Honestly, what impresses me the most is the rate at which you play games to 100% them and then put out a well reasoned opinion on the game. Must be my schedule or how I go about it because I just don't have that kind of time anymore and I wish I did.
I had boring ass job where I was able to do everything in two to three hours, then I goofed off the rest of the day playing games. You can accomplish alot if you spend 6 hours every day just gaming lol. I feel like now I barely play stuff cause my current job sucks up most of my day
I was able to get it for $30 on PSN. Beat it last night. Definitely worth it for that amount. The game is gorgeous and it’s pretty spooky, a lot more than people give it credit for. Story and gameplay is kind of bland but if you’re into Japanese culture and supernatural stuff then you’ll like it. Side missions had me feeling like a spirit detective 😎
I just got it for £30 and I will play through it. This was one of the games I was waiting ages for release. Ok so it might not be great but still want to play it.
More people should be watching this now that the game just got added to the PS Plus catalogue! Definitely a game that seems more worth playing without having paid full price for it ^^
It’s so weird. You and I are both gamers. I have thousands of hours in my favorite titles. And yet it’s as if we’re into two separate hobbies that are only tangentially related. I have never once in thousands upon thousands of hours even thought about achievements. What achaivements do I have in FO4 or FNV or 2077? Probably most of them but truly, idk. On the other hand I could tell you my favorite weapons in all those games and how I like to mod them. I just think it’s rad that one medium can give different people totally different experiences, and they could be playing the same game. It’s kinda crazy.
I'm ok with towers. I'm a side mission guy . For some reason I hate touching the main story till everything is done . Too bad I'm a father with a full time job in my 30s I barely get to touch my systems
Honestly, I appreciate you for 100% completing the game mad respect for that. Aside from that, it's kinda a shame other reviewers critiqued it way too harshly. This game does have merit but its just in the rough. If they ever do decide to make a remaster/sequel (probably unlikely) they can take player/community feedback and make the game much more better.
To harshly🤯 How about stop robbing we the the consumer. If anything they were let off to easily. From where I'm sitting Sony hasn't released anything worth playing since the last GOW
@@destroygoogle1977 days gone? Ratchet and clank rift apart? Demon souls remake, the last of us 2, Spider-Man + Miles moralis…. Your comment is based on bs
I haven't completed 100% but I did full story on easy, then played Hard mode unlocking all tanukis, magatamas, KK notes etc, so I hav eonly left to collect spirits and that would make a 100% which I'm going to skip to be honest, too boring, and the game feels very repetitive and has same problem other games with progression do have, which is you basically will unlock most skills by the end of the game, when you basically going to fight the last boss, making the skill tree almost useless for the rest of the gameplay.
The main and side missions/immersive detailed tokyo were the only aspects i enjoyed in my playthrough, the rest imo were just average or under average but its cool that it features various japanese folklore myths/legends
Best way to explore Japan is to play shadow warrior 1....that was a truly beautiful first person shooter with japanese myths , legends and wise japanese sayings.....
Checking out this review because this game is on the June Humble Choice. Thanks for the review. Just noticed you may have forgotten to add a conclusion chapter at around 9:45.
Finally got it through PS+ and am only a few hours in, but ak enjoying the experience. Great atmosphere and it looks great! Playing with the dualsense is I think a real game changer as the triggers reallyake a difference in adding to the immersion of the game. Lots of cool things the devs did with the controller that I think would make playing on PC less ideal. If we had more enemy variety, mobility, and smoother controls I think a sequel could really stand out. Really hoping it gets a 2nd chance!
The sporadic movements of the enemies coupled with the still-life atmospheric setting made me feel like I was in an old-style horror flick. The game is flooded with collectibles, which become tiresome to collect, at least acquiring them is realitively easy. If 100% completion is your goal, id recommend pairing it with a pot of foldgers coffee.
No idea how u can 100 so many games, can’t think of one I’ve done that’s pretty difficult and few I feel like would be enjoyable. Got to respect dedication to the craft though man just subbed
i havent been this attached to a game in a long long time, its basic but with a few twists and i am haveing a great time exploring tokyo there is so much verity in the enviroments, and some of the story and side missions are realy good, i would have liked to have seen more of the over the top stuff though. they made evil withn and evil within 2 i hope thet continue with this ip and do a ghostwire 2 but with more depth to the combat and gameplay eg in combat haveing a dodge move or a slide could have made the combat more exiting.
Everything about this game feels really intentional and somewhat basic. As we see, it's gonna drive alot of people away from the game. I love it though, it's insanely fun and addicting for me. I love it in the same way I love Elden Ring. Both games are completely different, but they just feel damn good to play. I love the open-ended cryptic nature of ER and I love the streamlined/basic approach for Ghostwire. The combat in Ghostwire is solid too once you start using the parry system and get the timing down. It's easy to just constantly retreat but using the parry allows you to press forward and combat gets super hectic and fun. Gliding to rooftops is great, the verticality and platforming/parkour aspects are nothing mind blowing but the level design is fantastic. It's just a super relaxing game and such a pleasant surprise. The tone of the game is super malleable too, playing the DJ Multiverse songs while exploring makes the game feel arcadey as hell. Utilizing the games OST during missions really drives home the spooky nature of the game. It can definitely be scary at times, the pacing and change in scenery is top notch and will put you on edge. Can't imagine playing this game with a mouse/keyboard. I feel like it's designed specifically for the dual sense, especially with the auto-aim/lock on mechanic. This game isn't really a shooter, it's in the perspective of course but it just doesn't play that way to me. This is the kind of game that you play in a dark room, no distractions. Getting absorbed into the world is a wonderful experience.
I got this for free on PS+ a few weeks ago, I have not been able to put it down since. Neglected a little more sleep than I usually do for my shift a couple times already. I don't know how this game was at launch, but right now, I believe it's amazing. It's not perfect I wish the combat was just a little snappier and more precise, and some of the side missions go back to fetch quests (but they are still enjoyable) it's still a good system. The story is whatever. The atmosphere AGAIN though from these guys Tango Gameworks (The Evil Within 1 in particular) is second to none. I can see how this game wouldn't appeal to everyone, but for me this game ended up being an easy 9/10. This vision of a haunted Tokyo was done right. There are truly standout moments in this game.
some of the side quest were super interesting, but I totally agree with you on this game. Open world setup kinda kills the game and really highlights how repetitive this gameplay loop is. great vid
All game loops are repetitive... that is in the definition of a gameplay loop. What this game needed to fill out its open world was more enemy variety, and perhaps a few more unique areas like the tall shopping mall in the center. Perhaps some side quests that "just happen" instead of the player triggering them manually.
I'm on chapter 3, almost 15 hours in, on hard difficulty, PC. And I gotta say you hit the nail on the head with this review, good sir. I think this game has tons of potential: good story, interesting environment, beautiful graphics, and the fascinating mix between modern times Japan and its mythology. Still, at the point of the game I'm at right now, combat is getting really stale and collecting those spirits is becoming a chore the likes of which I have never experienced before, not even in the notorious open world games by Ubisoft. Would I still recommend buying Ghostwire: Tokyo? Yes, definitely. Would I recommend buying it at full price? Not really, unless cash is not a problem. With all that said, kudos to you, Mr. Mortismal. New subscriber here.
Waiting for the March of the 100 Demons to get the last spirits was so brutal that it dampened some of my enjoyment of the game. That said, I think the main storyline was pretty decent and it would've been better if the game was linear, rather than Open World, even if it was cool to run around a recreation of Tokyo.
I will be avoiding this one unless it gets to five bucks or cheaper in the future. There hasn't been one of your reviews that has led me astray and I still have to keep thanking you for convincing me to brave the difficulty of From Software and try out Elden Ring. My over 600 hours in it should tell you how much I love this game. Keep up the great reviews and getting paid to live your best life.
With one more shot at this type of game Tengo could have something really special. I waited until this was on sale (I do that for every game I play, so no slight against it) The modern aesthetic is criminally underused, and the ‘spirit detective’ feel was on point for me. If the buildings you enter for side quests were more ‘dungeon’ than ‘apartment’ and with some more varied enemy types I could see a game like this being my favorite game. Saving spirits for exp is novel enough, but a more ImSim skill tree may help, let us do more while sneaking-give some enemies a patrol path and consequences for failing (even if just in main/side quests and not in the open world and you would have a 9/10 banger lol. I really like this game tho, and what they tried to make appeals to me a lot. It certainly called to mind SMT and YuYu Hakasho and a whole host of things I wasn’t expecting
I 100% this game, including Spider thread mode. I say this game has a serious issue of Ubisoft syndrome. It bloated with collectibles that I spend way too much time to collect, then received the underwhelming rewards in return. They really should come up with better reward and a lot less collectibles, or...focus on developing better side missions. Many mission in this game based on Japanese urban legend that I find very creepy, such as the train station that is not supposed to exist. I read the original story and totally look forward to how they gonna tell this horror story. Unfortunately it ended up being one bland mission that I simply get on train and fight mini boss, the end. For spider thread mode, I think it's a free dlc with lots of potential. But it get tiring when I died and have to redo the whole thing from the beginning over and over again. They have variation of maps and missions, but too bad it get repetitive quickly. Later, This mode became my long grinding mission to get the Iron bead so that I can breeze through everything quicker. After I beat level 30, I just go back to the beginning, reset/reload until I find a map I want to get collectible, repeat until 100%. Surprisingly, In the end, I still like this game and not regret pre-ordered it because there are things that I like more that dislike. But it's the kind of game that I would agree when people say any negative things about it.
Since they chose to use open world style, they really should've fleshed that aspect out more. For example imagine having 2 Tokyos that you could switch between, normal and spiritual. Exploring a busy bustling city with day/night cycle and dealing with some quests there, while occasionally dipping into the spiritual hell to solve mysteries/issues that are in some way connected to the mundane Tokyo, and building the game on that idea. Would take double or triple the work for the devs though I assume.
I’m enjoying it in small bursts but I really think it should have been a linear experience like, idk, the darkness ii or wolfenstein the new order. The main quests are dope.
You’re a freaking machine 100 percenting these games 💯💯💯 As for the game itself. I really like the visuals of the weaving especially. It looks really cool especially when you were fighting and that dragon thing was in the background. But I could tell and you mentioned that moving past the aesthetic, the core game essentially has some of the feel and problems of the Ubisoft content farm. “Find the tower to explore map, combat becomes basic and repetitive” Coming off of elden ring I think ima have to pass on this and go for a game with a totally different feel for my next purchase
I agree with you. The Ethereal Weaving is super cool conceptually, and looks very neat, but it feels like it needed 1 or 2 more things to really set it apart. If you could use the threads to pull enemy's to you, or you to them, maybe? Also, something to improve mobility in some way. Every single fight comes down to kiting your enemies aside from the few giant enemies. Also, they didn't do a great job of telling the story of Akita and Mari. It took like 4 chapters for them to tell us that she was his sister, FFS! Its not until the very last scene that we even find out what the deal is between them, why she was in the hospital, etc. Its really hard to care about characters when you know NOTHING about them! Sure, we knew we had to save her because bad guy nefarious plans, but aside from that? We knew NOTHING about Mari or their family. It felt really bad. Rinko and Reika too felt like missed opportunities for story telling. These are super important characters who you interact with multiple times, and you have to intentionally hunt down side stories to find out anything about them! I enjoyed the game. It was fun, but it felt like a few pretty obvious changes would have been huge upgrades.
my main hope for this game was that the story would be good enough to carry it, but unfortunately that wasnt the case. The writing for the story is honestly predictable even more so if you are have consumed your fair share of media from Japan (the story is very anime like). I did maybe 1 side quest, cleansed all the shrines and completed the main story in 10hrs43min. the enviroment was nailed without out a doubt but once you spend enough time in the open world you realize its a mile wide and an inch deep. Maybe this is the consequence of it being an SP game but really there isnt much do to besides side quests for the magatama which provide you upgrades to a skill tree that is inconsequential at best. The basic foundation of the combat could have been improved upon with an intuitive skill tree, dont confuse this with me wanting complicated comabt systmes. a combat system can still be simple and enjoyable when you have the option to mold it into something else but it falls short since the combat pretty much is always empty out your fire charges and then dump your wind element until something is dead. The last 2 chapters were rushed, that was easy to see. whether is was due to the halfway change in creative directors or possibly something else you can tell there was a push to release the game without delays.
They need to use the city for a different game, that adds life to the city. I love cool, detailed city environments, but to me it feels just lazy that the city is empty and lifeless. I am not at all interested in collectibles, if they have no practical use for gameplay. That part of the game I just ignore. Considering that, 10 bucks should be a fair price.
If it would be (more) lineair, the game probably would be too short. They needed to ask 60 dollars/euros for this, so how do you inflate playtime? You guessed it, by adding open world collecathons. It's the 2010+'s substitute for gameplay in the gaming industry, a gimmick especially notorious in the triple-A gaming space. Thank you for the honest review.
I think you meant the AAA snooze fest. I know everyone has a hard on for ER, but its just Dark Souls 4, nothing more nothing less. Actually its DS 5 counting Demon Souls.
There are some truly great AAA games that come out every once in a while. The issue is that they are getting so rare these days. A lot of AAA games turn into copy and paste series that never even get refined through all of it. And for some reason those are the most popular/played types🤔. I absolutely love when I high budget game manages to be different and good. And finished.... This game instantly caught my eye. Too bad it turned out to be pretty generic underneath its epic and different premise. All hope is not lost for AAA games. The good ones are just getting harder to find. Unfortunate that WAY more indie titles are more interesting than most AAA games. Or fortunate. Some indie games are among the best games I've ever played.
I don't like this new trend of open world and battle royal. I love some open world games. Elden Ring did it right. But, it wouldn't be good if not for the fact that you are kind of pushed in certain directions by difficulty of enemies and bosses. Red Dead 2. Great game. Witcher 3, great game with a massive flaw. The whole point of the story is to find Ciri but you get tons of jobs and quests. So while the main objective is literally telling you that you're running out of time to find her... you really aren't and it pulls you out of the story. I would often try to find ways to do main objectives until there was a point where you were at some kind of dead end and I would run off and do other missions then. But, then the story missions become SUPER easy (even on the harder difficulties). It seems like a few games made great open world games, so everyone jumped on the wagon. There are games that just are not meant for open world. I don't care if the game isn't open world if it's good. Devil My Cry games are some of the best games ever. Basically all the hack-n-slash games that are great, aren't open world.
The game's a little weird I kind of feel like the world is a little dull and boring but the games fun and Sun trusting the magic combat is fun.. I kind of feel the same way about the Hogwarts game the open-world is just filled with collectibles I I'm so sick of games like this though.. I got so bored with Hogwarts I couldn't even finish it I finished almost a whole entire map by the time I was level 30
@@wbeytel Thank God I'm on console then because a year ago there was a point that I said " fuck it" I will get a PC ps5 are nowhere to be found but thank God it appears !
I'm playing it on PC with a PS5 dualshock with haptic feedback and it's awesome. I agree that it's fromulaic, but at least the sidequests are varied and interesting.
I'm not too surprised this game is open world. These same developers made The Evil Within and Evil Within 2, and 2 is also an open world horror game. This actually looks more justified as an open world game than Evil Within 2, though.
I love Yokai stories. But...I am not totally sold on this game. I mean, I'm not really a fan of FPS's and this looks like it plays as an FPS 95% of the time. TBH, the only time I get into first person games is when they are just about story, exploration, and puzzles. Not combat or platforming. When combat is a major part of a game, I really enjoy it more when I can see my character. The first person perspective is too detached. I don't know where I am in the game world in relation to enemies (or anything interactable, really).
This is the type of game you would expect to get within the first two years of a new gen system. Devs are mostly exploring the new tech and tend to focus more on the graphical fidelity and the gameplay often feels shallow (The Order). I think the covid seriously slow down things to the point that we are still in that expiremental phase where devs are still mostly showing off the tech in the most obvious ways. Wonder how much longer its going to take the devs to move from the honeymoon phase...
What you say about it being a generic game is completely right but the layer of culture and lore over it just makes it feel so much more than just collectible hunting etc. (Even tho it still is just collectible hunting) something about it just hooks me and i love the game for it
Maybe a lot free time to play? He said in one video that hes a lonner (aka dosent have a lot of friends)🤷 Edit: he could get a revie code of this game😅
This kinda reminds me of Assassin’s Creed 1 - not gameplay or aesthetic but like AC1 felt like a tech demo… and then Ezio. So maybe Ghostwire hits its stride in the sequel. The story definitely looks worth a sale buy.
Bummer. It could have been an interesting and original title. When the creative director of a game leaves the project pretty early in its development (Ikumi Nakamura, for health reasons), usually you can tell, once you get to actually play it. Sometimes it's just some incoherence between parts of the game, and it doesn't detract too much from the experience. Other times it's more than that. I guess this falls into the second category, and that's unfortunate. Such an unusual setting and story deserved a better showcase. Thanks for your videos!
They should've made Youkai actual interactable npc characters in my opinion. Giving them quests and interactions would've gone a long way to make the world feel less empty.
I’m a fan of collectithon games and horror/supernatural so it’s going to be on my radar for a while but I might get it when it’s on sale and when PS5s become more available
I bought this game and regret spending 60 dollars on it. It’s a good game but 30 hours doesn’t justify 60 dollars when the 30 hours is an open world experience. Open world games should be longer to make up for the run of the mill content.
Def will pick it up on sale years from now because like you it sounds unique and my knowledge of Japanese mythos is almost none. that's what I think a lot of us want today, new stories, something fresh. As I have read or watched so much that is still basically the basis of every game/ movie/ tv show still today in my 51 yrs anything fresh is welcome. Plus I reinstalled Lichdom Battlemage which is what it reminds me of.
My new favorite reviewer on UA-cam. Till recently was Worth a Buy, but I'm tired of the same rantings, we all know Xray-vision is a thing now, and all this shit which came with new generation gaming. But unfortunately that's getting in the way of the stuff, like story and other positives. Ranting reviewers are just becoming lazy and repetitive .
Honestly, what impresses me the most is the rate at which you play games to 100% them and then put out a well reasoned opinion on the game. Must be my schedule or how I go about it because I just don't have that kind of time anymore and I wish I did.
How hard is the platinum ?
@@Venialbartendernot particularly hard but takes a long time
He doesn’t have a regular job. Playing games is his job.
I had boring ass job where I was able to do everything in two to three hours, then I goofed off the rest of the day playing games. You can accomplish alot if you spend 6 hours every day just gaming lol. I feel like now I barely play stuff cause my current job sucks up most of my day
I was able to get it for $30 on PSN. Beat it last night. Definitely worth it for that amount. The game is gorgeous and it’s pretty spooky, a lot more than people give it credit for. Story and gameplay is kind of bland but if you’re into Japanese culture and supernatural stuff then you’ll like it. Side missions had me feeling like a spirit detective 😎
I just got it for £30 and I will play through it. This was one of the games I was waiting ages for release. Ok so it might not be great but still want to play it.
Spirit detective is the best description for the side missions. Its so cool learning about japanese culture while defeating cool looking monsters
@@klausbdl agreed, new DLC just dropped for it recently, so I’m going to revisit it pretty soon after I’m done with RE4 remake.
Just got the Deluxe edition for under $30 since it’s leaving Plus and I haven’t had time to play it. About to start it after I Platinum RE4 Remake!
Your intro music is so on brand it’s crazy. I hear it and I think of Pillars of Eternity
More people should be watching this now that the game just got added to the PS Plus catalogue! Definitely a game that seems more worth playing without having paid full price for it ^^
Just downloaded it a few hours ago! Was looking at UA-cam to make sure it's something I want to play.
It's on gamepass now as well
It’s so weird. You and I are both gamers. I have thousands of hours in my favorite titles. And yet it’s as if we’re into two separate hobbies that are only tangentially related.
I have never once in thousands upon thousands of hours even thought about achievements. What achaivements do I have in FO4 or FNV or 2077? Probably most of them but truly, idk.
On the other hand I could tell you my favorite weapons in all those games and how I like to mod them.
I just think it’s rad that one medium can give different people totally different experiences, and they could be playing the same game. It’s kinda crazy.
Honestly they need to make a “Demon City Shinjuku” videogame. Lots of potential there.
I'm ok with towers. I'm a side mission guy . For some reason I hate touching the main story till everything is done . Too bad I'm a father with a full time job in my 30s I barely get to touch my systems
You sound like me did I comment this in another timeline staged as someone else 😂
Honestly, I appreciate you for 100% completing the game mad respect for that. Aside from that, it's kinda a shame other reviewers critiqued it way too harshly. This game does have merit but its just in the rough. If they ever do decide to make a remaster/sequel (probably unlikely) they can take player/community feedback and make the game much more better.
How much you wanna bet a sequel is coming?
To harshly🤯 How about stop robbing we the the consumer. If anything they were let off to easily. From where I'm sitting Sony hasn't released anything worth playing since the last GOW
@@destroygoogle1977 days gone? Ratchet and clank rift apart? Demon souls remake, the last of us 2, Spider-Man + Miles moralis…. Your comment is based on bs
I haven't completed 100% but I did full story on easy, then played Hard mode unlocking all tanukis, magatamas, KK notes etc, so I hav eonly left to collect spirits and that would make a 100% which I'm going to skip to be honest, too boring, and the game feels very repetitive and has same problem other games with progression do have, which is you basically will unlock most skills by the end of the game, when you basically going to fight the last boss, making the skill tree almost useless for the rest of the gameplay.
Remaster is not needed
The main and side missions/immersive detailed tokyo were the only aspects i enjoyed in my playthrough, the rest imo were just average or under average but its cool that it features various japanese folklore myths/legends
Best way to explore Japan is to play shadow warrior 1....that was a truly beautiful first person shooter with japanese myths , legends and wise japanese sayings.....
Checking out this review because this game is on the June Humble Choice. Thanks for the review. Just noticed you may have forgotten to add a conclusion chapter at around 9:45.
Finally got it through PS+ and am only a few hours in, but ak enjoying the experience. Great atmosphere and it looks great! Playing with the dualsense is I think a real game changer as the triggers reallyake a difference in adding to the immersion of the game. Lots of cool things the devs did with the controller that I think would make playing on PC less ideal.
If we had more enemy variety, mobility, and smoother controls I think a sequel could really stand out. Really hoping it gets a 2nd chance!
The sporadic movements of the enemies coupled with the still-life atmospheric setting made me feel like I was in an old-style horror flick. The game is flooded with collectibles, which become tiresome to collect, at least acquiring them is realitively easy. If 100% completion is your goal, id recommend pairing it with a pot of foldgers coffee.
IIRC, it’s currently free in PS Plus extra
Dude I love your reviews! I’m going to download this as it’s on game pass atm. Thank you
I waited for a sale and finally got it for 14.99 so far having a great time with it
No idea how u can 100 so many games, can’t think of one I’ve done that’s pretty difficult and few I feel like would be enjoyable. Got to respect dedication to the craft though man just subbed
i havent been this attached to a game in a long long time, its basic but with a few twists and i am haveing a great time exploring tokyo there is so much verity in the enviroments, and some of the story and side missions are realy good, i would have liked to have seen more of the over the top stuff though.
they made evil withn and evil within 2 i hope thet continue with this ip and do a ghostwire 2 but with more depth to the combat and gameplay eg in combat haveing a dodge move or a slide could have made the combat more exiting.
I really hope for an evil within 3 sequel
They have a dodge move though? It wasn’t a good dodge but it was a dodge never the less lol
Everything about this game feels really intentional and somewhat basic. As we see, it's gonna drive alot of people away from the game. I love it though, it's insanely fun and addicting for me. I love it in the same way I love Elden Ring. Both games are completely different, but they just feel damn good to play. I love the open-ended cryptic nature of ER and I love the streamlined/basic approach for Ghostwire. The combat in Ghostwire is solid too once you start using the parry system and get the timing down. It's easy to just constantly retreat but using the parry allows you to press forward and combat gets super hectic and fun. Gliding to rooftops is great, the verticality and platforming/parkour aspects are nothing mind blowing but the level design is fantastic. It's just a super relaxing game and such a pleasant surprise. The tone of the game is super malleable too, playing the DJ Multiverse songs while exploring makes the game feel arcadey as hell. Utilizing the games OST during missions really drives home the spooky nature of the game. It can definitely be scary at times, the pacing and change in scenery is top notch and will put you on edge. Can't imagine playing this game with a mouse/keyboard. I feel like it's designed specifically for the dual sense, especially with the auto-aim/lock on mechanic. This game isn't really a shooter, it's in the perspective of course but it just doesn't play that way to me. This is the kind of game that you play in a dark room, no distractions. Getting absorbed into the world is a wonderful experience.
Good review, will pick it up on sale for the PS5,
Outstanding review, very professional
Rewatching this again before i play it tomorrow. Got it for free from Epic 😅
I got this for free on PS+ a few weeks ago, I have not been able to put it down since. Neglected a little more sleep than I usually do for my shift a couple times already. I don't know how this game was at launch, but right now, I believe it's amazing. It's not perfect I wish the combat was just a little snappier and more precise, and some of the side missions go back to fetch quests (but they are still enjoyable) it's still a good system. The story is whatever. The atmosphere AGAIN though from these guys Tango Gameworks (The Evil Within 1 in particular) is second to none. I can see how this game wouldn't appeal to everyone, but for me this game ended up being an easy 9/10. This vision of a haunted Tokyo was done right. There are truly standout moments in this game.
Nioh fan hears Yokai and his ears turn like a dogs…..
some of the side quest were super interesting, but I totally agree with you on this game. Open world setup kinda kills the game and really highlights how repetitive this gameplay loop is. great vid
All game loops are repetitive... that is in the definition of a gameplay loop. What this game needed to fill out its open world was more enemy variety, and perhaps a few more unique areas like the tall shopping mall in the center. Perhaps some side quests that "just happen" instead of the player triggering them manually.
Feels like dying light. Average at first but with time and updates a true "hidden" gem/treat.
I'm on chapter 3, almost 15 hours in, on hard difficulty, PC. And I gotta say you hit the nail on the head with this review, good sir. I think this game has tons of potential: good story, interesting environment, beautiful graphics, and the fascinating mix between modern times Japan and its mythology. Still, at the point of the game I'm at right now, combat is getting really stale and collecting those spirits is becoming a chore the likes of which I have never experienced before, not even in the notorious open world games by Ubisoft. Would I still recommend buying Ghostwire: Tokyo? Yes, definitely. Would I recommend buying it at full price? Not really, unless cash is not a problem.
With all that said, kudos to you, Mr. Mortismal. New subscriber here.
Is this a mouse and keyboard game or controller game?
Either or
I just picked it up for free on Epic so I think I'll give it a try
Waiting for the March of the 100 Demons to get the last spirits was so brutal that it dampened some of my enjoyment of the game.
That said, I think the main storyline was pretty decent and it would've been better if the game was linear, rather than Open World, even if it was cool to run around a recreation of Tokyo.
I’m half way through and I’m really enjoying this game
Same i love this game
And 2.5 years later it is for free on Epic
I got this game and Doom Eternal free with my Nvidia graphics card a year and a half ago. Haven't yet tried it, I propably should...
I really enjoyed this game, but there was no way in hell I was going to 100% it. I don't have that kind of patience anymore
I liked it. I wish there were a lil bit more combat encounters.
Watching this after getting it for free on Epic. Thank you!
I will be avoiding this one unless it gets to five bucks or cheaper in the future. There hasn't been one of your reviews that has led me astray and I still have to keep thanking you for convincing me to brave the difficulty of From Software and try out Elden Ring. My over 600 hours in it should tell you how much I love this game. Keep up the great reviews and getting paid to live your best life.
Free on Epic game store today only.
This looks like that new game coming called slittheared
With one more shot at this type of game Tengo could have something really special. I waited until this was on sale (I do that for every game I play, so no slight against it) The modern aesthetic is criminally underused, and the ‘spirit detective’ feel was on point for me. If the buildings you enter for side quests were more ‘dungeon’ than ‘apartment’ and with some more varied enemy types I could see a game like this being my favorite game. Saving spirits for exp is novel enough, but a more ImSim skill tree may help, let us do more while sneaking-give some enemies a patrol path and consequences for failing (even if just in main/side quests and not in the open world and you would have a 9/10 banger lol. I really like this game tho, and what they tried to make appeals to me a lot. It certainly called to mind SMT and YuYu Hakasho and a whole host of things I wasn’t expecting
This game is 50% off on ps5 so im looking at getting it now
Yeah same the PlayStation plus lineup this month is trash I was thinking getting this game
I 100% this game, including Spider thread mode. I say this game has a serious issue of Ubisoft syndrome. It bloated with collectibles that I spend way too much time to collect, then received the underwhelming rewards in return. They really should come up with better reward and a lot less collectibles, or...focus on developing better side missions. Many mission in this game based on Japanese urban legend that I find very creepy, such as the train station that is not supposed to exist. I read the original story and totally look forward to how they gonna tell this horror story. Unfortunately it ended up being one bland mission that I simply get on train and fight mini boss, the end.
For spider thread mode, I think it's a free dlc with lots of potential. But it get tiring when I died and have to redo the whole thing from the beginning over and over again. They have variation of maps and missions, but too bad it get repetitive quickly. Later, This mode became my long grinding mission to get the Iron bead so that I can breeze through everything quicker. After I beat level 30, I just go back to the beginning, reset/reload until I find a map I want to get collectible, repeat until 100%.
Surprisingly, In the end, I still like this game and not regret pre-ordered it because there are things that I like more that dislike. But it's the kind of game that I would agree when people say any negative things about it.
Since they chose to use open world style, they really should've fleshed that aspect out more. For example imagine having 2 Tokyos that you could switch between, normal and spiritual. Exploring a busy bustling city with day/night cycle and dealing with some quests there, while occasionally dipping into the spiritual hell to solve mysteries/issues that are in some way connected to the mundane Tokyo, and building the game on that idea. Would take double or triple the work for the devs though I assume.
It's so weird that this game was marketed as a ps5 exclusive yet it released on pc on day one yet not xbox
It was a prior launch exclusive for Sony before Microsoft bought Bethesda. It is coming to Xbox next year.
I’m enjoying it in small bursts but I really think it should have been a linear experience like, idk, the darkness ii or wolfenstein the new order. The main quests are dope.
If you enjoy this...you are going to love shadow warrior 1...the graphics are a bit dated now but the gameplay is as fresh as ever....
Wooahhh, is that a mention of Darkness II in 2022??? Here's hoping a third eventually gets made.
You’re a freaking machine 100 percenting these games 💯💯💯
As for the game itself. I really like the visuals of the weaving especially. It looks really cool especially when you were fighting and that dragon thing was in the background.
But I could tell and you mentioned that moving past the aesthetic, the core game essentially has some of the feel and problems of the Ubisoft content farm. “Find the tower to explore map, combat becomes basic and repetitive”
Coming off of elden ring I think ima have to pass on this and go for a game with a totally different feel for my next purchase
I agree with you. The Ethereal Weaving is super cool conceptually, and looks very neat, but it feels like it needed 1 or 2 more things to really set it apart. If you could use the threads to pull enemy's to you, or you to them, maybe? Also, something to improve mobility in some way. Every single fight comes down to kiting your enemies aside from the few giant enemies.
Also, they didn't do a great job of telling the story of Akita and Mari. It took like 4 chapters for them to tell us that she was his sister, FFS! Its not until the very last scene that we even find out what the deal is between them, why she was in the hospital, etc. Its really hard to care about characters when you know NOTHING about them!
Sure, we knew we had to save her because bad guy nefarious plans, but aside from that? We knew NOTHING about Mari or their family. It felt really bad. Rinko and Reika too felt like missed opportunities for story telling. These are super important characters who you interact with multiple times, and you have to intentionally hunt down side stories to find out anything about them!
I enjoyed the game. It was fun, but it felt like a few pretty obvious changes would have been huge upgrades.
I just got it on sale 35$
TEW1>>>>>>>>Ghostwire>>TEW2
my main hope for this game was that the story would be good enough to carry it, but unfortunately that wasnt the case. The writing for the story is honestly predictable even more so if you are have consumed your fair share of media from Japan (the story is very anime like). I did maybe 1 side quest, cleansed all the shrines and completed the main story in 10hrs43min.
the enviroment was nailed without out a doubt but once you spend enough time in the open world you realize its a mile wide and an inch deep. Maybe this is the consequence of it being an SP game but really there isnt much do to besides side quests for the magatama which provide you upgrades to a skill tree that is inconsequential at best. The basic foundation of the combat could have been improved upon with an intuitive skill tree, dont confuse this with me wanting complicated comabt systmes. a combat system can still be simple and enjoyable when you have the option to mold it into something else but it falls short since the combat pretty much is always empty out your fire charges and then dump your wind element until something is dead.
The last 2 chapters were rushed, that was easy to see. whether is was due to the halfway change in creative directors or possibly something else you can tell there was a push to release the game without delays.
They need to use the city for a different game, that adds life to the city.
I love cool, detailed city environments, but to me it feels just lazy that the city is empty and lifeless.
I am not at all interested in collectibles, if they have no practical use for gameplay.
That part of the game I just ignore. Considering that, 10 bucks should be a fair price.
Hoping for days gone 2 and getting this was more of a bummer than getting rejected by every college I applied to.
I love this game
If it would be (more) lineair, the game probably would be too short. They needed to ask 60 dollars/euros for this, so how do you inflate playtime? You guessed it, by adding open world collecathons. It's the 2010+'s substitute for gameplay in the gaming industry, a gimmick especially notorious in the triple-A gaming space.
Thank you for the honest review.
I think you meant the AAA snooze fest. I know everyone has a hard on for ER, but its just Dark Souls 4, nothing more nothing less. Actually its DS 5 counting Demon Souls.
@@me36391 and?
There are some truly great AAA games that come out every once in a while.
The issue is that they are getting so rare these days. A lot of AAA games turn into copy and paste series that never even get refined through all of it. And for some reason those are the most popular/played types🤔.
I absolutely love when I high budget game manages to be different and good. And finished.... This game instantly caught my eye. Too bad it turned out to be pretty generic underneath its epic and different premise.
All hope is not lost for AAA games. The good ones are just getting harder to find.
Unfortunate that WAY more indie titles are more interesting than most AAA games. Or fortunate. Some indie games are among the best games I've ever played.
I don't like this new trend of open world and battle royal. I love some open world games. Elden Ring did it right. But, it wouldn't be good if not for the fact that you are kind of pushed in certain directions by difficulty of enemies and bosses. Red Dead 2. Great game. Witcher 3, great game with a massive flaw. The whole point of the story is to find Ciri but you get tons of jobs and quests. So while the main objective is literally telling you that you're running out of time to find her... you really aren't and it pulls you out of the story. I would often try to find ways to do main objectives until there was a point where you were at some kind of dead end and I would run off and do other missions then. But, then the story missions become SUPER easy (even on the harder difficulties).
It seems like a few games made great open world games, so everyone jumped on the wagon. There are games that just are not meant for open world. I don't care if the game isn't open world if it's good. Devil My Cry games are some of the best games ever. Basically all the hack-n-slash games that are great, aren't open world.
Evil Within 2’s open world was just Ubisoft-like shit, it wasn’t thrilling at all and this game looks like another empty open world experience. Shame
I enjoyed this game.
I just finished it this morning, I enjoyed it overall but for awhile with the shrines it felt kinda repetitive lol
I really liked your review of this and how interesting your approach is (doing it after 100%ing). Subscribed!
Great review! Very informative. It looks different enough from what's out there for me to pick up, maybe crush this game in a weekend.
Thata what I did today XD
Hey Mort, since you 100% these games could you comment on the difficulty / time consumption of clearing all the achievements?
Great reviews, thanks!
As I mentioned in the video, only one was a lot of work which was getting all the spirits before finishing the game, all in all it took about 30 hours
The game's a little weird I kind of feel like the world is a little dull and boring but the games fun and Sun trusting the magic combat is fun.. I kind of feel the same way about the Hogwarts game the open-world is just filled with collectibles I I'm so sick of games like this though.. I got so bored with Hogwarts I couldn't even finish it I finished almost a whole entire map by the time I was level 30
Did you get the platinum trophy? Because that is 100%
PC games generally doesn't have platinum achievements. It is also not common in the PC gamer vernacular, it is very much a console thing.
@@wbeytel at least achievements I imagine
@@wbeytel Thank God I'm on console then because a year ago there was a point that I said " fuck it" I will get a PC ps5 are nowhere to be found but thank God it appears !
I have all the achievements yes, which you can verify via my public steam profile, but as Werner pointed out, steam doesn't use platinum trophies
@@MortismalGaming I belive you dude I don't have to check nothing I'm simply asking because I like to trophy hunt or achievement hunt congrats btw!
I'm playing it on PC with a PS5 dualshock with haptic feedback and it's awesome. I agree that it's fromulaic, but at least the sidequests are varied and interesting.
The concept and aesthetic is so cool ,and full of potential.
@J. C. Understandable!
I'm not too surprised this game is open world. These same developers made The Evil Within and Evil Within 2, and 2 is also an open world horror game. This actually looks more justified as an open world game than Evil Within 2, though.
I wouldn’t call EW2 an open world really… more of a hub world. It’s broken up quite a lot.
Thanks for the review. You did a great job giving me the feel for the game before I decided on whether or not to get this.
Thanks for the review, I was on the edge about this one but I think I'll hold off and avoid it for a bit. Be safe Mortismal.
wow thats fast.. GJ m8. Game just came out and you 100% it already
I love Yokai stories. But...I am not totally sold on this game. I mean, I'm not really a fan of FPS's and this looks like it plays as an FPS 95% of the time. TBH, the only time I get into first person games is when they are just about story, exploration, and puzzles. Not combat or platforming. When combat is a major part of a game, I really enjoy it more when I can see my character. The first person perspective is too detached. I don't know where I am in the game world in relation to enemies (or anything interactable, really).
3rd person is better.
You did everything in 30 hours? Story, map, collectibles, and 240,000 spirits?
This is the type of game you would expect to get within the first two years of a new gen system. Devs are mostly exploring the new tech and tend to focus more on the graphical fidelity and the gameplay often feels shallow (The Order). I think the covid seriously slow down things to the point that we are still in that expiremental phase where devs are still mostly showing off the tech in the most obvious ways. Wonder how much longer its going to take the devs to move from the honeymoon phase...
I'm over 10 hours in and loving it
What you say about it being a generic game is completely right but the layer of culture and lore over it just makes it feel so much more than just collectible hunting etc. (Even tho it still is just collectible hunting) something about it just hooks me and i love the game for it
Is he man? Or machine? I must be at like 50% completion with this game and I've been playing every day since it came out lol.
Edit; First! Apparently.
Maybe a lot free time to play? He said in one video that hes a lonner (aka dosent have a lot of friends)🤷
Edit: he could get a revie code of this game😅
A fookin animal 🤣🤣
Not freetime, this is his Jobs.
This kinda reminds me of Assassin’s Creed 1 - not gameplay or aesthetic but like AC1 felt like a tech demo… and then Ezio. So maybe Ghostwire hits its stride in the sequel. The story definitely looks worth a sale buy.
I played it and got the plat, tbh just wait for a sale. $30-45 is good
How did you complete the 100% spirit
I think we'll hear this kind of assessment for many open world designs much more often after the release of Elden Ring.
Play hi fi rush
This game was short and boring, but Evil Within 2 was also short and boring so no surprise
Bummer. It could have been an interesting and original title.
When the creative director of a game leaves the project pretty early in its development (Ikumi Nakamura, for health reasons), usually you can tell, once you get to actually play it.
Sometimes it's just some incoherence between parts of the game, and it doesn't detract too much from the experience. Other times it's more than that.
I guess this falls into the second category, and that's unfortunate. Such an unusual setting and story deserved a better showcase.
Thanks for your videos!
Very good review as always. 👍
Love your reviews!
They should've made Youkai actual interactable npc characters in my opinion. Giving them quests and interactions would've gone a long way to make the world feel less empty.
It should either have more interactivity or deeper ones. Either go yakuza or doom eternal.
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I’m a fan of collectithon games and horror/supernatural so it’s going to be on my radar for a while but I might get it when it’s on sale and when PS5s become more available
I actually had fun, I don't play it as often or rushing completing for a long period of time, so I guess that's why I never experienced it... yet.
I bought this game and regret spending 60 dollars on it. It’s a good game but 30 hours doesn’t justify 60 dollars when the 30 hours is an open world experience. Open world games should be longer to make up for the run of the mill content.
you think you can gameshare?? i really wanna try it
First person view sucks
Def will pick it up on sale years from now because like you it sounds unique and my knowledge of Japanese mythos is almost none. that's what I think a lot of us want today, new stories, something fresh. As I have read or watched so much that is still basically the basis of every game/ movie/ tv show still today in my 51 yrs anything fresh is welcome.
Plus I reinstalled Lichdom Battlemage which is what it reminds me of.
Like the light hearted side missions u do...they sure might be meaningless but they have that JAPANESE charm and culture.
My new favorite reviewer on UA-cam. Till recently was Worth a Buy, but I'm tired of the same rantings, we all know Xray-vision is a thing now, and all this shit which came with new generation gaming. But unfortunately that's getting in the way of the stuff, like story and other positives. Ranting reviewers are just becoming lazy and repetitive .
This game looks so bland and boring
it was but tbh i kinda enjoyed it lol
@@anthony-cy3mqgood for you then :D
I can wait for a sale. I’m willing to spend 20 bucks to walk around Tokyo.
Btw I love it
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this game really needed some combat mobility.
Thank you
Nice review
Excellent review. Definitely getting a bit tired of these open world formula games.
I wanted to like this game. But the combat was Soo bad I just couldn't do it.