There have been so many great licensed games that the stigma attached to them can sometimes feel undeserved. After all, it’s not a death sentence to be labeled a “movie game” anymore. Especially when studios have proven that when given the time to create something good they can make a game like Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Then a game like Ghostbusters is released and the stigma is reaffirmed even if it doesn’t have to be like this.
Despite being released at the same time as the highly anticipated reboot, Ghostbusters doesn’t star the film’s powerful heroines. Instead the characters played by Leslie Jones, Kristen Wiig, et al. have been replaced with four nameless characters. At first, I was hopeful and thought that by replacing established characters with new ones, this meant that the developer could have free reign to do something compelling with them. That isn’t the case, as each of them has no personality or character arc. Instead the four generic characters just exist to run around locations and shoot at the supernatural. That would be fine provided the gameplay is compelling enough to stand on its own, but the shooting doesn’t hold up its end of the stick here. Ghostbusters plays like the most generic twin stick shooter possible, players simply aim the right stick at ghosts until they disappear (or switch to a special gun in order to capture important baddies) and occasionally tap the right bumper in ord...