{"id":56555,"date":"2023-04-15T09:14:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T08:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/featured-news\/tokyos-spiders-thread-update-plays-to-its-strengths-with-new-roguelike-game-mode\/"},"modified":"2023-04-15T09:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T08:14:31","slug":"tokyos-spiders-thread-update-plays-to-its-strengths-with-new-roguelike-game-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pley2win.com\/?p=56555","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo\u2019s Spider\u2019s Thread Update Plays to Its Strengths With New Roguelike Game Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Xbox owners, the wait is finally over to play Tango Gameworks\u2019 2022 release, Ghostwire: Tokyo. This release comes alongside the game\u2019s newest update, the Spider\u2019s Thread, which I was super excited to try out.<\/p>\n
As something of a Game Pass subscriber myself, Ghostwire: Tokyo\u2019s release on Xbox serves as the perfect opportunity give it a go. It\u2019s hard to shell out that $60 or $70 dollars on a game before trying it out, so it being included in a subscription I\u2019ve already got is a huge plus. Plus, quick resume on my Series S makes jumping in and out of the game a breeze, which might come in handy for a game as open and diverse as Ghostwire.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>Image via Bethesda Softworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
From what I\u2019ve gotten to play in the time since the game\u2019s release on Game Pass, I really enjoy Ghostwire: Tokyo. It\u2019s a fun take on the first-person shooter, while staying modern with the layout of the open world and map, and keeping to the trend of having a sentient sidekick. The combat is interesting \u2014 admittedly the grinding does get old after a time \u2014 but the map is so large and interesting to explore, combat doesn\u2019t have<\/em> to be the sole focus.<\/p>\n
As a new player, I actually found myself almost overwhelmed with everything there was to experience in the city. The Spider\u2019s Thread update brings a new area to explore, as well as a few new side missions, and even just trying to find the new Middle School on the map is a challenge because of all the different missions and collectibles there already are. This content is more for someone who loved the game and wants 100 percent completion, but there was so much to do before the update that much of the new content falls between the cracks for me.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t get a chance to play Ghostwire on PlayStation, and my PC most likely wouldn\u2019t do it much justice, so I\u2019m playing this for the first time on Xbox. While I am enjoying the atmosphere and overall lore of the game, I do wonder just how different it feels on another system. Even with some fiddling in the controls, the combat doesn\u2019t seem as smooth as it looked from what I\u2019ve seen.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>Image via Bethesda Softworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
While playing Ghostwire, I also found the traversal to be a bit clunky. Things like glides starting a beat after I press the A button and not being able to judge key distances for jumps. During the main story it was just a little inconvenient, but in The Spider\u2019s Thread it might lose me the whole run. That\u2019s where I\u2019d use that nifty quick resume feature again after I have to put the game down to cool off.<\/p>\n
You have to complete the second chapter of the story before you unlock the mode, which makes sense for the game because you need to know why you have the powers. For me, it was to get enough time under my belt to get nice and comfy with all the controls. The left trigger being the interact button, while also acting like every other left trigger in a first-person shooter? That took some time to get used to, but I still zoom in on bags of food instead of picking them up all the time.<\/p>\n
Having 120 stages to randomly choose 30 from means that playing the Spider\u2019s Thread is an entirely unique experience every time I go back in. The enemies are constantly changing, and the goal isn\u2019t always just to fight my way through, so there\u2019s plenty of variety to entice new players like myself, as well as someone who\u2019s played before.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>Image via Bethesda Softworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Unlike some of the more bullet-hell-style roguelike games like Hades or Enter the Gungeon, Spider\u2019s Thread doesn\u2019t rely solely on combat and filling the screen with countless enemies. Instead, it takes a more diversified approach and challenges players to use all of the skills that they have learned so far. Alongside some combat oriented levels, there are some that where you have to absorb a certain number of souls, answer questions correctly, grapple and glide to far-off objectives or beat time trials.<\/p>\n
The optional challenges serve as incentive to try new methods of beating levels as well, because you are healthily rewarded with currency to spend on improving your stats after completing them. You\u2019ll also find some Nekomata along the way that reward you for returning them to the Cat\u2019s Paw: the shop level that you arrive at periodically.<\/p>\n
While having all this diversity is enjoyable, after a few runs with varying success and failure, the mode left me longing to go back and play the main story instead. A great deal of the levels started to feel reused and repetitious, and I felt the main story to be more engaging than that of the Spider\u2019s Thread.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>Image via Bethesda Softworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
That isn\u2019t to say that I dislike the Spider\u2019s Thread mode at all. For the people who enjoyed the combat but finished the main story and still wanted a linear excuse to play the game, it\u2019s a great fit and plays perfectly into the strengths of Ghostwire: Tokyo. As a new player, I found myself more compelled to play the main game and use the Spider\u2019s Web to supplement my skills and abilities.<\/p>\n
The Spider\u2019s Thread update comes with great new content, and previous players have plenty to explore in the Middle School and new side missions. Maybe you didn\u2019t like the having to grind for XP, but now it\u2019s a fully dedicated game mode. For Game Pass subscribers, Ghostwire: Tokyo coming to the platform is the perfect opportunity to try the game if you never got a chance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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