The gameplay is 10/10, probably the best I've played this year, I am such a sucker for these quick twitch combat and/or platformer games, and this scratches the itch finishing Ghostrunner left hard (which scratched the itch from cluster truck hard). It's complex in its simplicity, there are only four controls but so many combinations of them and so many ways they're used and it all moves at a million miles an hour, the art design is recognisable yet utilitarian; being simple enough to not be distracting and making it easy to distinguish enemies and items when at high speeds.

So, why 4.5 stars? The story. The dialogue in this game is genuinely awful, the characters are bland and flat, about halfway through the game I couldn't take it anymore and just started skipping the cutscenes.

But if you ignore the story and cutscenes this could be one of the best games of the year, even in the afformentioned Ghostrunner and Cluster Truck, or similar games like Hotline Miami, I never bothered to get the high scores on every level, but in this game I refused to go to the next stage before getting the gold on every. Single. Level. It's fun, addictive and perfectly fair and balanced.

Instant recommendation, must play.