30 h. ago Ghost of Yōtei review – a brutal and stunningly beautiful samurai revenge quest

PlayStation 5; Sucker Punch/SonyThe follow-up to Ghost of Tsushima leans into its young protagonist’s thirst for bloody vengeanceMy horse in Ghost of Yōtei is called Mochizuki, which means “full moon” in archaic Japanese, and I swear she is the most unfortunate creature in all of northern Japan. The button I have to press to summon her is right next to the button I need to press to heal my samurai during a fight and I often fumble with my thumb and call her straight into a chaotic seven-on-one brawl. Mochizuki frequently gallops full pelt into an arrow or catches a sword-swipe from one of my outlaw enemies as I roll out of the way. Sometimes she stands on the edge of the skirmish, calmly waiting for me to finish disembowelling bad guys so that we can resume our picturesque adventures across the region of Ezo.Ghost of Yōtei is the follow-up to American studio Sucker Punch’s reverent samurai action game Ghost of Tsushima, from 2020. Most of the time it looks exceptionally well-directe...

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53 h. ago Ghost of Yotei's London Billboard Is One of the Coolest Ads We've Seen in Ages

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3 d. ago All 54 Ghost of Yotei trophies unveiled ahead of Thursday launch

Set to launch on October 2, it's the successor to 2020's incredibly popular Ghost of Tsushima

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4 d. ago Ghost of Yotei release time and when gamers can play latest PS5 game

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4 d. ago What to Stream: Taylor Swift, Matthew McConaughey, Jacinda Ardern, Glen Powell and Ghost of Yotei

Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” and Matthew McConaughey playing the real-life bus driver who saved elementary school students during California’s deadliest wildfire are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

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7 d. ago Ghost of Yotei review: stunningly beautiful and suspiciously familiar

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

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7 d. ago Ghost of Yōtei review: Another cracking PS5 hit in brutal sword

Yōtei picks up some 300 years after the first game, Ghost of Tsushima, and developer Sucker Punch has done a wonderful job recreating the breathtaking and lawless world of ancient Japan

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8 d. ago Ghost of Yotei review – samurai sequel plays like an old dog trying to come up with new tricks

Despite giving us a new protagonist and fresh setting, there's plenty about Ghost of Yotei that feels almost too familiar.

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8 d. ago Rescued miners, a drone launch and Milan fashion week: photos of the day – Thursday

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1 week ago Kate Moss dances the night away alongside Madonna as the pair party up a storm for the exclusive reopening of Chiltern Firehouse to kick off London Fashion Week

Kate Moss and Madonna partied up a storm at the star-studded Chiltern Firehouse on Thursday evening, as they led a glittering guest list celebrating the launch of London Fashion Week. 

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2 w. ago Ageless beauty! Trinny Woodall, 61, stuns in vibrant yellow as she leads the arrivals at celebrity launch party

Trinny Woodall made a bold style statement as she attended the Trinny London launch at Bondi hot spot Icebergs on Thursday.

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last month Ghost of Yōtei: a determined outsider seeks revenge in feudal Japan

The makers of the forthcoming open-world adventure explain how new gameplay features and an extra-resourceful sword-wielding protagonist set it apart from 2020 predecessor Ghost of TsushimaAtsu is no samurai. The lead character in Ghost of Yōtei is a wandering sellsword from a lowly family. Her sex and lack of status mean that, following the murders of her family, she has no fixed place in 17th-century Japanese society, and there is no permitted path for her to tread if she is to get revenge on the Yōtei Six, the men who killed her loved ones. As the game’s co-director Nate Fox puts it, “Atsu is not somebody who walks in to a room and people pay respect to.”Yōtei’s predecessor, Sucker Punch Productions’ 2020 sprawling open-world game Ghost of Tsushima, is the story of a samurai, Jin Sakai, who shreds his honour to defend his homeland. Jin can’t repel the Mongols attacking Tsushima as a noble warrior, but as “the Ghost”, a fear-inspiring legend willing to use any dirty tactic to gain...

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