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So, up this week on Xbox and PS3 is :

Big Dipper “All Going Out Together”

Big Dipper “She’s Fetching”

Big Dipper “Younger Bums”

Judas Priest “Dissident Aggressor (Live)”

Judas Priest “Eat Me Alive (Live)”

Judas Priest “Prophecy (Live)”

The Dead Weather “Hang You From the Heavens”

The Dead Weather “No Hassle Night”

The Dead Weather “Treat Me Like Your Mother”

I’m gonna be honest here and say I have never heard any of those songs, while I know of Judas Priest my actual knowledge of their songs are quite slim. Oh well, it will give me some chance to catch up with the Iron Maiden tracks I am still yet to purchase.

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Just on the off and random chance I actually have some people who read this I will be going away for a week and unless I can find an Internet cafe or something similar I probably won’t be able to post until at least the 20Th of July.

However the hunt is on. I’m going to the deepest darkest south westerly tip of the UK to stay in a cottage and from previous experiences these are excellent places to find little diamonds in second hand shops etc. Consider myself looking hard for Master System and Megadrive / Genesis games in second hand shops, markets and charity shops. Looking forward to it to be honest, it’s been a hell of a long time since Ive properly been on holiday and its going to be wicked to get away!

I will miss Becky who unfortunately couldn’t get the time off but hey, absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that jazz, and I get to spend some quality time with the Nieces and Nephew which is always a good laugh.

I’ll send you all postcards

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This … is fucking epic!

I own the first two on the original Xbox and the shocking excuse for a game that was the Xbox 360 one.
But this …. this is the return to the original that I had hoped for, hundreds of units, stupid “rock” soundtrack and lots of death! Even if they just follow the formulae of the original they will make me happy.

The games are so grand beyond their reception that they should be much wider known about, a great mix of Dynasty Warriors meets Lord of the Rings this is certainly what the Lotr’s games should have been more like!

Can’t wait

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Due to Sony being a bunch of ass fuckers the release for the 360 version of Ghostbusters, in the UK, has been delayed until October, so being the resourceful chap I am I imported a copy via EBay

After a roughly 9 hour run through the game I thought I would post a few of my impressions and why I think that them making the third film a game was an excellent idea!

Let’s start with the obligatory…

Who you gonna call ?

So the guys are back together, Ray, Egon, Venkman and Winston finally get their asses together for what essentially is Ghostbusters 3. The game is still set in same familiar places and feature the same cast members with only a handful, namely Sigourney Weaver and Rik Moranis, missing which gives the game an excellent sense of authenticity that personally I have never seen before in a game.

You could probably say the kind of experience they are going for is one of a kind. Rather than making a game to emulate a film they have made a game that should have been the film in the first place. Originally penned by Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis to be Ghostbusters 3 the original script was apparently put on hold due to technology not being advanced enough to give the effect they desired. With Ghostbusters 2 being the success it was I guess they didn’t want to disappoint with the third entry in the series.

I think generally the game is a HUGE success. Honestly I very rarely finish my games, I think the last game I finished prior to this was Mass Effect. That was well over a year ago and I’ve had plenty of other games since, Fable 2, Prince of Persia, just to name 2 but I do get bored very quickly.

Ghostbusters moves along with a nice pace, through the entire game there was only one point where I got frustrated (fucking flying Cherub things), but generally its an enjoyable romp through an equally enjoyable storyline that needs to be experienced by anyone who is a fan of either of the first two movies.

Other reviews I have read commented on the inconsistency of the cut scenes which I would have to agree on, also on the lip syncing being off on a fair number of the cut scenes. Although if I hadn’t have read other reviews prior to getting the game I would have blamed this on my slowly dying 360 but it never really hampered the enjoyment of the experience.

I have had a brief bit of time with the multi player which was a pleasant surprise. For something that I honestly would have expected to be tacked on, it’s actually a very competent component of the package and has a lot of playtime and adds a lot to the game. With a co-op campaign and and experience system and a good choice of modes there is a lot of time that can be spent just busting ghosts and generally making yourself feel good! Because of course, bustin makes me feel good.

Without going on too much, it’s not one of those impulse purchases I regretted, a very enjoyable game that was well worth the wait and I’m actually fairly interested in playing through it a second time to get a load of the achievements I missed in my first run through.

So if you live in the UK you can either pop online and grab yourself a multi-region NTSC version or wait around for the PAL version in October, your call.