I’ve installed Ghostbusters on my computer and have been playing it since it was released. I wanted to play through it to give everyone a review, but it seems I might not be able to! See, I’ve played it nearly every night . . . and I have yet to pass the first level! So, I’ll give you what I can in review form.
Gameplay
It must have taken the game designers some time to figure out how to turn busting ghosts into compelling game play, but they did it! Assuming the ghost is just sitting there in front of you (which rarely happens), you hit it with your particle stream to wear it down. A green circle around your reticule will start to wear down as you tire the ghost out. When the ghost is sufficiently weakened the pack will automatically switch to your secondary attack, the capture stream (you can also manually do this to other objects, more on that later). With a capture stream engaged, you can wrangle the ghost pretty much where ever you want. Throw out your trap and drag the ghost over; the trap automatically opens when the ghost is above it.
This upcoming game is BioWare’s latest baby. They’re boldly claiming that it will be a synthesis of the popular Mass Effect and Baldur’s Gate gameplay styles. Yeah, those were definitely the magic words, at least to me. Anyway, here’s a short trailer to whet your appetite:
It’s coming out this fall. I must admit I’m pretty stoked. Expect a full preview from me sometime in the near future.
Ubisoft released the downloadable PC demo for Tom Clancy’s Hawx today, and I made sure to download it and get it installed. If you haven’t heard about it, let me get you acquainted by way of a trailer!
While this is still only a demo, it’s really exciting. Air combat is an area where video games have always done well in, no matter which generation we are in. We had Starfox, Starfox 64, Ace Combat 1-6, Crimson Skies, and a host of less memorable ones. With this in mind, it’s a little hard to understand why these games don’t come out all that often. Well, this one makes up for the wait with some awesome graphics and flat out awesome controls!
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