Lots of Ghostbusters fans. Just because you don't want it doesn't mean lots of other people don't.
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Ghostbusters: The Videogame Remastered reveal
- Thread starter jrpl
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I had an opportunity a few years ago to interview a Sony licensing executive and he told me at the time that this game was what essentially set the stage for the revival of the Ghostbusters brand. The 2016 movie, the planned new animated TV show (which appears in limbo now), and their other brand efforts were all a result of the Ghostbusters video game exceeding expectations and proving there was still an audience for it.
He then told me that they were working on another Ghostbusters video game with Activision, which turned out to be the awful 2016 game. Felt bad for him once it got revealed because I think his own expectations were higher.
This is a long-winded way of saying that my guess is this remaster is another trial run to gauge brand interest and if it does well you can expect another Ghostbusters revival.
He then told me that they were working on another Ghostbusters video game with Activision, which turned out to be the awful 2016 game. Felt bad for him once it got revealed because I think his own expectations were higher.
This is a long-winded way of saying that my guess is this remaster is another trial run to gauge brand interest and if it does well you can expect another Ghostbusters revival.
I think an X-Com like GB game would be even more rad (what I mean by that is the X-com tactical combat in the GB universe).
Loved this game and would kill for an Insomniac developed GB game. They even included a GB Easter egg in Spider-Man.
I have owned the Wii version (loved it) for years. Time to pick up another version.
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Alright........
Game was nothing to write home about.
One of the PS3 trophies were glitched which was hilarious. Wonder if that will get fixed lol.
Game was nothing to write home about.
One of the PS3 trophies were glitched which was hilarious. Wonder if that will get fixed lol.
In the game they pretty much all sounded like they were just their to collect a paycheck. But, in hindsight, it was cool to have Harold Ramis play Egon one last time before he passed away :(
I actually have been mentioning wanting this game to get a remaster dozens of times over the last few years to my friends lol. But I get the hunger for GTA IV. V just didn't match that atmosphere for me.
I speculated the reason they took the 2016 game off the store (aside from the quality) was to make room for this remaster, so pleased it's happening.
There is a soft reboot / Ghostbusters 3 movie coming out in July 2020, so I guess this is leading into that.
I want them to bring back J. Michael Straczynski's Real Ghostbusters to Netflix or as a videogame, because it was better than the films and they don't run into likeness or canon issues.
I thought it was mediocre but I'm very happy it's getting remastered. A game bringing back the original cast one last time and basically being Ghostbusters 3 should not be forgotten about.
I think most people preferred the 360/PS3/PC game, but the Wii version was commendable for having split screen co-op for the campaign and a unique look to it.
Exactly. It's fun, some great setpieces, but overall nothing great gameplay wise... but what makes it special is the (canon?) plot and getting the original actors to play their roles after two decades.
I've always wanted to play this since I was a huge Ghostbusters fan as a kid, but the steam version has just been sitting on my back burner for years. I guess I might as well get the remake now lol.
Hell yes, I'm down. It's a very "ok" game, but I enjoyed it for what it was and miss it nowadays.
I'm aware. Sony's original plan for the Ghostbusters IP in the mid-2010s was much larger than just movies. It was going to be like the late-'80s again and Ghostbusters was going to be everywhere. Then the 2016 film released poorly and everything else was scrapped or delayed.
Never finished it, purchased the ps3 version for dirt cheap years ago. Hope they improve more than just the resolution. Framerate was hurting
I feel like this might have been better off on the next generation of consoles with some real time raytraced lighting but I'm happy to finally play it. I love the films but I was too obsessed with Street Fighter to play anything else when it came out.
Awesome. I loved this game. I still have my PS3 copy, but I'm excited to revisit it on the PS4!
I hope to god that there are no online trophies for this. It's what stopped me from getting the platinum on the PS3.
Well apparently the initiative from the new ceo is for all three divisions(music, movie/tv and games) to work more closely together so you might see that happening going forward. We already see Playstation productions planning movies with Sony pictures to distribute.
Hm, odd. Maybe it was just the uniqueness that people liked and the coop then. I could have sworn I remembered people being just sorta "meh" about the ps3/360 version and the Wii one actually being more unique and entertaining.
EDIT: Whoops, it was announced for PC in some hours after I entered the thread lol
Considering it looks to be an epic games exclusive, no.
It has the epic games store logo at the end of one of the trailers.
Vanilla-tier upgrades I'm anticipating:
- 4K resolution on PS4 Pro/Xbox One X
- PC-quality textures on console
- Frame rate improvements on consoles
- Reduced loading times on consoles
My mind could be confused, but I remember the Wii version being better than the PS360 versions.
Well, depending of the deal, I could pick it.
Well, depending of the deal, I could pick it.
yeah that was what I was remembering. The PS360 versions were sorta generic 3rd person shooter with generic gameplay, where the wii version had a cool artstyle, better gameplay, and coop.
Full disclosure: I didn't play either version, just remembering the threads on the old site