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Not sure video games get better than Ghostrunner /AL8ECOUe49 Mind you, it's not the deepest, most revealing story in the cyberpunk genre, but it's more than serviceable, which works because the focus on Ghostrunner is its gameplay. Is it consciousness? Is it a heartbeat? Can you be human if most of your body is machine? Ghostrunner tackles these questions head-on, and it delivers. The story has twists and turns, which I won't spoil here, but at its heart, it's about a person grappling with what makes them human. Ghostrunner is, as the name implies, about a ghostrunner who has been reactivated to take down an authoritarian leader in a devastated-by-capitalism cyberpunk metropolis. Nevertheless, it's a tight, seven-hour first-person samurai sword slasher that I already can't wait to replay one day (fortunately, I have the Project_Hel DLC released earlier this year to play through for now). Sure, Ghostrunner isn't a massive, sprawling RPG with dozens of hours of content.
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Two days later, I had rolled credits on not just the best cyberpunk game released in 2020 but one of my favorite games of all time. Having read about its PlayStation 5 upgrades, which include a 60 FPS ray-tracing mode and a 120 FPS mode, I decided it was time to jump in. I hadn't managed to get back to Ghostrunner until this past weekend. Still, due to work/freelance obligations, I had to shelve it to work on, ironically enough, a massive guide project for Cyberpunk 2077.
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I played through some of Ghostrunner when it was released in October of 2020. It shouldn't have been because a much better cyberpunk game was released less than two months before it: Ghostrunner. Whether you played the game on a beefy PC, a new-gen console, or endured through it on previous-gen hardware, there's a good chance the talk of the cyberpunk town that year for you was Cyberpunk 2077. CDPR choosing not to give reviewers codes for those consoles ahead of time on top of the way the studio opted not to really talk about last-gen versions of Cyberpunk 2077 was deceitful, dishonest, and frankly disrespectful to consumers.
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However, getting an Xbox Series X or a PlayStation 5 around the time Cyberpunk 2077 was released in 2020 was challenging, and many had to play CDPR's latest RPG on last-gen consoles. You probably already know the story of how that went – it was not a good game to play on last-gen consoles at all. I played it on Xbox Series X at release, and it ran fine enough that I could roll credits thinking I had just completed a fun game that I'm glad I played. However, it wasn't the massive generation-defining game CD Projekt Red (and admittedly, many of us fans) propped it up to be. Stay tuned to Shacknews for more information on the next-gen console release of Ghostrunner and all of the hottest releases through the end of the year.The year 2020 was a big year for the Cyberpunk genre in video games because the hotly-anticipated (and long-in-development) Cyberpunk 2077 was finally released that year. We will continue to pay close attention to the Polish market to constantly improve and expand our product portfolio with video games capable of satisfying the tastes of the entire gaming community."ĥ05 Games also noted that the first Ghostrunner will be making an appearance on PS5 and Xbox Series X before the end of 2021. “This new collaboration deepens 505 Games presence within the Polish video game market, a reality now among the firsts in Europe for the development of video games, new projects and talents. Together with One More Level, we have created a thrilling and engaging video game.” comments Raffaele Galante, co-CEO of Digital Bros (owner of 505 Games) with his brother Rami. “We are particularly excited about the future release of Ghostrunner 2. The critical and commercial success of the game has 505 feeling bullish. The original Ghostrunner release sold more than 600K copies since last year’s launch. In its announcement, 505 Games confirms that developer One More Level will be making a return for the sequel. It is planned for release on PC, Xbox Series X, and PS5.
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Publisher 505 Games is also bullish on the franchise, so much so that it has announced plans for a Ghostrunner sequel. Notable for its outstanding visuals and breakneck pace, it offered a power fantasy unlike any in recent memory. As one of the coolest gaming experiences of 2020, Ghostrunner dropped players into a fast-paced cyberpunk world to live out some intense ninja fantasies.