Ghostrunner

GHOSTRUNNER (2020) is a ultra stylistic and super fast-paced game. I mean FAST. It is hyper fluid in a mechanical sense but also with the story and music as well. It really has a fast flow. Add to that the fact that the protagonist is a sword weilding, modded cyborg-ninja, called a Ghostrunner, with intense parkour skills and super human abilities, waking up in a strange neon-lit, cyberpunk world, you have an all around blast of a game.

"Ascend humanity's last remaining shelter, a great tower-city. The tower is torn by violence, poverty and chaos. Conquer your enemies, discover the secrets of the superstructure and your own origin and obtain the power to challenge The Keymaster."

Let just say, prepare to die a lot of times. The game can be pretty hardcore. That's just the kind of game this is. But the game saves very frequently to balance that out and make it a bit more forgiving. There are a lot of reaction based movements and scenarios however, that include proper dodging, landings, and attacks, as well as ricocheting projectiles back to the sender, and rebounding off of walls etc.

The game is mesmerizing graphically, and the world is so cool. It is aesthetically cyberpunk, and ultra neon with many futuristic, industrial levels to advance through. You play a modded ninja, called only a ghostrunner, who gets drawn into the ongoing revolution of the vast underground neon bunker city. It's all very cool to look at and very fun to play, if not a bit intimidating.

Overall, I highly enjoyed this game.