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Agile movement in first person has to be done right, otherwise games end up where death is down to issues with the game’s controls rather than the player, but Ghostrunner is mostly spot on with the first-person movement.

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This removes any frustration or annoyances with getting back into the action that can come with games with a focus on trial and error. Death does not bring in loading, but flashes up a button to press that instantly respawns at the last checkpoint. With no difficulty settings, Ghostrunner is a challenging game in which dying will happen a lot – one level had my death count over 90 – but thankfully the checkpoint system in Ghostrunner is fantastic, fair and instant. When the player is performing such actions in sequence, such as wall running across multiple walls, jumping into the air and then dashing down to kill someone, then turn to another enemy, parry their bullet, then dash towards them for a kill, it feels like finding the solution to a complex puzzle and the reward is so satisfying, and so bloody cool, as some of the actions required will be a good workout for the player’s fingers. The abilities are put to use to give the player options to tackle what is ahead of them in a few different ways. One thing Ghostrunner does well is making you feel like a badass ninja. These are unlocked at key points in the game and enable such actions as attack dashing multiple enemies, launching a sword beam, force pushing enemies, and mind control, the latter brought into the last few levels of the game to help for the more complex situations where the level design and enemy encounters are masterfully blended together. The ghostrunner also has the ability to use special power ups that add some dynamics to the core gameplay. Standing still is not an option, so often many areas of the game have players thinking on their feet as they wall jump, air slow motion dash, normal dash, parry and attack with their own melee weapon, a trusty steel sword, to put an end to the enemies that block progression. Fast reflexes and good accuracy are required to perform the most efficient take downs. Repeat” from the film Edge of Tomorrow is such a perfect tagline for Ghostrunner, because, apart from bosses, all enemies die in one hit, but also the player dies in one hit as well.

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One thing that should be noted is that the game never interrupts the flow of the action with its story, so while someone might be talking, the player is free to continue on with the insane action or succumb to the many deaths that will happen over the course of the game’s five to six hour campaign. This is a story beat that has been well-trodden before in many entertainment mediums, and even the idea of making the way up a huge tower is nothing new, but in Ghostrunner it is executed well that players will feel invested in learning about the game’s world and its small amount of characters that interact with the ghostrunner through his audio chip. Teaming up, the duo make their way up Dharma Tower with an aim for vengeance.

With no memory intact, Jack follows the voice who explains he is the Architect of Dharma Tower and was also killed by the same person who tried to end Jack’s life. The game begins with Jack waking up to a voice in his head who seems to be shocked that the ghostrunner is alive. Alas, Jack is defeated and thrown out of the window. It is in here where we see the ghostrunner (Jack), a cyborg ninja skilled in the art of fighting, lose against someone who looks like a B-tier Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man. Ghostrunner is set in a post apocalyptic world where a calamity named the Burst has made the rest of humanity live in a giant skyscraper called Dharma Tower.

Well, we have another one to add to the mix thanks to the developers of Ghostrunner, a cyberpunk action platformer that stars a cyborg ninja called Jack in a game that is all about performing some serious ninja action. But the question is, do you know what makes ninjas even better than cool? Cyborg ninjas! Oh yeah, just look at some of the most famous cyborg ninjas – Gray Fox and Raiden from the Metal Gear Solid series, Cyrax and Sektor (and other cyborg variants) from Mortal Kombat – and tell me with a straight face they are not awesome. Ninjas are pretty cool, right? Characters like Hotsuma and Hibana from Shinobi/ Nightshade and Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden make that statement a strong one, so we can all agree on that.