I finished the campaign mode of Ghostbusters today and have a couple things to say about it. First off, it is fantastic to be a ghostbuster. Although I was born after the movie's release in 1984, I still love the humor of the movie. Many movies that claim to be comedies today are simple people getting hit by large objects and crappy one-liners. Anyway, Ghostbusters: The Video Game was not only written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, the writers of the movie and two of the four ghostbusters. Secondly, the got all, that's right, ALL of the original Ghostbuster actors to come back and voice their role. Bill Murray's performance, however, seemed phoned-in. You could tell that Dan Aykroyd was the most involved, as he had the most lines. I think this is one of the only Ghostbusters games in which Winston, played by Ernie Hudson, is included. You also get to explore all the locations from the movies: the Sedgewick Hotel, the library, and the museum, along with other locations. Between missions you will be able to explore the Firehouse, which is very true to the movie set. You can even slide down the pole!
As the IGN review said, it feels like a love letter to all of the fans of the series. It does have it's problems. Firstly, the campaign mode took me only about nine hours to finish. I haven't tried online mode yet, but I've read where the game makes up for the short story. In some cut scenes, the voice is out of sync which the animation, which should be able to be cleared up with a patch, but it hasn't been fixed yet. There are also some parts where the difficulty goes way up and I found myself running around trying to review the other Ghostbusters, who needed a medic every two seconds instead of attacking the ghost.
As a whole, I'm glade that Atari decided to pick up Ghostbusters when Activision Blizzard dropped it. I was very upset when the press release said that Ghostbusters would not be released, especially when it was almost finished. If your a fan of the series, I'd give it a rental.
Trailer time!
Nerd Out.
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