Gonna be a real entertaining day here regardless

 

[StereoVsn]

I have 0 expectations for this one and I loved the first game. Hopefully I am wrong, going to watch gameplay on YouTube after the stream.

 

[K' Dash]

 

[Ar¢tos]

I'll most likely probably definitely not watch it!

 

[Jigsaah]

The first one I played on PS4 and just couldn't bring myself to finish. I did end up double dipping on PC and for some reason I was able to stick with it until the end. Fantastic game.

That being said, I don't know why I can't seem to get hyped about this new one. Probably because my playthrough on PC was less than a year ago. I just hope it's not just reskinned. During this deep dive they need to show why it's an improvement over the first one.

 

[omegasc]

I'm glad they didn't try to turn it into GaaS of Tsushima

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Will wait for gamepass

 

[Loomy]

I think giving up on Jin's story was the smartest thing they could have possibly done.

Didn't even give up on it. They wrapped it up neatly. Dude was never supposed to be Batman. He just wanted to free his homeland from the Mongol invasion. He did that and they even had him resolve some lingering daddy issues while they were at it.

I don't what else people wanted from the guy.

 

[Represent.]

They will have to sell me on this. The first one is one of the most overrated games of the decade.

 

[Xtib81]

My hype is currently near 0. Not sure the sop will change anything but I'll watch.

 

[willothedog]

 

[ProtoByte]

I do not expect to see sufficient advances here.

 

[K' Dash]

I do not expect to see sufficient advances here.

first game was shallow as fuck, it looks pretty but thats it... and pretty doesn't cut it anymore.

 

[Saber]

I thought the first one was incredibly mid, and showed signs of internal development turmoil. I'm really excited to see where they take it with a sequel and clean up the experience.

I think giving up on Jin's story was the smartest thing they could have possibly done. Really stoked to watch this.

And what makes you think this gonna be any different? Because shes a woman(I guess)?

Jin was a great character. Serious and focused type of character.

 

[Dark Shinobi]

Such a wasted opportunity to not do a direct sequel to GOT with Jin as the main character. The virtue signaling girl boss era needs die off.

 

[yogaflame]

GOT is one of my favorite Ps4 games. They should have made a direct sequel with Jin as the main protagonist. I don't like the actress they use as a model for the protagonist. I hope nothing will be too woke. I'm still going too watch this SOP. GOY is a wait and see status for me.

 

[Physiognomonics]

the first game bored me to death. combat was so bad compared to anything else having sword gameplay (nioh games, from software games, monster hunter games). And i never was impressed by cel shading graphics.

we have great sword gameplay since decades now... how can they still give us this clanky ps2 sword combat?

seriously, just learn from the best! tenchu on ps1 was better than this

 

[saintjules]

I do not expect to see sufficient advances here.

As long as I don't have to follow footprints every other mission, it will be an improvement I'd say.

 

[Thief1987]

Hopefully they will finally reveal MC's pronouns. Can't wait!

 

[SlimySnake]

Really loved the first game. A breath of fresh air after the dreary and ugly TLOU2. I even got to love the combat.

But the sequels looks dated and samey despite a 5 year dev cycle. I have zero faith in the protagonist especially because they have shown absolutely nothing about her.

If they didnt bother updating the visuals, why would the bother updating the level design and combat? I will tune in to find out but after DS2 I am sure this will be yet another GOW Ragnorak, Spiderman 2 and Death stranding 2. A very well made game that is more DLC than a next gen sequel.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Will sell worse than the first one.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

Flop franchise. If Ubisoft could animate their combat systems properly, this is exactly what they would've created, minus the mtx flooding, something they'd do as well. Zero interest in following wind currents, following foxes and taking over copy pasted camps. The worst open world experience a video game can offer. Fuck this.