Ghostrunner

While cyberpunk is the hot genre this year, many games have found it hard to distinguish themselves in such an emerging field. Thankfully, One More Level's Ghostrunner puts a unique spin on the traditional cyberpunk format. Not to mention a unique dash,...

Ghostrunner is a breath of fresh air. It takes the best parts of Hotline Miami and Mirror's Edge, sprinkles in its own style, and hands players a unique experience. Every single minute is a thrill ride that keeps the player packed full of adrenaline,...

All that's left for me now is to go back and replay the individual levels, collecting the things I missed, and beating my time to completion and amount of deaths along the way. And I'll do it, not because I'm fussy about that kind of thing, but because, simply, Ghostrunner is a joy to play.

For a good portion of the game, you'll only experience how impressive it feels to dart around a room in short bursts, but even that's enough motivation to keep you pushing forward to master the art of robot ninja parkour. There's bound to be a lot of frustration along the way, so it isn't all smiles, exactly, but the rush you feel in the moment as you perfectly run a room is worth the grit.

Ghostrunner is built for that subset of gamers who enjoy the steepest challenge. The story is solid, the world is beautiful, and the precision insane - but this is a hardcore experience from start to finish

Unrivalled parkour mechanics and tough-as-nails combat more than make up for a bland cyberpunk setting.

Ghostrunner's lightning-fast gameplay makes for a short-lived but memorable action game with some incredible moments.

In Ghostrunner, a single slash divides life and death. It's fast, frenetic, and, even in the face of its weaker moments, endlessly satisfying.