![]() ![]() This isn’t even the company’s first dance with a Hollywood juggernaut - it’s also behind 2017’s “Friday the 13th” and 2020’s “Predator: Hunting Grounds.” But where those games pitted scrappy survivors against a horrific threat, “Ghostbusters: Spirits Within” keeps things light and breezy. meters, tether them with particle throwers and, finally, trap them for good.ĭeveloper IllFonic has plenty of experience balancing this “one vs. But they have to stay discrete, because ghostbusters can track them with P.K.E. They can animate objects from chairs to teddy bears. Ghosts win the game by scaring bystanders through a wide array of ghoulish powers. Players can play as a ghost or ghost hunter in "Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed." (Courtesy) In “Spirits Unleashed,” that kind of chaos is baked in the rules. Lead designer Jordan Mathewson told me that the formula comes straight from a scene in the 1984 movie where Venkman, Stantz and Spengler wreak havoc on an upscale hotel while tracking down a particularly slippery ghost. “Spirits Unleashed,” now out on Playstation, Xbox, and PC, pits a team of four against one ghost player who has to use their wits (and plenty of slime) to stay unbusted. But this week’s “Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed” asks new questions: What if you and your friends weren’t just tracking down apparitions fearsome and foul? What if you could be the ghost, yourself? Video game adaptations of “Ghostbusters” have haunted us since the original movie debuted in 1984. This really means something, since we expect to get new ones for the rest of our lives-all of them.Gameplay from "Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed." (Courtesy) Illfonic says the game is coming soon “to a platform near you.” And when it does, it will change Ghostbusters video games forever. The only downside is we don’t know when that will happen. Oh, what a dream to be the slim-er and not the slime-ee. Use trickery, deception, and Ectoplasm to gain the upper hand and drive the Ghostbusters out. ![]() Or, as the Ghost, hide, sneak, surprise, scare, and of course, slime Ghostbusters and civilians until the everything has gone completely spooky. Here’s the official synopsis from IllFonic: As a Ghostbuster, join with other Ghostbusters to chase and trap ghosts in museums, prisons, hotels, and more, and capture the ghosts before they can fully haunt the areas. You can go to the other side-and we mean that in more ways than one-to actually be a ghost. For the first time ever in a Ghostbusters game, you can turn the tables on the specter hunting crew. All while getting to use their famous Ectomobile, equipment, and firehouse. Their retirement will give you the chance to pick up the mantle particle thrower and put on a jumpsuit. The original Ghostbusters are ready to move on from the job (even if they’re still involved with the franchise) in Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. ![]()
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