Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Will we ever get a true Ghostbusters 3?

While I was growing up, one of my favorite film franchises from the 1980s aside from Back to the Future was Ghostbusters. I was exposed to these films from a young age from my mother and my aunt, both of which who are still huge fans of the first two films to this day, as I am. My favorite film would have to be the original, as my favorite Ghostbusters villain in the entire franchise is the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and my favorite character is Slimer, both of which were antagonists in the first film.
After the release of the fourth Indiana Jones film, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, my mother and I debated whether or not there would be a Ghostbusters 3, and at times the debate would pop up between not only her, but between friends and other family members as well. To answer the titular question as to whether or not we will get a third Ghostbusters film, we technically already have gotten one, and I am not talking about the 2016 reboot which I have not seen yet, but I might once it arrives on home media. If you want to experience the third film in the Ghostbusters franchise, you will need at least one of the items on the list below:
  • Playstation 2
  • Playstation 3
  • Playstation Portable
  • Playstation Vita (Playstation Vita is backwards compatible with Playstation Portable games released digitally)
  • Xbox 360
  • Possibly an Xbox One (if the software is backwards compatible)
  • Windows-Compatible PC with at least two gigabytes of RAM
  • Nintendo DS
  • Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo 3DS is backwards compatible with Nintendo DS software)
  • Wii 
  • Wii U (Wii U is backwards compatible with Wii software)
 If you have guessed that Ghostbusters 3 is a video game, then you have guessed correctly. The third installment of the Ghostbusters franchise was released back in 2009 and is based on a draft for a proposed third film written by Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis, and as a nice bit of fanservice, brings back all but Rick Moranis to reprise their roles in the game, as well as a horde of classic ghosts, enemies, and references to the original films. Unfortunately, you do not play as any of the Ghostbusters, instead you play as a new recruit to the team, simply dubbed "rookie" by his superiors.
While I have not played the game, I eagerly hope to do so based on what I have heard, and I will follow up with another review once I have gotten around to playing it. If you would like to have an experience similar to watching a Ghostbusters film, then I would recommend taking to YouTube as there are fans who have edited the cinematics of the game into a movie.



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