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Ghostwire: Tokyo has added new stuff, and I have a tourism tip for new playersAlso, a new update brings new content and, uh, Denuvo?
Also, a new update brings new content and, uh, Denuvo?
If you’re starting playingGhostwire: Tokyoafter it came to Game Pass this week, I have a hot tip for you: prioritise upgrading movement abilities. The freedom to glide from rooftop to rooftop over haunted Tokyo will bring you so much more joy than any incremental damage upgrade. That’s the most important thing I have to say, that it makes for good virtuatourism.
Oh, and I suppose a free content arrived this week too, adding new side-missions, handy new combat abilities, and a new “rogue-lite” mode. The update, uh, apparently also added Denuvo, over a year after the game launched? Cool, cool.
First, for newcomers: yes, do focus on upgrading the abilities extending glide time. I know the damage abilities are tempting because help you do ghostmurder. I know the utility abilities sound useful. I also know that the best part of Ghostwire is exploring the big spooky haunted house that Tokyo has become. It’s a joy to walk the streets, and I really enjoyed the transgressive thrill of clambering and gliding over rooftops to see mundane sights from new angles, like a secret criminal form of tourism. It’s nice to see how this virtuacity fits together, too, figure out the connective tissue between landmarks.
A Walk In The Rain In Ghostwire: TokyoA wee wander on footWatch on YouTube
A Walk In The Rain In Ghostwire: Tokyo
In ourGhostwire: Tokyo review, Matthew Castle was especially fond of mundane areas. He said, “it’s actually when the game leaves the more iconic landmarks that it got under my skin, pushing into suburbs and forgotten social projects, far from the tourist traps.
“Yes, it helps that everyone has vanished, but even so, the fringes of the map carry more of a supernatural throb to them - especially the disquieting, looming apartment complexes built to accommodate the post-war urban boom. Here, in these uniform blocks, marked with stark lettering and soundtracked with the cawing of birds, the game finally finds the chilling effect that can’t quite take root in busier areas. It’s a side of Tokyo I’ve not seen in much pop culture and feels like something that only a team fully embedded in the city’s history would tap into.”
Oh, and after gliding, get the upgrades which speed up absorbing spirits into Katashiro, which is a colossal waste of time until upgraded. That’s it. That’s all I have to suggest. Go forth and bust ghosts.
I guess you might want to hear about the new stuff too? The main feature of the Spider’s Thread Update is a new mode named, well, The Spider’s Thread. It is a “rogue-lite” gauntlet mode sending you through all sorts of challenges, buying upgrades and gaining perks along a run. The update also brings new monster types for variety (I’m not a huge fan of ‘em?), a few new items, and some new side-missions, but the most exciting part of the whole update for me is new combat tricks.
Ghostwire: Tokyo Spider’s Thread Update | Deep Dive TrailerBethesda’s trailer shows off the new update, including the new movesWatch on YouTube
Ghostwire: Tokyo Spider’s Thread Update | Deep Dive Trailer
One big addition not inthe patch notes, and certainly not expected or wanted, was Bethesda seemingly adding Denuvo Anti-Tamper to the game.DSOGamingand players are reporting that the controversial and unpopular software is now jammed into Ghostwire’s guts.
Denuvo is anti-piracy technology which many big-budget games use at launch to deter pirates in the initial launch period, then typically remove either after Denuvo is cracked for that game or simply when piracy is less of a concern. It’s been found to cause performance problems in some games and cause bugginess for some users, and has evenmade games impossible to play at times. Its presence does nothing good for people playing the game.
It is extremely weird to see Denuvo seemingly added to a game 13 months after launch. We can only hope it is soon purged like so many unwanted ghosties.
