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the tall lady with scissors isn't necessarily tapping into the tall lady thing, as it is a common japanese urban legend, kuchisake-onna

From what I heard in a video by Tyler McVicker, the rain effect looks so bad because each drop is made of cries for help written in kanji and it supposed to be a sign that you’re near a lost soul

The reason why the rain drops look so "fat" and clunky is because, if you pay attention, each water droplet is actually the kanji for rain, just like a lot of other things in the game that show their kanji

6:50 that is Hachishakusama. a Japanese Myth started in 2008. Nothing to do with Resident Evil.

Despite their masked appearance, tanuki are not close relatives of the common raccoon, the famous species native to the United States. Tanuki belong to the Canidae family, alongside wolves and foxes. In contrast, the common raccoon shares more in common with mustelids, a family that includes weasels, badgers, and otters. Their similar appearance could be a case of convergent evolution, where different species evolve to occupy the same ecological niche.

God bless Tango for continually making interesting games ....even if they aren't 100% successful. Way more interested in this stuff than mainstream games.

The devs in an interview actually said it wasnt meant to be a scary game.

The ex-director lady flat out said it was an adventure game, just kinda "spooky." It's just a supernatural themed action adventure game. It never has to actually be scary. It's not a horror game. The Evil Within games were horror games.

I can't wait to play this for myself. Hearing the words from the Gman himself about Ghostwire, yeah it isn't perfect but still, one should take their time to admire everything there is to see in Tokyo here, it's beautiful! Props to Tango for pulling that off.

It definitely seems like it's going for more of a supernatural-edgy-anime feel than horror-gorefest. It's kind of like complaining that Harry Potter isn't scary despite the inclusion of witches. Like, those movies have scenes that might frighten small children, but anyone familiar with horror won't be fazed.

3:15 I want to say that this was supposed to be a Evil Within sequel but, it started to go so off the rails that they turned it into its own game. If true, it reminds me of the development of Resident Evil 4. The development for that game generated like four other franchies. One of them being Devil May Cry.

6:43 That tall lady is actually a Yokai. A Japanese spirit. The name I've seen most often with her is Hachishaku-sama. She's been around a lot longer then Resident Evil Resident Evil 8 has. I believe she appeared around 2005 or so. In fact, they probably based lady Dimitrescu off of Hachishaku. She pretty much stalks children and eventually takes them away and commits Minecraft on them.

not every game needs to be souls like.

"But it's also separated from reality, *oops there goes gravity* " Classic Gman.

Fun fact about the rain, if you freeze frame or look closely it's actually japanese Kanji (characters/letters). Pretty nice little touch, and that's why it's so chunky and gloopy

This game sounds absolutely bizarre, and for that reason alone I’ll buy it. Props to the devs for originality.

You gotta play Metro in russian just like you gotta play this one in japanese, you just have to, don't ask. I don't think the point of Ghostwire is to be scary, but more like a weird sort of haunted house ride full of urban legends and internet creepypastas. And haunted house are more a thing to amuse you than scare you. The ghost without toilet paper is ALSO a japanese folklore thing. It's in Both Majoras Mask and Astral Chain. Well ... in astral chain it could just be someone who can't stop shitting pretending to be a ghost, but yeah, That's what it is. Its a a ghost stuck in what i would call the most horrible loop in life or death, taking a dump forever. But if you give it a toilet paper it brings good fortune. This is why in Astral chain and Majoras you get goodies for helping the ghost. But hey. You should see the Bizarre forgotten urban legends from scotland yard days. It's not too far off. i didn't play the game yet, bit the point of impact seems to be when the colors appear on their attacks. since the proyectiles also have a strong color

21:20 - Yeah, I mean, not every fuckin' game must be a Souls one...

Fuck me. I still want The Evil Within 3 tho. Hoping this gets enough sales so Tango can keep doing what they do!

This is one of those games that can't be explained that well and can only be experienced

5:21 the reason for this is that certain other visual mechanics like lighting and shadows often times conflict with reflection and particle effects of rain, basically the complexity of modern games backfires when it comes to rain.

Few things are so surreal as recognizing foreign city streets on a continent you only visited a handful of times with years of separation and were drunk most of it. The same thing happened to me in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

The combat gameplay in the trailers for this just never looked right to me, which sucks because Shinji Mikami has designed some of the most fun and satisfying combat systems in games prior (RE4, God Hand, Vanquish).

Shinji Mikami don't miss when it comes to concepts. They should've followed Doom a little, not at being a very fast shooter but at giving each tool a purpose.

An 8ft tall woman in a white dress with a hat is a Japanese folklore yokai called Hachishakusama. Its got fuck all to do with Resident Evil.

Now, this does put a smile on my face It's a weird Japanese game, I want more!!!

1. Congratulations for not calling the Tanuki a Raccoon. 2. Nope, that big woman has nothing to do with some weird trend. Seems they combined Kuchisake-onna and Hachishaku-sama into one thing for the game.

Great review as always, but I did notice now that I have played the game for a while, the red thing you talked about blocking, it's a ranged attack, the kick is casting animation and the red thing is projectile that flies from far away so naturally you block the red thing. Melee attacks block fine just as well.

Fun fact: This and Gran Turismo are the only Japanese games billed as "exclusives" on PS5. Ghostwire isn't even a timed exclusive. It'll be on Steam day one. FF7R Integrade was billed as a timed exclusive but it's on EGS, and the verdict is out on FF7R2. How the mighty have fallen.

10:15 hah, didn't expect them to have an allusion to Belphegor in this. I do get the complaint where some of the enemies and such aren't the most interesting designs, but with the majority of them (like you mentioned) being based off Japanese myths and yokai, you really run the gamut of designs. You'll get giant ladies and faceless dudes in suits, but also weird turtle people and umbrellas and whatnot. anyway, great review! game looks awesome! I just wish I had anything that could play it. I still can't even find a PS5 that's anywhere near MSRP, and this game would probably set my PC on fire.

hey gman awsum video!! i jus wanted to tell u something i learned a whiles back when RE8 was popular. it jus so happens that when they maked RE8 they took a lot of inspiration from a old japanese urban legend in order to make the giant lady dimitrescu. in the japanese legend there was a tall lady dressed in white who would try to like kidnap u when ur a child and stuff. so thats kind of like what they seem to be going for here in this game. jus wanted to kind of make it clear where that whole idea sort of seems to have came from :)

3:09 I love how you work this fart sound effect into almost every video

Elements in Japanese folklore have a different meaning compared to Western fantasy lore. While we have Earth, Wind, Water and Fire, they represent the four cornerstones of alchemy and in fiction elemental damage or abilities. In Japan (and Chinese I guess too) these elements represent Speed, Stamina, Patience and Strength with some variations like Stamina=Health or Beauty and Strength=Willpower or Leadership. They are more mental rather than elemental ;)

Hopefully it sells well and we get evil within 3

The fact that he used the word "batshit insane" so many times, has made my day as an Armstrong follower

15:17 The dash move was added later. It makes it feel like doom and it’s really fucking cool and is the main reason I love fighting single target larger enemies in this game so much.

I would spend the whole game petting the dogs I love shiba inus

Haven't seen cityscape detail like that before. Ive seen generic city layout in different styles but nothing like that.

Heyo Gman! I just realized that the tall scissor lady is called Kuchisake Onna which kidnaps small boys which definitely is an uhh... Fetish mats.

Imagine doing this sick ass hands motion in VR with hand tracking. If they ever decide to make it in VR. (Or mod)

We need more images of GmanLives! Seriously dude, make appearances in the video, not just voice overs!!!! YOU'RE AWESOME!!!

They have Shiba Inu doggo, and you can pet them!! Best game ever!! A game in Tokyo, it looks really gorgeous. It's like ghostbusters, but you're in Japan

I just played this game on Xbox and I don’t know if this was added in an update but there is an ability you can buy that allows you to dodge in any direction and it can be upgraded too

What is that dog barking song called? I've been looking allover for that! Used to play on the 4chan party van on the 4chan CS:S server

This looks very, very interesting. The last Japanese game that went for the weirdness factor really hard for me was Killer7, and this game looks to be about on or near the same level. We definitely need more oddball and off the wall games like this. It's a crime that most games don't challenge the norm.

This game looks incredibly interesting and insanely tedious.

anyone else notice how each rain droplet is literally the kanji for rain (I didn't until my friend pointed it out) which is also probably why the rain is so thick

I won't cry myself to sleep over have just three elemental attacks, but it would be neat if more elements could or would be there for the player to use. 5 is almost like a basic FPS metric. Sure there's the bow and arrow and other tool weapons, but those are more situational, yeah? Sounds like a decent enough game. Post apoc cities are always fun. Though hopefully the hypothetical sequel would improve the FPS combat. It feels like the dev team is kinda new to the genre or something.

I will never get tired of that Austin powers clip. Makes me laugh every time

Gotta love when persona 3 decides to merge with dishonered

I know this is a months old game but the rain isn’t actually water, it’s the word for rain which is why it looks so thick

That tall with white hat woman is probably hassaku sama (wording) an actual japanese story horror lore that has been exist ages years ago So in a way lady dimitres (again wording) is probably the one who try imitate her look wise

Tango weren't trying to make a horror game this time around, so its understandable why you weren't scared.

When the game was announced, it looked great. The more it got publicized, the more I realised it wasn't horror. I didn't even realise it was due to release, so this video surprised me. I also didn't realise that it was an open world, busywork game... even more reason to avoid, I guess. Such a shame, because visually and thematically, this looks great.

Regarding the tall Women you mentioned in the video RE Village actually took insperation from the tall Japanese Women. In other words It's Japanese folklore about a tall 8-9 ft tall woman so the fact she's in the game makes sense.

You overview of games is soo professionally laid back love it, mate!

I'm getting some The Darkness vibes from this

Because the game has you killing all those enemies how could you ever be scared of them? If this was an immersive sim it could have been extremely scary.

I think the woman with the scissors is called Kuchisake-onna(slot-mouthed woman) it's a urban legend in Japan

14:20 The point of the different weapons isn’t just variety for the sake of variety. Wind is your semi automatic, it’s good for dealing with mid to far range enemies focused on single targets that is very efficient for stalling and can win every fight if your good. Water is your shotgun. It has short range wide spread and high damage and doubling up on it can be really devastating. Fire is your heavy weapon. There’s almost no reason to not used the charged attack in every scenario it’s just a bomb to scatter enemies. And the bow is for going in stealthy able to take out most small enemies while you quick purge the rest.

can't wait to play this, it looks really fun!

It may not be spectacular,but it's original and that matter's in today's climate I think

Although how this game was originally advertised was really weird, since the time the first trailer came out it made it look like it was going to be a unique survival horror game, until they changed the entire thing into what we have now.

I think there's also a historical element in Japan artistically exploring a sudden mass event that takes everyone with a soul. You knooow... < _slight nudge_ > When you add other elements you mentioned, it feels fleshed out in a most personal way. In a world of shoot-em-ups, I feel it'll get lost in the digital, linguistic and cultural translation.

I can't believe Japanese folklore from 1200 years ago is copying video games that came out less than a year ago. You can't trust anybody to have integrity these days. 😥

The toilet ghost is straight up ripped from Astral Chain, who straight up ripped it from Skyward Sword. I think it's also a well known Japanese ghost story. So that's why.

That masked lady with giant gardening scissor i think is a nod to Japenese popular urban legend, "slit mouthed woman". Like you said, this is probably the most Japanese game ever made.

You did a decent job proving your point within the first seven seconds; the rest of the video was just further solidifying the weirdness. Spectacular video; it nicely covered multiple points with swift and witty dialogue. Your points (such as the wet area vs rainy area graphics) were well worded and this game certainly has me intrigued now... next year at least, as an Xbox Series X owner.

Can't wait to play this shit. Seems like something right up my alley.

To be fair, scissor lady has been a long-running urban legend in Japan.

Would be interesting if they added an enemy type that is a horrific amalgamation of souls that screams and attacks on site out of fear, would have made an enemy with possible weak points + more intensity

Ha, I'm an Aussie who was in Japan on holiday in 2018 as well. I proposed to my wife there during the amazing blossom season.

The vibes of this are very similar to that spooky DLC of Sleeping Dogs Man that was a good game...

The scissor lady is a pretty well known youkai/horror trope in Japan, so I’d say that if anything, lady d was based on scissor lady.

I'm interested to see what this game was originally supposed to be because this game had apparently gone through development issues with the directors having creative differences. Ended up that the director who wanted the game to be more horror focused and less action oriented(Mikami wanted more action) ended up leaving the project.

I know it goes against the popular opinion but the more they revealed about this game, the less interested I got. Personally hope they return to form and give us a great evil within 3 story

You know what they say, weird games are the spice of life. I, for one, wholeheartedly agree.

Tall lady is ms. 8 foot. It's a japanese folklore yokai...monster. After further study it seems to be a combination of Japan's city folklore:The wide-mouth woman with scissor and ms. 8 foot. So if anything lady D is taking inspiration from her.

13:15 I'm finding that the Japanese do Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Void. I have seen others replace Void with Wood or Metal.

6:47 Last I checked thats an actual Japanese myth, not just a cash grab.

Artistically interesting but can't get over how boring the combat and exploration looks behind the flashy visuals. Not terrible, just generic. In that sense it kinda reminds me of Rage 2.

Haha omg I was seriously waiting for the "Captain Planet" reference after he said your abilities are between water, wind and fire LOL. I legit sat here and said, "here comes the Captain Planet reference" 😆

The dog in the beginning made me want to play this, then as the review continued not so much.

Nice, we needed more weirdness these days where everything feels so serious nowadays.

Loved Evil Within 1, hated 2. It’s kinda sad that Tango is no longer working on linear and tense survival horror game like TEW1.

Ahhhh wasnt there a new video up? Am i tripping or it got taken down ?

We need more paranormal ubran fantasy games, honestly. Would love a remaster of the Hunter the Reckoning trilogy

This game gave me a bit of Prey feeling, with the exploration and lack of other humans. Seems interesting, can't wait to play it.

Ngl I was kinda hype for this as I like it's weird more devs need to just be weird lol

On that rain comment Its honestly something so many pieces of media seem to struggle with. Video games, tv shows, and movies all really struggle (at least for me) when it comes to rain. It either looks fake and edited in, or is obviously just a hose or sprinkler instead of proper rainfall. It’s a real pet peeve for me lol. Probably am gonna check it out though, looks pretty cool

Another Gem of a Video Gman! I might have to consider picking this one up when I get a graphics card!

See this is my problem with the raytracing fad: every game needs to be wet and rainy to justify every surface being reflective. Is that what people want: every game being set in the UK forever?

While I do want to play this game in Japanese, I worry that during intense combat I'll miss what someone is saying and distracted to even read what's going on.

4:47 Is that Gman? Because that's exactly how I picture him in my mind.

Imagine a DLC mission featuring Sebastian Castellanos. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

What a great way to end the night. Except I'm lying because I know I won't go to sleep. This will be great though.

Glad to see it’s turned out pretty well! Tango Gameworks is really proving themselves as one of the best devs in the horror genre.

Oops there goes gravity. Nice timing and delivery sir.

@0:22 thats probably the radiation from Fukushima taking into effect.