Ghostwire: Tokyo will launch for PC and as a timed-PlayStation 5 console exclusive in late March, so as one might imagine, Bethesda and Tango Gameworks have been ramping up the game's marketing push. This has included fresh Ghostwire: Tokyo gameplay footage, giving interested fans their best look yet at what exactly the game will entail from a gameplay standpoint.
Something that Ghostwire: Tokyo fans have noticed from the gameplay trailers is the world map, which looks similar to maps used in open world games. Ghostwire: Tokyo protagonist Akito appears to be able to freely explore Tokyo, checking off activities on the map and completing side quests like in open world titles. Despite the similarities Ghostwire: Tokyo has to open world games, though, Tango Gameworks doesn't describe it as one.
In an interview with Game Rant, Tango Gameworks clarified that Ghostwire: Tokyo is a "sandbox-style action-adventure type of game" instead of a proper open world title. "The size of the map wasn't very important to us," explained Ghostwire: Tokyo Director Kenji Kimura. Kimura described the Ghostwire: Tokyo map as "fun, sizable, and playable," and pointed out that it's not just a horizontal map, but has vertical elements as well.
As seen in some of the most recent Ghostwire: Tokyo gameplay footage, the game features buildings, high-rises, and interior areas. Ghostwire: Tokyo players will be able to explore these environments, with the developers teasing that there will be plenty of secrets for fans to find as well. What exactly those secrets will be remains to be seen, but fans will have to explore the game's twisted version of Tokyo for themselves to find out.
So, Ghostwire: Tokyo is officially not an open world game, but it will still have some elements that are commonly found in open world titles. Likewise, Ghostwire: Tokyo is not a horror game, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have some elements commonly found in the horror genre. Tango Gameworks is describing Ghostwire: Tokyo as an action-adventure title, but it still has players dealing with supernatural threats and some creepy enemy designs.
Ghostwire: Tokyo is shaping up to be a unique experience, and it will be interesting to see how fans react to it when it launches. The good news is that the wait to play the game is nearly at an end, as the Ghostwire: Tokyo release date is just a little over a month away at the time of this writing.
Ghostwire: Tokyo launches March 25 for PC and PS5.