The Ghostbusters News We've All Been Waiting For

Jim "txshurricane" McLaughlin March 11th, 2009 at 9:42 AM

Remember that Ghostbusters "Horde Mode" craziness that we got caught up in? Remember the co-op campaign we've been jonesing for? It's all there!

Kombo has posted some new screenshots and multiplayer details, making for a very pleasant surprise this morning...

Instant Action: players can test their mettle in a variety of Job Types across a selection of 12 different maps to see if they've got what it takes to be a true Ghostbuster.

Survival: Survive a paranormal onslaught

Containment: Capture all the ghosts

Destruction: Eliminate mysterious artefacts to prevent spawning ghosts

Protection: Protect Egon's devices

Thief: Save the artefacts from being stolen by ghosts

Slime Dunk: Dunk the most Slimers

Campaign Mode: players work through one of four different environments busting ghosts to earn cash and upgrade their equipment.

12 maps across 4 themed environments:

Library

Streets

Cemetery

Museum

Okay, so the campaign mode is really just a mini-campaign, but it sounds like the environments are quite large, and each time you play through, you gain experience points toward your profile rank. This rank helps determine the difficulty settings each time you play, and can also serve as a matchmaking tool should you want to play Ghostbusters as a "competitive co-op" game.

Click "Read More" to see the full list of co-op details (yes, there's more!)...

MULTIPLAYER FEATURES:

Unique Multiplayer Features:

Play as one of the Ghostbusters: Choose to play as any one of the four original Ghostbusters or the rookie;

Unique Achievements: Players are given scores and ranks for each match that are also applied to their online profile. Difficulty scaling is available according to rank;

6 Unique Power-ups: To help players on even the trickiest of jobs, unique power-ups such as the Ghost Shrinker or Ethereal Shield are available;

Limited Ammunition: To ensure teamwork, players must pick up ammunition for each type of equipment with ammunition levels being shown on the proton pack;

Unique AI Features: To add another dimension to the hunting, wrangling and trapping experience of being a Ghostbuster, ghosts have unique AI features such as more aggressive behaviour, the power to sabotage traps and the ability to fuse with other ghosts;

Full VOIP support: Voice support for both Xbox 360 and PS3 allows for easy communication between players.
Two Multiplayer Co-op Game Modes:

Instant Action: players can test their mettle in a variety of Job Types across a selection of 12 different maps to see if they've got what it takes to be a true Ghostbuster;

Campaign Mode: players work through one of four different environments busting ghosts to earn cash and upgrade their equipment.

12 maps across 4 themed environments:

Library

Streets

Cemetery

Museum

Six Unique Job Types:

Survival: Survive a paranormal onslaught

Containment: Capture all the ghosts

Destruction: Eliminate mysterious artefacts to prevent spawning ghosts

Protection: Protect Egon's devices

Thief: Save the artefacts from being stolen by ghosts

Slime Dunk: Dunk the most Slimers

Online Multiplayer Features:

Leaderboards and player statistics: have you got what it takes to be the world's greatest Ghostbuster?

Ranking: Skill and rank based matchmaking is available.

Most Wanted Ghosts: these ghosts appear are special ghosts that appear mid game based on the experience of the current players - it's your job to trap them all.