Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters (魔都紅色幽撃隊, Mato Kurenai Yūgekitai) is a 2014 visual novel produced by Toybox Inc. for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It was originally released in Japan by Arc System Works and was released in North America by Aksys Games and in the PAL region by NIS America in 2015.^[2][3] An updated version with a reworked battle system, titled Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs, first released in Japan in 2015 before releasing worldwide for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Windows.^[4]

Tokyo Twilight Ghosthunters
European PlayStation Vita box art
Developer(s)	Now Production Toybox Inc.
Publisher(s)	JP: Arc System Works NA: Aksys Games EU: NIS America WW: PQube (Windows)
Director(s)	Shuho Imai[1]
Producer(s)	Tomio Kanazawa[1]
Artist(s)	Chinatsu Kurahana[1]
Writer(s)	Shuho Imai[1]
Composer(s)	The Key Project[1]
Series	Tokyo Majin Gakuen Denki
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Windows
Release	April 10, 2014 Original version JP: April 10, 2014 NA: March 10, 2015 PAL: March 13, 2015 Daybreak: Special Gigs JP: November 26, 2015 NA: September 20, 2016 PAL: October 21, 2016 AU: October 28, 2016 (PS4) WW: March 17, 2017 (Windows)
Genre(s)	Adventure, visual novel, strategy role-playing

The game includes adventure game and visual novel gameplay, as well as strategy role-playing elements.^[5]

Reception

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	(PS3) 64/100[6] (Vita) 63/100[7]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Destructoid	(Vita) 8/10[8]
Famitsu	31/40[9][10]
Hardcore Gamer	(Vita) 2/5[11]
Jeuxvideo.com	(PS3) 10/20[12]
Push Square	(PS3) [13]
RPGamer	(Vita) 3.5/5[14]
RPGFan	(PS3) 60%[15]
The Digital Fix	(PS3) 6/10[16]

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

The original game received "mixed" reviews on both platforms, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[6][7] In Japan, however, Famitsu gave the PS3 and Vita versions each a score of 31 out of 40.^[9][10]

Hardcore Gamer criticized the lack of explanations for many of the elements of the Vita version, such as the icon-based system for responding to characters, while also praising the character animation.^[11]

Erren VanDuine of PlayStation LifeStyle also disliked the lack of in-game explanations, but gave praise in particular to the art style, character animation, backgrounds, story, and the English localization, while criticizing the role-playing segments for being too frustrating and luck-based.^[17]

Daybreak Special Gigs

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(PS4, Vita) 65%[18][19] (PC) 60%[20]
Metacritic	(PS4, Vita) 64/100[21][22]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Destructoid	(Vita) 7.5/10[23]
Hardcore Gamer	(Vita) 2.5/5[24]
Push Square	(PS4) [25]
RPGamer	(PS4) 3/5[26]

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Daybreak Special Gigs

The PlayStation 4 and Vita versions of Daybreak Special Gigs received "mixed" reviews according to Metacritic.^[21][22]