Paranormal hijinks can wait
Shinji Mikami shared a short update onGhostwire: Tokyoduring today’s QuakeCon at Home stream.
The city might be missing most of its residents, but dogs are still roaming the streets– and you can totally pet them. Even if the bit is kind of played out, it comes from a genuine place. I must embrace it.
On a more existential note, Mikami commented on the “challenging times” we’re in. He’s wondered “why it’s been feeling so tough lately, then I realized that I’ve been in this industry for 30 years. I’d rather not become a fossil in the game industry so I’ll do my best to be a living, breathing fossil.”
For better or worse, Tango Gameworks’ supernatural action-adventure game is such a wildcard for me. The premise, setting, and unexpected first-person framing stand out and have great potential, but I’m struggling to graspGhostwire: Tokyoas a whole. I wonder if it’ll completely click pre-release– there’s plenty of time before the PS5 and PC launch in 2021– or if we’ll need to have it in our hands.
Mikami says they’re striving to make it “more cool and unique.”
