GHOSTWIRE: TOKYO: A ACTION HORROR GAME WITH SPOOKY YOKAI AND TOO MUCH COLLECTABLES.

By Joseph Maffettone 4/24/23

So Lately, I've decided to check out other works from Tango Gameworks, a developer studio from Bethesda Softworks which is known for the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series. Tango Gameworks is known for the Evil Within series I have only played the second game and I enjoyed it with how scary it was and how gruesome some of it's zombies and monsters were. I never have checked out other works from them after that till now, with their two most recent works Hi Fi Rush and the game that will be the focus of this blog, Ghostwire: Tokyo. Ghostwire: Tokyo is a Action Horror developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda and was released on March 25th 2022 on the PlayStation consoles and was released on other systems on April 12 2023 with a new update titled: Spider Thread. The game received mixed praise and many saw the game to be hard to get used to and tedious to play but had a interesting world with Tokyo shrouded in darkness as it's citizens have vanished and Yokai and otherworldly entities haunt Tokyo. I've been playing this game a lot more than Hi Fi Rush since I have this game as a priority first but what are my thoughts: It's a decent game, yeah the gameplay is okay but I love the world and the Japanese lore and Yokai, and the atmosphere scares me at time and when dealing with a stronger spirit, it can be terrifying at times. So of course, I had to talk about the achievements for this game because there are some achievement that are terrifying as well since this game has a ton of collectibles and some combat achievements that are absolutely scary as well. I will only cover the main game achievements as there is no knowledge about the Spider Thread update achievements at all yet. Anyway, let's take a look into Ghostwire's haunting list.

STORY ACHIEVEMENTS

Story achievements are very simple which is to just beat the main game story. Just beat all 6 chapters and you get all 7 achievements. The story of the game follows Akito, a young man who wakes up after a accident to find Tokyo in a fog and it's citizens missing. When he wakes up, his body is possessed by a dead man named KK who is using Akito's body for revenge. The two team up to defeat a group of otherworldly beings trying to destroy the game between the living and the spirit world, which is causing spirits called visitors coming in the living world to feed on the spirits on those who vanished, and rescue Akito's sister who is stuck in a coma and is being used to open that gate even further.

SPIRIT ACHIEVEMENTS

Throughout the game, you'll be collecting spirits and sending them back to the real world. There are a total of 240,300 spirits and the achievements require you to get 25% of the spirits, 50% of the spirits, 100% of the spirits and finally get 100% of the spirits and beat the games main story. It should be noted that the game will warn you that after you beat Chapter 4, there will be no going back so make the best you can with collectibles.

SIDE MISSION ACHIEVEMENTS

Like every open world game, there are side missions. For this game there are only 2 achievements, finish one side quest and finish all of them. They are very simple and some are too simple.

TORII GATE ACHIEVEMENTS

Torii gates are these shrine gates that acts as Fast travel in the game, they will also clear more of the fog the surrounds Tokyo so you can explore more of Tokyo. There are 2 achievements for this it's to clear your first Torii gate and clear all Torii gates.

RELIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Another collectible in the game are relics. These items are everywhere and they didn't sure any purpose till the update came along. For the 2 achievements, you just need to find one relics and then find all of them.

SPIRIT SKILL ACHIEVEMENT

The game has a skill tree that gives players more inventory and moves to better the combat of the game. There is only one achievement and that is to unlock all of the skill tree which means getting every skill.

SYNERGY ACHIEVEMENT

Synergy is your level throughout the game. You will get XP through sending spirits home, clearing missions and fighting the visitors. For this Achievement, you just need to get to Level 50. It is also worth to note that leveling up will give you skill points for the skill tree.

LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENT

Landmarks are areas throughout the game that show different points of Tokyo. All you need to do for this achievement is to find all Landmarks.

VOICE LOG ACHIEVEMENTS

Throughout the game, you will find voice logs that contain info about events prior to the game. For these 2 achievements, you need to find one voice log, and for the other, find all of them.

MAGATAMA ACHIEVEMENTS

Magatamas are these stones that are required to finish parts of the skill tree and can only be acquired by capturing Yokai. Yokai can only appear after you finish side quests that involve a different type of Yokai and after you finish that quest, that type of Yokai will appear on the map. For these 2 achievements, you need to acquire one Magtama and the other is to get 40 of them.

JIZO STATUE ACHIEVEMENTS

Jizo statues are these small statues that can increase your capacity of your three different types of elemental attacks. For this you just need to find one statue and then find all of them to get both achievements.

COLLECTBLE ACHIEVEMENTS

To save some time, the rest of the collectibles will be put here. You need to find all Tanuki that are hiding around in the map, find all food items which can be randomized so there is some ARG to getting them, all music tracks, all clothing, all talismans and all prayer beads.

SIDE ACHIEVEMENTS

For these achievements, you just need to do some random things that aren't hard at all.

Katasuro are these paper items that you use collect spirits, for this one achievement, you need to have a total of 50 of them which you can get by buying them around shops in the game.

One achievement requires the player to pet an animal, very simple.

One achievement requires the player to stare at the moon for 30 seconds.

One achievements require the player to use Photo Mode.

Pull the unlucky effect from fortunes to get a achievement.

Glide in the air for around 10 seconds.

Spend a total of 1,000,000 meika which is your currency in the game.

And finally, spend 10,000 meika into offering boxes.

BATTLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Finally, we have the achievements that are battle based.

Defeat at least one of every type of Visitor

Fuse back with KK after being hit with a severance attack

Defeat a Visitor by pulling out it's core

Defeat 50 Visitors by pulling their cores out

Defeat at least 5 visitors simultaneously by pulling their cores out

Defeat at least 3 visitors simultaneously by detonating a red ether crystal.

Defeat a total of 200 Visitors with Quick Purge, your stealth kill attack.

Defeat a total of 50 visitors using the bow

Defeat a total of 20 visitors with headshots.

Defeat a visitor with a headshot from a distant of least 40 meters.

Defeat a total of 10 visitors with Quick Purge while they are held by the Stun Tailsman.

Defeat a total of 3 visitors with Quick Purge while hiding in bushes created by the Thicket Tailsman.

Defeat a total of 10 visitors by exposing their cores with Exposure Tailsman and ripping them out.

Perform a total of 30 perfect blocks

Wire in a total of 10 times.

AFTERWORDS

So yeah that pretty much all of the achievements for the base game of Ghostwire: Tokyo. There is too many collectibles to look for and a lot of battle achievements that are hard to deal with. As of now, I have finished most of the battle achievements but I still have some to deal with. As for collectibles, I might need to use some guides to help out with this. But for now, I'm just gonna enjoy my time with the game. Anyway, thanks for reading and peace out.