Ghost Of Yotei And Other Historical Games Are Rewriting Old Myths

"At one point in Ghost of Yotei , the game's protagonist Atsu finds herself within the torchlit courtyard of a fortress where one of her enemies is preparing to stage a play. This production is meant to recreate the worst moment of Atsu's life, when her family was brutally murdered in front of her as a child and she was left for dead."

"Their leader, one of the masked killers from her past, orders his underlings to get the details of the massacre correct. He shouts for more fire, louder music, to capture the excitement of the night. Seeing her past reimagined in this way sends Atsu into a blind rage, expressed in-game as a new ability that drenches the screen in a dark, bloody red, and drives her into a violent frenzy."

Protagonist Atsu encounters a torchlit fortress courtyard where an enemy stages a play recreating the childhood massacre that left her family dead and her presumed dead. A backdrop depicts the ginkgo tree where she was abandoned. Soldiers prepare; their leader, one of the masked killers, instructs underlings to reproduce massacre details, demanding more fire and louder music. Seeing her history distorted triggers a new in-game ability that drenches the screen red and propels Atsu into a violent frenzy, cutting down foes and strewing the stage with corpses. Ghost of Yotei appears alongside other historical games such as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Assassin's Creed Shadows.

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