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Ghost of Yōtei Is the Game I’m Most Excited For This Year

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Every year brings blockbuster games that dominate conversation in the runup to their release. Ghost of Yōtei, however, is shaping its discussion differently. It’s a game I’m desperately looking forward to, and with the release date right around the corner, I can’t wait to finally go hands-on with it on PS5. Watching Sucker Punch Productions’ deep dive presentation, it’s clear the studio are establishing Ghost of Yōtei as more than just another open world adventure pockmarked by skirmishes and winding narratives.

They’re reaching for something rare in open world design: a stylised sense of mood, delivered through artistry and cinematic appreciation. Yōtei’s mist-strewn hilltops evoke Kurosawa’s signature stillness, while deliberately claustrophobic combat recalls the brutality of 13 Assassins. Even the experimental fusion of celebrated anime director Shinichirō Watanabe hints at a title aiming high. Ghost of Yōtei isn’t just positioning itself as one of the biggest games of the year, but as a boundary pushing open world experience.

Before we continue, please note that all information in this feature comes from official sources.

What makes this sequel so compelling isn’t its mechanics and systems, though exploration, combat, and narrative each show ambition. In Ghost of Yōtei, just as every fallen leaf drifts gently on the breeze, a palpable cinematic mood imbues every detail. Feet part blankets of fallen cherry blossoms aside, revealing paths that lead to puzzles, whilst murmuration clouds dance over waving meadows; every element is designed to immerse the player in atmosphere first and mechanics second. The goal is not to complete a check list of activities but to engage with a living, breathing landscape in a way that feels natural. Ghost of Yōtei’s pacing, framing, and soundscape work in harmony to support its cinematic detail.

An appreciation of Japanese setting and its cinematic lineage isn’t unique to Ghost of Yōtei. Silent Hill f, another highly anticipated release, also roots its atmosphere in Japanese heritage. However, their approaches differ: whilst Silent Hill f distorts alluring imagery through folkloric lenses, Ghost of Yōtei celebrates beauty and tradition. There’s an elegance to its storytelling that contrasts Silent Hill f starkly, despite both titles drawing from the same Japanese setting. It is Ghost of Yōtei’s capacity to mesmerise that sets the stage for its open world exploration.

Ghost of Yōtei’s setting is a historical depiction of Hokkaido, inspired by the lands surrounding Mount Yōtei in Ezo. This open world is less a collection of objectives and more a canvas for discovery. The game is deliberately stately, with players encouraged to wander, pause, and absorb their surroundings. As recommended by Sucker Punch, scanning the horizon with a spyglass is the best way to draw the landscape. Distant buildings, smoke stacks, even open plains attract the eye like the brushstrokes of a painting. Exploration is inviting, but the world isn’t rushed. Once the campaign has been completed, it’s easy to imagine players returning to these lands purely to meditate on its subtleties.

However, there is unhurried structure to be found. Rather than overwhelm players with a loaded display or a minimap packed with quest markers, Ghost of Yōtei adopts a Clue Card system. These cards act as narrative breadcrumbs, providing leads, a story fragment, or a new location, allowing players to self-curate their own course through the landscape. Whether it’s a fire-scorched valley harbouring tough, samurai-like enemies, or snow-capped tundras which provide the perfect proving ground for illusory ninja, the next stage of a player’s journey is always in their hands. This design choice maintains cinematic rhythm. Just like a movie director frames their shots for a viewer’s gaze, Ghost of Yōtei’s Clue Cards frame exploration.

This self-curated approach ensures exploring in the shadow of Mount Yōtei never feels aimless. The Clue Card’s careful hints mean players become both audience and participant; every puzzle discovered, every bounty chased, every path ridden, each and every moment in Ghost of Yōtei’s open world is shaped by a personal narrative. And it is here, in the equilibrium of guidance and freedom, that the title’s cinematic leanings take a corporeal form.

Ghost of Yōtei’s combat is deliberately grounded, eschewing exploration’s serenity for tactile intensity. Sucker Punch have highlighted a newfound focus on weapon choice over Ghost of Tsushima’s stances, with numerous blades, bows, and projectiles in our hero Atsu’s arsenal. Every sword strike, every block and deflect, every action has weight and consequence. Clashes carry the tension of a duel rather than the spectacle of a choreographed flourish.

Furthermore, each skirmish is preceded by statuesque stillness; a sobering size-up where sword handles are gripped and wide eyes are locked. These moments mirror the elegance of Akira Kurosawa’s swordplay in Seven Samurai, where each exchange of steel is visually composed, measured, and purposeful. Ghost of Yōtei’s combat continues Ghost of Tsushima’s demand for lethal precision, yet the process is minimal. To allow us a crude comparison: warriors in any Kurosawa epic wouldn’t execute flashy combos in button-mashing fashion, so neither does Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei. Patience and timing are more crucial than ever.

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Sucker Punch heightens the combat’s intensity further by incorporating the tightly-framed chaos of Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins battle sequences, with viewers coming uncomfortably close to the brutal bloodshed. The result is a combat system that is both meditative and thrilling, yet consistently anchored in the game’s cinematic logic. Fights are guided by weapon choice, but their careful pacing exudes a freedom to strike precisely.

If combat cements Ghost of Yōtei’s cinematic reality, then the special director modes elevate the experience into unashamed artistry. Chief among them is Kurosawa Mode, a black-and-white visual complete with film grain, audio filters, exaggerated wind, blooming highlights, and saturated darks, each moment captured in a thoughtfully framed perspective. In footage shared by Sucker Punch, this mode transforms Ghost of Yōtei into a moving homage to mid-century Japanese cinema, evoking the striking beauty and unwavering disciple of Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood, Seven Samurai, or Yojimbo.

Miike Mode recalls the aforesaid claustrophobia of Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins, where tightly framed action sequences provide a raw intensity, with blood splatter overblown to near-comedic effect akin to Miike’s body horror movies Itchi the Killer and Audition.

In contrast, Watanabe Mode introduces a playful, if potentially polarising, twist. Inspired by celebrated anime director Shinichirō Watanabe’s Samurai Champloo, lo-fi beats will accompany exploration, marrying Edo-period imagery with contemporary rhythms. Whilst some players will undoubtedly delight in Sucker Punch’s bravery to remix traditional settings with modern sensibilities, there’s a chance others will feel that chillhop vibes undercut the gravitas of the game’s original score.

Regardless, the special director modes signal a studio determined for players to not only self-curate where they go and what they do in the world, but in how they experience it too. Supporting this notion is a suite of language options, ranging from standard English without subtitles, to fully-voiced Japanese actors with English subtitles. Sound, after all, is as vital to establishing an authentic atmosphere as much as visuals, gameplay, and story.

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The game’s original score leans into traditional Japanese instrumentation with shamisen punctuated by pounding taiko drums grounding the experience in historicity. However, as Watanabe Mode and the numerous language experiences demonstrate, players can choose between reverence, reinvention, or a medley of the two, with any option shaping how players experience the game.

Ghost of Yōtei fuses an orchestrated experience with open world freedom like no other blockbuster title. Defined by its setting and cinematic lineage, Ghost of Yōtei is set to be one of the strongest arguments – and perhaps the most mainstream example yet – that video games are indeed art. Ghost of Yōtei launches exclusively on the PS5 on October 2, and I can’t wait to play it.

Note: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, GamingBolt as an organization.


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