Sucker Punch says it also wants to "balance against" the "repetitive nature of doing the same thing over again" in an open world map.
Alongside the announcement of its sequel, Sucker Punch and Sony have also announced a sales update for Ghost of Tsushima.
Sucker Punch moved away from Jin Sakai to "explore what it could mean to have a new hero wearing a Ghost mask" and their legend.
The Ghost of Tsushima sequel will star a new protagonist and take players to an entirely new setting. The game will also be PS5 Pro Enhanced upon release.
These games were just too fun and expansive to stop playing.
"What I loved about it was this purity of having a player fantasy and really leaning into it," says creative director Julian Gerighty.
Will Sucker Punch and Sony ever return to their beloved superhero/supervillain franchise?
Meanwhile, Nintendo's remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door debuted at second place in the monthly charts.
Assassin's Creed is finally going to Japan, but with Ghost of Tsushima having already done that so well, it'll have a lot to live up to.
The open world samurai epic hits a peak of 77,154 concurrent players on Steam, the highest any single-player Sony game has seen on the platform to date.
The open world samurai epic enjoys Sony's fourth-best launch on Steam with over 57,000 concurrent players upon release.
Sucker Punch Productions' acclaimed open-world action adventure is finally available on Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Legends players on PC won't automatically match with those on PS4 and PS5, but they can invite friends via PlayStation Network.
Around 180 countries are now unable to purchase the upcoming port of Sucker Punch's title on Steam before its launch on May 16th.
Logging in to PlayStation Network will be required to play the Legends multiplayer and access the new PlayStation overlay.
The action-adventure title's upcoming PC port will launch with support for a new PlayStation overlay, which will include your Trophies, friends, and more.
Sony has revealed system requirements for the open world title's upcoming PC port across several presets, ranging from 720p/30 FPS to 4K/60 FPS.
Sucker Punch's open world epic stands head and shoulders above the most recent game that takes inspiration from it.
"Rise of the Ronin is our first open world game, and Ghost of Tsushima was one of the games we used as reference," says director Fumihiko Yasuda.
Sucker Punch's critically acclaimed action-adventure finally comes to PC with unlocked frame rates, Ultrawide monitor support and more.
