GhostWire: Tokyo

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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1565 Ratings

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  1. RGames2k
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    اللعبه حلوه
    المدينه حلوه . الاشباح جيدين . القيم بلاي جيد
    في احساس بالملل ولكن اللعبه جيده
  2. Traumvita
    Sep 6, 2023
    8
    One of the more interesting games to come out this gen. Cool setting. Nice visuals. Cool premise. Gameplay is pretty good. Reminds of like a slower paced DOOM but flashier and cooler. Real only complaint to this game is that the story felt rushed and not executed well. Last bit was so quick and the final boss was disappointing. That/m said, traversal and exploring feels rewarding andOne of the more interesting games to come out this gen. Cool setting. Nice visuals. Cool premise. Gameplay is pretty good. Reminds of like a slower paced DOOM but flashier and cooler. Real only complaint to this game is that the story felt rushed and not executed well. Last bit was so quick and the final boss was disappointing. That/m said, traversal and exploring feels rewarding and interesting. Side content is solid. Better than Deathloop.… Expand
  3. MPK92
    Aug 31, 2023
    8
    This game does a lot of things very well but it's ultimately a little bit disappointing for me. I think the premise has a lot of potential but in some respects they kind of went about it the wrong way design-wise. The general design of the open world needed more fine tuning I think. Or perhaps it shouldn't have been an open world at all. The combat is fun with cool abilities but more couldThis game does a lot of things very well but it's ultimately a little bit disappointing for me. I think the premise has a lot of potential but in some respects they kind of went about it the wrong way design-wise. The general design of the open world needed more fine tuning I think. Or perhaps it shouldn't have been an open world at all. The combat is fun with cool abilities but more could have been done in that department, particularly with boss fights. Visually and atmospherically I think it delivers. Some of the side content feels half-baked. There's too much grind here if you want to go for a completionist run, which I gave up on. Story is interesting and I like how they weave in Japanese mythological lore.… Expand
  4. AwesomeAndrew
    Aug 17, 2023
    8
    I had alot of fun with this one. The open world did get repetitive after awhile but it had alot of heart and some really awesome animations for combat. Once you unlock all your spells the combat really becomes more engaging. Id recommend especially with the latest update adding more story
  5. Chempion1
    Aug 1, 2023
    8
    Ну, что сказать? Честно говоря совсем не ожидал такого от Ghostwire Tokyo, думал получится, что то типа дешёвого Spider-Manа. Но, к счастью, ошибся.
    И так мы имеем довольно грустную, в хорошем смысле, и, иногда, пугающую историю.
    Немного не понравился визуальный стиль, выглядит игра простовато для нэкстгенного эксклюзива. А вот боевая система порадовала, необычная. Да, играть лучше    Ну, что сказать? Честно говоря совсем не ожидал такого от Ghostwire Tokyo, думал получится, что то типа дешёвого Spider-Manа. Но, к счастью, ошибся.
    И так мы имеем довольно грустную, в хорошем смысле, и, иногда, пугающую историю.
    Немного не понравился визуальный стиль, выглядит игра простовато для нэкстгенного эксклюзива.
    А вот боевая система порадовала, необычная.
    Да, играть лучше именно на PS5, DualSense в игре бесподобен со своими адаптивными триггерами.
    Как я уже говорил игра меня даже напугала. Задание в проклятой школе, в которой за тобой бегает манекен, пока ты его не видишь, просто вернул меня в детство. Ощущение непередаваемое.
    Да, игра полностью переведена на русский, но в самой игре какое то дикое колличество японского фольклора, что даже путаешься. Это какие то содзюцуки, ясзотоко, бётара, цутигумо, каппа, ёкай, тэнгу, нурикабэ, каракаса-кодзо, рокурокуби, кодама, иттан-момэн и прости господи дзасики-вараси. И это только малая часть.
    Прокачка не замороченная, но всегда есть во что вложиться. Карта очень схожа с оной в Far Cry или Spider-Man.
    Вид от первого лица добавляет густоты атмосфере игры. Прохождение мне напомнило такую смесь Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor и Fallout 3 , большую часть времени проводишь в одиночку или в диалоге с вселившемся в тебя "напарником".
    Ещё, как не странно, но прохождение многих боссов показались мне намного проще, чем сражения некоторыми рядовыми противниками. Да, о противниках, они очень оригинальные. Это и безликие "джентльмены", и безголовые школьники, и какие то летающие висельники. Короче кошмар.
    И так советую всем и именно на PS5, тем более игра выложена в PS Plus, абсолютно бесплатно.    … Expand
  6. Altair0043
    Jul 7, 2023
    8
    La fantástica ambientación y un gunplay divertido. Historia buena. Doblaje al español.
  7. Hishinowski
    Jun 28, 2023
    8
    Un gran juego con graficas bellas, diseño de niveles interesante, una historia un poco predecible pero emocionante. El gameplay es bueno y entretenido, aunque los enemigos si son un poco repetitivos. Me impresiona el nivel de detalle con crearon la ciudad y todo el amor a la cultura japonesa. Lo recomiendo mucho,
  8. FangRu
    Jun 28, 2023
    8
    Unique game. Light horror FPS game with gameplay that has action magic system in Japanese folklore theme happening in modern Tokyo. I really liked it. Story was a bit weaker and maybe too simple. Overall 8/10.
  9. HippiHemuli
    May 25, 2023
    10
    Wanted to give it try and it was very enjoyable and smooth game. Story was pretty good and the city was very beautyful. Combat was little bit different than most games or that what i feel and it was smooth and funny.

    Story = 9
    Graphic = 10
    Gameplay = 10
    Sounds = 9.5
  10. Eddodemares
    May 14, 2023
    9
    I've been playing for over 100 hours. My conclusion: I love Japanese horror. At night, you really feel fear. Although I didn't like the story very much, the action and exploring Tokyo were worth it. The enemies at first do not feel varied, but with the inclusion of the new DLC new ones were included giving the perception that there is more variety.

    I missed at times when there were more    I've been playing for over 100 hours. My conclusion: I love Japanese horror. At night, you really feel fear. Although I didn't like the story very much, the action and exploring Tokyo were worth it. The enemies at first do not feel varied, but with the inclusion of the new DLC new ones were included giving the perception that there is more variety.

    I missed at times when there were more people alive, but hey, finally, we must rescue them!    … Expand
  11. DCPJunior
    May 13, 2023
    9
    Great environment, great graphics, great sounds (everytime the boss started his speech on the big screens, I jumped). Great game indeed.
  12. TrunkybumVRR
    May 10, 2023
    10
    Am I the only one who actually enjoyed this? Its fun and satisfying to pull multiple cores out of enemies at once
  13. antoniomit
    May 9, 2023
    10
    Genial! Me ha encantado, ojala mas juegos con esta calidad. Muchoa detalles, jugabilidad, historia todo es un 10
  14. Steyraus
    Apr 3, 2022
    10
    The marketing for this game was a huge failure. It failed to emphasise just how cool, Japanese and fun this game is..The marketing made the game look like dome dum hand wavey fps. But the sectoral combat actually works a d with the dee narative of saving your sister it's an amazing game.
  15. Irnman1704
    May 3, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cool setting, but at the last 1/3 of the game the chapters are rushing , last 10 hours you play charpter 1-4 and from hour 10-12 you pass 3 charpters thats way to unbalanced. Also its (aspeccially in the end) very emotional but theres no relatible bond to his sister so I cant relate with him.
    Overall cool game but too rushed    … Expand
  16. winzentween
    May 1, 2023
    8
    It's more of a 7 but I like tango and this game is different from others so it needs some love. And they just added new modes and enemies and stuff for free a year on. So an easy 8 if you liked evil within. What they don't tell you about this game is...It's scary. Not evil within horror but psychologically unnerving and tense. It made me jump a few times and I had many hopes! So if youIt's more of a 7 but I like tango and this game is different from others so it needs some love. And they just added new modes and enemies and stuff for free a year on. So an easy 8 if you liked evil within. What they don't tell you about this game is...It's scary. Not evil within horror but psychologically unnerving and tense. It made me jump a few times and I had many hopes! So if you like horror this game has that as well as action exploration. But it has a poor start so stick with it.… Expand
  17. XxHunterxX
    Apr 26, 2023
    9
    Combat is top tier. I wish it was a VR game, and the storyline is pretty good, too. It made me tear up for a few times at the end
  18. Nathan912
    Apr 24, 2023
    9
    Un juegazo adictivo de principio a fin con unos personajes con una carisma tremenda y una historia simple. Con una jugabilidad muy buena
  19. ParanoydAndroyd
    Apr 23, 2023
    10
    Solid game that's best played in PS5 due to better FPS, haptic feedback (Xbox has none), better graphics, better resolution, better everything!!! The additional content that came a year after release isn't that great though. Curious as to why it took so long to release, but it's just okay.
  20. Briznice
    Apr 18, 2023
    8
    Game is pretty fun looks beautiful, not a whole lot of attacks and stuff needs more variety. But it’s still a fun game and looks awesome on ps5
  21. RoverDiscover
    Mar 24, 2022
    10
    Original and interesting. Finally something new! The art style is amazing, and the combat system is a breath of fresh air
  22. RobPlaysGames
    Apr 16, 2023
    8
    One of the best PS2 games I've ever played, and I mean that as a compliment. Obviously the graphics look far better than a PS2 game, but the concept, mechanics and mission design all feel like the sort of weird third-party stuff we used to get back when publishers weren't afraid to take a chance on the freak picks for the niche audience who would enjoy them.

    It's probably worth    One of the best PS2 games I've ever played, and I mean that as a compliment. Obviously the graphics look far better than a PS2 game, but the concept, mechanics and mission design all feel like the sort of weird third-party stuff we used to get back when publishers weren't afraid to take a chance on the freak picks for the niche audience who would enjoy them.

    It's probably worth mentioning upfront that if you're not remotely interested in Japan, its culture or folklore then your enjoyment of this game will probably be significantly lessened as, at its core, its just another open world checklist game.

    90% of the side content is basically experiencing Japanese urban legends and the main missions usually amount to little more than 'go here and have a fight, watch cutscene'. In truth, I'd struggle to tell you why I enjoyed this game as much as I did, yet I happily floated all over Tokyo getting 100% completion, and I'd probably do it all over again.

    What's here is far from perfect, but I would really love for this game to perform well enough for a sequel because I think there's a rough diamond here that deserves to be polished.    … Expand
  23. Oz_Momotaro
    Apr 14, 2023
    8
    So I loved this game - but only gave it an 8/10. I have lived for many years not far from Shibuya, and have spent many years prior to that travelling to Tokyo. The one thing I wanted was a game to give me the open world experience of Tokyo. I can 100% guarantee that GhostWire gives a very specific feel for Shibuya... admittedly without people. Still, I loved exploring and searching. EvenSo I loved this game - but only gave it an 8/10. I have lived for many years not far from Shibuya, and have spent many years prior to that travelling to Tokyo. The one thing I wanted was a game to give me the open world experience of Tokyo. I can 100% guarantee that GhostWire gives a very specific feel for Shibuya... admittedly without people. Still, I loved exploring and searching. Even without people - which is a downer. The downsides are the mechanics - and for me, it was the controller mechanics - I would often press the right combination of buttons, but it would suddenly disconnect (the more I played, the more this was an issue). That could be a Sony thing, but if so, QA should have addressed it in their prep-phase. I know a lot of people are down on the lack of variety of foes - and that's fair... what i don't understand is why they hid a lot of different enemies behind random (side-quest) encounters. Just silly IMHO. The game is not hard, but I think some of the resourcing decisions (on ammo) are just wishful thinking - I never once found water (shot-gun) ammo to be that useful, yet there's a crap tonne of that compared to fire elemental ammo. I also wished they had some more different areas - I know how samey Tokyo can be, but the design decisions meant they were constrained to the most grey looking version. As I said - I loved it, but if you don't know the area you might be thinking this is a lot of the same.

    Edit - I would also say that there are some Control-level cinematics here that are well worth the price of admission. The problem is - a lot of people bee-lined the game, and they didn't see as much as they should have. Also, it helps if you know your Japanese folk-lore.    … Expand
  24. Dronewolf
    Apr 7, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So i came across this review to this game:

    "Boring and repetitive combat, empty city which is uninteresting to explore, annoying platformer elements, waste of your time and money."

    And I laughed. Let me pick this apart and add my two cents.

    "Boring and repetitive combat"?

    All combat in every game gets repetitive after so many hours. It's simplistic if anything, but in no way a bad thing. You have three magic attacks, four types of talismans and a bow and arrow. Combat is smooth and works well.

    "Empty city, which is uninteresting to explore"?

    Not sure what this person means by this. The game world is modeled after the actual ward of Shibuya in Tokyo. The actual game word is more or less identical to the real place. If they mean empty as in no human NPC's, then they missed the point of the game considering everyone in the city has vanished. It's part of the story.

    "Annoying platformer elements"?

    When? You can jump from rooftop to rooftop, but that's hardly platforming. There's no "pits" what you'd find in platformer games. Ignorant statement.

    "Waste of your time and money"?

    Hardly.

    Why did I give this game an 8?. It's very good game worth your time, for sure. But like all games, I did have my gripes with it at points. For one; too many collectibles; spirits, tanuki, investigation notes, voice logs, music, attire, Jizo statues, magatama. Sure, I 100%d the game, but sometimes too many collectibles can be a bit overwhelming. The good thing is, is that they're not TOO hard to find.

    The ghost enemies that wear sheets. Worst enemies in the game by far. A huge hinderence a lot of the time.

    Some side quests are a bit bland, some just being fetch quest, but every game suffers with these more or less.

    No true replayability. For me, a story driven game like this is a kind of one and done kind of deal. For a long while anyway. Once you finish the game, there's is really no reason to instantly play it again like you would games like Resident Evil or Evil Within to unlock more gear. I may replay it again, but not for a long while, but with this big update coming, it may draw me back even sooner to see all the extra content.

    Despite the mild cons, I found myself really enjoying this game. The story is great, the game itself not too long (You can probably finish it in about 5 hours if you just do the story without doing the side stuff).

    Enemies have good designs, some of which are based on actual Japanese folklore. Sure, some are kind of re-skinned, but still look different from the other enemies in the same group. Again, most games do this, so that's forgivable.

    Characters are good, none of which are annoying, though the banter with the two main characters can be a bit repetitive, but yet again, forgivable.

    Overall great game and as it's now on PS+ and about to be put on Game Pass, you should definitely give this game a go. If you are interested in Japanese folklore and mythology, then this game is definitely for you.    … Expand
  25. SamL01
    Apr 7, 2023
    10
    An excellent game! First things first: make sure you remove the “dead zone” on the joysticks in the settings to make it more responsive.

    Ghostwire has some awesome elements in, great gameplay and mechanics, very good free roam with lots to collect, lots to upgrade, a crazy and interesting story and a beautiful city to explore! You can even pet and feed the dogs! Don’t miss out on this    An excellent game! First things first: make sure you remove the “dead zone” on the joysticks in the settings to make it more responsive.

    Ghostwire has some awesome elements in, great gameplay and mechanics, very good free roam with lots to collect, lots to upgrade, a crazy and interesting story and a beautiful city to explore! You can even pet and feed the dogs! Don’t miss out on this awesome game I could not get enough    … Expand
  26. Leonida302
    Feb 28, 2023
    10
    The game Is fantastic
    For me, Who loves Japan and especially J-Horror Is the ultimate experience.
    Amazing graphics, Good combat, lots of exploration and *Little to no repetitive* secondary mission compared to other Open world
  27. Febrans
    Feb 1, 2023
    10
    Eu achei o jogo muuto bom. A coisa que eu mais amei foi ambientação de tóquio feita de forma tão detalhada.
  28. FoxtrotSan
    Jan 29, 2023
    9
    Me he sentido como si visitara Tokyo, un espectáculo el ray tracing, me ha atrapado el juego.

    Mucha carga emocional y combates desafiantes.

    Desde luego tienen que jugarlo todos aquellos que disfrutan con el anime y lo japonés. Saludos!
  29. OCDgamet
    Jan 27, 2023
    10
    One of the better games I've played. Can't wait to get the dlc if there's more content I'm the works.
  30. Matteo123999
    Jan 27, 2023
    10
    man what an underrated game , this game definitely needs more attention to the public
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 123 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 78 out of 123
  2. Mixed: 43 out of 123
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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    60
    One's feelings about the game start with "oh my God, what did I buy", move on to "hey, it's not all bad - let's destroy one more tree", only to realize in the end that you're actually doing the same thing over and over again and that you could spend your time in a more entertaining way. [Issue#318]
  2. KeenGamer
    Nov 4, 2022
    70
    Ghostwire: Tokyo is an interesting new mix of horror 'shooter' with excellent enemy design and aesthetics, but relies strongly on its eastern thematic to stay interesting past a certain playtime. However, despite the repetition, it does it's best to offer enough to keep players invested and interested enough with its variety and story, especially if you have even a slight interest in Japan or its vast mythology.
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  3. The Independent
    Aug 8, 2022
    80
    Ghostwire: Tokyo is a memorable journey that never overstays its welcome. With a unique combat system and plenty of options for exploration, it makes an admirable effort to keep players engaged even after the credits roll.
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