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Topics: Ghost of Yotei, PlayStation, PlayStation 5
Ghost Of Yōtei may be one of 2025’s Game Of The Year contenders but this free PlayStation 5 RPG has been putting it through its paces.
Sucker Punch did an excellent job with the Ghost Of Tsushima sequel, with a new story that didn’t rely on players who’d completed the previous game and a whole bunch of new gameplay mechanics to keep playthroughs feeling fresh.
Ghost Of Yōtei is also gorgeous, though it’s had its fair share of players criticising the visuals and saying they’re more in-line with PlayStation 3 graphics rather than PlayStation 5, not sure what that’s all about.
If you’ve been enjoying the game Where Winds Meet comes highly recommend, and it’s free-to-play on PlayStation right now.
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It was quickly decided that it was a Ghost Of Yōtei competitor, with comparisons highlighting what Where Winds Meet does better than Ghost Of Yōtei and vice-versa.
One gameplay mechanic Where Winds Meet does better has to be fast-travel, even though it’s not as fast as the name implies.
Ghost Of Yōtei players unlock fast-travel to any locations they’ve previously been to and its received a lot of praise for how instantaneous it is. Atsu must have learnt the instant transmission technique from Goku because she can teleport all over the place with no load times whatsoever.
Where Winds Meet might have it beat though as white fast-travel isn’t as simple as just pressing a button it is one of the coolest ways to travel we’ve ever seen in a game.
Take a look at the below clip posted by Strange_Music on Reddit, which show the player’s character stood on a hill looking at a distant tower.
Rather than opening a map, pressing on a location and being hit with a loading screen, Where Winds Meet sees the player rocket into the air, using magic and gorgeously animated choreography to soar through the sky towards their destination.
The animations themselves are done to hide the map being loading in ahead of you, which is a clever way of allowing fast-travel whilst also giving players something to look at rather than just a blank screen.
Strange_Music says there are additional techniques that see you travel farther, all of which have their own unique animations.
Ghost Of Yōtei might have its competition beat on speed, but Where Winds Meet clearly has the greater aura of the two games, though to be fair one is supposed to be grounded whereas the other is more mystical.