Casper Spirit Dimensions (PS2)

I got this game second hand for my 10 year old to play on the play station two. It is a great game for a family to play together. We loved the cute ghost called Casper that you control. The graphics are ok not the greatest but you can still enjoy the setting. Basically you are moving aound an old house (and garden as you get on in the game) You find keys to open doors and there are a few puzzles to work out. Whilst you are moving around the house there are three 'bad' ghosts who are after you. The game does contain and follow many of the things that happen within the film Casper. Which were great fun to spot and remember. The aim of the game is to complete a series of ...  Read the complete review

Although I did have a love for a Casper teddy bear as a child, the comics and cartoon of Casper was something that I never took to at all. I actually found him quite annoying if truth be told , so when I was offered a loan of Casper Spirit Dimensions I wasn't too optimistic about what I was about to play. And my first instincts were bang on. This isn't anything to write home about. Basically the game itself is that you get to play the Friendly ghost Casper and you guide him through a haunted (presumably by Casper?) mansion. The continuity in this game is very poor, I mean aren't ghost by their very nature devoid of matter? I've never seen a ghost fail to pass ...  Read the complete review

Movie licenses rarely work. Usually the games don't even come out until months after the movies disappeared, and then they usually suck. Casper is, sadly, no exception. You are Casper, and while the prospect of being a ghost could be really cool, somehow the game?s designers have managed to take all the joy out of it. In fact, the very premise of the game goes contrary to all ghost folklore, namely the ability to pass through solid objects. You must move Casper through a mansion, finding keys to open doors and secret passageways. Yeah, that's right, a ghost needs keys to open doors. Who knew? The graphics are decent at best, but the skewed top-down view ...  Read the complete review