Be a Ghostbuster in this twin stick shooter in which you play as a new Ghostbuster recruit and fighting ghost in the city.
General Gameplay
Ghostbusters is a twin-stick, 4-player co-op shooter in which you play as 4 different Ghostbusters in a story that takes place after the 2016 movie. The Game Visuals are done in a ¾ isometric style view in which you have full view of the level and your surroundings. All the game graphics and backgrounds are very easy to find on the screen. The game has basic detail in which you can tell what is going on always. The game characters are very easy to see on the screen as well enemies. Colors are very vibrant and, in our play, testing we did not encounter any issues with the colors on the screen, however for gamers that are going to take advantage of the 4-player co-op there were some times in which it was hard to keep track of the player movement in the game (more on this in our Family Friendly section of our review). Audio as you would expect in the game from the proton pack firing, to ghost screaming and other audio objects in the background. The game has basic background music in the levels as also there are voice overs for the characters. There was no fowl language in the game and it would be as equal to the banter that you would hear in a children’s cartoon in the afternoon. The game does support 5.1 surround sound, and also headset support. There was nothing that we heard offensively in the sound, so it should be fine for younger gamers to play. As being a twin-stick shooter, the game is easy to Control and play. The controls are designed for newer gamers to play the game. The left thumb stick controls the character, and the right is to shoot. The shoulder buttons are used to switch from primary weapon to the proton pack and throw your grenade. There is a roll button and to use your PKE meter. The game is designed to be more of the family/young children to play and with this style of controls it makes it easy to play. In our play testing we did notice that some of the button layouts were a little hard for some gamers to use to as the X button for the roll and switching from proton pack to regular weapon as well. This was more with our younger gamers that had this issue. The game does not need any special controller and should be fine using the default controller for the game.
“Busting ghost should be fun, but when the same levels, bosses and objectives it can get real boring”
Family Friendly
One of the biggest advantages of this game is that it offers a 4-player couch-op, which is now rarer in gaming these days. As far as everything else is concern, best to rent this game. One of the many bad aspects of the game is that, the gameplay gets real boring, quick. There is just no fun playing this game other than when there are four human players playing the game. For a single player or even with two people are playing, Ghostbusters is an ok game, but it is best enjoyed with four players. One of the many things that makes the game boring is that the levels, enemies, and overall gameplay is just so repetitive after the first level. When we were playtesting the game, all our gaming family members got real bored of the game. Some even lost full interest in the game after the first level. To say that Ghostbusters is a bad game, it is not, but just a real boring game. In our special needs game testing, we did not run into any issues with the Graphics, Sound, or even Controls, but even our special needs gamers also got bored as well. Again best to rent the game for the night if you have younger gamers that are coming over for a sleep over, but in our honest opinion there are better four player games out there.
Closing
There is so much promise here, but with lame levels, ghost, and repetitive gameplay it is best to rent vs purchase this game
