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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Game

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a 2004 PlayStation 2 shooter from Cavia set in the anime's 2030 timeline. Players alternate between Motoko Kusanagi and Batou as Section 9 unravels a black market arms case tied to a secret rice-smuggling operation.

Genre: Third-person shooter
Platform: PlayStation 2
Developer: Cavia
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment (Japan); Bandai (North America/Europe)
Release Year: 2004
Japan Release Date: 2004-03-04
North America Release Date: 2004-11-08
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Gameplay

The campaign splits into two parallel tracks, one for the agile, hacking-focused Kusanagi and one for the heavily armed Batou, each with distinct weapons and movement styles. Combat plays out from a third-person perspective across enclosed levels, mixing gunfights with Kusanagi's ability to hack enemy cyberbrains and machinery.
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Premise

Set between the first and second seasons of the TV series, the story has Section 9 chasing a code-named case, T.A.R., that links stolen military hardware to micromachine-laced rice smuggled out of a weapons research complex. Kusanagi and Batou investigate separately before the threads converge.
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Reception

Sony published the Japanese release in March 2004, with Bandai handling the North American launch that November and the European release in May 2005. The game sold roughly 45,500 copies in its first week in Japan. Reviewers liked the graphics and pace but criticized stiff controls, landing around 66 on Metacritic.
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