Ghostrunner 2
Ghostrunner 2 is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by One More Level. It centers on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.1 / 10
About this game
Ghostrunner 2 is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Ghostrunner combines first-person sword combat with rapid movement through a cyberpunk world. Closing the distance, slipping past gunfire and linking traversal with attacks are central to encounters where a single mistake can end the attempt.
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AI review
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Exhilarating routes are weakened by documented PS5 faults.
One-hit combat, grappling and shuriken-based routes reward mastery, but unreliable rails and walls sometimes undermine otherwise satisfying solutions. Motorcycle stages and RogueRunner.EXE broaden the package, while repeated early rooms and quickly abandoned ideas make campaign pacing uneven. Cyberpunk spaces and environmental details preserve the setting, but an incomplete recap and rushed ending weaken narrative clarity. Dated PS5 frame drops, clipping and inconsistent traversal directly disrupt a precision game in which one mistake restarts the attempt. Its launch-build technical penalty is significant; because the design depends on exact timing, a verified later build would need a separate assessment rather than silently inheriting these faults.
Strengths
- Route-based one-hit combat rewards mastery.
- Motorcycle stages and the extra mode add variety.
Weaknesses
- Level ideas are unevenly distributed.
- Historical PS5 delivery errors interrupt precision movement.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy repeating high-speed routes and understand the dated technical limitations.
Play notes: Technical deductions describe the 2023 PS5 review build, not verified present patch behaviour.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Motorcycle stages and RogueRunner.EXE broaden the package, while repeated early rooms and quickly abandoned ideas make campaign pacing uneven. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension One-hit combat, grappling and shuriken-based routes reward mastery, but unreliable rails and walls sometimes undermine otherwise satisfying solutions. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Cyberpunk spaces and environmental details preserve the setting, but an incomplete recap and rushed ending weaken narrative clarity. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Dated PS5 frame drops, clipping and inconsistent traversal directly disrupt a precision game in which one mistake restarts the attempt. | Reviewed | 4.9 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- One More Level
- Publisher
- 505 Games
- Release date
- Oct 26, 2023
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- 3D GraphicsExplorationLinear LevelsHorrorScience FictionSolo-friendlyThird PersonInvestigationMain Story 10–20 HoursStory-drivenReal-time CombatSlow Burn
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideOct 26, 2023
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