Ghostrunner is the cyberpunk cousin of Mirror's Edge, faster and with more mechanics than ever. It's challenging in a Celeste-like way: be ready to die a lot and polish your skills until you completely control the most particularly difficult levels.

Although that can break the experience for some, in my case it felt completely right. I enjoyed seeing my game improve and completing levels ever so smoothly. Not once did the challenge feel unfair.

The environment is another big plus. The music and setting are just on point to inmerse the player, and they constantly get refreshed so as to never get old.

The same cannot be said about the story, though. It's checks all the boxes in your bingo of cliches about the genre, and the plot twist is so predictable that it doesn't even feel like a plot twist. The fact that the story is narrated through dialogue that takes place while you play (and therefore, while you are much more worried with being precise at the challenge at hand than listening) does not help either.

And just to nitpick: there was no need to not include the option to save during a level and instead always make you restart at the very beginning. Duh.

If Ghostrunner picks your interest, try it. If you are willing to let some of its faults pass, you'll find a terrific game here.