Earlier this week, PS5-exclusive open-worlder Ghost of Yotei obtained an replace including a complete new multiplayer expertise, Legends. And similar to its 2020 predecessor did earlier than with its personal Legends mode, Ghost of Yotei: Legends takes the exceptional fight of the principle 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 components, powers, weapons, and enemies. And let me provide help to out with this tip: You possibly can entry multiplayer from the principle sport 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 possibly can tackle the more durable finale mission with as much as three different gamers. Finishing these missions unlocks the power to replay them on more durable difficulties, granting higher loot and extra XP, and letting your chosen class (there are 4 to select from) get extra highly effective. You too can partake in some survival missions, hop in with randos for further rewards, and finally, there can be an enormous raid to tackle that can be added in a future replace.
Legends is now accessible for all #GhostofYotei homeowners! ⚔️
🐺 4 courses
🐺 A number of issue 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 comparable buildings to Legends. However the actual star of Legends is Yotei’s unbelievable fight and gameplay. The entire 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 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 is extra action-oriented and constructed round blasting by way of missions with a number of 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 components get in the way in which of Yotei’s fight. Actually, they only make it even higher. Having the ability to fling round rapidly and throw a fallen enemy’s sword at an enormous 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 actually need to speak all that a lot, a minimum of exterior of the tougher difficulties and missions. You and a crew of three different warriors can simply plow by way of camps like a plague of locusts, carrying swords and spitting arrows. When somebody goes down, the sport alerts you clearly. When aims 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 totally different courses, unlock new cosmetics, and enhance your gear and weaponry. Bars go up. Numbers get greater. 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’s going to maintain my consideration for months and months, as another on-line video games have, however contemplating it is a free replace to an already unbelievable solo open-world samurai sport, I gained’t be complaining if I really feel like I’ve accomplished 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.
