I was just about to buy this, for my PSP, because my local indie store has it, for $8, in case. I shoulda bought it on the spot, but this made me hesitate, again.
I think I'll go get it, tomorrow, in preparation for the PS4 remaster, to see the difference between remaster and original, plus the difference between PSP and Vita, via remote play of the remastered PS4 version. So, I can compare original PSP to remastered Vita. Anfortunately, as a UMD, physical version, it's obviously incompatible, with vita, and so I can't compare original to remastered, straightforwardly, on the Vita — with upsampling, for the original, on the Vita...
Either way, EXCELLENT NEWS! This game is awesome. Between this and the Telltale BTTF remaster of their incredible game, for the PS4 (I have the original, for iOS, too, which doesn't even take advantage of the iPad mini with Retina (gen 2) hardware, but the PS4 game really makes a difference, complete with almost all major characters (including Fox, as "Uncle Shamus," and Thomas F. Wilson, as every "[X]iff" character, to go along with Lloyd great, original performance. Bob Gale, who wrote the original three screenplays, has sai, on many occasions, that he sees the Telltale game, as "Back to the Future, Part IV."
Why do I go into all that? Beyond being a bit of a BTTF fan, it's mainly because Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis (R.I.P 😢) have always thought of this game as the final chapter, from the cinematic universe. It's the third movie, so to speak — just as Gale thinks about the Telltale game, which you should get, because it's DIRT CHEAP, particularly on the PSN — and I'd imagine the X-Box — Digital Stores, plus, it works perfectly, especially with all the actors now involved. I can't imagine they would ever consider re-recording any of Ramis' dialogue, although hopefully, his originally-recorded voice work is on whatever was found, on that "disk in the desk," so that they can clean-up that original source material, for the remastered version.
All-in-all this makes the remastered version of "Ghostbusters: The Video Game," the second best '80s movie series-ending AV content, which comes in the form of a video game. They say second best is always forgotten, but this game is awesome and was never really forgotten.
This would be a sweet, sweet game, for the Nintendo 3DS — for actually using the 3D function, even if only for the cutscenes, but I would play the whole thing, in that mold — and I really hope they take the small amount of resources necessary, to make it, for the 3DS. That's even, no — ESPECIALLY — if "they" are Limited Run Games. I think that would make the first time they would actually MAKE A PORT, but if they paid, for that, and started taking preorders, for that, now, they could sell it out, at $60 - $80, Or possibly more for having completely ported it, as opposed only to publishing a ready-made game. I don't think they've ported any games, before, but please feel free to correct me, if you've actually read this far. 😂 Sorry. I'm just amped, at this news, and I'd quickly throw down $100, to Limted Run, for a physical release, with the original manual — except extended to include instructions, for the 3DS. A cloth map of the city (á la Ultima IV), plus an installable soundtrack, could help make that the best copy of this game, on mobile — although mobile play, on the Vita, could give it a run for its money (no pun intended) — and it would DEFINITELY be my favorite Limited Run game, ever!
Yeah, I think I'll wake up and go buy that PSP UMD, tomorrow... it's CIB.
@Frigate I'd say pull the trigger on a PS4 Pro, as soon as you can, during the upcoming Days of Play. They're on sale for $349, and, for the past two years, special edition consoles, such as Glacier White, God of War, and etc., are on the same sale, at every distributor. Amazon sells out quickly, but GameStop is actually a VERY good place to go, for this, because it's the last place people think about, to get those deals. 😂😂😂 Last year, I bought a Glacier White, GameStop exclusive Pro, three days into the sale, and I remember the Star Wars:BSII Pro and GoW, I think, were still available, too, at my local store. I know RDR2, at least, had a Special Edition, in the past year, but there had to be more.
I didn't open my Pro, until September 7, for Spider-Man (and my birthday weekend), and the difference is definitely worth it. On a 4K HDR 65" screen, it's awesome, even for games that don't specifically "support" the Pro, because the upsampling is better than that on almost any TV...
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I was just about to buy this, for my PSP, because my local indie store has it, for $8, in case. I shoulda bought it on the spot, but this made me hesitate, again.
I think I'll go get it, tomorrow, in preparation for the PS4 remaster, to see the difference between remaster and original, plus the difference between PSP and Vita, via remote play of the remastered PS4 version. So, I can compare original PSP to remastered Vita. Anfortunately, as a UMD, physical version, it's obviously incompatible, with vita, and so I can't compare original to remastered, straightforwardly, on the Vita — with upsampling, for the original, on the Vita...
Either way, EXCELLENT NEWS! This game is awesome. Between this and the Telltale BTTF remaster of their incredible game, for the PS4 (I have the original, for iOS, too, which doesn't even take advantage of the iPad mini with Retina (gen 2) hardware, but the PS4 game really makes a difference, complete with almost all major characters (including Fox, as "Uncle Shamus," and Thomas F. Wilson, as every "[X]iff" character, to go along with Lloyd great, original performance. Bob Gale, who wrote the original three screenplays, has sai, on many occasions, that he sees the Telltale game, as "Back to the Future, Part IV."
Why do I go into all that? Beyond being a bit of a BTTF fan, it's mainly because Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis (R.I.P 😢) have always thought of this game as the final chapter, from the cinematic universe. It's the third movie, so to speak — just as Gale thinks about the Telltale game, which you should get, because it's DIRT CHEAP, particularly on the PSN — and I'd imagine the X-Box — Digital Stores, plus, it works perfectly, especially with all the actors now involved. I can't imagine they would ever consider re-recording any of Ramis' dialogue, although hopefully, his originally-recorded voice work is on whatever was found, on that "disk in the desk," so that they can clean-up that original source material, for the remastered version.
All-in-all this makes the remastered version of "Ghostbusters: The Video Game," the second best '80s movie series-ending AV content, which comes in the form of a video game. They say second best is always forgotten, but this game is awesome and was never really forgotten.
This would be a sweet, sweet game, for the Nintendo 3DS — for actually using the 3D function, even if only for the cutscenes, but I would play the whole thing, in that mold — and I really hope they take the small amount of resources necessary, to make it, for the 3DS. That's even, no — ESPECIALLY — if "they" are Limited Run Games. I think that would make the first time they would actually MAKE A PORT, but if they paid, for that, and started taking preorders, for that, now, they could sell it out, at $60 - $80, Or possibly more for having completely ported it, as opposed only to publishing a ready-made game. I don't think they've ported any games, before, but please feel free to correct me, if you've actually read this far. 😂 Sorry. I'm just amped, at this news, and I'd quickly throw down $100, to Limted Run, for a physical release, with the original manual — except extended to include instructions, for the 3DS. A cloth map of the city (á la Ultima IV), plus an installable soundtrack, could help make that the best copy of this game, on mobile — although mobile play, on the Vita, could give it a run for its money (no pun intended) — and it would DEFINITELY be my favorite Limited Run game, ever!
Yeah, I think I'll wake up and go buy that PSP UMD, tomorrow... it's CIB.
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@Frigate I'd say pull the trigger on a PS4 Pro, as soon as you can, during the upcoming Days of Play. They're on sale for $349, and, for the past two years, special edition consoles, such as Glacier White, God of War, and etc., are on the same sale, at every distributor. Amazon sells out quickly, but GameStop is actually a VERY good place to go, for this, because it's the last place people think about, to get those deals. 😂😂😂 Last year, I bought a Glacier White, GameStop exclusive Pro, three days into the sale, and I remember the Star Wars:BSII Pro and GoW, I think, were still available, too, at my local store. I know RDR2, at least, had a Special Edition, in the past year, but there had to be more.
I didn't open my Pro, until September 7, for Spider-Man (and my birthday weekend), and the difference is definitely worth it. On a 4K HDR 65" screen, it's awesome, even for games that don't specifically "support" the Pro, because the upsampling is better than that on almost any TV...