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Why in god's name was this game so based? It's the gold standard for 'franchise: the game'. Original cast and writers, on point dialogue, story that feels like it fits the setting and gameplay that is a genuine attempt to turn Ghostbusters into something mechanically satisfying and fun while making it distinct from just being a third person shooter.
>that new vidya coming out that looks like an iOS for $50
top kuck
>>342973189
Meanwhile, the 2009 game barely broke even despite selling over a million units.
>>342972075
>The first few chapters just have you playing bits from the old movies and even the game rolling its eyes at it
>Last few are freaky Tim Burton meets Silent Hill shit with darker humor and actual scares and horror elements
>Real character development. The original crew makes fun of the Rookie dying at first like claiming dibs on his stuff. Final few levels they actually start caring and getting upset if you die
I know reviewers shit on it for the last sections being hard and grindy but fuck they were actually unique.
>>342973562
Development hell since Activision bought the publisher and tried to shut development down. Atari (Infogrammes) bought the rights but Activision fucked with it enough it had to launch PS3 exclusive in some regions while other versions came later.
Really Deserved better.
>those fucking gargoyles
>that "an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" line you hear 93945 times because of dying to them
>endless revive>die>revive cycles in boss battles
Game was great but it had some big flaws.
I just wish that the game had better keyboard support and weird performance issues.
>>342974050
>dying
GIT GUD
So what the fuck is the new game gonna be like? Similar to this?
>>342974742
You play that shitty Sanctum of Slime game? Like that.
>>342974742
It's going to be shit.
>>342973756
>Development hell since Activision bought the publisher and tried to shut development down. Atari (Infogrammes) bought the rights but Activision fucked with it enough it had to launch PS3 exclusive in some regions while other versions came later.
why?
I might actually look into this
I thought it was just some random, shitty licensed video game.
But it looks like it has genuine love put into it.
Does anyone remember the King Kong game? That was another weirdly too good licensed video game
>>342976007
I don't know about the last-gen cartoony version but the PS360 game is as close as we're getting to a Ghostbusters 3.
>>342975859
That might actually have to do with the fact that Sony pictures owns the property and may have forced a timed exclusivity for Sony's console in certain regions.
But that's just my speculation.
>>342976007
There have been a handful like the ghostbusters game and that king kong game where someone apparently really tries to put care into it even though they're aware it's shovelware.
The ghost rider game was essentially god of war reskinned as ghost rider.
>>342976007
This one and the tarzan game also felt like they were sort of cared about but not completely.
>>342976321
Sony also commissioned the game in the first place, in addition to having a sequel tied to now dead plans for a Ghostbusters 3.
>>342976509
Damn you're right, they were good. The Hercules one was also
>>342974491
>Keyboard
You're playing a videogame not doing a spreadsheet for your boss.
If I buy the game during the steam sale, should I use a controller, or is KB+M fine?
>>342976404
I'm not going to say it was great, but the Matrix game was pretty interesting for the time. When most movie games just had you rehashing scenes from the movie, that one tried to tell a sort of bridging story between two movies. I kinda liked it.
We know why you're REALLY here, OP. ;)
>>342977217
I'm not going to see it.
>>342977198
I remember that games bullet time being so abusive I could actually easily whomp the shit out of agent smiths with it, even though you're not supposed to.
>>342976007
It's pretty much Ghostbusters 3.
>>342976193
The wii version is actually pretty good. Obviously it doesn't have the same appeal as seeing the actual likeness of the actors but the motion controls work. It's arguably even more. And it has couch co-op.
>>342977198
I loved Enter the Matrix. The hacking mini game was fun too.
Another one that felt like it wasn't totally half-assed.
Did disney just manage to do shovelware well?
No love for Genesis Aladdin?
>>342977640
disney had a lot of good licensed games during the 16 bit era, not sure what happened.
The IDW Ghostbusters comics actually acknowledge the events of the game, treating it as an official GB3, which the comics then continue on form. The Rookie even cameos a few times.
>>342977640
A lot of Disney's early games were made by SEGA and Capcom (back when those companies were decent), hence why they were so good. There were a few good Disney games when Virgin took over in the 32-bit era, but after that they just became shovelware cash-ins.
I remember my Aunt got me this for Christmas and it felt like that scene in The Simpson's when Bart wanted Bonestorm and Marge bought him that golf game. Then when I actually started playing it I had an absolute blast.
>>342972075
Still fucking love this game, completely aces the feel of the movies and making you feel like part of the team. New movie should have just been a variation of this instead of a "haha look they're all women now!!!!" retread.
Just have to remember to play it with a controller since mouse acceleration is forced on and fucks with aiming.
>>342977964
>The IDW Ghostbusters comics
No doubt that they're the main focus but it acknowledges everything. Wouldn't be surprised if the new all-female Ghostbusters will make it's way in there too.
>>342977836
They stopped working with Capcom and hired someone cheaper. That's literally it.
Speaking of great Franchise: The Game, just played Bam Ham Asylum for the first time last week and went on a binge this weekend to 100% it. So fucking good. We need more Metroidvania inspired 3D action adventures.
>>342976404
The Ghost Rider game is a big love letter to the character. Had some good music too
And putting a GR skin over GOW sounds like the best idea ever cause GOW is pretty lame.
Incoming GOAT licensed capeshit game.
Perfect mechanics and gameplay out of a Frank game, plenty of gore, and cameos galore.
>>342979101
There was also the Nightmare Before Christmas game that was essentially DMC reskin.
>>342976007
Like the others said, it's more or less Ghostbusters 3. The entire cast returns and the writing of Akyroid and Ramis is in top form. About the only flaws are a lack of Sigourney Weaver and Murray literally phoning in his performance. Everyone else puts in just as much enthusiasm as they did in the films though, and it's notable for being one of the last things Ramis did before passing.
>>342972075
Is it worth $2.50?
>>342978883
Yup. People bitch about the combat being easy but I don't think it's an issue. City is great but I personally enjoyed Knight the most. I think it's a good mixture of Asylum's atmosphere with City's open world. The side missions are also top tier, especially with the Season of Infamy DLC.
>>342979663
Easily worth twice that.
>>342976404
King Kong put the fucking fear of dinosaurs back into me.
I can still remember that gaping saliva leaking mouth getting closer and closer toward me.
>>342979280
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrvzSr6arP8
This and Manhunt were the shit when i was an edgy teen
>>342978460
Probably not since the new one is supposed to be a reboot and anyone who actually cares about Ghostbusters isn't likely to care about it.
Just a tad disappointed you couldn't create the rookie based on your appearance. The trailers had the tagline "you are the fifth Ghostbuster" so I assumed some character creator.
So is the Fallout Boy version of ghostbusters the theme song for the new movie?
>>342977217
What if I told you that this movie isn't the worst thing ever
>Not a shitty '''''''remake''''''
>Actually a sequel to the last movie
>>342982183
Is it a sequel to two or one?
>>342972075
ps4 port with more realistic models when? they looked good at the time but now I want better
>>342982183
It's a sequel but it's apparently done weird as hell.
>fembusters can't afford the old ghostbusters firehouse so they stick with some dump
so the old ghostbusters were totally a thing but
>old ghostbusters actors have cameos but not as their old characters
?????
>>342982265
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ugHP-yZXw
10 seconds in
>>342982518
>It's a sequel but it's apparently done weird as hell.
They had one job, Make the main characters qts
Not have creditworthy humor
>>342982545
Oh i didn't get a good look at teh picture and thought it was a lego movie version of the original ghostbusters which is why i asked.
>>342976509
See I remember that being pretty good but that version in particular got absolutely savaged critically. I played it again recently and it's still alright. The seed management was pretty good.
Also X Men Origins managed to be several orders of magnitude better than the abortion it's based on.
>>342975142
It was so utterly depressing to see this. I'm sure they'll blame the poor sales on the game on the media backlash from the movie and not on what is likely going to be completely broken mechanics and gameplay.
Whoever thought doing another isometric four-player game was the best way to go about this should be permanently banned from developing games in the future.
>>342979283
>Nightmare Before Christmas game that was essentially DMC reskin
Holy shit, I forgot about this game. If the combat is like DMC1, then I am fucking sold. Kinda hard to judge the combat by gameplay vids tho.
>>342983145
Combat worked sort of like dante's styles, it was basically just changing forms (pumpkin king, normal jack with the slime whip thing, santa jack) and performing combos with them.
Boss fights were musical quicktime events.
>>342982545
So is Slimer not as unique now that apparently every ghost can slime people now?
>>342983379
Slimer isn't unique for that and also that they've actually made him a girlfriend that looks exactly like him but with a pink bow or some shit.
>>342973189
Why the fuck are they even making another Sanctum of Slime game
Who asked for this
>>342972075
is the PC version good?
>>342979663
I'd still pay $20 for it. It is, for all intents and purposes, the third Ghostbusters movie in playable format. Plus the 360 still has online multiplayer if I'm not mistaken, which was loads of fun.
>>342983924
Very
>>342984072
thanks, will pick it up since it's extremely cheap now
I don't think that game was particularly good when it comes to gameplay. I mean sure it was a blast essentially watching a third ghostbusters movie play out in front of me through the cutscenes and in-level interactions but the gameplay never felt right. It didn't help that after a certain point it devolved into a third person shooter that just happened to have gimmicky weapons instead of normal guns.
Now Luigi's Mansion, that's a ghostbuster game. It just feels right and while it'd be better if it was actually themed on the movie with the cast and all that the gameplay as solid.
>>342977217
If there's a higher rez version of this image I need a "2016 MOVIE!" cutout.
Honestly don't think Spiderman 2 is that good generally speaking but that web slinging is fucking perfection. Only reason I even give half a shit about new spiderman games in development is because I tell myself "maybe it'll have cool web slinging again." It never does, but still.
>>342984825
What always kills it for me is having all those combos and having random thugs just no-sell most of them.
http://youtu.be/0tdyU_gW6WE
>>342982078
>one of the most hummable themes in movie history
>remove any traces of a distinctive tune to it
>add pointless "attitude"
>>342982078
>Fallout Boy version of ghostbusters
what
>>342987981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iCasKqtVxQ
Not posting the main upload as to not give it any help.
Shit, I just remembered picking the PC version up a while back and never getting around to it for some reason. Time to try it now
>>342988231
There should be a word for that feeling of going into something expecting it to be godawful and then having it be even worse than your wildest imagination.
>>342988295
It's probably the best Movie based game out there.
>>342988601
>what is goldeneye 007
>>342988231
Unfortunately, the ending sucked and felt pretty rushed. Rest of the game was pretty darn solid.
>>342988678
One of the best, but not the best. I could also list Spider-man 2, Mad Max, or the Return of the King game.
I still say Ghostbusters is better though.
Wow. Like I needed another reason to hate Fall Out Boy.
>>342988231
I dont understand how anyone can make something that was as catchy as the Ghostbusters theme and just make it sound so bland.
The only thing I didn't like is that there isn't much replay value.
>>342974050
Those fucking CHERUBS, or where they the same as the gargoyles?
I regret selling this game, it's been more than 5 years since I've played it. Shame how it didn't offer a decent co-op mode, since the campaign can get pretty stale once you've beaten it and know what happens.
>>342982078
>Fallout Boy
It's like they sat down and tried to shit all over the original series as hard as they could.
What's next? Caitlyn Jenner's going to be the 5th ghostbuster?
>>342989032
I've never understood the appeal (apparently SOME PEOPLE want it or else they wouldn't do it) of taking an old disco/oldies rock etc song and updating it with young tweenpop bands.
Wow, lets take something that wasn't really like much else and make it into something like everything else.
The ghostbusters theme is catchy as shit and groovy, people always throw it on at halloween parties and go nuts to it.
>>342989274
They cherubs.
The gargoyles were easy as fuck, even on professional but those goddamn cherubs.
It's like they purposely put that in there so you couldn't just fly through the game in under 2 hours.
>>342988954
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume the conversation went like this
>Hey Fall Out Boy, here's a sack of money, do a remake of the ghostbusters theme that will appeal to tweens.
>Yeah sure, we love money and don't give a fuck about this garbage looking reboot, why not
>>342989529
Those motherfuckers would one-shot you. It was hell during that cemetery area.
Is $20 for it used too much? Really want to replay it.
>>342977302
>Post yfw James UNJUSTED himself
ATTENTION BOYS ITS 2 DOLLARS ON STEAM RIGHT NOW TBQHWYF
>>342976681
Sony Pictures did it after a studio pitched it as a multiplatform game and signed it to Vivendi. But the studio that pitched the original footage never got the contract. After Vivendi got purchased, Activision tried to can it. Were told they weren't allowed then sold on the rights (Same thing happened with Brutal Legend). Atari bought the rights. Then Activision sued the companies that bought the rights because they believed they should have a cut of the game. Atari got fucked and the case was only dropped once EA got Activision's assess kicked by a judge over Brutal Legend. But the game was so overdue that they could only release multiplatform. Sony grabbed co-publishing rights in Japan and Europe on PS3 to get the game out as they had invested in the game and wanted it to be out. While other platforms had to wait for months in other regions which hurt the sales of the game. Especially since the PS3 version was liquid shit with ghastly framerate problems and a really low resolution (360 version wasn't 720P. Around 640P and the framerate held up better). It ended Terminal Reality and Atari as a major publisher on top of that.
It's one of the reasons no one touches licenced games these days because doing a huge AAA based on a license can be a massive gamble
>>342990181
it's $2.49 on steam
>>342990380
My PC sucks shit, but still, thank you anon.
Might come in cheaper buying it through steam in the future rather than $15-20 for the ol' 360
>>342990676
Anyone can run it I think it's pretty old
>>342990676
The only upside to buying the 360 is if you're an achievement hunter.
Otherwise I would just buy the steam version.
Unless your PC's like 10 years old, it should be able to run it fun.
>>342990676
It's an 09 or 10 game. You should be able to run it fine.
>>342980171
jeez the shitty fucking censoring they had to implement because moms got upset over virtual polygonal bodies getting destroyed with low res jpg's of red appeared as blood lmao
>>342983363
Because of this game I know where the button placements are for the PS controller.
>>342987556
>>342989503
Sony is doing everything they can to keep from paying more royalties to Huey Lewis. Pretty sure the case could be made to keep Ray Parker Jr. from getting any money from this too but who knows.
>>342979280
>Perfect mechanics and gameplay out of a Frank game,
Game was great but I wouldn't say the mechanics were perfect for Punisher. My big gripe is that after you interogate someone and then you decide to kill them, you'd lose points.
In the comics Frank would NEVER let the criminal go. A choice of frank is not get info or die, its "die slow or die quick"
Plus the game makes the baffling decision to put all these unique execution scenes and lines but through the game logic these are all failures. In essence, for you to see all the game content, you purposely have to fail these interrogations which goes against what the Punisher would do in the comics.
>>342993537
ESRB mandated it for an M-Rating due to their rules on "Prolonged violence". You can mod the Xbox Huge version to disable the scores, black and white and camera pullbacks though.
It's tame as fuck compared to what something like MKX does these days.
>>342988231
>>342993848
I'm not made of the black and white and pullouts. It was the point deduction that didn't make sense
Superior Ghostbusters remake coming through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pam6hXC2XSE
>>342976321
If I remember, the UK release on PS3 was the same day as the blu-ray release of Ghostbusters. I remember there being tie in posters all around at the time.
On the topic of licensed games, is the Telltale Back to the Future game good?
>>342995518
It's flawed and suffers from early Telltale rampant asset resuse and some "rub everything on everything until the plot goes" puzzles, but it's still recognizeably Back to the Future, and could be viewed as the "4th movie" if you like.
>>342995518
I enjoyed it a lot but you gotta remember going in that it's a telltale game from when they were still trying to pretend their games had puzzles and were point and clicks and not just, for lack of a better term, interactive experiences.
>>342972075
I thought it was shit
>>342982518
Sounds like rewrites at the last minute.
>>342984348
Now I want a Ghostbusters game set in a haunted house where they search and capture ghosts while unlocking newer areas in the house and solving puzzles.
![SUL1D[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/h5Kszzl.jpg "SUL1D[1].jpg")
>ghostbusters 2016.jpg
>>342997638
I can't wait for "sexists" to get blamed if it doesn't do well.
>>342997929
Is there already a film equivalent to the Tortanic?
