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Why Ghostwire: Tokyo’s cultural authenticity makes its open world more appealing
There’s something hauntingly sad about the human detritus left behind, providing the impetus to save all Tokyo’s souls
You wouldn’t necessarily think it from the Japanese game industry’s output over the past few years, but it wasn’t all that long ago that its star seemed to be on the wane. Publishers and developers, wary of a widening technological gap and keen to attract a global audience, felt the need to tailor their games towards the western market – with mixed results. These days, of course, it’s a different story: Elden Ring is merely the most recent example of a Japanese studio staying true to itself and achieving great success overseas. And there are dozens more, from the Persona and Tales series enjoying their biggest sales to date to the renaissance of Yakuza.