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It takes place in Hokkaido in 1603, on and around Mount Yotei. The conceit is after Tokugawa Ieyasu became Shogun and brought peace to Japan after a century and a half of warfare, a lot of out of work samurai and mercenaries fled to the remote regions of Japan's far north and became criminals. The most powerful of these gangs, the Yotei Six, are being pursued by the protagonist, seeking revenge for the death of her family.

It's still a sequel to Ghost of Tsushima, so the base gameplay is the same, but they wanted to make the open world less rigid and take inspiration more from RDR2 and Breath of the Wild than Asscreed. You can hunt the 5 underlings of the Yotei Six in any order, mission markers are less frequent, the devs want you to engage with the story through exploring the world rather than just doing a checklist.