After spending a good couple of hours in this game, I can safely say this is not for me.

- Collectables paradise.
- Mediocre/repetitive gameplay
- Empty (as expected to the story) world.
- Overpriced
- Very lackluster mechanics, especially combat

I get the hype why so many may like this game, it's just not for me, or anyone seeking an in depth, story rich RPG experience.

Amazing game with an emotional ending, perfectly depicts the scenery of Tokyo/Shibuya alongside the atmosphere of Japan itself. Wish the story was longer otherwise 10/10.

The game is fun but man is it oversaturated with collectibles. It's fun to just move around the city collecting things, but not 50 hours fun. I liked the vibes of the city, and the introductions of the various types of yokai. The combat and main story wasn't spectacular, but it was fun enough.

Hidden gem, the combat is quite fun and as another review mentioned it has Bioshock vibes with the usage of abilities and talisman.
The only weaknesses is that the story is quite short and the side quests were at times more interesting.
Nevertheless the game does a great job with solid combat and fun parkour.

I would recommend it and advice to play at higher difficulty since you can easily become overleveled

You get an achievement for petting a dog.

Possibly one of the most boring games I have ever played.

Honestly, I expected more of this game. The gameplay is basic and boring, enemy variety is disappointing. The open world is decently sized but is full of lame side quests and filled with useless collectables. The story gets better at the end, and the final boss is the most fun one but it is not worth the hassle imo. Get it on a heavy discount if you really want to try it out.

An mediocre game that worth it price if it on sale.
GAMEPLAY:
-kinda easy for people that just want to be John Wick, banish ghosts and monster in first person, there is power where you can shoot bullet winds, water blades, flame grenade and throw out talisman for buff and aoe control. There not much you can do beside shooting energy out of your finger, there is no sword to do melee plays, only a bow but it not satisfy to use it, most time roaming around i just try to do stealth kills to made combat less boring for myself.
OPENWORLD:
- The 10/10, i think this is why the gameplay isnt that great, dev spent time bring Shibuya to life. I spent most time in game roaming around the district, enjoying the view of Japan's urban scene than actually play the game, the only reason why i give this game a thumb up. The feeling of walking around under the neon light with the sounds of rain, really give me chill, it like the feeling when you take a walk at midnight to go to grocery, eccept this time there nobody around, only you and your thought.
STORIES:
- There is not much to say about the main one, it mediocre, it just write to be there for the game, you can like it or not.
- Side quest is the most disappointing things for me. Some very shallow , not because it bad writing but because the dev are so lazy to made it longer! You'll ran into some spirit refuse to rest in peace, they have burden in the living world, you help them, an very simple concept they can made the game become masterpiece but dev just kept it as short as possible, everytimes i thought to myself, "damn thing getting interesting yooo" then poof, that the side quest, im like what the F is that about??? thou the latest update "spider webb" they added an new side quest with long times play and interesting urban legend like the toilet ghost Sadako, you get to explore an haunted school at night with terrify things messing you up, the only good part of the stories in my opinion.
ATMOSPHERE AND MY THOUGHT ABOUT THE SUMMARY OF THE GAME:
- I'm a big puss-y of horror games, but i find it bearable, there only like 5-6 small jumpscares in my playthrough. Even thou only you walking around the city with no people except the monsters, you never felt alone because there an character talking to you all the time, some dialog is very funny so it even less scary . The dev don't plan to made this an big open world horror game, rather i think they just want to build city as much immersive as they can, it rather like they want to made an walking sim at this point because the huge amount of collectible they trash all around the map, there some parts to upgrading your "Magazine" but mostly useless stuff. If you into Japanese's folk's lore, want to somehow visit a part of Japanese's culture, you can always try this when it on sale.

pretty mid, but hey gameplay wasn't all bad at least

ed caluag inspired game