“We eat Gods for breakfast!”

Yep thats right. Egon Spengler’s best line ever. Not to mention quite possibly one of my favorite things to ever come out of Harold Ramis’ head.

Ghostbusters The Video Game was something I had been waiting for quite some time. By this month I was oozing with anticipation of playing through yet another storied Ghostbusters adventure with one of the best comedic casts ever assembled. The experience was nothing less than a true joy.

Right off the bat, the minute the menu opened I knew i was gonna love this game. Even the music is enough to get me giddy as a schoolgirl with the Ghostbusters. The original score was used for the most part and it really helps the “nostalgia” factor.

Without giving too much away about the story I will say this: the game answers a lot of the unanswered questions many people may have had after the first two movies. Questions like; Who was Ego Shandor? What was his obsession with Gozer? As for Gozer, remember  when Rick Moranis talks about Gozer taking the form of a “MIGHTY SLOR” yeah well you’ll get to see what a SLOR really is. Not to mention, I always wondered… did the Ghostbusters ever go back and catch the librarian ghost they met before becoming the Ghostbusters? Turns out they didn’t and now you get to help! Lots of old favorites are back as to be expected including Slimer, and good ole Stay Puft… But how? Gozer is dead right? Didn’t stop him (or her) the first time

But none of that matters really. I mean what everyone was really looking at was the gameplay. I was pleasantly surprised with it if i do say so myself. Control is similar to any 3rd person shooter really, but you get to deal with the added problem of your stream not always staying straight, and changing weapons to suit your ghost or ghoul. This was where I was really impressed, while your normal proton stream will be your best friend I didn’t find myself always using just one weapon, there were many varied and different times where I found myself wanting to use the slime blaster… or the new to this game shot gun type blaster.

I couldn’t have asked for more. But I got it. The game was difficult enough on normal that I had to retry numerous times, and the added bonus of collecting cursed artifacts is not only difficult but entertaining… there is even a haunted toilet Also you can use the PKE meter to scan for hidden ghosts, cursed artifacts, and to add entries into Tobin’s spirit guide. It’s very similar if not identical really to scanning objects in the Metroid Prime series. In the end Ghostbusters provides something for everyone, and will go down as one of the great movie tie in games of all time. Now I just have to wait around for that 3rd movie… impatient as I am this is gonna feel like forever.

BUY THIS GAME

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