Ghostwire Tokyo

What is Ghostwire Tokyo?

In a nutshell, its a buddy ghost busting game.

You get to bust ghosts without having a nuclear reactor on your back.
No worries about crossing streams either.

It's a buddy game because it's like those movies where they pair two different folks,
and they have to work together. One person knows more than the other person who has a totally different skillset.
Think Rick and Morty, or the second or third Die Hard movies. In the third Die Hard movie, Bruce Willis's character works with a good hacker. Eventually both of them find out what's going on.

The player gets things explained to them without it sounding like it's on the nose.
Don't worry, I won't do any spoilers here.

You probably want to know about the ghost busting.
Is it fun?
Well, if you like tearing the hearts, um, cores out of sassy spirits, you'll find the bustin good.
Sometimes you can sneak up behind ghosts, and tear out their tickers with your bare hands.
The game uses the term 'Core' but it's basically the ghost's heart. Once it's gone, the ghost falls apart, and you get to suck up what's left. If you put points in the right skills you can use the energy to heal yourself.

There are no guns, just abilities and a bow and arrow.
Smash glitching objects to recharge your abilities.
Be careful because the ability has a power limit, and you can't go above it.

One thing I like is that if a boss fight is too hard, I can go and fight something else and level up.
I'm not stuck on that fight.
Since healing is fast when eating food, boss fights feel like they're doable.

I've just mentioned some of the basic stuff, there's a lot to do.
Oh, I almost forgot this bit.

If you suffer from a fear of heights, this game will trigger it.
Sometimes missions require climbing up to high places.

Also the game feels like it's just for mouse and keyboard.
Most operations can be done with the mouse which is great.

There's a lot of atmosphere in the game which is heightened by the music.

The game is pretty stable, I only had one crash and that was after playing more than one hour.

Also the game defaults to Japanese as the spoken language, and you can't change it in the in-game options.
You have to go to the title menu options. This is an important issue because you don't want to take your attention off of what's happening in front to read subtitles. It's important to understand the banter because it gives clues to the nature of the characters in the game.

Since I didn't finish the game yet, this isn't a review.
So far, I'm having fun.