That's such a hard yet right ending for such a character like Jack, I mean he's always been guided here and there by the voices in his head. First, the Architect took advantage of his unawareness making GR-74 act on his behalf on a quest to avenge an abstract enemy. At some point, another voice interrupted him as he was on his warpath, led by the Architect. It was Zoe who needed Jack's help. She revealed the true story for Jack, prompting him to change plans. Ever since then he had been helping the humanity to run the Tower, but was it really his calling? As we learn from Jack, he doesn't have hobbies at this point. From his dialogue with Kira we find out that his free time is just sitting quietly. Begs the question whether he really has that free time. In fact, no. He's always busy serving the humanity's business of managing the Tower. And here is where the story twists to his benefit, introducing such threat as the former Ghostrunners, or Asura to be precise. Although it's in Jack's best interest to protect the people who restored him, he is not the one to simply follow this directive. He thinks and analyses as he does, and he gets a better look into what the "lore" behind his origin is. But again, he's guided by voices in his head. The voices are now more diverse unlike during the Architect arc. He's no longer limited by a human and an AI arguing in his head, now he is really in a position to choose who to listen, and mainly, what to listen. And Kira is that one character affecting Jack's personality the most, since she's so annoying and culturally aware at the same time. Another character is Rahu who also made Jack question his own motives rather than be guided by the voices in his head. In the end, Jack decides to leave Dharma. Having listened to as many viewpoints as possible, he felt overwhelmed. In this state, he's on the same page with Bladewolf from Metal Gear Rising, so he goes off to "establish his own parameters and create his own directives" as he explores the Outside. For a character like Jack, this is the inevitable conclusion of his arc as he sets off to listen to his own voice.
Good dissertation on his character. The only plot point unexplained was how did Jack became sentient?. In lore, numbered Ghostrunners was said to be mindless tools without free will unlike the "Ashura" and "Hel" counterpart.
@@Recruit211this is indeed unexplained but perhaps can be a result of the climbers stripping off his code restrictions while rebuilding him. What puzzles me is the fact that Adrian Bakunin survived. Like, he was shown to have died to rogue Hel in a DLC to the original game. And if that's pronounced "Ashura", thank you for correcting me
I loved the first game and haven't played the second yet. I am skeptical about playing it. I am not some elitist but ghostrunner is meant to be a harder game. As i scroll through just parts of the second game to check it out this game looks easier. Not just a little easier but alot easier. So im not sure if i will play this or not yet. Its like if they made celeste 2 and just made the second game easy.
@@Recruit211 The best ninja game of 2023! Only true ninjas like me can finish it. A very hard ninja game like the first was in 2020. i started playing in Saturday and it is great!
Anyone else notice the consistent irony that both Mitra and Mara insult Jack as being a "soulless automaton" despite both their plots involving turning the city into an army of biomechanical zombie abominations?
Rahu is a Nice Character,Knowing That Mitra Is Attempting to Destroy The Cathedral (Cybervoid) So He Assisted The Ghostrunner For it Because He was Focusing On The Wrong Aspect He Found Himself in
Found your channel yesterday while searching for GR full deathless gameplay, your quality is impeccable!!! Keep up the good work and I wish you success!
Your skills are insane, I literally just watched all of your Ghostrunner gameplays and I can't help but feel how hard you must've worked for these videos. The beautiful graphics and such impeccable gameplay just makes it even more enjoyable. Keep up the hard work!
Your playthrough was a big help. I almost gave up on the game due to the new mechanics, but your video helped me understand the story and the game. Thank you!
This was one of the best gameplays i've seen so far. It is so great that i have came across your channel. Just a petition: It would be better if you could use regular 16:9 ratio on your videos i know it depends on your preference of monitor on your personal setup but I think it is much more pleasent to watch the content on 16:9 ratio.
I would love to use a 16:9 ratio, but I'm stuck with an ultra widescreen monitor that I've won from a raffle. Buying a new 16:9 ratio 4k monitor is at the bottom of my priority list. I'm sorry.
Could be a great idea, but I don't think fans would like that approach since the game would lose momentum and may become monotonous if the developers followed Ubisoft open-world formula.
My goodness...how many hours did you have to play to get so damn good at this? Phenomenal. How many times did you die getting to this point? I.E in previous runs...
6 months late to the party but damn it's impressive watched all 3 plays and seriously tho the part where you almost died just because you were about to fall was crazy even with no words your mouse movements told a lot
You are best ! Love your videos. Just a question, can you tell us your built? Motherboard screenshot please. Thank you, all the best. Looking forward to next video of yours 😊
Nice video! Hope you are well and here, I have a question - what are your PC and monitor specs? I like this series a lot but can't escape frame drops or jittery gameplay that isn't as smooth as it ought to be.
Rahu was the only Asura who truly frightened me. The only reason Jack was able to beat Asura is because Rahu let him, and even if he didn't, Jack was unable to defeat Rahu in Cybervoid, only get around him
I assume this is a segmented run? Meaning you did each level deathless then put together the successful attempts? Since I've completed the game once and now going for deathless for each level... and it's insanely hard, and sometimes even random. Well done regardless!
@@Recruit211 Wanna attempt something like that myself... But given that I've spent like two hours completing one level deathless... (the level before the bike section) I applaud you for your patience and skill.
@@crisbercutov7405 Thank you. The truth is, it took me a long time and countless death attempting each level. Me personally, I've tried different tactics in each section of a level until I've found one that is optimal and doesn't put me in a risk of death. The hardest level I've attempted so far is 'Pillars of Creation' due to it being the longest one.
Gameplay wise, they really nailed it. I loved the addition of bike and they really elevated the boss fight unlike in the original where you just dodge, weave and attack. Other than that, it felt just like the first Ghostrunner with some QOL improvement. Unfortunately, the soundtrack doesn't deliver for me. The later half of the game leans more to orchestral rather than dark synthwave but there are still some banger i.e. soundtrack during first bike section
Honestly I haven't played but I've seen gameplays and both games look fun and the sequel definitely has an interesting story on, but there areas where it does feel like there's a few holes at feels a little all over the place if that makes sense. Mainly with mitra like was his actual deal, at first it sounded like he wanted freedom and possibly revenge which seems legit considering his background, then he kills Connor and at least acknowledges jack as technically free but now simply choosing servitude which disgusted and made the ultimatum "be free (join me/stay out of my way) or die as a slave". Then later on Rahu claims that mitra hated his and Jack's kind during the boss fight since they're machines and not knowing he's just a machine with human memories himself and that part felt tact on since he never showed any signs of actually hating machines so what's the deal there. Seriously he felt back and fourth like he goes from wanting free grs to simply wanting to destroy dharma and not even in a "he's a hypocrite" way but more like the story itself just has it back and fourth. I may need someone to genuinely explain to me his end goal cause I would really like to know what he was trying yo accomplish. Also they Arhiman didn't participate in the uprising yet he's addressing mitra as master so what's the deal there. Also on that it feels like a shame he didn't get real dying dialogue and Jack just kills him in the middle.
@@doomtitan1172 nah, it's just perspective. Field of View (FOV) is the extent of the observable game world that is seen on the display. I can't explain the science but higher FOV gives an illusion that you move faster. Edit - There's also a flow chip upgrade that increases your speed the higher your kill is.
Although its not a review on the actual game (plus i dont own it sadly, and id wish to get it) Looking through it all (and playing the first game fully), great game, even the story that really, is barely there, speedrunning both games takes you literally about 5h, and for this short of a game, and a story, its incredible and beautiful (graphics and everything included), congrats for the devs who made the game, congrats for you for such perfect gameplay (for 3h straight), the ending of the game is epic, and although it looks like we wont be ever seeing a Ghostrunner III, who knows. Maybe one day we will, even if the story mentions its inevitable end.
I finished ghostrunner 1 then tried 2 but honestly I couldnt play it, it messed up my eyes when u dash the weird effect kept bugging me, did u have the same issue?
Concidering that both ghostrunner games may straight up fuck you with parkour bugs (turning you 180 degrees for example), unlucky enemy shots, texture breaks and in second one some levels can start lagging so hard that dodging or parrying something becomes impossible...finishing all the game from start to end without a single death is close to a miracle. It requires both insane skill and insane luck. Even though these games aren't very hard. So congrats anyway. P.S.: even during my first playthroughs of each game 80% of my deaths were not in fights, but between them)
Thanks, btw I've edited the video to make it seem like one continuous run but there are cuts between each level. I've retried until I've got a perfect run and spliced it together. Completing the game in one go without dying is close to impossible with how unpredictable some enemies behavior's are.
@@Recruit211 the most difficult levels are the bike ones...because it has fucked up control and always gets stuck in textures with only way to get out - checkpoint restart. And I've counted 6 times when you had to be dead during worm alone)
@@Sargatas Oh man, the worm boss is so infuriating. You need an extreme amount of luck to get through unscathed. Even in the video, I was almost about to get hit by the sawblade but somehow it missed.
@@Recruit211 but it's still feels heroic when you go through the level without dying isn't it?) FIrstly: because you can listen to dialogues straight back to back. Secondly: you are supposed to be a killing machine, right?😁
@@Sargatas Not sure about feeling heroic but yeah, passing that level after 3 and a half-hour gave me a huge relief. I wouldn't have to listen to the same dialogue over-over again.
I love how my least death level was the fricking worm fight with only 30 death most of those end up with me crashing in to a wall and then being eaten by the worm if I don’t explode I died only 5 or so times wile actually driveling through the worm and most of those was me not getting enough speed on the wall runs falling then getting absorbed by a wall of acid (probably) other that saw killed me twice
@@Recruit211 alright. thats what i figured, still good job nonetheless. did you have to sit through the cutscene every time for the mitra bossfight? i lost my mind no deathing it even skipping the cutscenes
yeah, that's the most annoying part, if I skipped the cutscene the music transition sounds terrible. It took me 100 retries to defeat mithra and let's just say I've memorized his line perfectly.@@infectedpotato117
I got the first ghost runner for free and I loved every second of the game but Idk if I wanna spend 30 or something bucks on a sequel so I have to know if it's worth buying
If you loved the first Ghostrunner, then I can guarantee you're going to love the sequel. This is probably nitpicking but my only legit criticism of the game is that it was unoptimized. You're going to notice a lot of frame drops during the open-world section of the game. Mind you, this is running on an RTX 3080Ti.
@@Recruit211 ah ok then I'll probably experience some frame drops too since i have only a 3080 I'll buy it tomorrow or later today I barely have time today so yeah thanks tho
@@rogue_infinity but he could’ve been. In the DLC he is shown to be condescending and manipulative. He dismisses evidence that their plans are about to break down, and when they do, he sends his friends and a bunch of other rebels to go get mulched while he goes and runs away like a coward. We also see in this game he barges in after Jack solves all the problems and establishes himself as de facto leader, even though he contributed nothing. It would’ve been super interesting to have Jack resolve the ghostrunner conflict, and then have to take on Connor who’s gone either power-hungry or paranoid. It would’ve been a good arc.
@@crabbowiththestabbo i disagree because this is a classic case of bad writing. We barely know anything about connor other than side character anecdotes, the point of GR2 was the resurgence of ghost runners from the past to which connor has little to nothing to do with it. I can see the vision but if they did make him a villain it would just derail the whole story.
@@crabbowiththestabbo besides in the dlc it proved that leadership in any faction of base weighs heavily on the leader. In GR2 Zoe mentions this as “not being able to morn for fallen troops”. For some people, they cope with humor and or sarcasm but realistically we have no idea who connor is or how he truly felt.
@@rogue_infinity understandable. I can see how it wouldn’t make a lot of sense if you hadn’t played project Hel. I just thought there were some interesting beats that weren’t really capitalized on.
probably nah, my schedule is one video for every new game that I was interested in. Moreover, I'm pretty busy with work so I may not have time to do it perfectly.
I've lost count on the overall attempts, but the average attempt on each level is around 30 times and it took me 3 days straight to complete it. Good thing I was on paid leave on those 3 days.
