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The ESRB rating for this game reads like a rap sheet. You would be forgiven for thinking this is another over-the-top, gory, exploitation horror game \u2013 because you\u2019d be right. But you\u2019d also be glossing over the fact that Ghost at Dawn<\/em> is, at its very core, a game about empathy.<\/em><\/p>\n The central location of the game, The Pines Hotel, has all the trappings of a film noir setting \u2013 the seedy hotel littered with corpses, the dames to kill and die for \u2013 but the reason our reluctant detective subjects himself to the nightmare within these walls is that Emi Kosuke is missing, and nobody but her sister seems to give a shit.<\/p>\n It\u2019s 1947, and private eye Ben O\u2019Hara would rather be at the bar than digging around an abandoned hotel with a couple dozen too many stiffs in it. He\u2019s got his own problems. The docs tell him he has something called \u201cshellshock\u201d. He ain\u2019t been the same since coming home from Germany, and even though a little whisky or a quick smoke usually sets him right, he\u2019s a little in over his head on this one. He\u2019s used to tracking down cheating spouses and deadbeats. This is a job for the coppers.<\/p>\n Except the coppers don\u2019t care. You see, Emi is Japanese, and her papers aren\u2019t exactly in order, if you catch my meaning. And the other gumshoes in town? You think they care if there\u2019s one less Japanese girl in Seattle? Let me tell you, my friend, they do not.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s where Ben O\u2019Hara comes in. Because \u201cBen O\u2019Hara\u201d ain\u2019t his real name. It\u2019s Benjiro Ohara. And as far as Emi\u2019s sister, Yuhiko, can tell, Ben\u2019s the only Japanese American private detective in the city.<\/p>\n But here\u2019s the thing. Ben can leave the hotel whenever he wants. Or I should say you<\/em> can decide when he leaves. In fact, that\u2019s the only way to end the game. You decide when you\u2019ve seen enough. You\u2019ll see an ending cutscene based on the clues you\u2019ve found during your investigation.<\/p>\n Ghost at Dawn<\/em> pays homage to the Survival Horror classics that inspired it but also takes that formula and twists and turns it in unexpected ways. The ending mechanic is one example. Another is the permadeath system.<\/p>\n Ben only has a limited number of lives before the game erases your save, and you\u2019ll have to start your investigation over. So maybe you\u2019ll want to check out of the hotel before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n Or maybe you push through. Because you know if you don\u2019t find her \u2013 no one will.<\/p>\n Ghost at Dawn<\/em> is available on Xbox Play Anywhere June 24, and you can wishlist it today!<\/p>\n \t\t
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\n\t\tHorror Game Awards Player\u2019s Choice and Best Indie Game Award\u2013nominated Survival Horror cult hit. In 1947, hard\u2011boiled private eye Ben O\u2019Hara is searching for a missing girl in an abandoned hotel. Investigate room by room, piece together clues, and give the living dead lead poisoning in this Detective Noir nightmare. Can you push through your fear and uncover what became of her?\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"