Strange Cookie Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 there already is a great Ghostbusters game.. why fix it if it aint broke? Actually, I thought you meant this one: Ghostbusters II on Gameboy! Now that was a great GB-game, and no, that's no sarcasm. It really was a great game!
Strange Cookie Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 IGN AU hands-on We really liked the visual style of the game, for instance, as it utilises a heavily stylised and cartoony look which is really quite charming. The characters in particular look great, with nice shadowing on the models, while firing up a Proton beam looks every bit as cool as you'd expect; glowing with red and orange energy, electricity sparking and pulses moving down it. We're also pleased to report that – unlike the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game – you'll be able to play through the entire campaign mode in splitscreen co-op with up to four players! As a result, the single player campaign will follow the same basic events as the other versions, but will deliver it in a "softer" way. In other words, there'll be less story and less dialogue. Like it or not Wii owners - Ghostbusters on Wii is being designed to skew younger than its brethren, so don't expect the adult themes from the films to make it through. A very crude and perhaps unfair visual comparison (but still): Xbox360/PS3/PC-version Wii/PS2-version I'm still not sold on the Wii's artistic style. I hope they release some decent Wii-shots soon. And the above comments give me a bad feeling. Man, the gameplay of the Wii-version better be up to it...
flameboy Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 I was just about the post that character art pic but you beat me to it. Here is another of the same 360 scene but presumably from the wii; I'm not that impressed and as a huge ghostbusters fan feel I may have to buy one of the other versions for it to be done justice. Also detest this quote; In other words, there'll be less story and less dialogue. Like it or not Wii owners - Ghostbusters on Wii is being designed to skew younger than its brethren, so don't expect the adult themes from the films to make it through. I don't understand why there has to be this trade off with Wii games, the PS2/Gamecube and Xbox all had epic games with plenty of dialogue and yet now we seem to get everything streamlined and simplified.
Adrian DX Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 Don't cross the Wiimotes, everyone know what'll happen then.
david.dakota Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 I don't understand why there has to be this trade off with Wii games, the PS2/Gamecube and Xbox all had epic games with plenty of dialogue and yet now we seem to get everything streamlined and simplified. Agreed. The Wii can hold more than enough data for cut scenes and audio. I don't see why, firstly, we have a "softer" visual look, when games like RE4 look so stunning, and secondly why we get a cut down mini-game-a-like. The multiplayer options are all well and good, but why comprimise the single player experience.
Fierce_LiNk Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 I blame the developers. There really is no need to 'dumb' this game down on any console. I think many of them have a certain prejudice against the Wii/Nintendo now. Saying that, I'm not completely convinced that the 360/PS3 version has it right either. The action in the films was quite cartoony in the first place. It was a comedy, after all.
philcollins Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 kind of sucks that you cant get split screen co op on the 360 version. cus theres no way im playing the wii version but co op sounds great fun!
Ramar Posted December 6, 2007 Posted December 6, 2007 This is a tough decision. On one hand I have Wii, and acting out my childhood days of running round zapping monsters. On the other I have the 360, with the Ghostbusters not looking f**king retarded.
flameboy Posted December 7, 2007 Posted December 7, 2007 You see I'd accept the a Wii stylized version if it looked like the cartoon but it doesn't. The character models remind me of the main character from Herdy Gerdy for some reason. There is no reason to do this, the cube, PS2 and Xbox could handle realistic graphics and even still compete by modern standards look at God Of War!
Funktion Posted December 10, 2007 Posted December 10, 2007 I'm actually somewhat happy the Wii version is different. That means I'll be picking it up + the 360 version, and I'll have two new Ghostbusters games to play! But yeah, it's sad that one year after the console has been released some developers still follow the idiotic notion that Wii owners = kids, so the games have to be made with an younger audience in mind. Why can't they accept that there's Wii owners older than 12, and that we also appreciate "mature" storylines and content?
triforcemario Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 Guys, this is sounding just too awesome
Hero-of-Time Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 I was JUST about to post this aswell. It sounds very promising but I still hate the art style they are using for the Wii version.
triforcemario Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 Personally, I prefer the art style of the Wii version to the 360/PS3/PC versions, since I feel that they just look too serious (almost like from a horror movie or something), and don't suit the franchise it's based on, while a cartoony style can work quite easily (See Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters).
Hellfire Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 Oh yeah this looks awesome, hope they do it right. I personally love the art style.
RedShell Posted December 13, 2007 Posted December 13, 2007 the Wii remote's a Proton Pack. We've gone hands-on, and it's ace: move with the analogue stick, aim with the Wii pointer, then press Z and - bssszzhhmm! - 500,000Mhz of particle accelerator beam arcs across the room, frazzling ghosts and furniture. When the beam turns blue, you can slam a trapped Slimer against the walls, Eledees-style. And, yep, you do push the Nunchuk forward to slide a Ghost Trap under a spook before guiding him in with the Remote, 'tugging' him toward you a stubborn fish. It really is Ghostbusters.Absolutely loving the sound of that! I was a huge Ghostbusters fan back in the day (still got a box full of the toys and action figures somewhere, all minus Proton packs though, God damn they broke / got lost easily. ) so yeah I'm pretty excited for this game, really hope it turns out well.
Helmsly Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 I hope its ok to bump this near year old thread, but theres new screenshots of the Wii version
Noku Posted December 2, 2008 Author Posted December 2, 2008 Who's the blonde guy? I don't remember Bill's character being that... well... Aric.
Ike Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 Who's the blonde guy? I don't remember Bill's character being that... well... Aric. The new recruit your forced to play as.
Helmsly Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 I think the blond guy is the playable character. As I understand it you don't play as any of the main four ghostbusters, you play as a new guy being trained by them so thats probably who it is
Noku Posted December 2, 2008 Author Posted December 2, 2008 Aha! Well, as long as Murray's in this one too, and they don't frak this up control-wise, I'm in
RossK Posted December 3, 2008 Posted December 3, 2008 Who's the blonde guy? I don't remember Bill's character being that... well... Aric. Hes "Rookie" , he is based on one of the programmers or something like that , you do get to play as the others though as remeber this is 4 player co-op!
ReZourceman Posted December 3, 2008 Posted December 3, 2008 OMG this threads a freaking year old? Thats FLOWN by!!
dazzybee Posted December 3, 2008 Posted December 3, 2008 Didn't this game get canned? Yes it did. Thats why there's new playtests and screens of the game :P The game got delayed after the original company dropped it! The wii version better still have the 4 player co-op!
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