Ghostbusters: The Videogame

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Jun 272009
 

GBGIf you wanted to see a Ghostbusters 3, then this is probably as close as you’re going to get.¬† Personally, I’m holding out hope for the Ghostbusters 3 that stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen and is directed by Edgar Wright from a script penned by all of the aforementioned talented gentlemen.¬† I just got a chub writing that last sentence.¬† Let’s see how long I can go without talking about a Ghostbusters reboot.

The game is written by Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd and I honestly have no idea, and do not care what in the hell is going on.¬† I’m not even going to bother trying to detail the nonsense that Aykroyd and Ramis cooked up, but I will say it’s set in 1991 and is essentially a rehash of the first movie.¬† Aykroyd of course delivers on the pseudo-science, he’s got a real knack for that.¬† Is it as quotable as the first movie?¬† I don’t remember a single line.¬† Does it feel authentic and present the Ghostbusters license in a positive manner?¬† Absolutely.¬† From trapping ghosts to the sounds of the proton packs, it’s all done right and it feels good.

The love that went into paying attention to all the details is what keeps this game from total mediocrity.  The character dialogue is all fairly authentic and even had me laughing out loud a few times.  Unfortunately Bill Murray was asleep in the booth when he was slated to record his lines, but the rest of the cast sound great.  Throwing a proton beam and wrangling a ghost feels fucking awesome, and handles exactly like you think it should.  The game even completely recreated the firehouse that is the Ghostbusters headquarters which you can roam freely around in between missions.  Most of the stuff you can interact with is uninteresting except for the giant painting of Vigo the Carpathian.  The shit he says is some of the funniest stuff in the game.  The controls can be a bit wonky at times, mainly because the sprint button is also the evade button which is also the jump button.  There are times when that can prove to be a real fucking mess, but the rest of it is solid.

One of the best decisions the game made was having you be an unnamed character, a new Ghostbuster.¬† Being just a bystander is exactly what I wanted out of this, so I could just listen to the banter and enjoy watching them do what they do.¬† Look, this game is just fun.¬† I mean, Stay Puft, Slimer, the librarian ghost and every locale you give a shit about is here and you can destroy it all.¬† But, I have to suggest a rental on this one.¬† The single player campaign will only set you back about 6-8 hours and it does get a bit repetitive after awhile.¬† The multiplayer is fun, but I don’t think it’s strong enough to warrant throwing 60 bucks down on the game.

I played Ghostbusters on the Playstation 3 and I have to recommend that if you have the option to get this on the Xbox 360.¬† That would be the version to go with.¬† The PS3 version has some really shit textures compared to the 360 along with awful screen tearing and it runs natively in 960×540 resolution.¬† The 360 version runs 1280×720.¬† It’s pretty strange since the PS3 was the lead platform for development, but whatever.¬† Now you know not to rent the one that looks like dogshit.¬† Hey look at that, I went the whole review without another mention of another Ghostbusters movie.¬† Let me fix that.¬† How about Ghostbusters 3 with Alyssa Milano, Megan Fox, Eliza Dushku and…ok I’ll stop.

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