It looks like developer Terminal Reality’s fab 2009 Ghostbusters video game might be getting the remaster treatment – if a new listing from the Taiwanese ratings board is to be believed, at least.
Ghostbusters: The Video Game, if you’re unfamiliar, released for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC back in 2009 – and offered a third-person action romp that was, from a purely mechanical perspective, to .
On the merely alright front, there’s a lot of traipsing around linear environments with not a whole lot to do. Thankfully though, things take a turn for the properly good courtesy of the game’s wonderfully satisfying, proton-pack-wielding combat, which is consistently enjoyable, and pretty much top-tier wish fulfilment for any 80s child.
Where Ghostbusters: The Video Game goes from good to , however, is in its authenticity. Right from the opening Columbia Pictures ident, ripped straight from the start of the original Ghostbusters movie, the game is a pure nostalgia overload. And it does a wonderful job of capturing the verve and wit of the beloved franchise – in large part thanks to heavy involvement from original Ghostbusters scribe Dan Aykroyd.
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Aykroyd repurposed all sorts of unused ideas from earlier movie treatments, and even reprised his role (along with the other original Ghostbusters: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson) specifically for the game. Cue jokes, a pitch-perfect atmosphere, and some wonderfully imaginative set-pieces, all adding up to Grade-A fan-pleasing fun.