Ghostwire: Tokyo gameplay revealed and gains console exclusivity
During the PlayStation 5 reveal event, Bethesda showed off the first gameplay for Ghostwire: Tokyo, which looks good, but it was after the event that they announced the game was coming to console as a PlayStation 5 exclusive, as well as PC.
Tokyo, the setting of the game, has come under siege by spirits and other supernatural phenomenon, each threatening the city in different ways. With 99% of the city’s population vanished, leaving you as one of the few that can help save the city, you will get to explore Tokyo, as well as fight off the paranormal threat that beckons.
“We’re particularly excited by the possibility of players experiencing our modern, yet Visitor-filled city with 3D sound,” says Kenji Kimura, Game Director on Ghostwire: Tokyo. “This version of Tokyo is not a version you’ve ever seen or heard before. In Ghostwire: Tokyo, you’ll hear and encounter sounds that you normally would not hear in the city in real life. Our hope is that with the 3D sound, you will feel compelled to seek out and identify what is causing those sounds you hear.”
Some of the spirits that you will get to face off against are:
Amewarashi: This entity manifests as a young child in a yellow raincoat. Derived from the powerful emotions of sadness caused by being separated from his parents, as well as his innocent yet mischievous spirit, this Visitor will call for help and bring forth fellow spirit when it feels threatened.
Shiromuku: Shiromuku is a traditional type of pure white wedding kimono, and though she may appear to be a bride, this Visitor is actually a physical manifestation of powerful emotions. This Visitor represents regret and strong feelings for a partner she was never able to marry.
Kuchisake: Inspired by an actual urban legend, the Kuchisake-onna is a strong and agile opponent, capable of closing distances quickly to get at you with her large scissor blades. Be careful if she asks you if you find her attractive; there are no right answers there.
Plus, with each spirit having their own threats you need to counter, you will have to learn all about them, in order to take them down. But these threats are not the only ones, as there are strange Visitors that have appear in the wake of the disappearance of the people, and there is the fact that you now have superpowers of your own.