NOW PLAYING: GHOSTBUSTERS, BF 1943
In this Post Red Faction: Guerrilla world, I am avoiding open world single player experiences in favour of the highly directed and cinematic Ghostbusters game. So far I’m having a mixed reaction to it. Against the prevailing wisdom, I’m playing on Normal which is relatively difficult. Coupled with a system freeze whilst playing hasn’t made a 100% positive impression.
But it does hold promise. It feels like Ghostbusters- which isn’t a natural fit for most of today’s most popular genres. It’s not a platformer, a shooter or a brawler. At least it isn’t where I’m up to. And at least someone learned lessons from Luigi’s Mansion.
What I’m liking:
- They got the Ghostbusting bit right and the Ghostbusters right
- Original cast providing the voices
- All of the music from the film is used and not just Ray Parker Jr’s song on repeat
- Gameplay is different from every other game
What I’m not liking:
-Cinematics seem lacking in cinemacity. They’re as lifeless as most ingame cutscenes. You know why. Animators are good at animating people, they’re not necessarily good directors, camera operators or editors.
-It seems the difficulty is a bit much on normal.
I’ll stick with it for a bit.
Battlefield 1943 got a bit more playtime. It’s a lot of fun to just dip in and out of. I missed most of the original Battlefield hype in 2002 as I wasn’t that thrilled about multiplayer gaming but I eventually played a bit of it and its expansions as well as Desert Combat in the lead up to BF Vietnam. So unlike many, I’m not reliving anything by playing BF1943, its a newish experience for me. I loved Bad Company and its great to see its engine being used with the ‘classic’ BF1942 maps. And boy does it work nicely on a console. I had BC on PS3 and I’m playing this on 360 can I can’t pick which one is better. I also believe EA is running servers for the game, WHICH HELPS A LOT! I only wish Activision would follow this lead on MW2.
Tomb Raider underworld arrived and I played about 10 minutes after installing. It should make for a pleasant diversion after Ghostbusters becomes too tiresome.
