Eurogamer.es: Ghostbusters: The Video Game Review

Eurogamer.es : The Ghostbusters: The Videogame is the answer to the hidden dream of millions of kids during the 80 imagined picking up his team of protons and fasten the zipper brown monkey out to save the city assembled in the Ecto-1. This is the premise with which the Texan studio Terminal Reality will have the game and is something that is noted in each of the bits that compose it. What we have once adrenalitic their 8 hours of ectoplasmatic fun is the observation that is as close as we ever be a Ghostbusters.

[tatotiburon]

wow i didn't expect this review

[Gambit07]

Seriously, I'm shocked, I thought it would be in the 6-7 range.

[Beast_Master]

I heard it has online co-op too, I could barely understand the review, but it is looking like a buy for me. Now if Prototype ends up being reviewed well then I will be really broke in June.

[antt3]

I'm one of those 80's kids they're talking about. I've said from the beginning, I am looking forward to this game. I never went as far as saying it would be great, but I was certainly hoping it would be.

Now, once I read a couple reviews in English, I'll get a little more excited. :-)

[irish-leprecaun]

another great exclusive on ps3 for now at least!!

[IrishRepublicanArmy]

GHOSTBUSTERS!!!

edit: funny how eurogamer think this is better than infamous!!

[raztad]

ANSWER: its a multiplat game, so -1 discount to PS3 exclusives doesnt applies. EuroLamers are so lame. BTW, this is being eurogamers.ES (from Spain).

[Cupid_Viper_3]

Maybe its just that to them, all games should have guns in them, otherwise its not quite a game in their eyes.

INFAMOUS 7, GhostBusters 9 ???

Or maybe its something more sinister? like, lets actually lower the score for any big profile PS3 games and score the less profiled and talked about ps3 games fairly.

either way, this just proves that they're quite inconsistent with their reviews.

funny how game journalists these days think that their opinions are more important than the experiences a game offers. The best journalists in the world share things in common, they're all Humble and open minded.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Cupid: Or maybe they just didn't think it was worth more than a 7 and maybe Ghostbusters is a better game? I don't know where this false sense of entitlement that if a game is PS3 exclusive it's immediately elevated to a level unattainable by any multiplatform game. There all just subjective opinions anyway.

[Cupid_Viper_3]

1st of all, we are talking about 2 somewhat PS3 exclusive games, Infamous and GhostBusters.

secondly, It's been a fact known for generations now, that if a game is exclusive and first party, it is usually built to take full advantage of the HARDWARE it is being made for, compare to a multiplatform game that is in most cases, built on the lowest common denomitator for all the systems it will run on. EXAMPLE GTA4. there's no reason why GTA4 cant run as well as Uncharted except for the fact that it was multiplat, thats the only reason given the budget for the game.

3rd of all, Nobody but the DEVS themselves are saying that PS3 exclusive that they work on, are technically and visually better than the multiplats and other SYSTEM's exlcusives outthere. its not only the random bloggers outhere, but its people who actually make the games.

BTW here's whom you're defending http://forums.darkfallonlin...

against IGN, 1up, and many others..... GOODLUCK with that man.

oh and also, when it comes to negative reviews, there should be 2 rules, #1, it cannot score a 5 or below unless it's a crappy Wii game or game that looks like it could be done on the Wii.

and #2, game Journalists should have new requirement in their resume, it should be that you have had to actually work on video game before you talk about WHAT A GAME IS WORTH... my opinion of course.

[Sarcasm]

As a child of the 80s, I'm buying this.

[phosphor112]

I will buy this. I used to watch all the GB movies. Awesome stuff too. Great graphics at the time as well.

[Cheeseknight28]

Exclusive to PS3? It's still coming out on all platforms at the same time in America. Only Europeans 360/Wii owners got the shaft.

Before I get a ton of disagrees:
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/3...

"Sony has negotiated a shock 11th-hour deal to publish the official Ghostbusters game throughout PAL territories in June."

Note the PAL part.

And to Cupid: Eurogamer.es is not the site that gave inFamous a 7/10. That was Eurogamer.net, which is run by completely different editors.

[Freakwave003]

If there's something strange
in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call?

[jcgamer]

:)

[Obama]

Sony!

[II Necroplasm II]

lol

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Probably the cops...

[cmrbe]

Snake!!!!

[The_Devil_Hunter]

The Devil-Hunter obviously. lol

[Sarcasm]

Former President Bush?

[Matpan]

Depend´s on what is strange for a given neighbourhood... Say it is a place populated by old people and the "strange" thing happening is a hot cheerleader parade... I´d call my friends and have them bring beer ant throw an open-party inviting all the ladies...

There I am... daydreaming again...

[forumcudude]

PS3 baby! :)

[Kal1138]

I wouldn't use "Only on PS3 baby! :)" for a game that's a TIMED exclusive ONLY in Europe. It makes you look silly... :P

[kaveti6616]

That just proves without a shadow of a doubt that there are at least 6 people on this site that should, for all intents and purposes, not be able to use the internet.

[Nelson M]

And it dont look good
Who you gonna Call

BotBusters

Bot Bustin makes me feel good

[Kaneda]

FUNNY!

[TheMART]

You go girl!

Bust some PlaystationBots there are many around here since Sony Defense Force invaded N4G

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

Good 1;) I'll join you if you like ;-D

[talltony]

There are many around here since sony started beating the competition exclusive wise!

[EternalMesh]

Zipper Brown Monkey? Seriously?

Literal translations are barely worth the read. Sweet deal on the score though.

[Rifle-Man]

Really? After all that hype, I honestly thought that this one would be a total bomb.

But then again, anything's better than Ghostbusters on the Commodore 64.

[SprSynJn]

I would have imagined that too, but with Sony picking it up I gathered it was on a higher scale. I might just pick this game up myself at once point.

[slyjss]

I wanted it to be a good game, but being THAT good wasn't on my plans. It's going to be Day 1 for sure.

By the way: I am spanish, so I have read the original text, and that translation is really bad. I'm sorry you can't read it, as it is great.

[Traveler]

I speak Spanish too and the original review is good. The translation isn't very good.

Por cierto, de que parte de Espana eres? (perdona la falta de tildes)

[kaveti6616]

That's pretty much all I know. I need to learn the Spanish for "Don't shoot me please" if I ever get stranded in Tijuana. Just kidding. No, I'm not.

[PhDInParapsychology]

But then again look at my user name lol.

Slyjss what does the "Can you glide by the emergency bar on their barracks?" (¿Puedes deslizarte por la barra de emergencia que tienen en su cuartel?) part mean, if you don't mind me asking?

[Rifle-Man]

I think they're asking if you can slide down the pole in the fire station!

[slyjss]

I don't know how to say it in English. Anyway, in this video (the intro for Ghostbusters cartoon) you can see it on 0:24 to 0:26

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[GiantEnemyCrab]

You can slide down the poll in the fire station and there is even an achievement/trophy for it.

[ian72]

Must be good.
Infamous only got 7/10 from Eurogamer and Ghostbusters got 9/10.

Must be amazing game.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

It's a PS3 exclusive. Did you really think they'd let it outscore a multi-plat?

[skynidas]

Ghostbusters is also a PS3 exclusive on Europe

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

For a few months.

[Unicron]

Do you think Eurogamer actually plays anything for more than an hour?

Survey says - nope.

[Cheeseknight28]

Eurogamer.net =/= Eurogamer.es

[kaveti6616]

You guys do know you're essentially reading up on someone else's opinion of a game, and the only reason his opinion seems more credible than yours is because he has a fancy website and has connection within the industry. That's it. You might as check on my opinion.

[deshon09]

to hear

[Fishy Fingers]

Cant wait to get some co-op going with my buddies. Ghostbusters looks much better than I first imagined it would when originally announced.

Read today that they're all getting back together for another movie too :)

[II Necroplasm II]

Just get these ready.

[cmrbe]

those look like Polyloggers for transformers that we use.

[II Necroplasm II]

Nah, these are the real deal. ..they still work

[lordgodalming]

Hate to break it to you, Fishy, but I think local co-op for the campaign is only available on Wii. At least, that's what the Wii dev says in this interview:

http://g4tv.com/xplay/previ...

Bummed me out a bit, although I'm pretty much buying for the single player campaign.

[a3290]

9 out of 10!!!
Shock and Awe

[AKNAA]

OMG!that avatar of yours cracks me up! lol!

[Cajun Chicken]

Colour me impressed, good investment, Sony. If not a bit unfair on a few owners, mainly the Wii audience.

[heyheyhey]

and everyone wondered why Sony would go after Ghostbusters!

great score

[MGOelite]

did these guys not hear that its ps3 exclusive lol?

[LuHawk]

you mean time exclusive in europe

[redsquad]

Still not convinced this is a 'must have' for me.

[NegativeCreep427]

I didn't expect a score this high, and this is just for the PS2 version. Hopefully the PS3 version is better than this (and I'm not just talking visually)!

In regards to the films, everything was better in the 80's and 90's. Case in point, that band that is displayed in my avatar still rules over all the Fallout Boy, Jonas Brothers-type Bullsh*t music of today!

[cmrbe]

Reminds me of Hanson in the 90's. Completely overrated.

I wish someone would bring back rock and roll like the who and Zepplins era.

Rock music nowdays is more like pop rock. No structure, no soul.

[NegativeCreep427]

Don't even get me started on Hanson!

Which I believe the Jonas Brother's are the Hanson of this decade!!!

Will anybody be listening to the Jonas Brother's 15 years from now? I would wager no!!!!

[xg-ei8ht]

Shock and Awe

You sound like Bush.

But he should have said, stupid and wrong.

[cmrbe]

Better than Infamous??. What is going on with Eurogamer??.

[tatotiburon]

what? is imposible that a game is better than infamous?..have you played Ghostbusters?

[cmrbe]

Infamous is better than GB.

[Kal1138]

Even if Ghostbusters sucked it would have been better than infamous. It's Ghostbusters! :D

[UltimateIdiot911]

Eat it Activision. I hope Ghostbuster do extremely well.

[ultimolu]

Oh wow, I'll definitely check this one out.

[TheMART]

Hell, where did that review come from so suddenly? PS2 review? 9 out of 10?

Jees, first game made based on a movie that seems to be allright then! I also was looking forward to Transformers as a thing from my childhood, but it was terrible.

Fingers crossed this will really be such a good game when it arrives on my 360.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

These guys are soo damn inconsistent.

[dylandurden]

The various Eurogamer sites aren't connected. Every nation (Franch, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc.) has its own reviewers and staff.

The ONLY one biased is the Eurogamer UK. They're clearly a bunch of 360 fanboys for the most part.

But Eurogamer of Spain and other countries is not biased, I can assure you :D

Anyway, I'm italian and I always post on the Italian EG, which is the better in my opinion. We have GOOD and COMPETENT reviewers. I'm even friend with one of them and he has a little preference towards the PS3... another likes Nintendo mostly... while the boss of the site is a 360 fan. But they're all intelligent people and unbiased!

Try checking out the italian scores instead of the british, they're WAAAY more accurate and thrustworty.

[Traveler]

ma non capisco l'italiano.

[dylandurden]

Lol, I wouldn't say so ;)

But anyway, numbers are international, aren't they? A 9 is 9 :D

[kr3at0r]

As a staff member from Eurogamer.es I'm getting tired of this inFamous nonsense (seen it at GameSpot too). Guys... Eurogamer.es is NOT Eurogamer.net. Just part of the same network, but with totally different (and independent) staffs. I don't know why they gave it a seven (although I do respect their opinion, which I might or not share), but we haven't even reviewed it yet. In either case, we're talking about Ghostbusters, not about inFamous... comparing it just by the score is plain wrong. As a reviewer I can't emphasize enough about this: the important part of a review is the text, the number at the end is just a formality.

And whoever said that the review was done after an hour of playing... the guy who wrote it didn't even sleep last night as he completed the whole game before reviewing it. Please don't bash the reviewer based on false facts.

[dylandurden]

Bubbles for you, and keep up the good work with Eurogamer.es ;D

[Traveler]

Yes, I wish more people understood this. Thank you.

[josh14399]

wtf infamous got a crap score compared to this. seriously talk about eurogame having inconsistent scores. bet the reviewer is a ghostbusters fanboy lol because i reckon if it werent ghostbusters the review would lose like 2 points

[Javier19]

Damn, guess its worth a rent afterall

[Theoneneo81]

good to hear i preorded my copy yesterday cant wait for it to come to the states!

Now Bring on Ghostbusters 3. Wich starts filming this winter Cant wait!

[tiamat5]

No way! Ghostbusters is good too? Damn it. If Batman Arkum Asylum is aces too, I'll be broke by the end of the year. Ghostbusters, Infamous, Demon Souls, Batman Arkum Asylum,God of War 3, Uncharted 2,Fat Princess.....Gasp.....Killzone DLC...... Ratchet and Clank:CIT.... Cool game overload......Wallet can't take the strain.....Cough!!!Cough!!!!! Need money,stat. Please give me money.Anyone? Dying from input overload here!

[ElementX]

Day 1. I've always dreamt of being a Ghostbuster.

[Supernatural24]

Anybody buddy else hearing the theme song !?

[XDF]

Ghostbusters (x360) here I come. Exclusives to PS3?????? Not in America..LMFAO at the ignorant PS3 fanboys.

[Gun_Senshi]

i thought it would be 5/10 range

[Matpan]

OH OH OH!!! I am soooooo getting this game :)

[kaveti6616]

Both infamous and Ghostbusters are, according to this random reviewer from this random gaming site, great games and seemingly worth having. That being said, the reviews are just someone elses opinion. So it something seems inconsistent with you then maybe you should seek answers elsewhere.

[firstjump]

great review! Ghostbusters has been my favorite thing since seeing the Real Ghostbusters cartoon on TV in the 80s. This game has re-kindled my interests and so I picked up the Real Ghostbusters volume 1 on dvd last week to hold me over till the game comes out. Because of this review, I'm fully confident that it will be just as good- maybe even better- than I had hoped! Can't wait!

[spectre251]

I used to watch that show everyday when i was growing up. I can't believe they finally released it on DVD. I'm going to go and get the volume 1 dvd as soon as I can man. Do you know when the Volume 2 DVD comes out?