I’m trying to think of another instance where a sequel has hop, skipped and jumped so far past what its predecessor accomplished that the qualitative delta is almost unfeasibly vast and really the only title that manifests itself most prominently in my mind is Rockstar’s peerless Red Dead Redemption 2.
I raise this idea because Ghost of Yōtei feels like to me that it accomplishes a similarly lofty feat, utterly outstripping absolutely everything its stellar predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima, did on practically every level and simultaneously cements Sucker Punch Productions as one of PlayStation Studios‘ marquee developers.
You can relax now, Ghost of Yōtei is everything you hoped it would be and so much more
