Ghostwire Tokyo is a visual delight with a cool concept and a somewhat different twist on the open-world action genre.
The gameplay loop is pretty fun, though I felt that it did get a bit repetitive after a dozen or so hours of playing. The campaign is fairly short, and it's loaded with your typical run-of-the-mill open-world side-adventures, ala Assassin's Creed, Spider-Man, Arkham City etc. However, I found getting around Tokyo in Ghostwire to not be nearly as enjoyable as in those other games, making the side-adventures a tad less desirable to complete.
Visuals are great, especially the presentation of Tokyo itself. Moreover, the monster (visitor) designs are absolutely top notch. There are some truly terrifying creatures in this game.
Their horrific portrayal, along with the creepy abandoned city creates an atmosphere that is quite chilling, which was a tad more on the horror side of the genre than I had expected going in.
Regarding the story: I found it very difficult to follow, and thus with the exception of what was happening on the surface level, I had a really tough time understanding what the heck was going on, which made it challenging for me to connect to the characters -- this simply could just boil down to me being too smooth-brained to properly connect the dots.
Overall, Ghostwire Tokyo is a pretty solid open-world game that I would definitely recommend trying, especially if you can find it on the cheap. I did enjoy most of my time playing.
However, despite the campaign being fairly short with some oddly rushed pacing toward the last couple of chapters, I was still ready for the game to be over with when the ending arrived.
The gameplay loop is pretty fun, though I felt that it did get a bit repetitive after a dozen or so hours of playing. The campaign is fairly short, and it's loaded with your typical run-of-the-mill open-world side-adventures, ala Assassin's Creed, Spider-Man, Arkham City etc. However, I found getting around Tokyo in Ghostwire to not be nearly as enjoyable as in those other games, making the side-adventures a tad less desirable to complete.
Visuals are great, especially the presentation of Tokyo itself. Moreover, the monster (visitor) designs are absolutely top notch. There are some truly terrifying creatures in this game.
Their horrific portrayal, along with the creepy abandoned city creates an atmosphere that is quite chilling, which was a tad more on the horror side of the genre than I had expected going in.
Regarding the story: I found it very difficult to follow, and thus with the exception of what was happening on the surface level, I had a really tough time understanding what the heck was going on, which made it challenging for me to connect to the characters -- this simply could just boil down to me being too smooth-brained to properly connect the dots.
Overall, Ghostwire Tokyo is a pretty solid open-world game that I would definitely recommend trying, especially if you can find it on the cheap. I did enjoy most of my time playing.
However, despite the campaign being fairly short with some oddly rushed pacing toward the last couple of chapters, I was still ready for the game to be over with when the ending arrived.