Earlier this week, PS5-exclusive open-worlder Ghost of Yotei obtained an replace including an entire 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 recreation 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 components, powers, weapons, and enemies. And let me make it easier to out with this tip: You possibly can entry multiplayer from the primary recreation by pausing and hopping over to the settings display screen.
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’ll be able to tackle the tougher finale mission with as much as three different gamers. Finishing these missions unlocks the flexibility 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 can too partake in some survival missions, hop in with randos for additional rewards, and ultimately, there might be a giant raid to tackle that might be added in a future replace.
Legends is now obtainable for all #GhostofYotei house owners! ⚔️
🐺 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 probably the most modern idea. I’ve performed loads of on-line video games with related constructions to Legends. However the actual star of Legends is Yotei’s unimaginable fight and gameplay. All the strikes and weapons, in addition to loads of additional stuff, is included in Legends. Dodging, parrying, attacking, swinging round, taking out fools with arrows, sneaky assassinations, rolls, you identify it. All of that good, good things from Ghost of Yotei‘s fundamental marketing campaign makes up the muse of Legends. And that rocks.
Legends, compared to the primary recreation, is extra action-oriented and constructed round blasting by means of missions with a number of different gamers in 10- to 15-minute runs that may function 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 flexibility to share it with some buddies. And not one of the multiplayer components 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 tug off in Legends as a result of I’m usually 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 really want to speak all that a lot, at the very least exterior of the tougher difficulties and missions. You and a crew of three different warriors can simply plow by means of camps like a plague of locusts, carrying swords and spitting arrows. When somebody goes down, the sport alerts you clearly. When targets should 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 degree up the totally 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 buddy or some random participant. It’s good.
I’m unsure 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 recreation, I gained’t be complaining if I really feel like I’ve carried out all of it in Legends after a number of weeks. And if Sucker Punch provides extra, I’ll be again to get pleasure from Ghost of Yotei: Legends with my sword-swinging buddies.
