{"id":167698,"date":"2021-01-14T16:32:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/ghostwire-tokyo-shinji-mikami-resident-evil\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:32:09","slug":"how-shinji-mikamis-resident-evil-background-may-impact-ghostwire-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/14\/how-shinji-mikamis-resident-evil-background-may-impact-ghostwire-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"How Shinji Mikami’s Resident Evil Background May Impact GhostWire: Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shinji Mikami was the director on the original\u00a0Resident Evil<\/em> games, which pioneered the survival-horror genre (even coining the term survival horror). His background with that series will more than likely have an impact as he works on the upcoming PS5 console xclusive\u00a0GhostWire: Tokyo<\/em><\/strong>. But this will almost surely be a good thing.<\/p>\n

GhostWire: Tokyo<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>was announced back in June of 2020 and has since gathered buzz as the next in a long line of action and horror games from famed producer Shinji Mikami. The two trailers for\u00a0GhostWire<\/em> shown off so far give sparse detail about the upcoming game, with the newest trailer revealing new gameplay footage<\/a>. More specifically, the newest trailer shows off some of the abilities and environments that players will have access to in\u00a0Ghostwire Tokyo.<\/em><\/p>\n

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While recently Tango Gameworks said in an interview that\u00a0GhostWire\u00a0<\/em>would be an action-adventure<\/a> title and not strictly survival-horror, the influence of Mikami’s work in the horror genre is definitely on display in the game. Famously, the development of the original\u00a0Resident Evil 4<\/em> was extended by Mikami’s desire to incorporate more supernatural elements into what had previously been more a scientific horror franchise. That game would inevitably become\u00a0Devil May Cry<\/em> but Mikami’s desire to add supernatural elements to the\u00a0Resident Evil\u00a0<\/em>franchise seems to manifest in the paranormal enemies and powers shown off in the trailers for\u00a0GhostWire.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Another thematic similarity is Mikami’s penchant for making the mundane into horrific scenes.\u00a0Resident Evil 2<\/em>‘s grounding in the reality of a cityscape turned hellish by the T-Virus outbreak is a good example of what to expect from the streets of Tokyo emptied of pedestrian life by the ambiguous paranormal threat of\u00a0GhostWire.\u00a0<\/em>Seeing how Mikami handles eschewing the viruses and parasites of\u00a0Resident Evil<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for ghosts and spirits in\u00a0GhostWire: Tokyo<\/em> is something many fans of his work will be looking forward to exploring.<\/p>\n

Resident Evil<\/em> is a very violent franchise, with Mikami’s\u00a0Resident Evil 4<\/em> among one of the most violent. The myriad of cinematics and death animations<\/a> in\u00a0RE4\u00a0<\/em>see Leon S. Kennedy beheaded, impaled, and otherwise mutilated. The ESRB rating for\u00a0GhostWire<\/em> is still pending, and the trailers shown so far don’t feature much gore. But it will be interesting to see if the violence and overall body horror from the\u00a0Resident Evil<\/em> franchise make their way to the new game. The supernatural bent of\u00a0GhostWire<\/em> doesn’t necessitate the kinds of gore that viral mutations and citywide zombie infestations that\u00a0Resident Evil<\/em> does, so it’ll be interesting to see how Mikami handles the more visceral side of his past work.<\/p>\n

Gameplay is another important hallmark of Mikami’s work with\u00a0Resident Evil<\/em>;\u00a0the original game pioneered controls that became the industry standard for horror games throughout the 90s. And then again with\u00a0Resident Evil 4<\/em><\/a> Mikami and Capcom innovated the third-person shooter genre with its over-the-shoulder camera angles and fast precision aiming. This again became an industry standard in games like\u00a0Gears of War\u00a0<\/em>and plenty of other survival-horror titles. The first gameplay trailer for\u00a0GhostWire\u00a0<\/em>showed off first-person gameplay involving supernatural powers that invoke\u00a0Bioshock<\/em> at first glance.<\/p>\n

Now that\u00a0GhostWire: Tokyo<\/em> has a more concrete release window as per Sony’s CES conference<\/a>, eager fans of Mikami’s previous work with\u00a0Resident Evil<\/em> and beyond won’t have much longer to wait before they can get their hands on his next project.<\/p>\n

Ghostwire: Tokyo<\/em><\/strong> is set to release in October 2021 for PC and PS5.<\/p>\n

MORE: Sony Reveals How Long Certain PS5 Games Will Be Console Exclusives<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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