There’s a lot going on in Ghostwire: Tokyo’s story. KK’s lost body seems to play a major role, based on our time with Ghostwire: Tokyo’s first two chapters, but the disappearance of the population, the unfolding mystery, and some very serious personal issues for Akito to handle too.

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Throughout all of this, players will be a constant fly on the wall for Akito and KK’s interactions, as Akito isn’t too keen to have KK there at the onset. Game Rant recently spoke with Tango Gamework’s Ghostwire: Tokyo game director Kenji Kimura and producer Masato Kimura.

Without diving too much into spoiler territory, KK possesses Akito’s body out of desperate need, but Akito also needs KK. That doesn’t mean he’s happy about it, nor is KK a particularly easy person to get along with. It’s almost as if players are playing as two characters in one in Ghostwire: Tokyo, with there being a constant push and pull present in the dialogue. To this relationship, game director Kimura added….

Producer Kimura also commented on the development of this story and how it takes the standard mentor-student relationship and flips it on its head. As he said,

This isn’t just a lesson players will learn through the narrative, though. This growing, if begrudgingly, sense of reliance and need between Akito and KK translates to gameplay, in some terrifying ways. Akito’s defense against Ghostwire: Tokyo’s Visitors is KK’s power, and the only way KK can bring this to an end is Akito’s body. Thus, at least once in the story and probably more, Akito and KK get separated. Discussing this, director Kimura said…

Only playing as Akito limits the available gameplay features in Ghostwire: Tokyo and makes even the most basic Visitor all the more difficult—and terrifying. Akito needs KK, and through sections like this, players can feel that need too. Oftentimes, when a game strips away certain gameplay elements, it can come across as a cheap tactic. In Ghostwire: Tokyo, however, it weaves together the storytelling, the relationship between Akito and KK, and the gameplay to show how important this character dynamic truly is.

Akito and KK’s character dynamic is important and is woven together in a multitude of ways. Players will just have to wait for Ghostwire: Tokyo’s release to see how far the game truly pushes the boundaries of this relationship.

Ghostwire: Tokyo releases March 25, 2022, for PC and PS5.

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