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There’s nothing rogue-lite here, though instead, each mission is a collection of short checkpoint-to-checkpoint segments that exist solely to test your reflexes, perception, and patience.Ĭuriously, besides the double-jump, there are very few platform game conceits unaccounted for here. It’s a breakneck game comprised of levels designed to be played over and over, each one a miniature speedrun course. Simply calling Ghostrunner “hard” is missing the point a bit, though. But, frankly, the story takes something of a backseat to the action from the get-go. The interplay between GR-74, the Climbers, the Architect, and Mara is always entertaining to listen to, and some of the dialogue is exceptionally well-delivered. To say much more would be to give away the plot, and it would be unfair because Ghostrunner does quite a lot with what little story there is. Skipping further spoilers, you have been awoken by the Architect, an almost omnipotent AI who exists inside the Cybervoid, a network that connects all of Dharma City’s sub-systems, and drafted into the Climbers, a dwindling rebel group who oppose Mara’s rule.

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After the two rulers of Dharma City had something of a tiff over how to run the city that resulted in a civil war and military coup, the Ghostrunners were all but wiped out and the victor, Mara, assumed an iron control over the denizens of Dharma – denizens she has been experimenting on ever since in an attempt to perfect the human condition. Set in a dystopian future where the last vestiges of humanity have been corralled in a single, colossal tower, Dharma City, you play GR-74, an otherwise unexceptional cyborg-like law enforcer who also happens to be the last of his kind. A brutal hybrid of SUPERHOT and Mirror’s Edge, it’s a game based on momentum, timing, and, above all, perseverance.

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It’s more due to the nature of Ghostrunner which, if you played the demo, you’ll know is a game that relies almost entirely on trial & error.

I mean, it is hard – and I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that some people will play a few levels and give up. Was that because Ghostrunner is particularly hard, you ask? Well, yes and no. Probably more if you consider that there’s a few minutes worth of cutscenes in the game where I was relatively safe from harm. For those of you who can’t be arsed to do the math, that’s an average of 2 deaths per minute. It took me 14.6 hours to complete the game, and in that time I died 1,635 times – and yes, I added them up when I was done. I know some of you might find it dull to begin a review with a blast of stats, but I feel I need to give you a little information here that will put the rest of my Ghostrunner review into perspective.

Ghostrunner levels