Unreal 4, Unreal 5? No no no, take me back to the old Unreal: Facing Worlds, unbeatable soundtracks, “Yes, this is a screenshot,” now that’s the stuff. Upcoming FPS Ghostware turns the indie boomer shooter renaissance’s propensity for reinterpretation and revitalization of old classics on Epic (Megagames)’s original hits, using the vibes and visuals of classic arena shooters to stealthily present a story-heavy, single player game.
You wake up in what seems to be a conscious recreation of a ’90s shooter within the game’s fiction. The “Wizard,” a game master with the so-cringey-it’s-charming bearing of the Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy, has trapped your consciousness in this digital world, and wants you to duke it out for eternity with your fellow amnesiac, quirky, anime-style p…