Ghostbusters - The Video Game

It's like it's 1991 again and I'm reliving my childhood, but this time daddy isn't drunk!

I'm a huge Ghostbusters fan and have been waiting for this game since I heard it was in development a few years ago. It went though a few rough patches and at one time it was cancelled, thankfully Atari brought it back to life.

The game takes place two years after the events in the second movie and introduces a new, mute character simply named the 'Rookie'. All other the other Ghostbusters are back too with the original actors doing the voices. It's a lot of fun seeing a skinny Harlod Ramis and a somewhat thinner Dan Aykroyd, both of which wrote the script for the game. I don't want to reveal a lot about the story but it revolves around an evil architect only briefly mentioned in the first movie.

As for the game play, think Resident Evil 4 meets Gears of War. There is a lot of running and shooting with a lot of dark, creepy tunnel exploration. In many of the mission you work along side of the Ghostbusters, but there are several where you go off on your own to earn your stripes.One thing I wasn't expecting were all the boss fights. Most of them were really good but there were a couple that get a bit too chaotic and ended in really cheap deaths.

Overall, I found the game to be a lot of fun and pretty to look at even though it was short and had some control issues(catching a ghost is awkward the first time). The game is a great tribute to fans and should checked out by anyone interested in seeing the Ghostbusters in their full glory.

I give the game 4 punches to the crotch out of five.