Earlier this week, PS5-exclusive open-worlder Ghost of Yotei acquired an replace including a complete new multiplayer expertise, Legends. And identical to its 2020 predecessor did earlier than with its personal Legends mode, Ghost of Yotei: Legends takes the outstanding fight of the primary sport and reworks it right into a one-to-four-player mystical motion RPG. And I actually, actually prefer it.
On March 10, Sucker Punch added the beforehand introduced Legends mode into Ghost of Yotei. It’s a co-op-focused, however solo-friendly, on-line RPG that options extra magical and supernatural parts, powers, weapons, and enemies. And let me aid you out with this tip: You’ll be able to entry multiplayer from the primary sport by pausing and hopping over to the settings display.
What’s Ghost of Yotei: Legends?
The principle loop of Legends has you and as much as one different participant finishing 10- to 15-minute-long story missions and getting XP and new loot for doing so. As soon as all three story missions in a chapter have been accomplished, you may tackle the tougher finale mission with as much as three different gamers. Finishing these missions unlocks the power to replay them on tougher difficulties, granting higher loot and extra XP, and letting your chosen class (there are 4 to select from) get extra highly effective. You may as well partake in some survival missions, hop in with randos for further rewards, and finally, there shall be a giant raid to tackle that shall be added in a future replace.
Legends is now out there for all #GhostofYotei homeowners! ⚔️
🐺 4 courses
🐺 A number of problem modes
🐺 Distinctive cosmetics
🐺 2 and 4 participant on-line co-op
🐺 Face the demonic Yōtei Six pic.twitter.com/In7Rcwipyk— Sucker Punch Productions (@SuckerPunchProd) March 10, 2026
To be clear, Yotei’s multiplayer mode isn’t essentially the most revolutionary idea. I’ve performed loads of on-line video games with related buildings to Legends. However the true star of Legends is Yotei’s unimaginable fight and gameplay. All the strikes and weapons, in addition to loads of further stuff, is included in Legends. Dodging, parrying, attacking, swinging round, taking out fools with arrows, sneaky assassinations, rolls, you title it. All of that good, great things from Ghost of Yotei‘s major marketing campaign makes up the inspiration of Legends. And that rocks.
Legends, compared to the primary sport, is extra action-oriented and constructed round blasting via missions with just a few different gamers in 10- to 15-minute runs that may characteristic dozens and dozens of enemies to get rid of. Not often did Yotei supply up this a lot concentrated motion, and by no means with the power to share it with some buddies. And not one of the multiplayer parts get in the best way of Yotei’s fight. In reality, they only make it even higher. With the ability to fling round shortly and throw a fallen enemy’s sword at a giant man is enjoyable in Yotei. It’s 10 occasions extra enjoyable to drag off in Legends as a result of I’m typically serving to out a co-op pal in bother.
A chill however thrilling PS5 co-op expertise
It’s additionally a type of co-op video games the place you don’t actually need to speak all that a lot, not less than outdoors of the tougher difficulties and missions. You and a crew of three different warriors can simply plow via camps like a plague of locusts, carrying swords and spitting arrows. When somebody goes down, the sport alerts you clearly. When goals must be accomplished, they’re clearly marked, tagged, and up to date for all.
And all of this motion and killing and co-op enjoyable helps you stage up the completely different courses, unlock new cosmetics, and enhance your gear and weaponry. Bars go up. Numbers get larger. Objects get rarer. And also you get to share all of it with a pal or some random participant. It’s good.
I’m undecided it can maintain my consideration for months and months, as another on-line video games have, however contemplating it is a free replace to an already unimaginable solo open-world samurai sport, I gained’t be complaining if I really feel like I’ve completed all of it in Legends after just a few weeks. And if Sucker Punch provides extra, I’ll be again to get pleasure from Ghost of Yotei: Legends with my sword-swinging buddies.
