The next PS5 hit? Ghostwire Tokyo looks totally insane and beautiful – Preview

After an hour-long preview presentation of Ghostwire: Tokyo, we can only say one thing: Damn, the game looks good! With The Evil Within creators Tango Games and Bethesda in the helm, it looks like an even sicker, even faster, and even more beautiful The Evil Within awaits you here. We tell you about our first impression of Ghostwire: Tokyo!

Before you start thinking about whether Ghostwire: Tokyo comes close to the horror of The Evil Within series, one thing in advance: no, it won’t, because it doesn’t want to. Ghostwire: Tokyo is a from the start Action adventure game with horror elementswhich focuses on adrenaline-pumping combat and absolutely insane environments, like upside-down rooms, gory dimensions and creatures inside that look terrifying.

Here’s a first taste of the crazy worlds in Ghostwire: Tokyo.

That’s what Ghostwire: Tokyo is all about

The metropolis of Tokyo is deserted and obscure creatures roam the streets. The setting is almost post-apocalyptic, with empty crashed cars, explorable apartments with no people, and dark parks where children’s laughter can be heard without children. Almost all humans have mysteriously disappeared and have been replaced by spirits: Slenderman-like guys with black umbrellas, headless schoolgirls, nurses who look like they’ve slipped out of Silent Hill, and other wacky creatures.

But you are still here, as Akito. He, who actually led a completely normal life, has not disappeared. Instead is the spirit of a demon hunter penetrated him and gave him supernatural abilities. In your mind you always hear – or at least at the beginning of the game – the voice of the spirit that guides and helps you.

Your goal is not only to save the city, but also to find your own sister. For this you have to hunt down a powerful unknown – and along the way hundreds of bizarre creatures and bosses.

Ghostwire: Tokyo is open world, totally crazy and quite creative

At first glance, Ghostwire: Tokyo is fast-paced, bizarre, spooky, and cleverly action-packed: The fights are magic-based, with Akito using the so-called Ethernal Weaving draws various symbols in the air to cast spells. These symbols are not only based on Japanese folklore – like the spirits – but are also “painted” with the stick of the PS5 controller. The haptic feedback and the technology of the PS5 controller both should be fully exploited to draw you even more immersively into the world of the game.

In addition to the fast-paced fights, which mostly work via combos, you will Collect souls of missing people and liberate the city area by area at special gates. With a grappling hook you also have to explore the city vertically: you jump onto building roofs and balconies, but in the preview it seemed as if such a grappling jump was only possible at certain points.

sneak attacks are also included and you can improve your elemental powers through experience gained. You can decide whether you are ghosts banished, cleans or destroyed. So you can customize your playstyle to your liking.

Of course, you can enter some – probably not all – buildings. You explore apartments, fight your way through basements and keep getting involved completely wacky settings confronted: furniture hanging upside down from the ceiling, bizarre dimensions that invade our world and moments in which it is no longer clear which world you are in now.

Ghostwire: Tokyo is an open world visual spectacle, which is somewhat reminiscent of The Evil Within and Resident Evil series. Just with more action, crystal clear, saturated graphics and an open world. If the story stays interesting and the fights aren’t too repetitive, Ghostwire: Tokyo could be a real PS5 hit.

Cute: In addition to the flying youkai cats that act as traders, there is also a dog that you can pet in Ghostwire: Tokyo. So fleece breaks between the crazy fights are taken care of. Ghostwire: Tokyo will be released on March 25, 2022 for PC and PS5.