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[Draugoth]

Face new supernatural threats in the Ghostwire: Tokyo Spider's Thread Update, with haunting new areas, deeper combat, and a challenging new game mode. Coming to PS5, PC, and for the first time Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass on April 12!

 

[Punished Miku]

Been patiently waiting a year to try this. I'm kinda hyped. Looked very colorful and original in the trailers at least.

 

[FBeeEye]

Doesn't interest me one bit.

 

[Denton]

PC gamepass too or just xbox one?

 

[Draugoth]

PC gamepass too or just xbox one?

Game Pass for PC and XSX

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Been patiently waiting a year to try this. I'm kinda hyped. Looked very colorful and original in the trailers at least.

I didn't follow this game, but looks like the 1 year deal is over. From wiki.

Ghostwire: Tokyo[a] is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game released worldwide on March 25, 2022 as a one-year timed exclusive for PlayStation 5 and Windows.[1][2]

 

[FoxMcChief]

 

[marjo]

Doesn't interest me one bit.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[dorkimoe]

very cool didnt want to pay for this one

 

[Tangerine]

Yeah I've been waiting too. I heard it's a 7/10 game but... Gamepass so I'll check it out.

Wonder if solar ash is going to come to Xbox in any capacity.

 

[FromDuskTillGameOver]

Finished it nearly 100% and really liked the atmosphere, but damn this games wasted so much potential. Hope the DLC will change that a little.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Didn’t look good enough to pay retail for on ps5

Is this actually good? Reviews are pretty middling

 

[gothmog]

I played the trial on PS5. Interesting concept but I was not willing to pay for it based on my first impressions. I plan on at least checking it out on Series X to see how it looks.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Thanks for sharing.

Doesn’t interest me as well. Type of game you claim on PS+, then go “what for?, will I ever even play it?”.

 

[Punished Miku]

Wonder if solar ash is going to come to Xbox in any capacity.

It is.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

For those of you wondering about ratings or game quality, it got decent scores. But nothing groundbreaking.

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	PC: 77/100[14] PS5: 75/100[15]

 

[FromDuskTillGameOver]

Didn’t look good enough to pay retail for on ps5

Is this actually good? Reviews are pretty middling

The open world gameplay is so generic it's painful because the city is so gorgeously detailed and you can sense there is a better game buried under endless mindless collectibles.

 

[Roberts]

It's set in Shibuya, right? Stayed there for a week 10 years ago, loved it so this will be another chance to get back there, get drunk with ghosts and do some karaoke. Don't tell me you can't do that!

 

[Ozriel]

Didn’t look good enough to pay retail for on ps5

Is this actually good? Reviews are pretty middling

Reviews say it’s good so…

 

[analog_future]

Really looking forward to this actually.

After Hi-Fi Rush I'll play any Tango Gameworks project.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Reviews say it’s good so…

75% metacritic is pretty middling, not to say it’s BAD or anything, but didn’t have what I’d consider great reviews

 

[Ozriel]

75% metacritic is pretty middling, not to say it’s BAD or anything, but didn’t have what I’d consider great reviews

I certainly never said ‘great’.
75% is considered ‘good’ by all metrics. Better score than the 71% for Days Gone that you enjoyed, for example.

I think most people would think 6/10 when talking about ‘middling scores’.

Either way, this release supposedly improves the combat so it should even be better than the launch experience

 

[Calverz]

Great win for gamepass subscribers. We eating good just now!

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I certainly never said ‘great’.
75% is considered ‘good’ by all metrics. Better score than the 71% for Days Gone that you enjoyed, for example.

I think most people would think 6/10 when talking about ‘middling scores’.

Either way, this release supposedly improves the combat so it should even be better than the launch experience

I never said I couldn’t enjoy a title with a 75 meta, but I still don’t consider that a good score

Days Gone was panned by critics and wasn’t much lower, as you have pointed out.

Critics can be wrong though, especially when politics get mixed into the picture

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Anyone happen to know if they fixed the shader compilation stutter on the PC side of things?

 

[adamsapple]

And with this all the lost children have made their way back home.

 

[acm2000]

not a game that ever interested me but will give it a shot, frees free.

 

[Mr Moose]

Good game, enjoyed my time with it. Will play it again when this update hits.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The open world gameplay is so generic it's painful because the city is so gorgeously detailed and you can sense there is a better game buried under endless mindless collectibles.

So it’s another Horizon game? Damn.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Great game. Spooky atmosphere with a cool first person combat with ghosts and spirits. Takes place in an open world Tokyo (that looks really good) and you can grapple hook around and even float around buildings and rooftops. It's like a weirder and quirkier take on Ghostbusters. Don't sleep on this Xbox peeps.

 

[NoobSmog]

I hope Ghostwyre tokyo is better than ghostwire tokyo, because whew. The combat was terrible and the collectables were the worst I have ever seen.

 

[diffusionx]

It's not a very good game, unfortunately. Lots of potential but it didn't come together and just became a below average shooter with boring collectathon elements. Cool setting and great graphics but totally underused.

 

[Topher]

Adding it to the list….

 

[Lokaum D+]

Free on psplus extra too

 

[Captain Toad]

Did this already come to PS+? I can't remember. I originally wanted it, but lost interest when it released to so-so reception.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Did this already come to PS+? I can't remember. I originally wanted it, but lost interest when it released to so-so reception.

I think it released a few weeks ago on it. I was going to start it, but figured I’d wait to see when the Xbox version gets released, and then if there’s a difference in performance.

Edit: maybe it’s the announcement of it coming to ps+ is what I’m thinking about.

 

[Ristifer]

I certainly never said ‘great’.
75% is considered ‘good’ by all metrics. Better score than the 71% for Days Gone that you enjoyed, for example.

I think most people would think 6/10 when talking about ‘middling scores’.

Either way, this release supposedly improves the combat so it should even be better than the launch experience

Many on this forum think a 95 is middling. It's either a 98-99/100 masterpiece or it's utter trash.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

Did this already come to PS+? I can't remember. I originally wanted it, but lost interest when it released to so-so reception.

March 21st so next week

OP should be updated with this info

Massive Ghostwire: Tokyo Update Drops After PS Plus Extra Debut

Ghost with the most

www.pushsquare.com

 

[DeepEnigma]

Adding it to the list….

GOTY contender™

 

[oji-san]

Wanted to grab to PS5 ver when it's on PS Plus but will wait for the Game Pass ver as it might run better on Series X.

 

[Topher]

Wanted to grab to PS5 ver when it's on PS Plus but will wait for the Game Pass ver as it might run better on Series X.

I waited for the Game Pass version primarily because the game's reviews were not good enough for me to want to buy it.

GOTY contender™

Now it is.

 

[CatLady]

And with this all the lost children have made their way back home.

About time.
I thought this game looked really interesting in the trailer, but it got kind of meh scores. One of the reasons Game Pass is awesome is it costs me nothing to find out if the game is actually good or meh.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

"free" Love those responses.

 

[Riky]

Played the trial on Ps Plus, it was ok, nothing special. Will play it through on Gamepass.

 

[diffusionx]

I certainly never said ‘great’.
75% is considered ‘good’ by all metrics. Better score than the 71% for Days Gone that you enjoyed, for example.

I think most people would think 6/10 when talking about ‘middling scores’.

Either way, this release supposedly improves the combat so it should even be better than the launch experience

I think Days Gone is WAY better than this game, I really don't care what Metacritic says.

 

[01011001]

For those of you wondering about ratings or game quality, it got decent scores. But nothing groundbreaking.

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	PC: 77/100[14] PS5: 75/100[15]

75% metacritic is pretty middling, not to say it’s BAD or anything, but didn’t have what I’d consider great reviews

I certainly never said ‘great’.
75% is considered ‘good’ by all metrics. Better score than the 71% for Days Gone that you enjoyed, for example.

I think most people would think 6/10 when talking about ‘middling scores’.

Either way, this release supposedly improves the combat so it should even be better than the launch experience

I never said I couldn’t enjoy a title with a 75 meta, but I still don’t consider that a good score

Days Gone was panned by critics and wasn’t much lower, as you have pointed out.

Critics can be wrong though, especially when politics get mixed into the picture

Video game review scores are cancer.
stop giving them any attention!
how many "7/10 too much water" or 3/10 God Hand examples do we need so that people finally understand that most reviewers are shit, and that game scores are complete nonsense, especially given how ridiculously dumb they are usually since they only ever use the range from 70 to 100, and because aggregation sites convert other scoring systems to their 0-100 system even tho they aren't necessarily comparable.

 

[Griffon]

Maybe they'll fix the PC version by then (it has horrible stutters and input lag).

 

[Nydius]

Been patiently waiting a year to try this. I'm kinda hyped. Looked very colorful and original in the trailers at least.

i‘d recommend temporing your expectations. I was hyped for it when I got my PS5 only to realize it’s a shallow, highly repetitive, bland open world. It’s not as colorful as it looks, it’s mostly shades of asphalt gray. It’s possibly one of the worst open world grindfests I’ve played in recent memory. If 95 Merlin Trials seemed like overkill in Hogwarts, enjoy hunting down the 240,300 spirits in Ghostwire.

Some of the stylizing is nice, like the rain effects being kanji characters.

Edit: Despite the above negativity, I don’t regret playing it and do think it‘s a fine addition to game pass. Just… don’t expect it to reinvent the wheel, that’s all and I can’t recommend 100%’ing it unless you hate yourself. IMO,the side quests are often better than the main quest.

 

[hangdang69]

It was an OK game. It gave you all of your powers way too fast so it got repetitive pretty quickly, but I enjoyed my time with it well enough. Ended up getting the platinum trophy on PS5 in around 30-35 hours-ish

 

[rodrigolfp]

exclusive for PlayStation 5 and Windows.[1][2]

The word "exclusive" being massacred again.