And as for the run-up to Halloween, what’s more perfect than the preview for Ghostbusters: The Videogame on Wii?
Taken from Official Nintendo Magazine 39 - February 2009 (UK)
(part 1/2)
This issue can be downloaded here:
https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/OfficialNintendoMagazine.html
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@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games I never knew about the Extreme Ghostbusters video games. Code Ecto-1 had a North American release, but the first one was only in Europe, it seems. But there was also a European only PS1 shooter-on-rails which worked with light guns in 2004… but without licensing the sounds and Garrett can kneel behind cover??
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games
Indeed, bustin makes me feel good. I played the PS3 version, which was also awesome.
@Dennis5891@mstdn.games
I never finished that one actually.
I really need to pick up the PS4 remaster.@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games
It feels like an extension of the movies, like if they never went out of business, but with more of a realistic comic feel than the cartoon.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games considering the horsepower of the Wii compared to the PS3 and Xbox360, going for cartoon caricatures of the cast was a good choice and the game is no less fun to play than its big brother counterparts.
Oh hang on, just read this it’s easier… 😆
https://ukfilmnerd.wordpress.com/2018/02/10/retro-review-ghostbusters-2009/
@UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk
Out of curiosity, have you seen the new Ghostbusters film?
And if so, did you like it?I’ve yet to see it myself and I’m a little apprehensive to be honest.
I adore the first one, as well as a the second one.
Went into the reboot with the mind set of “screw all those misogynistic losers who hate on it because all 4 are women”.
But sadly, I ended up hating it for a ton of other reasons. 😔Liked Afterlife quite a bit although it’s not paced very well and is a very uneven film.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games Quick recap, loved 1 & 2, enjoyed the 2016 reboot and loved Afterlife.
Frozen Empire is a lot of fun but maybe leans too hard on original cast cameos. (Maybe give them a rest now, go your own way.) James Acaster is criminally under-used.
Not quite as good as Afterlife but still very enjoyable for this biased Ghostbusters fan.
It makes me laugh that I learnt where most of the film was shot but I won’t spoil anything.
@UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk
Ah, I’ll temper my expectations then.
I don’t really mind the cameos, but I can understand that.The best part of Afterfile for me was Mckenna Grace.
Absolutely brilliant take on Egon’s granddaughter.Heard that she gets pushed to the sidelines a bit in Frozen Empire, which kinda upsets me even before seeing the film…
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games @UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk The one thing I didn’t like about Answer the Call was that, because 3-D was in fashion again, they did the thing-jumps-at-the-screen gag. Which, I only just realized, would have also been around in movies when the first one was released, but as a dying trend until IMAX.
It was pretty interesting at the time, how different the Wii version was from what got released on everything else. I’ve since played the remaster of the non-Wii version, and while both versions share a lot of the same plot points, the level designs and bosses were completely different. And, of course, the Wii version used pointer controls. I enjoyed them both, but sadly the Wii version is not something that you’ll really be able to find anymore.
Well, at least it wasn’t Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, which shared exactly one commonality (Yuri Lowenthal’s voice).
@TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
I really liked that about games on different platforms beck then and in earlier years.
While it didn’t always come together, I love the various takes on a single game.I’ve seen plenty of people say how the Wii and 360/PS3 game are more or less identical and I have no clue where they are coming from…
I wonder if they are just regurgitating something they read before and never played both versions.
It’s one of the only things that makes sense…
