Ghostbusters Preview

Ghostbusters the video game… Finally!

Preview written by Rotary87 on 2/10/09
Last edited on 2/10/09

Alright so everyone has probably heard that whole story of "the best movie to come out of the 80s was Ghostbusters" But guess what you're not gonna hear that here! Oh wait no you just did, you know what lets start over Hi I'm Rotary87 and guess what looks like something strange is in the neighborhood. Ghostbusters the Video game due out this June to coincided with the films original theatrical release and the release of Ghostbusters on Blu-Ray. But I digress this is about the video game and not the movies… or is it?

Ghostbusters the video game actually started life as a screenplay written by Dan Aykroyd to be the third movie. But with everything working against the movie the script laid dormant for a while untill talk of a cgi movie began to kick around. Then the cgi kept moving but the movie talk stopped when test shots of a Ghostbusters game leaked out. Again things worked against the boys in grey as the game production stopped because of licensing. All untill Sierra and Terminal Reality stepped in, partnered with Sony and got the real Ghostbusters Video Game started.

Written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis the game picks up two years after Ghostbusters 2 ends. With the first new member of the Ghostbusters being hired because the Ghostbusters new found fame keeps them rather busy dealing with the undead scum of New York and because Egon has some new equipment that looks like even the guys don't want to try out. But soon they realize somethings amiss when the spiritual activity in the city takes an unexpected turn for the worst.

The game not only features an original storyline written by Aykroyd and Ramis it also features them returning along with fellow busters Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson to voice the guys. Along with them returning are Annie Potts as Janine and William Atherton as Mr. Pecker, I mean Walter Peck.

Now we got a new story and an original cast what do we have for game play you may ask and if your not, ASK IT!! Well along with the normal single player story mode you can also play online with up to four three friends and pal around in the multiplayer games which posts friend against friend or co-op play. Along with that are the announcements of downloadable content too for the big systems, other info however is still hush hush. Ghostbusters the Video Game is also coming out cross platform and I MEAN cross platform PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, Ds and Pc. While the Big players (PS3, 360, PC) get the stunning cinematic graphics, the Wii and PS2 get a more cartoonie look but still features the same storyline. the Ds game gets a totally different treatment with a more rpg based game for the kids.

Still Ghostbusters the video game looks to be one of the major titles coming out this year. Look forward to it's June 16th release date and remember Sometimes Shit happens somebody has to deal with it and who ya gonna call?

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