Never before has wallrunning, jumping, and grappling around levels felt so second nature. Simply put, Ghostrunner’s traversal mechanics are pure elegance. Though I will get to the incredibly precise and powerful feeling of the combat, special attention must be paid to the traversal and platforming in Ghostrunner. Even when the action does ease up (an opportunity to still your racing heart), you’re never locked in one spot and forced to listen, you’re either solving a puzzle or working through some tightly designed and visually striking platforming section. While the story in Ghostrunner deserves to be explored, it never dominates your attention or gets in the way of the action. The whole package is gorgeous and never falters, even when things get intense. The gorgeous backdrop of the game shifts from the grimy industrial level to the bright and neon-lit streets and rooftops of the wealthier distracts and beyond as you ascend the tower.
There is also environmental storytelling. The narrative tackles iconic cyberpunk problems such as identity, authority, and what it means to be human. And so begins one of the most challenging, rewarding, and stylish first-person perspective games I’ve ever played. But life inside Dharma Tower isn’t grand as the place is ruled by the tyrannical Keymaster.Īt some unknown time, you wake up as the Ghostrunner, an entity others refer to as Jack, and you only know two things: Someone is whispering in your ear and you need to start killing. The Earth as we know it has succumbed to some kind of disaster and the only safe haven is Dharma Tower. Ghostrunner takes place in a classic cyberpunk-type of world. For those that want even better traversal mechanics than Mirror’s Edge and Titanfall 2 with the intense and stylish combat of something like Superhot, this is the game for you. The teams at One More Level, 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks have created a slick and elegant experience that will push your reflexes to the very edge and then force you to dig a little deeper. Little comes close to matching the speed and performance high you feel when playing Ghostrunner.
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