Sony Gives 64 Million Gamers the Finger

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twesterm said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Munkeh111 said:
Many people do care about this game (though I am not one of them) in spite of the terrible game designer, who just loves to hate other games (though he does like Uncharted...)

 

 

This games fanbase has long since grown up and probably had children of their own. Kids today do not know about Ghostbusters, and the adults who grew up with it, don't care anymore. Those people are probably play the Wii with their kids for crying out loud. Sony published a non-factor game.

I'm really not going to comment on the story, but I will mention this: Ghostbusters is much more well known than you think it is in just about every age group.

Not only is the no-ghost symbol well known in just about every age group (and one of the most well known symbols in the world), it's also well loved by just about every age group.  You can walk up to anyone on the street and ask them "Who ya gonna call?" and they will instinctively answer "Ghostbusters" or "He-Man".  Just about any age group.

Fun little anecdote about Ghostbusters.  I have a niece and nephew that are 6 and 8 and they both know and love Ghostbusters, even before my sister knew I was working on the game.  My niece, the one who is 6, knows the first movie and knows almost every line.  She knows what characters she likes and she knows the 2nd movie is good, but not nearly as good as the first.

Ghostbusters is a 25 year old franchise that hasn't had much new in the last 20 years, but great things survive.  Even completely ignoring the game, Ghostbusters has always been alive because it is just a timeless classic.

Now, for people saying it's a typical movie game, do your research first. 

Typical movie games have the actors phone in their lines and have to deal with absolute release dates and short development cycles.  Ghostbusters: the Video Game has had a full development cycle, actors that care about their characters and are actually heavily involved with the game, and doesn't have to rush to release with a movie.  The game may be a sequel to the movies, but it isn't your typical movie game.

 

 

 

 

I know we argued about narrative in games, etc. but I do hope that the input of the actors, etc. really makes a difference in this game.  I've always enjoyed the movies and have high hopes the game manages to deliver a nice mix of fun gameplay with some good lines from the guys.

I find Ghostbusters inhabits that rare territory where people, particularly kids, who have never even seen the movie, still know it and love the concept.  It was only recently I watched the first film on TV with my kids realising that while the referred to it and knew it they'd never actually seen it.

I'm still right about the narrative bit though...