Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered

It's been a while since I played this game. Well, technically, I have never played THIS game. This is the first time I played the 2019 'Remastered' version of the 2009 "Ghostbusters" game. Not that I really can tell the difference between the original and the remaster that came out a decade later. The textures are a bit sharper, I guess, and they changed the color balance some. Still, the original game captured the look and feel of the movies fairly well, and the remaster doesn't do too much to improve upon that. If all you have is the original, you aren't really missing out by not playing the remaster. Actually, in some respects the Remaster seemed slightly worse. Not visually or in gameplay, but a lot of the scripted events seemed less snappy; I'd be waiting for the characters to move into position to open doors or react to events in a way I didn't recall when I first played the game in 2009. It added a sense of artificiality to the experience; a reminder that this wasn't a fun movie but digital puppets waiting for the perfect moment to say do their thing. Maybe the original game suffered the same problem... but I don't remember it that way. Nonetheless, it was a fairly minor issue. The gameplay is adequate. To be quite honest, it's the second weakest part of the title. The ghost wrangling was fun, but unfortunately that only occupied a fraction of the game. A lot of the enemies were monstrosities you simply shot at until they vaporized. It was only the bigger ghoulies you had to wrestle into the ghost-traps; the smaller fry were hordes of easily defeated poltergeists whose main tactic was to simply run into you. Also, while some of the level design was fantastic, about half of the levels were overly long, linear and repetitive slogs. They were all great to look at, filled with lots of interesting details... but in terms of gameplay some of the levels could have used an editor's touch. I said the gameplay was the second-worst bit of the game; the worst was the voice-acting. Well, not all the voice-acting. Most of the characters --almost all played by the actors from the original movies-- jumped into their roles with gusto, and it was terrific to hear them reprise their roles. With one exception: Bill Murray gave such a lackluster performance that he brought down every scene he was in. Despite this, the game is remarkably fun, and captures everything I loved about the original films. It does a great job of wrapping up the lose ends from the first two movies --much better than the sequels that came out years later-- and I've always considered this to be the 'real' third movie in the franchise. The game captures that weird mix of dry humor, sci-fi action, and supernatural horror that made the movies so memorable. It's not the greatest game in the world, but it definitely is the best Ghostbusters game ever made, and fans of the franchise need to play it at least once.

Saber Interactive betrayed its customers and its creators.

If you are a fan of SNL movies, the 80s and 90s and Ghostbusters, this is hands down something you will love playing from start to finish! Hands down the best video game based on the property, and it's a must for fans of third person shooters! Definitely worth every playthrough you give it!

busting makes me feel good

Gross, I stepped in Saber Interactive.

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A fantastic game for anyone who is even remotely a fan of Ghostbusters. Strap on that proton pack and save the city already!

this game is great. like reeeally great. i played this back in the day on the xbox 360 as a kid and remembered loving it but never beat it. it has the comedy, the banter, the spooks, and all the interesting ghosts and world ending events that are featured in the two movies. the creators themselves say that THIS game is the 3rd ghostbusters movie that we never got, and i agree. the one and ONLY con of this game, is theres no steam cloud saves at all. i got off my pc to lay in bed and finish it on my legion go s steam os edition, booted the game up, clicked play and didnt see a continue career option. i closed the game and checked the game page and what do you know it doesnt have cloud saves at all. so i ended up streaming the game via steams remote play which was actually pretty great and ended up finishing the game that way. i got this game for like $10 on a key site and for that price and tbh even $20 i'd still buy this game. its fun, not too long but also not too short, and is perfect for you if youre a ghostbusters fan.