Players of Ghost of Tsushima can surely remember some monotonous side quests. The team of Ghost of Yotei wants to make certain quests more varied for PS5.
Which tasks are we talking about? In Ghost of Tsushima, it is not enough to complete the story to earn the coveted Platinum Trophy. In addition, players must complete duels or learn combat stances.
While many trophies are varied, there are some for which players have to go through a monotonous process. For the achievement “Body, Mind, and Soul,” fans have the task of finding all hot springs, haikus, Inari shrines, and bamboo stands.
To discover the Inari shrines, players need to follow a fox that leads them to the shrine. Since there are 49 shrines, it has become a boring task that has taken a lot of time.
Ghost of Yotei does a lot to prevent this boredom. For example, there is a new music mode, that many players want to use for chilling while hunting the Platinum Trophy. But the developers also want to ensure that the gameplay does not become too monotonous.
Ghost of Yotei should not offer a boring fox hunt
How do the developers want to prevent that? In an interview with Automaton, the co-director of Ghost of Yotei, ironically named Nate Fox, revealed that the predecessor suffered from the pace of explorations and minigames. The developers reportedly received much criticism that some gameplay elements were too repetitive.
The pursuit of the fox was not very varied and felt like a tedious chore. But the developers want to counteract that:
Ghost of Yotei improves [the minigame segments] in the sense that we do not let players go through the same thing over and over again when their curiosity leads them to discover new secrets. We have prepared different types of outcomes that may exceed the player’s expectations. We believe that the beauty of open-world games lies in exploration, so we were determined to provide players with a varied experience.
As examples, the development team mentioned Sumi-e painting in first-person perspective or the marble game Ohajiki. It seems that the repetitive tasks will be replaced by more varied minigames.
However, this could have the downside that it may take longer for players to have the Platinum Trophy in their collection. Whether the more varied gameplay takes more time was not revealed by Fox.
If you want to play Ghost of Yotei and are a big Digimon fan, unfortunately, you have a big problem. Because on the same day, a spin-off of the anime monsters will be released, so you will have to decide which of the two titles to tackle first: In the new RPG about Digimon on Steam, it will get darker again and there is a good reason for that
