Going Full Stream - Awesome New Ghostbusters Trailer!

Jim "txshurricane" McLaughlin December 4th, 2008 at 11:46 AM

Via Colony of Gamers comes a tip that Atari has released a new Ghostbusters: The Video Game trailer in hi-def!

While the spoken lines lack a certain snap (thank goodness for post-production), all four original voices are present, and then some (the Ecto 1 and Slimer sound true to the movies). Walter Peck makes an appearance, as do the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and the Library Ghost.

Even though I jumped at the opportunity to post this story, there's really not much more I can say about this game right now; I'm speechless. Rest assured, though: my hype train just barreled out of the station on a collision course for June 2009.

Click the "Read More" link to see the embedded standard-definition trailer and a couple of nostalgia-inducing screengrabs.

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Tags: playstation 3 xbox 360 4 player co-op ghostbusters

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14 Total Reader Comments

rafoca at 06:51 AM on 12.4.2008

Yeah. The trailer is really cool. It really gives us that nostalgia feeling... It´s really enjoyable!

Unfortunately, there won´t be co-op campaign.

Torg001 at 07:41 AM on 12.4.2008

Very cool trailer, I need to go get my proton pack out in preparation for this!

Are you sure no co-op campaign?

roland at 07:55 AM on 12.4.2008

@ Torg - http://www.co-optimus.com/article/380/G ... Co-Op.html

Virtual Bill Murray looks a little creepy, but that trailer is still epic.

rafoca at 08:24 AM on 12.4.2008

Pretty sure there will be no co-op campaign. There will be co-op missions (think like GRAW)

Mrxknown_JG at 08:29 AM on 12.4.2008

YAY! GO GHOSTBUSTERS!!!

"I swear it wasn't me this time " - >

Bakken Hood at 02:08 PM on 12.4.2008

I was indifferent to this game before this trailer went up. Now I'm kind of psyched. Please tell me that was rendered in-engine; those are some of the best animations I've ever seen.

Mrxknown_JG at 07:25 PM on 12.4.2008

while I am very excited by this, what do you think of the almost cartoony look of the characters?

I'm indifferent to it (see what I did there Bakken?), I just hope the lip-syching and voice-acting overall is top-notch. Looks good, but we're see.

reapersaurus at 10:24 AM on 12.5.2008

I've been idly waiting for this title to release (on PC) for so long I've almost given up hope on it being released.
It's always looked like a lot of fun and I hope it delivers on a quarter of its promise.

txshurricane at 11:23 AM on 12.5.2008

I thought that the voices were nice and clear, but lacked the volume and post-recording effects that the scenes called for.

Bill Murray's "Well...more overtime..." just seemed so meek in context. Watch the movies: he is usually loud and obnoxious when in uniform. This is Peter Venkman, not Garfield!

Nevertheless, I think that the final mix will be much better.

Bakken Hood at 10:01 PM on 12.5.2008

I don't know what to expect out of Bill Murray. "It wasn't me this time, I swear" isn't even that funny of a line, but Murray's deadpan delivery made it great. The stupid overtime quip was what kept me from commenting before on how awesome Bill Murray is. If those are really the two best lines in the game, I am no longer kind of psyched.

I'm conflicted on the cartoony characters, but leaning towards liking it. To my eyes, it does smooth out the uncanny valley and winds up looking at least as "lifelike" as photorealistic graphics ever have. Plus, I can't overstate how impressed I was with the animation in that trailer (assuming it was rendered in-engine), so I think it'll be a sweet-looking game.

txshurricane at 11:31 PM on 12.5.2008

That was Dan Aykroyd.

Bakken Hood at 12:00 AM on 12.6.2008

Gah. On closer inspection, shame on me. Maybe Bill Murray isn't as awesome as I thought. I hope he is.

Mrxknown_JG at 12:09 PM on 12.6.2008

That was just funny, why would Bill Murray say that about the Stay Puff Marshmellowman?

But I do agree, Venkman does tend to be more obnoxious.

txshurricane at 07:05 AM on 12.11.2008

I just watched both movies again this week. So great.