everybody wants to know what I think of
the new Ghostbusters game two years
before this game came out I started
getting emails about it I've gotten more
requests to review this game than
anything with the exception of et but
now that it's been out for a while and
I've had the chance to play it all the
way through I'm ready to lay down my
thoughts okay yeah let's do it
let's play this miserable [ __ ] look no
no it's not like that this game is not
old and it's not shitty a good
Ghostbusters game believe it or not yes
yes you don't need me nope
we don't so I'm gonna review this game
as me as myself if that makes any sense
I decided to go with the Xbox 360
version I'm not sure how the other ones
differ so yeah what a weird occasion I'm
talking about a new game that's good
don't expect many more of these the only
reason I'm doing this is because it's
Ghostbusters as much as I like
Ghostbusters I wasn't going crazy about
this game I just figured yeah that's
cool a new Ghostbusters game got all the
original actors doing the voices I might
check it out but as soon as I started
playing it I got hurt for me it
surpassed the hype not only did satisfy
my love for Ghostbusters but it reminded
me why I love Ghostbusters what the hell
were you guys I've been running all over
this library calling you looking for you
nothing we passed through a
cross-dimensional portal into an
alternate version of the New York Public
Library and fought a 40-foot monster
made out of priceless antiques to steal
an ancient magical book oh well that
would explain it
it takes place after the second movie
you take the role of a nameless rookie
Ghostbuster this makes you feel like
you're interacting with Ray Egon and the
rest there's a lot of emphasis on
stories and if you're into ghostbusters
it's really a delight because it feels
like the third movie that you've always
been waiting for except you're
interacting with it that's what
everybody's been saying and it's true
we get more of the metaphysical aspect
that Ghostbusters you cross through
portals and go into other dimensions
it's really creepy if you remember Dan
Aykroyd's concept for those busters
three where the Ghostbusters go to hell
it seems like there's an essence of that
idea interjected into this game a lot of
the ghosts from the first movie are back
like Slimer the librarian ghost and Stay
Puft they give explanations to why these
characters are coming back so it doesn't
just come off as a total rehash of the
first movie wasn't me this time I swear
it
you also get to see characters mentioned
in the first movie but never before seen
like the Giants lore I always wanted to
know what a slore looked like Kosar the
traveller he will come in one of the pre
chosen forms during the rectification of
the Voltron I the traveller came as a
large and moving tour then during the
third reconciliation of the last of the
maquette ryx uplands they chose a new
form for him that of a giant floor many
substances knew what it was to be
roasted in the depths of the floor that
day I can tell you we also get into the
whole story of Shandor the cult leader
and architect who designed the building
that summoned Gozer the attention to
detail is excellent
I had fun just wandering around the
firehouse looking at all the equipment
that those Buster's have you even get to
see where they do their laundry you can
find little tributes to the movies
everywhere there's the dancing toaster
and even Vigo makes an appearance there
even seems to be homage to the NES game
the ecto-1 has a trap on the roof called
a super slammer which is like the ghost
vacuum and I've been told that the
infamous end screen from the original
game makes an appearance is that it
right there we waited a long time for a
good Ghostbusters game but it makes you
wonder what would this game have been
like if it came out in 1991
could it have worked in 16-bit I
couldn't imagine it took me about eight
hours to beat this game which is pretty
short in comparison to how most games
are nowadays for me that was perfect
because I need to get back to work there
are flaws sometimes when I'm tapping a
ghost I can't really tell if I'm hitting
it some of the ghosts you have to
capture and other goes to just shoot at
until they explode there's no map at
least not to my knowledge and this can
be very disorienting when you're in a
dark and claustrophobic area
it would have been cool to be able to
explore a little bit more the story
dictates where you go and in what order
in a game like Grand Theft Auto for
example you could either complete the
mission right away or go fool around a
bit but here you're sort of trapped in
one spot at a time I would have liked to
be able to drive ecto-1
and cruise New York City that would have
been cool there's some puzzle solving
use your slime tether basically to shoot
strands of slime to cause certain parts
of the scenery to move here it's like a
giant revolving door but if you stand in
the wrong spot you can obstruct your
path and end up getting stuck the
biggest problem I had was trying to save
the game at first I couldn't figure out
how exiting to the main menu warned me
that any unsafe progress would be lost
so then how do I save a quick look at
the manual told me that the save happens
automatically when you restart it
reloads the last checkpoint but this
causes one serious problem listen to
this in between stages you go to the
fire house where there is a cutscene
telling you what happens next then
you're off to the next scenario
naturally you're not going to want to
stop the game in the middle of a stage
it's like putting a bookmark in the
middle of a chapter
you'd rather stop the game right after
you beat in the stage right doesn't that
seem like a good spot to pick up you're
at the fire house it's the home base but
if you stop the game here it'll skip the
next cutscene and load the following
stage when this happened to me I had to
find the cutscene on YouTube just to get
caught up in the story that's pretty
lame also you can't have more than one
game going on you have the option to go
back and replay an earlier stage but it
says that your progress will be lost so
there's the flaws but overall I was very
pleased with this game it's not perfect
and if it were any other game that
wasn't ghostbusters
it would probably blend in with the
crowd they did a fantastic job
utilizing the Ghostbusters franchise
expanding on the story and making it an
enjoyable experience I felt like I was
really there working with the
Ghostbusters if you're a Ghostbusters
fan
it's everything you want it to be
you