Ghostbusters: 5 Minute Hands-On [PC]

I got to play Ghostbusters for the PC for about 5 minutes using a controller.  Here’s a quick point by point.

• It’s very pretty.  The whole thing looks incredibly polished and current-gen.  No worries here about slow framerates or low-quality, low-detail objects, levels, or models.  It just looks right.
• The destruction of all the random stuff looks great.  The animation of the beams looks good too.  The ghosts themselves also look good.
• The whole thing controlled well but I wasn’t particularly fond of the default button setup they were using with the controller.  However, as a PC game, this should be bindable in the final product.
• All the sounds were great.  It was pretty obvious who was saying what with the voice actors sounding just as they did in the movie.
• The comedy is still there and it’s working pretty well.  I see this to actually be the main draw of the game, similar to Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard.  This is a parody game.
• I fought a ghost made of books which consisted of destroying the books until the ghost showed up, who I then had to hit even more in order to weaken him and get him into the capture beam.  Unfortunately I couldn’t play long enough to be successful, especially considering I wasn’t handy with the control set.

Basically, it looks to be a really fun experience and with just the 5 minute hands-on I can already tell I want to buy it.  Let’s hope the whole thing is as polished as what I got to play!  Therfore I implore you to go get your pre-order and I’m sure you get some special gift, as usual!  Go!  Now!  Please!  Stop reading this and pre-order!  *Hard sell!*