Ghostbusters: The Videogame Comments by Ellie Gibson

Taken from the IGN review:

"For all the fanboys out there who want to beat their chests about which system got it right, there are some differences between the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of this game. The PS3 features an eight-minute, 4 GB install that apparently doesn't do much seeing as how it takes both games about 30 seconds to load after a death or load a mission from the main screen. Although the PS3 has exclusive videos about refurbishing Ecto-1 and the Blu-ray trailer, the graphics seem to be a touch dumbed down on Sony's system. When you proton stream burns a wall on the 360, there's a black gouge in the wall that features smoldering embers and bits of fire. On the PS3, you get the fire and black gouge, but the little embers embedded in the cut don't make it. Similarly, when you attack Stay Puft on Microsoft's console, you're making dramatic changes to his puffy exterior. On the PS3, these changes aren't as severe -- it's almost like a bruise rather than a fiery cut."

@mcbi4kh2:
The quote is from the last screenshot's caption, which is covered in white ghost slime. It's a clever word play by Ellie, where she replaces "busters" with "bukakke".

Assuming that you are an adult, if you are unfamiliar with the term "bukakke" I'd suggest you google it, but please be aware that it is definitely ***Not.Safe.For.Work***.

@muscleblade:
Thanks for the IGN quote; will probably import it at some point...

I wish they'd kept the PC version out of their little exlusivity skirmish. Don't want this nearly enough to even consider importing it, but I might have picked it up on a whim if I saw it in a shop. Also doubt it's clever to release the other versions in autumn. Hardly the game you'd cherrypick out of the pre-Christmas release madness.

@JonFE

I am very impressed with the way that you explained Ghost bukakke without getting banned from the site!

Jesus H. Christ, how are there still people who think that a Eurogamer 7 is a "bad" score, even after they just went to the bother of dumbing their scale down to one or two words for you morons?

I bet the X's win again on Terrahawks.

Cheers JonFE, that is actually quite funny. My porn knowledge isnt what it could be.

@Tzetrik

Presumably because most people will play the game for the storyline, and not the MP.

@muscleblade

I don't think little differences like that will affect anyones enjoyment of the game. It's all about the atmosphere.

/makes proton pack from cereal box, vacuum hose and gaffer tape.

The game or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ghostbusters-proto...

Decisions...

"Count Duckula pasta shapes on Mighty White for tea, washed down with a can of Quatro, let's hope the Soviets don't unleash global nuclear holocaust before Terrahawks starts."

Christ, I think Ellie and I might be exactly the same age.

Time to scale it down to mere words, rather than a score. For example -

FUCKING AWESOME.

GREAT!

Good!

Above Average.

Average?

Below Average...

Shonky.

Fucking shit.

/pulls own eyeballs out and screams

Is this out today?

@Pac:
Thanks!

@mcbi4kh2:
It's never too late to catch up on porn, you know. Remember, internet is your friend :-)

"Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Xbox 360 - £28.11 delivered"

Buying games from a WordPress blog = FAIL

It's not buying from the blog, the blog post has a link to the import retailer.

I am the author.

Sweet! I'm picking the Xbox 360 version up from a local import shop on Wednesday. Take THAT Sony! I have a PS3 but won't buy that version, ner ner.

The second Ghostbusters film was a cold, gelid turd floating in a puddle of fetid piss and rusty nails.

Anyone who liked it needs their heads checking for parasites. And that's not an opinion, that's 110% FACTITUS!!!


@EarlBassett - I know that's just your subjective view, but you're still a 'tard.

Does anyone know where you can import the PC version from the U.S.? It's not something I've ever done before since they normally release simultaneously worldwide (more or less) but despite the game only being £18 at Gameplay, I'm not sure I want to wait until 30th October to play it. I might have to though...

Played this last night on PS3. Great characters and set-up, great cut-scenes, great texturing and lighting, but pretty jerky/screen tearing and a teensy bit dull, IMHO. Maybe I'll give it another go...

Seriously, that is the worst review I have ever read on this site.
Written by someone with attention problems flitting around from one lame joke or pop culture reference to the next.

Just write a fucking review - leave the bullshit for a blog.


+1

I think I am going to wait till Terrahawks The Game comes out on the 360

Do you give other than 7/10

I rather enjoyed reading this review, I don't understand what some people are complaining about. You complain about reviewing a game too early, you complain about reviewing a game too late, you complain about high scores, you complain about low scores, you complain about above average scores. Which is what this game is 7/10 is rather good - just read the scoring policy.
I'm not sure what kind of fanboys are crying about the score now, Ghostbusters fanboys or PS3 fanboys? Or maybe just general bridge trolls?

Well I thought it was a cracking review and the game is pretty much all I hoped for. Will wait for the 360 release, of course, as I don't have a PS3 and can't be arsed importing (and I'm skint till Xmas).

However, one minor quibble - only people over 30 get excited by Ghostbusters, do they, Ellie? Really? OH REALLY? Well I'm 27 and after Transformers, Ghostbusters was probably the biggest and most exciting thing in my young life. Oh, and GB2 wasn't too bad either, though I haven't seen it in years.

Yeah, sod giving us anything entertaining to read. You think I read things for fun?

I just want facts. Dull, boring, facts dammit!

What perspective do you actually play this game from? I'm guessing it's 3rd person like Gears of War but in the screenshots I can only see the ghostbusters we know of, not this new recruit that we get to play as so I'm not sure now? Also the lack of offline co-op is a real shame, I'll still buy it though I guess.

Agree with Britesparc, btw. I'm 25, about to hit 26, and had all the merchandise as a kid. T-shirts, action figures, the works. Don't steal my childhood!

I'm buying this even though it does feel like Ellie curled one out into the mouth of my childhood! Now where's Back to the fuXking future - get on it Rockstar!!!

"Agree with Britesparc, btw. I'm 25, about to hit 26, and had all the merchandise as a kid."

Eh? Ghostbusters came out in 84, you were like what? one year old, if that?

@ Gradius

I benefitted from having a mum who worked from home and used to watch all the cartoons with me from a very young age, so I ended up really getting into things like GB and Transformers pretty much as soon as they came out (I've got Transformer comics from 1984, when I was two). Plus, I don't think the cartoon started till about 1986.

It's not like I went to the cinema to see the film, but we had a video, I had older cousins talking about it, I remember the cartoon starting, the comics, the toys... and being, generally, a very intelligent little chap I was capable of understanding things above my age range :-)

Maybe not the classic refrain "I want you inside me," - "I think there are too many people in there already", however.

@Gradius

Don't forget the sequel and the whole merchandising culture thing - it all pervaded for years, right through into the early 90s.

Definite buy for me & i might spring for the Blu Ray as well. Dunno if it's gonna be worth the hassle importing the 360 version & possibly getting stung by customs when the PS3 version is only 32.99 on Shopto. Decisions, decisions...

is eurogamer trying to re-define the scorings system? making a 7/10 once more a decent respectable score, rather than have anything below 9/10 be instantly mocked and disguarded.

*ponders*

Fair enough, I suppose I was born in the same year as Starwars and I still remember that as a film of my time..

'"Interesting how Eurogamer Spain gave this game 9/10"

Different people have different tastes... surprise :) '


Hence why the concept of a review is relatively pointless.

"Agree with Britesparc, btw. I'm 25, about to hit 26, and had all the merchandise as a kid."

Eh? Ghostbusters came out in 84, you were like what? one year old, if that?"

I'm 21 and remember having a lot of the toys as a kid. Still have Ecto-1 up in the roof space! They tend to make merchandise long after the films came out, though I think my stuff came mostly from the cartoons, but I do remember watching the films on TV when I was pretty young. The guy on the flying bike coming to take Oscar in the 2nd film scared the shit out of me.

The general feeling amongst reviews is it wouldn't be a good game without the Ghostbusters tie in.

To be fair Ellie didn't say no-one under 30 will know this. She said anyone over 30 will have nostalgia for the franchise. After all Star Wars was a big part of my childhood and I was born 3 years after it's release.

certainly don't mind humour in a review, but find skipping paragraph after paragraph because it has nothing to say about the product in question rather tedious

Maybe you should stick to factsheets and just check the Metacritic score.

7 is pretty high for a movie game, even if movie was released 3 decades ago. Buttttt buttt, This Ellie character, she keeps talking like a guy, it's creepy, and funny:P

@ UncleLou

I want to know about the game, simple as.

An introductory paragraph in journalism is accepted ("on my way to the interview..." etc)
But 5 of them? She doesn't actually talk about the game until the 6th paragraph.

This is a big release, and I trust EG for the most balanced, well-written review.
Someone else should have done this one. It is too big a release to be given the flippant 'wii' treatment

"Seriously, that is the worst review I have ever read on this site.
Written by someone with attention problems flitting around from one lame joke or pop culture reference to the next.

Just write a fucking review - leave the bullshit for a blog."

.................

I thought this was actually one of the best reviews I've seen on here. Entertaining from start to finish, but on top of that she actually described what it felt like to play the game. Far too many reviewers are wrapped up too deeply in the technical side of things.

Worst review? That'll be because it's impossible to actually read any of Dan Whitehead's stuff I take it?

Ctrl + H

Find "Considerably"
Replace with "barely"

I hate all puppies with wonky legs!!!111oneone

@Widge

"when you attack Stay Puft on Microsoft's console, you're making dramatic changes to his puffy exterior. On the PS3, these changes aren't as severe -- it's almost like a bruise rather than a fiery cut."

Sounds "considerably" too me.

edit: Looking forward to the inevitable face off.

Its missing embers!

@muscleblade - The 360 version has "considerably" better graphics... considerably?!? :?

The IGN review mentions that the PS3 version is missing some minor effects here and there, I don't see any mention of that version being significantly worst looking than the 360 version at all. Besides, I doubt anyone would be able to tell one version apart from the other in a comparison video if it wasn't for the on-screen button mappings. I'm sure Digital Foundry will do such a comparison video for their Head-to-Head.

Unless Stay Puft is onscreen for the majority of the game then I'm pretty confident that both versions with look nigh on identical 99% of the time. How is that 'considerably'? ;)