History YMMV / GhostwireTokyo

* ThatOneAchievement: You'd think the achievement for saving every disembodied soul in Shibuya would be the worst one in ''Ghostwire'', but it's not. The real pain in the neck is "Don't Worry About It," for drawing the worst fortune from the omikuji box at a shrine. It's just a question of sitting there and reloading a save until you manage to get it, which can take hours.

* MemeticMutation: It did not take long for the internet to notice that protagonist KK shares his chosen name with one of the mascots of [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing another popular gaming franchise]], inevitably leading to memes like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgk9Msdl8qI this]].

* SoOkayItsAverage: General consensus is that the game's visuals and atmosphere are extremely well done, exploring elements of Japanese mythology that aren't commonly seen outside of niche horror games, but that the gameplay is too bland and repetitive to be truly remarkable, holding the game back.

* [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment of Funny]]: The entire ''Dire Straits'' side mission. Most of the ghosts with UnfinishedBusiness have fairly serious or at least reasonable needs for you to fulfill before they move on, like reuniting a woman with her lost child or a guy who really wants to show someone an oni he saw. This mission, however, sees you trying to help a man who really needs a restroom, never mind that he no longer has a body, and for some reason he really needs the one that is occupied by another ghost that is making ungodly noises. So, you have to help that other ghost, whose unfulfilled need is that he ''really'' needs you to bring him toilet paper, only to discover when you deliver it that there was a full roll of toilet paper in the stall with him all along. Even KK, who has basically SeenItAll, regards the whole matter with incredulous disgust.
** Another side mission has you finding the spirit of a female "content creator" who claims her apartment has gotten "too spiritual". Checking it out reveals that she's a cam-girl who had a gimmick posing with Straw Dolls (like the ones used to curse people), and that her apartment is full of Spectres heavily implied to be her various simps, hiding in places like her closet and her shower. Creepy? Yes. But also very, very funny once you realize what is going on.
* MemeticMutation: It did not take long for the internet to notice that protagonist KK shares his chosen name with one the mascots of [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing another popular gaming franchise]]; inevitably leading to memes like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgk9Msdl8qI this]].

* SoOkayItsAverage: General consensus is that the game's visuals and atmosphere are extremely well done, exploring a part of Japanese myths that aren't commonly seen outside of niche horror games, but that the gameplay is repetitive, nothing specific and too bland to be truly remarkeable, holding the game back.

* TearJerker: The "Hide and Seek" sidequest line starts with investigating the disappearences of children... but all you find is a boy named Yosuke who likes to play hide and seek. [[spoiler:Except that's only half the truth. He IS the ghost that has been taking children away to a pocket realm to play Hide and Seek forever. And once you find him for the last time, he remarks that he doesn't want to go home because he will "just have to hide there, too" because his parents will punish him otherwise. KK assures him he's going somewhere better than home as he exorcises him, and solemnly remarks on seeing "good kids with rotten parents" too often on the job.]]

* TearJerker: The "Hide and Seek" sidequest line starts with investigating the disappearences of children... but all you find is a boy named Yosuke who likes to play hide and seek. [[spoiler:Except that's only half the truth. He IS the ghost that has been taking children away to a pocket realm to play Hide and Seek forever. And once you find him for the last time, he remarks that he doesn't want to go home he will "just have to hide there, too" because his parents will punish him otherwise. KK assures him he's going somewhere better than home as he exorcises him, and solemnly remarks on seeing "good kids with rotten parents" too often on the job.]]

* TearJerker: The "Hide and Seek" sidequest line starts with investigating the disappearences of children... but all you find is a boy named Yosuke who likes to play hide and seek. [[Spoiler: Except that's only half the truth. He IS the ghost that has been taking children away to a pocket realm to play Hide and Seek forever. And once you find him for the last time, he remarks that he doesn't want to go home he will "just have to hide there, too" because his parents will punish him otherwise. KK assures him he's going somewhere better than home as he exorcises him, and solemnly remarks on seeing "good kids with rotten parents" too often on the job.]]

* ThatOneAchievement: You'd think the achievement for saving every disembodied soul in Shibuya would be the worst one in ''Ghostwire'', but it's not. The real pain in the neck is "Don't Worry About It," for drawing the worst fortune from the omikuji box at a shrine. It's just a question of sitting there and reloading a save until you manage to get it, which can take hours.

* SoOkayItsAverage: general consensus is that the game's visuals and atmosphere are extremely well done, exploring a part of Japanese's myths that aren't commonly seen outside of horror games, but that the gameplay is generic and too bland to be truly remarkeable, holding the game back.

* MemeticMutation: It did not take long for the internet to notice that protagonist KK shares his chosen name with one the mascots of another popular gaming franchise; inevitably leading to memes like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgk9Msdl8qI this]].

* MemeticMutation: It did not take long for the internet to notice that protagonist KK shares his chosen name with one the mascots of another popular gaming franchise; inevitably leading to memes like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgk9Msdl8qI this]].