By Samurai cinema
Ghost of Tsushima’s superb Kurosawa Mode has inspired developer Sucker Punch to go a few steps further with Ghost of Yotei, which introduces a bunch of new ways to play the game.
For starters, the aforementioned Kurosawa Mode returns, letting you play in black and white, with increased wind effects and crackling soundscapes — an ode to one of Japan’s most legendary directors.
Next, we’ve got Miike Mode, created in conjunction with action-heavy filmmaker Takashi Miike. This mode zooms the camera in on main character Atsu during combat, and pumps up the amount of mud and blood that gets sprayed around. Miike would be proud.
And then we have the biggest surprise: Watanabe Mode. This option lets you play Ghost of Yotei with lo-fi music tracks directed by Shinichirō Watanabe himself — the director of iconic anime series such as Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. The latter’s clearly the inspiration here, if the name didn’t already give it away.
Will you be trying out any of these modes in Ghost of Yotei? Or will you be sticking to the default experience for your first run? Chill out with some lo-fi beats of your own in the comments section below.
Robert (or Rob if you’re lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales — he’s played ’em all. A little too much, some might say.