Ghostbusters

While I was trying to rebuild my video game collection I was also adding new titles that I could find at bargain prices. When Ghostbusters came out last year it arrived to average reviews, so I ignored it in favour bigger titles like Uncharted 2. So a few months ago with the price having fallen sufficiently I picked it up in the hope that it would provide a few weeks of entertainment. I have to say that the most impressive part of Ghostbusters is how far they went in trying to make the most authentic Ghostbusters experience they could. The voices are all there, the environments look great and the conceit of making you the new member of the team works well.

Unfortunately, what doesn't work for me is the gameplay. I found the first couple of levels rather boring and the controls just don't feel responsive enough. Graphically the game is a little rough around the edges but the big issue was that it was giving me motion sickness. It wasn't too bad but I suspect had I played much longer the effect would have worsened. Perhaps (and I say this without much conviction) one day I will return to it.

Assassin's Creed 2 - Platinum Trophy Unlocked

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Until recently I wasn't that bothered collecting Trophies in PS3 games. On top of that I also wasn't that interested in playing Assassin's Creed 2 (AC2) either. I had played the first one but only for an hour before I was so bored by it that I stopped playing it, for good. However, I do like a good bargain and I picked up AC2 cheaply in the US back in May.

When I started playing it a few weeks ago, it immediately sucked me right in. I enjoyed the story, the missions, the environments and the fighting system. Everything about the game was polished and very, very enjoyable. As a bonus the Trophies keep unlocking without me aiming to get them specifically. By the time I beat the game I had 92% of the available Trophies. 

It was only the last two that I had to actually grind out but I wasn't going to leave the game that close to 100%. It didn't take long to get the remaining Trophies and that 100% looks so good on the Trophy list. Now that I've done that I feel like I want to go and earn more Trophies. I started a few games in the last day or so - Ghostbusters, Super Street Fighter IV and Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time. I think it will be the latter that I will stay with to get some Trophies. And enjoy the game.

The Challenge - Update 7 (G's)

The letter G has given me just 46 films for my list, which is a shame as I was hoping to wrap up this list about halfway through the alphabet. With only 46 films to choose from it could have been hard to choose a great movie but in fact there are a few candidates. Now comedy is not my favourite genre but there are three here that I think are great – Garden State, Groundhog Day and Grosse Pointe Blank.

One thing that struck me during this list was the grosses for some of the movies I’ve seen. Surely Goodfellas is worth more than $46M gross and am I one of the very, very few to have seen The Gingerbread Man with a gross of just over $1M. I’ll put forward Gladiator as the best of this section but it was close with both Goodfellas and Ghostbusters running it close.

As for the worst, I’ll plump for Gossip. I don’t think anything even happened in the movie, the script must have been about four pages long. Rubbish.

Films to see: Galaxy Quest, The Green Mile

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