Ghostbusters: The Video Game Review

“Who ya gonna call?”

I hope everyone has their PKE meters and Proton Packs, cause were talking Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Let’s just get one thing straight. When it comes to Ghostbusters, I am a CRAZY fan. I say CRAZY very loosely. It’s more of a PSYHCO fan kind of thing. I sat down in front of the TV each and every day and watched movies over and over again. Ghostbusters were those two films. But enough about me, we’re here to talk about Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

Just to cut to the chase, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is one of the best video games I have played all year. The game was written and Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis and holds true to the originals. The game is set in the year 1991, which is two years after the second Ghostbusters film. This game is meant to be the third film of the franchise. All the original actors are back to voice their characters, and they do such a good job! (Sorry, geeking out) The Ghostbusters, with their heavy banter and tech savvy dialogue, return to game consoles around the world. And let me tell you people, they do a damn good job.

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You join the gang as an experimental weapons technician, and you are only there to test Egon’s new proton pack. Well as always, things tend to go wrong and they get a phone call about some paranormal activity at the Museum. Mind you, this Museum is holding some heavy Gozer materials for an exhibit. Things get out of hand in the museum and all hell breaks loose and spreads across New York City. You become the new “rookie” of the group and you’re off to save the day. They keep your character quiet and nameless throughout the game. The reason for the “Rookie” part is so the other four don’t get attached to you in case something happens throughout the course of the night. (Which is completely understandable)

The Proton Pack has four different firing modes. First, there is the Classic Proton Pack from he movies, but also packs a Boson Dart as a secondary fire. (Which is a condensed ball of energy that explodes on impact) Then you have your dark matter functions, which is a dark blue Shock Blast (like a shotgun) and a Stasis Stream, which makes enemies slow down so they can be blasted. Then there is the Meson Collider, which tags an enemy with a tracker, then quickly fires particles at the target. The last one is the Slime Blower. The Slime Blower is most commonly used to coat enemies and objects in positively charged goo like matter. The secondary fire is the Slime Tether that brings two objects together.

If you are a fan or not, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is fun, witty, and contains hours of game play. Not to mention the online play which features games like Containment, and Slime Dunk.

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THE BOTTOM LINE

This is a fun game from beginning to end. Not the hardest game to beat, but fun none the less. If you are a die-hard fan boy, then you’ll absolutely love the witty banter from all the original characters and all the original game play. This game does in fact feel like the third movie in the franchise, although, I am VERY happy that they are making another film. I’ll be there, 12:00am opening night, wearing my jumpsuit and my home made Proton Pack (which is AWESOME BTW!). I recommend this game to anyone who likes humor in video games as well as people who appreciate original game play.

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