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The first-person action parkour sub-genre of games is a small but great one. It features the likes of EA\u2019s Mirror\u2019s Edge series, Respawn Entertainment\u2019s Titanfall franchise, and One More Level\u2019s Ghostrunner \u2013 one of my fav orite games. I first played this game two years after its 2020 release, in the summer of July 2022, jobless and depressed. It felt good to exist in a world where capitalistic business executives make inhumane decisions about the last of humanity living in their Dharma Tower, except instead of suffering under their thumb, I, or rather, protagonist Ghostrunner, took a katana straight to the top to bring it all down. The game concludes with humanity free and Ghostrunner liberated from the A.I.-powered Cybervoid trappings under a new name: Jack.<\/p>\n
I played a roughly 30-minute vertical slice of Ghostrunner 2, the upcoming sequel hitting current-gen consoles and PC later this month, and came away impressed. This demo didn\u2019t consist of much \u2013 short tutorial sequences, a few enemy-filled arenas to parkour destructively through, and a finale I\u2019ll get to shortly. But this demo was also precisely what I needed: confirmation that Ghostrunner 2 is, in fact, more of this excellent world One More Level crafted three years ago.<\/p>\n
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Immediately, Ghostrunner 2 just feels right. It\u2019s fast as hell, jaw-droppingly gorgeous with neon-lit rain turning the glass of skyscrapers into cyberpunk watercolor canvases, and incredibly tactile. Core to the entire experience of Ghostrunner 2, though, is its parkour. It feels just as good as Ghostrunner, perhaps even better, but features some tweaks studio head and CEO Szymon Bry\u0142a describes as an evolution of the series\u2019 formula, not a revolution.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou will see that [evolution] on each layer, in gameplay, visuals, the combat system, and many others,\u201d he tells me.<\/p>\n
Gameplay director Rados\u0142aw Ratus znik says the team knew it couldn\u2019t swap out Jack\u2019s parkour skill set with something new, instead opting to improve on what\u2019s already there. \u201cThe player playing the first game feels at home playing the second Ghostrunner, but for the newcomers and the people who like to experiment with their playstyle, there are new ways to play,\u201d Ratusznik says.<\/p>\n
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One of the biggest and most immediately impactful changes is the new blocking mechanic. You can deflect bullets in the first Ghostrunner, but only after unlocking the specific ability, and even then, you have to time the ability\u2019s use with the bullet\u2019s contact to do so. Ghostrunner 2 features bullet-blocking, activated by holding down a button. It features a gauge, which prevents you from blocking forever, but it\u2019s enough time to get a feel for what\u2019s happening in the otherwise lightning-fast combat playing out around you.<\/p>\n
Ratusznik says blocking works really well for players who struggled in the first game. But it\u2019s optional \u2013 veteran Ghostrunner players can stick to the in-and-out-style of combat required in the first game. I integrate the block easily into my playstyle, using it to cover Jack from an onslaught of machine gun fire while scoping out other enemies I can take out with a hop, dash, slash, and a couple of shuriken throws. What I like most is blocking feels optional, even in the puzzle-like combat arenas.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s more like, \u2018Try different options,\u2019\u201d Ratusznik tells me. \u201cYou now have access to abilities that you can use quite often, not like in the first game where there were only ultimate abilities that you could use not so often. [So] now you have a chance to somehow connect all these mechanics together and mix them how you want, and it\u2019s really satisfying when you are successful with that. And of course, you are improving after each restart; you are becoming better and better, and then you reach the sweet spot where you know everything about the game and can use all your tools that we provide and feel really powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n
In one puzzle, I use a special force-like push ability to move an air vent that shoots Jack into the air near an opening in a wall. I jump on it and, after being shot into the air, quickly equip a shuriken to hit a switch through the opening, which opens the door to move forward. It\u2019s a familiar puzzle in the world of Ghostrunner, and I smile at its return. The game is a first-person action game, but it\u2019s as much a puzzle game, too. Beyond puzzles like the one I describe above, every combat scenario is a puzzle because of the game\u2019s difficulty.<\/p>\n
If Jack is hit once by a sword, bullet, shockwave, or something else, he dies. Every attack, movement, dash, slow-mo in-air directional shift, and grapple matters because it\u2019s one piece of the equation that takes you from X to Y and finally, to Z. That excellent combat formula returns in arenas even bigger than the ones in the first game and in other, smaller areas where enemies await.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAt first, when developing [Ghostrunner 1], that was new to us,\u201d Ratusznik tells me, remarking on the team discovering that its first-person action parkour game also plays like a puzzle game. \u201cWhen developing a top-down game [referring to One More Level\u2019s 2019 game, God\u2019s Trigger], you are able to plan your action before entering a room. Like in Hotline Miami, you can check what\u2019s in front of you but here, when entering a room, everything is new for you. You have to run through the arena and check for enemies and see their placement. When entering new areas, it\u2019s sure you will die.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the beauty of death in Ghostrunner is now you know what\u2019s coming and how it\u2019s coming. So you try again and probably die again, but this third time, you switch up your tactics. \u201cWhat works? What doesn\u2019t? If I attack this enemy first, I can throw a shuriken to that explosive barrel to take those two out before hopping onto the zipline above to take out the tankier guy up here.\u201d These are the kinds of thoughts going through my head multiple times in this short preview, and they\u2019re exactly what One More Level wants me to think while playing, Ratusznik and Bry\u0142a say, calling Ghostrunner 2 \u201ca super-fast puzzle game.\u201d<\/p>\n
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When developing this sequel, the team knew it needed to up the ante in several ways, both in combat and in its puzzle sequences. And while it tackled this by evolving what\u2019s already there, it added something brand new: a motorbike. After just 10 minutes sitting in the driver\u2019s seat, I already love it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe decided that Ghostrunner was a really fast-paced game and asked ourselves, \u2018Alright, what if we want to have something even faster than Jack?\u2019,\u201d Bry\u0142a says. \u201cWe decided, \u2018What if we have a motorcycle in the game and use it as a tool to go from one point to another and use it in the outside world?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Almost immediately after using the motorbike, it\u2019s clear it\u2019s One More Level\u2019s best addition. As I barrel down a futuristic highway, using my controller\u2019s right trigger to throttle it forward, I must think quickly. There\u2019s an in-world timer I have to stay ahead of to remain alive. There are jumps to hit, but I can only clear the gap if I boost off the ramp first. There are unavoidable barriers before me until I realize this motorbike can ride on the circular walls to avert them altogether. The motorbike feels like an extension of Jack, and I look forward to seeing how else it\u2019s used. One More Level teases sequences where Jack will have to jump off the motorbike mid-air to slash a switch that opens a pathway ahead and land back on the motorbike to advance, and I can\u2019t wait to see this and the inevitable Akira<\/em>-slide that will accompany these moments.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was more like, \u2018Okay, let\u2019s not treat this too seriously, let\u2019s prototype it first,\u2019\u201d Ratusznik tells me. \u201cWe knew we wanted to move away from the Tower for a lot of the game [and] have levels outside the Tower. [Jack] wouldn\u2019t travel too far [on foot] so we gave him something to travel there faster.\u201d<\/p>\n He says they knew right away the type of transportation Jack needed would be a motorbike, which has a flashy reveal moment in-game. Bry\u0142a says the motorbike is already a big part of cyberpunk media and culture, so adding it was a no-brainer. It was also a no-brainer to ignore physics during the motorbike sections, too, he adds, remarking that arcade racing games like Mario Kart inspire it.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s always about connecting to Ghostrunner 2\u2019s gameplay,\u201d Bry\u0142a says. \u201cWe are wall-running; let\u2019s add wall-riding to the bike, but let\u2019s not put too much attention into physics and it being realistic. We took a pure arcade-ish approach because you need to have fun, not simulate a real motorbike, and I think it\u2019s a good addition. It makes for a really fresh approach to Ghostrunner.\u201d<\/p>\n The bike is the breakout star of my short preview with Ghostrunner 2, but it\u2019s also the most prominent addition; I\u2019m not surprised it\u2019s the major takeaway from my time with the sequel. What I want out of Ghostrunner 2 is more \u2013 more of Jack\u2019s story, more characters to interact with, more of this dour but beautiful cyberpunk world to explore, and thousands more enemies to parkour around and slash through. So far, Ghostrunner 2 is delivering on that, and new additions like the bike, blocking, a new in-world hub to talk to characters in-person (not as floating heads like in the first game), and more have me yearning for the game\u2019s release this month when I can go beyond just a meager 30 minutes of play. Jack is back and I couldn\u2019t be more excited.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared in Issue 360<\/a> of Game Informer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n \u7acb\u523b\u8a3b\u518a\u53ca\u5831\u540d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2\u8ab2\u7a0b\u5427! <\/a> www.ITSec.vip<\/a> www.Sraa.com.hk<\/a> Ready for More<\/h2>\n
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