What We Played #547 – Ghostwire Tokyo, Divinity: Original Sin 2 & Space Invaders Forever

Time Stamp: April 22, 2022 7:16 AM

It’s always a funny feeling coming to the end of a shortened work week after a bank holiday. Is it already Friday? Wait…. I get more weekend again? And the weather is kind of nice?

I’ve done a little less gaming and a little more reading this week, as I’ve been working through Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series of novels, so I can then move on to watching the recent TV adaptation. That said, I have got in my regular daily bouts of Gran Turismo 7, and I’ve prepped for a weekend of gaming with MotoGP 22, and some secret games to preview for next week.

Ghostwire Tokyo Combat

Jim wrapped up his run through Ghostwire Tokyo, and sadly found himself a tad underwhelmed. “Despite some interesting ideas, the combat feels flat and the story doesn’t really go anywhere. There are some cool set pieces and the occasional intriguing ghost story to be explored in Tokyo, but it’s the definition of a mixed bag.”

Aran has kept on plugging away at Elden Ring – “I’ve got to the mountaintop where I have discovered I am severely under-levelled, so have retreated to grind some runes and level up a bit more.” – while Steve continued to pine for the chance to devote enough time to play it. Instead he’s found that Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a perfect pick up and play game, that Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood is “a great concept and setting trapped in a truly awful game.”

Heading into the realms of VR, Jason has been playing Legendary Tales, a dungeon-crawler with an in-depth skill and class system. He says, “It’s a blast to play and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying some of the high level spells which allow you to punch icicles at skeletons.”

With some amateur dramatics occupying his time, Ade’s only had a little time to play White Ember, which was “pretty pants”, and got to some good story beats in Horizon Forbidden West.

Tuffcub complimented a few short bursts of Destiny 2 with Space Invaders Forever from his “why not?” game rental queue: “It’s a collection of Space Invaders games from around the 2000s including the bonkers Arkanoid vs Space Invaders, which is what it sounds like. You have the Arkanoid bat instead of a spaceship and have to whack the enemy fire and bounce it back to them to destroy them. It’s actually rather good.”

Having reviewed Nobody Saves the World, Gamoc turned to Divinity: Original Sin 2, and thoroughly enjoying the clever and creative gameplay and writing. He’s dropped the game difficulty down to “explorer”, though, because it’s hecking difficult.

Nick P has continued smashing through Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, where he’s now at the collectathon stage of trawling through the whole game, while also juggling time with Weird West and Dead by Daylight.

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