An emotional story that turns into a requiem for the dead
In Ghostwire: Tokyo you die before the game even starts, but that’s part of the game’s main plot. As your body lies dead on Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya Scramble Crossing, a shadowy spirit is trying to take command of it. The catch is that by trying to merge with the body, the spirit brings back the protagonist from the dead as well. The unusual merger between the two gives Akito Izuki, the game’s main character, supernatural powers that he must learn to master in order to survive an onslaught of malevolent creatures that have taken on Tokyo’s streets. The unlikely duo has different motivations and more or less noble goals, but they’re stuck together and forced to team up if they want to achieve those goals. KK, the spirit that Akito owes his second life, is seeking revenge, while the protagonist is just looking to save his sister from the clutches of a mysterious cult. Ghostwire: Tokyo isn’t a game that stands out for its narrative. Although there are more than just two characters in the game, the other ones get too little “on-screen” time to even worth mentioning. When you’re not killing yokai, supernatural creatures and spirits in Japanese folklore, on the streets of Tokyo, you’re trying to reveal more of the game’s map by cleansing corrupted Torii gates.
