Welcome to our preview of Ghostwire Tokyo, a game that looked a lot more impressive when played compared to the trailer.
I will admit that when I first saw Ghostwire: Tokyo, I was lukewarm at best in regards to wanting to play it. Sure, like most titles this new generation, the game did look amazing when it comes down to its graphics, but when it came down to the action, I was not so sure I would even like it. The unclear nature of the attacks is what kind of did me in. I was not sure what to really expect and aside from some impressive destruction images, I had no idea what was going on in the game.
Then the day finally happened, a preview was given by Bethesda and we got to join in. Ghostwire: Tokyo is a first-person action game where the city of Tokyo is overrun by Yokai and other spirits. Your job is to find out what happened and you join forces (literally) with a yokai hunter basically. He incorporates part of your body and with his help, you start cleaning the city in search of answers to your many questions. Who is behind everything and what happened to everyone in Tokyo?
So far, the main gist of the story and the action is all about cleaning up the town, and with this comes a lot of fighting and cleansing of evil spirits. The fighting is basically presented as damaging the enemies with attacks and then ripping them apart to fully get rid of them. Blocking incoming attacks is also possible and after being given this clear idea on the attack manners, it became really clear to me that Ghostwire: Tokyo is more appealing than the unknown aspect that was left by the trailer.
Not just this side, but also how you clear Torii shrines, how you move around, and follow up with yokai. Going into a convenience store has this awesome feeling of actually being in Tokyo, god, I miss Japan, Ghostwire Tokyo really brings the feels. The graphics and surprisingly high feeling of realism are quite impressive and I can not wait to start playing this game for myself when it finally drops.
This preview given to us by Bethesda is clear proof of why I often watch streamers or playthroughs. Not because I want to get spoiled, on the contrary, I hate spoilers. I just want to get a real feeling for a game and after getting just that, I am most interested to actually start playing. From a lukewarm feeling at best to a highly anticipated game in just 1 hour of watching the preview. Do I need to say more?
