Fast paced, ultra violent combat. An original sci-fi setting. Post-apocalyptic themes. An endlessly engaging dance with death. Ghostrunner ticks a whole ton of boxes and right now it’s available to purchase, download and play on Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC, with upgraded Xbox Series X|S and PS5 versions due to hit further down the line.
In place from your favourite digital stores right this minute, Ghostrunner from All in! Games and 505 Games is most certainly one to keep in your consideration list. A hardcore FPP slasher that is set in a grim cyberpunk-styled world, it’ll be up to you to race to the top of the Dharma Tower in order to take on the Keymaster and enact your revenge for their world-ending cataclysm.
Priced at £24.99 from the Xbox Store, Ghostrunner aims to focus on a story of survival, as you attempt to worm your way through a world that has already met its demise. A full on single player experience, you will take on the role of one of the most feared, most advanced, blade running fighters ever created, left to utilise your skills and superhuman reflexes in ways others can only dream.
Always outnumbered, but never outclassed, your fight though Ghostrunner will see you needing to bring all your gaming skills to the table, working one hit/one kill mechanics and various other techniques in your quest to climb.
Whilst there are many cyberpunk styled affairs for us to get our teeth into – none more so than the likes of Cloudpunk and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 – Ghostrunner looks to be one of those that is certainly worth more than a second glance. And when you consider that next-gen upgrades are promised for those looking to make the move from Xbox One to Xbox Series X|S and from PS4 to PS5, it becomes ever more appealing.Â
Get yourself over to your favoured digital store right this minute. You’ll find the Xbox Store the best place to grab the Xbox One edition, whilst the PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC versions are also available from the usual places.Â
Game Description:
Ghostrunner is a hardcore FPP slasher packed with lightning-fast action, set in a grim, cyberpunk setting of a futuristic megastructure. Climb Dharma Tower, humanity s last shelter after a world-ending cataclysm. Make your way up from the very bottom to the top, confront the tyrannical Keymaster, and take your revenge. The streets of the tower city are full of violence. Mara the Keymaster rules with an iron fist and little regard for human life. As resources grow thin, the strong prey on the weak and chaos threatens to consume what little order remains. The decisive last stand is coming. The final attempt to set things right before mankind goes over the edge of extinction. As the most advanced blade fighter ever created, you re always outnumbered but never outclassed. Slice your enemies with a monomolecular katana, dodge bullets thanks to superhuman reflexes and employ a variety of specialized techniques to prevail. One hit one kill mechanics make the combat fast and intense use your superior mobility (and frequent checkpoints!) to fearlessly engage in a never-ending dance with death. Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience of fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells a story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
