Ghostrunner was probably the greatest surprises of 2020. It’s a classy first-person platformer that takes one of the best parts of Titanfall’s parkour mechanics and provides a cyberpunk twist to the proceedings. It’s additionally a difficult recreation that calls for precision and function from the participant. Make a single mistake, and also you’ll have to replay a bit of a degree once more. That can get irritating quick, so developer One More Level is including a brand new function known as Assist Mode.

Assist Mode introduces three choices you may toggle on and off. You can choose to shorten your character’s capability cooldowns, decelerate the sport to provide you extra time to react and play with an additional life to make errors much less punishing. Accessibility modes have gotten extra widespread in video video games, and it’s at all times good to see one other developer discover a method to permit extra individuals to get pleasure from their work.

For skilled gamers, there’s a brand new function known as Wave Mode that’s basically Ghostrunner’s tackle a roguelike. You’ll want to finish 20 rounds in succession, with every one that includes totally different enemies — even while you try the identical one a number of instances. Make all of it the way in which to the tip, and also you’ll earn a elaborate new katana on your character.

Both Assist and Wave modes can be found as we speak at no cost on the platforms the place you may already purchase Ghostrunner. That consists of PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC by way of Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG. When the sport makes its method to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on September twenty eighth, it’ll include these modes included.