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In praise of Ghostwire: Tokyo’s animals - especially the catsI don’t think ghosts are cat people, though
I don’t think ghosts are cat people, though
I have now received most (but not quite all) of my stuff after moving, so I have a TV and two (2) consoles to play games on. One thing I’ve been playing recently isGhostwire: Tokyo, a ghost huntin' action game that’s a bit less weird and a bit more “kind of like an Ubisoft game” than I was expecting. But I like Ubisoft games just fine, so I’m having a blast - plus there are still some clutch ghost fights to be hand when I run out of finger-ammo for my magic hands.
A Walk In The Rain In Ghostwire: TokyoWatch on YouTube
A Walk In The Rain In Ghostwire: Tokyo
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There are also tanuki, the little raccoon-dogs, who in this game seem to be, like, a crew of New York construction workers on holiday who got separated and lost. Finding all of them is a collectible sidequest, and I love them.
But the regular cats are great! As far as I can tell from my four-ish hours in the game, they can’t (or won’t) do anything for you, but they will look at you, and if you do the drippy thing they think things like “cats just want a nice warm place to sleep” or “I’m in a bad mood.” You can pet cats, and I petted the one in a bad mood and it purred and everything, and was still in a bad mood afterwards!
Dogs exist in Ghostwire: Tokyo as well, and if you give them dog food they will dig up a reward or lead you to a useful shrine. This is excellent understanding of dog:cat behaviour. Dogs are helpful and friendly; cats will accept services you do to them but most are purely decorative (for the record I love both dogs and cats).
This is extremely good animal realism in a game about bustin' ghosts. I would not be at all opposed if Tango Gameworks did a pet sim game like the ones you’d get on the DS in the 00s.
