Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Wii)

Ghostbusters: one of the greatest movies of all times, and perfect material for a video game conversion. Of course, there have been Ghostbusters computer games in the past, from the 1984 Activision title, through to 1993's 'Real Ghostbusters' on the Gameboy - however, gamers have had to wait a full sixteen years for this latest version from the Atari studio, which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the film's original release. Simply title 'Ghostbusters: The Video Game', this incarnation of the franchise is without doubt the most lavish to date - plus, the majority of the original cast have returned to perform the voice acting duties. The game has been ...  Read the complete review

Back in November of 2008 the news that a lot of 80's film fans had been waiting for came to light, finally after all these years the Ghostbusters would be making a reappearance. However the big screens was not the way that we would be seeing them this time, but instead care of Atari and a few other companies along the way Ray, Egon, Peter and Winston would be the heroes of their very own video game. Unlike the first two movies Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis didn't write the script for the game but did help with a certain amount of script changes to bring the comedy elements of the films into the game. The game was set for launch on all systems on the 19th June ...  Read the complete review

Fans of the Ghostbusters movies from the 80's will be happy to know that this videogame adaptation has managed to capture the charming and geeky atmosphere found in the silver screen source material. Once you've acquired enough of the weapons and upgrades available in the game the game play becomes really entertaining and you'll also find a multiplayer mode that acts as entertaining bonus material, at least for a little while. Annoying flaws, such as grotesquely long loading sequences and sudden inexplicable deaths, do hamper an otherwise great experience well worth checking out. With a little more in the way of technical polish and a few more hours of playtime thrown ...  Read the complete review