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NEWLY UPDATED!! AICN Games: GHOSTBUSTERS 3 Game Play Footage...Already?!?!
Merrick again...
An official website for the game has turned up - including a few more details about the project, as well as several screen grabs.
Thanks to The Shadow for calling it to our attention.
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Merrick here...
...with a quick follow-up the our previous article about the "GHOSTBUSTERS 3" video game we heard about EARLIER THIS WEEK. This is the game that reunites much of the original cast.
G4 as nabbed some gameplay footage from the project - guess more development has been done on the game than initially believed?
You can check it out HERE.
Or, you can check out a higher-resier version now:
Ya know...no matter how well the game (as a whole) turns out...wrangling those damn ghosts with your proton stream looks very, very fun.
Thanks to Rik27 for the heads up about this.
More info as more comes in.
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so then I guess they're just writing a story around an already developed game?
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This is bunk. Not the real game I think. I think it was an unauthorized hackjob done a long time ago.
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He's a wretched man.
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Nov 16, 2007 9:30:03 AM CST
Is this from the Ghostbusters game that was in dev a couple yrs
by squashua
I'll check the footage and let you know.
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Wow. Can't wait!
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Could also suck.
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Because if that footage is real, then it has already assuaged one of my concerns about a ghostbusters game:
The inclusion of Mr. Stay Puft.
And imagine how much fun that shit will be on the Wii! Using your wii-mote as your proton wand? SWEET! -
This isn't the same game that was unauthorized with leaked video on YouTube last year. I think the unauthorized one looked even better...
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It's a video game recreation of playable scenes from Ghostbusters I including the Spud scene at the hotel (Slimer), a revisit to the NY Public Library, and Stay Puft (are they dangling him by his legs?). There also appears to be a scene possibly taken from Ghostbusters II in the courtroom. So far, it doesn't appear to be a sequel to the movie franchise, but a playable iteration of the movie events.
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Oops, wrong talkback...
No but seriously, that footage looks wicked as hell. I will definitely slap down 50 or 60 big ones for that. I mean... you get to actually fight the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man... as Stan Lee says, Nuff said. -
I will hide in your refrigerators and snarl and intone the name of Zzzzuuuulllll!!!!!!
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The main character is a new recruit who joins as the 5th member of the Ghostbusters to help fight the latest NYC Haunt. This allows for our favorite characters to be seen from the 3rd person perspective, ultimately pleasing all the fans.
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Even if that is target renders instead of real footage this game looks to offer exactly what a Ghostbuster fan could want. I hope you can yank the table cloth off in the dining room level too...
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I thought that this was supposed to be a game sequel, not just going over what happened in the first two movies....I mean, if you already know how the second one ends, then you dont want to play a game and pass the levels to get to the start of the third story do you?
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MY LIFE IS COMPLETED... I MUST NOT SPOIL THIS.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
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I am personally looking forward to Dirty Harry videogame with Clinty E.
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Aykroyd talked more about the video game than he did a follow up movie and this was months and months ago, more than likely this game has been in development for a good long while and the only real news is the voice cast.
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I thought that was already done.
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did they say what system that footage is from?
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Nov 16, 2007 10:28:19 AM CST
Does it come with a "Ghostbusters coffee mug and free balloons f
by erichaislar
This looks awesome heard it has co-op better be 4 player online play.
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It was due out this year..
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Pull your head out of your ass.
In addition to playable scenes from 1 and 2, there will be new scenes/levels as well. Similar to what was done with The Warriors game. -
for the wii
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though the gameplay might feel repetitive. Aren't they doing a completely new story? I only saw footage from the first two films with the exception of maybe a second or two.
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like that was done on a 360...It also looked like training levels, only one Slimer running around, learn how to capture him type of thing...after that you probably get an all new story and whatnot. Looks pretty good, regardless if its early footage or deeper into the dev. stage. kudos to the peeps doing the Proton Sound FX..that shit sounded awesome and just like the films....Really makes me want to see an all CGI film actually...
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The game looks like a hoot already. And when you consider the forthcoming script and the voice talents involved, this game has boatloads of potential. If they factor in multiplayer (as in XBOX LIVE), co-op, etc... then there's no telling how HUGE this game could be.
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So this is Ghostbusters 3 where they relive the first movie every day ala Groundhog Day? COUNT ME IN!
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doing the rounds...you actually get to see the big man. Expect Aint It Cool to report it in a fortnight or so.
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Are you kidding me?!?!?! Now if I could only get my hands on one them sum bitches.
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I sold mine last week. mario has really gotten old now.
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This is Ghostbusters 1, a la video game.
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This could be Ghostbusters 0.5 and I still would play this sucker!
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it's replaying scenes from the existing movies
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toys are fun--try some sometime!
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"Its not a GB3, its just 1 and 2!" "I thought this was supposed to be a new story, not the old ones????"
Good God people, take 5 seconds and use your damn brains. Does it even occur to you that the levels we saw could be some type of bonus/extra? Training levels? Here's an idea, lets decide what the game is and isn't when there's actually enough information available to make that call. Crazy, I know, but it just might work! -
This looks way better. And my guess is that it recaps the first two movies in the first level or two. You know, for the kids that unfortunately don't know what Ghostbusters is...yes, I'm as shocked as you are.
So, you play the first bit, get to play some cool scenes from the first two movies for those that know how awesome GB is, and for those that don't, it's like GB 101. Everyone wins. -
What would a Ghostbusters game be without the possibility of fighting the Slimer or the Stay Puft Marshmallow man?
They're iconic.
And the inclusion of what looks like the Library Ghost and the Scallari brothers is nice as well.
And I agree wholeheartedly with the other posters who say that this game looks like it's crying out to be on the Wii.
If it isn't I'll be disappointed to an phenomenol degree.
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Nov 16, 2007 12:43:51 PM CST
If it isn't the same footage from last year, it's at least the s
by samlowry27
Same engine, same camera, same everything. Looks cool though, but I don't know why the site is acting like this is new info when they posted this last year.
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Nov 16, 2007 12:44:03 PM CST
Could be that they have been working on said game
by reel american hero
But haven't announced it yet until they had some work done on it. Not everything needs to be hyped up from the very start of development. And hey, if this means we get the game sooner rather than later, all the better. -
Just sayin
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Return of the Ghostbusters.
See the film:
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That actually looked pretty cool
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I thought I was going to see the "Unreal Engine" game that someone made a year ago. This looks good. I am glad it is third-person and not a HALO type first-person game. Once they add music, it will be better!
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fact is, they are obviously about to drop the thing NOW. when it started production, i'm sure the ps3 and xbox 360 shit was all still up in the air....they've no doubt retooled the whole thing. if this comes out on wii, i may have to buy a wii.......the most important thing to me with this game will be SOUND. all those trademark proton pack sounds were so pleasing, they better be duplicated just right....as well as the sounds of the destructing environments.....and i don't want any hollow sounding quotes from the first movies- if the gang is involved, hopefully they have scripted and recorded new lines, or at the very least, re-recorded some of the old ones.
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Everybody keeps asking questions here, but check the other AICN link for the Variety details (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976019.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1) - Most notably, that Ramis and Aykroyd are writing, all four GB's are back, as well as Annie Potts. This is NOT the same footage you think you saw last year. That was a mod. And everybody keeps whining about how this game footage is all from the first film, but I imagine that this was created to "sell" guys like Murray on participating, as well as using it for user-training purposes. I really like the accurate sound effects, great proton-beam control and animation, the completely interactive environments, as well as the equipment accuracy. - Really, they could have fudged that part, but the proton pack and PKE meter are dead-on. Add the voice acting over this and it should be one tight game. And yes, Wii interactivity will be fun, but I'll probably buy this for my 360 for better graphics. Vivendi is making this game (creators of Bloodrayne), so it's not some hack company. I hope this game reinvigorates interest in the GB franchise - it's really a great one.
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Nov 16, 2007 1:53:27 PM CST
oh yeah, and the official game site is now live with more videos
by mel's rockpile
http://www.ghostbustersgame.com/
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Yea it looks like areas from the first two films, I don't care I just wanna cause all that destruction just to capture one ghost.... and cross the stream with some friends p0wning Gozer's ass. Then taking on Viggo? Shit! Count me in!
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While I'm excited about the fact that there is going to be a new ghostbusters game, it's most likely going to lick balls. For one it's a licensed game, so they KNOW it will sell, this allows them to put some half assed shit, that they just threw together simp,y because people will buy a ghostbusters game. Need proof one of the best selling games of all time is 50-cent Bulletproof. I just don't have a lot of faith in sierra or Movie Tie in games.
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Viggy you've been a bad monkey!
Now I get to shoot you on XBox 360. Thank you God! -
I want to read the Friday the 13th talkback but for the last three days it only takes me to a blank white page. Only talkback that does this. Only talkback I'm interested in. What the fuck?
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sheeeit, they could have made a real ghostbusters cartoon video game and i would be all over it. that cartoon was my reason for getting up on saturday mornings...and it had some pretty deep and fucked up supernatural based episodes...Sam Hain, the Boogey Man....they managed to save the world every episode and still be pretty fresh....although i want to erase slimer and his voice...are those on DVD? i need to grab some
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Ghostbusters 2 was the first film I ever saw at the cinema, and was the moment I fell in love with cinema. Slate the sequel all you want, seeing that with my dad is a memory that's stuck ever since - and now, whether this be a sequel to the movies or a video game version of those movies, I'm having total geekgasms of joy with each piece of news.
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Nov 16, 2007 2:46:15 PM CST
I know they have a few episodes on single disc dvds
by reel american hero
Or at least they did last year. No season boxed sets as far as I'm aware though. -
I'm all for a GB game. LOOOOVE the idea, and love that the original voices and likenesses will be used. But from the footage they've shown (granted it's very little so far) it looks like the game will be way too linear, simply folowing the plot of the first film. I was hoping for more of a GTA-style free-roamer, where you could run into different people and missions, with maybe one overall mission. But if it simply follows film 1,it'll be way too short. (and how about some Player vs Player where one can be the ghosts?!)
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on the one hand, i like that it wont have a sucky new story. on the other, what if it would have had a cool, fun new story? and like i said, having it only be the first film will make for a way too short, too linear game. i hope i am wrong. i want to love this.
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holy shit ive never seen stiffer acting, direction or writing! i only have to give it points for FX (for fan film standards)
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Where's Tracy the gorilla?
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When the FUCK will AICN join the rest of the internet in adding an "edit" function?!?
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The training levels of the game, recapping the big events of the first two movies, one so the fans can play those classic scenes out, and get a feel for the game, and two for the kids that haven't the slightest idea what a ghostbuster is, who will then hopefully go watch those movies. -
i hope that what is shown (that looks like the first movie) is like the first mission in the game (a training mission) and then it branches out from there.
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because, well, everyone would bitch if a stay puft fight wasn't. i doubt they're showing us the final or next to last boss here, i'd guess that it's probably level three, or the entire first movie is condensed into a level one of sorts.
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After seeing the website for myself, and seeing that this is a real game, coming out next fall, and not some fan made hoax. I'm so pre ordering this soon as I can. -
I just came in my pants this is fucking brilliant I can't wait I'll be buying it the first second it's out.
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G4 works directly with the companies, okay? And this isn't the ZootFly game..they don't have the license so you won't see shit all from them. Funny look similar this game looks with the camera angles and all.
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Sigh.
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Will benefit totally from the proton pack noises...
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You're not as dumb as others, but you're still a dipshit.
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Dipshit.
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It takes place in 1991. Towards the beginning of the game some sort of new evil emerges that brings back some familiar foes. Slimer is set loose from the containment unit and makes a beeline for the Sedgwick Hotel's buffet. Ray makes them all head back to the New York Public Library to finally catch "the one that got away". Stay Puft somehow re-emerges. This all happens early on in the game, and it all takes place AFTER GB2. It's not a recap of the other movies.
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That would be those who can't understand the difference between the ZootFly videos and this game.
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I don't have a response for that.
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Will rock
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...either sucks or is a dipshit- dumbass.
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They made the perfect ghostbusters game. HOLY SHIT. If only they could incorporate elements from the 8 bit GB. Like dealing with finances. Charging customers, buying equipment. That would be kickass.
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I think there is going to be stuff involving money in the game. The government gets billed for all the damage you cause (you're now working for the government), and you get money based I think partly on your "style" with trapping the ghosts.
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I liked the plot to their die hard game more than i liked the one in "live free"
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Nov 16, 2007 4:33:45 PM CST
How about you uneducated folks shut the hell up
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
And quit spreading misinformation.
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Obviously this is early game test footage. I'm getting an xbox this monday dammit.
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It'd make sense.
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Nov 16, 2007 5:41:25 PM CST
Oh and I wish they'd kept more of the feel from that unauthorise
by thenorthlander
That logo with that music and grit was SWEET. Whoever made that knew what they were doing.
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But it cbviously can't be called Ghostbusters 3 if it relives all the scenes from the first Ghostbuster movie...right?
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I could've sworn I read on the other GB game talkback that someone was complaining about the game will suck and fail because kids today don't know what Ghostbusters are. These recap portions would fill in those poor kids that don't know anything that didn't come out two years ago in on how awesome Ghostbusters is, and then bring you right into the third story. That's just my guess, but it makes sense. A nice little, Previously, on Ghostbusters moment. -
It seems it's just called Ghostbusters, however the story of the game will make up the 'third sequal'. And besides, you wouldn't really want to call a game a sequal to those who don't know what it is. Much like the strange case of Goonies II for the nes back in the day. I don't remember there being any mermaids in the first movie or any of that other stuff. -
I'm 27 now but you wouldn't believe the amount that Ghostbusters affected me as a kid. I still pull quotes from it daily without even thinking and thou I'm a little older now and can see the faults in the second film I'm glad they made it. It amazes me that American Pie has received 200+ sequels and yet the worlds number one comedy, of the eighties when it had strong competition, still has only one follow-up.
The cartoon meant alot to me too, would be cool if they had skins that you could unlock so they looked a bit like them, plus there's the whole Lorenzo Music & Bill Murray 'Venkman and Garfield' connection.
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THE FLOWERS ARE STILL STANDING!!
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Nov 16, 2007 7:10:23 PM CST
this reminds me of the time u tried 2 drill a hole thru ur head.
by mutant lobster boy
that would've worked if you hadn't stopped me
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man, i was in first or second grade when GB came out...I was a ghostbuster for like 4 halloweens after that. It gave me nightmares but drew me in at the same time...my mom was awesome, parents today wouldn't let their kids watch something with so much scare, innuendo and smart adult humor in it these days...mostly because they don't make movies like GB anymore!..but she took me twice and GB was like the first VHS tape we ever owned- and played until it BROKE.
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When I first played the Wii I thought the two best things one should be able to do is: (1) be able to play a Star Wars game that lets you use a light saber and (2) be a Ghostbuster and zap ghost.
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since it is considered gb3, they should have bobby brown and ray parker jr collaborate on a song.... seriously though, i hope they use the elmer berstein score and the stuff from it that they didn't use in the first film. i always hated that he didn't return for gb2.
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Hooked on a New Drug? Hello? Huey Lewis would not let it happen.
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I'm gonna watch ghostbusters right now.. Who You gonna call??
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what does huey lewis have to do with it? he didn't shut ray parker jr down. the song can still play on television and radio, and ray parker jr can still sing the song, in fact he did on halloween on that stupid guess the song lyric show. i'll bet you an xbox 360 that the ray parker jr ghostbusters song is on that fuckin game...
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How many times am I going to have to say this? They're not recap scenes, they're new events that take place in 1991. Aykroyd and Ramis came up with a story that would enable Slimer, the Library Ghost, and Stay Puft to come back.
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he's probably somewhere crying bcuz it wasn't the back to the future game as rumored... THE POWER OF LOVE (a back to the future game would be pretty sick too though)
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ACTUALLY... an 80's movie game would be REALLY cool. think about it, you get sucked into a VCR (that's right, i said VCR), kinda like the opening for the captain n cartoon, but you get to run amok throughout various 80's movies... good luck securing all of those rights.
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Must like dogs.
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....no.... Then DIE!
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Oh I get it! If we say J Edgar Hoover then J Edgar Hoover comes to kill us all. Clear your minds!
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Ectoplasmic residue rocks.
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No. Why not Dr. Venkman? Because you didn't say please.
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The lawsuit came about after the first movie came out. They used it in the sequel plus the cartoon series. They used it in the "Be kind, rewind" movie and Ray just performed the song live in national television on "The Singing Bee". I'm sure Hewy will let them use it for a fucking video game.
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This is the biggest no-brainer GTA-clone ever. Cool car, 88MPH, scarce plutonium and scarce room to accelerate (later upgraded to Mr. Fusion and flying car to make your life easier), different time periods, your "other self", hoverboards.
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"they're new events that take place in 1991. Aykroyd and Ramis came up with a story that would enable Slimer, the Library Ghost, and Stay Puft to come back" Thats kind of like George Lucas coming up with a sequel to Star Wars, where they rehash the same events and blow up the Death Star all over again. Oh..wait...
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Nov 17, 2007 5:49:23 AM CST
So if I think of J. Edgar Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover will appear &
by reflecto
Just chiming in.
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I always thought, at that moment when Peter gives the example of Hoover, for him to give that example, he would have to be thinking of Hoover, therefore Hoover really should have appeared and destroyed them. And by mentioning Hoover to the other ghostbusters, they would have thought of him too. Its the power of suggestion. Its like if I tell you 'Don't think of oranges'. Guess what you're thinking of right now?
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Nov 17, 2007 6:19:51 AM CST
Maybe Gozer decided to wait for the most imposing giant figure.
by reflecto
::shrugs::
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Together?! Maybe this new evil is their bastard child.
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That video looks pretty fucking cool. I don't have much faith in the company making the game though, as I heard the Scarface game was pretty mediocre (said also in that video). Still, they might do it right... who knows.Hope it doesn't take them too long to get this out... and hopefully they make it as good as it can possibly be.
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Anyone here besides myself that was a huge fan of the animated series? The first couple seasons of The Real Ghostbusters were top notch. The last few kind of blew as they tried to make the show more light hearted and cheaped out on the animation. Extreme Ghostbusters (LOL) was kind of weak though.
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Another good one was Men In Black: The Animated Series. When are they going to put that on DVD?
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Yea this needs to happen in full season sets. Earlier this year they released 3 separate discs with 4 episodes each, so not the real deal yet.
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Doesn't make much sense...
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Does the game immediately end?
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Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
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It just popped in there.
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The universe ending...but that didn't happen when they roasted some marshmallow, did it?
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i just read on protoncharging.com that the elmer berstein score from the first film is being used in the game (still no official word on the ray parker jr song though)!!! this is seriously the game i've waited for since i was five years old! i'm kinda glad though that they waited until now when the console technology got to where it is. imagine trying to play this game on fucking sega cd or some other bullshit...
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With every bit on news on this one, it keeps sounding cooler. Protoncharging.com for the win!
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GROUNDHOG DAY the game!!! wake up to sonny and cher at 6am every morning and find new and different ways to kill yourself... BEST GAME EVER!!!
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Good tip, Egon. Let's run with that.
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we have ninja turtles on dvd and that show was shitty compared to RGB.
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Nov 18, 2007 3:53:34 PM CST
Maybe the difference between Ghostbusters 1 and this game
by thenorthlander
is that in the game they're using cell phones and order stuff from eBay?
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listen columbia pictures, ghostbusters is a classic, ghostbusters 2 i personally enjoyed, i mean come on any movie where the statue of liberty walks across manhattan to the sounds of jackie wilsons higher and higher is class, with 80s heroes returning (McClane, rambo, rocky, indiana jones) and proving strong box office lets get the original ghostbusters back fr old times sake, i really wanna see it happen.
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...not bill murray for another ghostbusters movie. the most he agreed to was a shabby cameo if gb3 happened (which its not). also, the guy has publically stated that he wanted gb2 to be called "the death of the ghostbusters". no murray, no venkman, no ghostbusters in my opinion... and the game isn't gb1. check earlier posts on this thread, the slimer level is a training level, the librarian ghost is in the game cuz ray feels they have an old score to settle, and stay-puft appears because, well because he's cool as shit. but the game IS NOT gb1!!!
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