Ghostbusters (2016)
Created as a tie-in to last year’s Ghostbusters movie, this twin-stick shooter’s take on the beloved ghost-focused action certainly didn’t do the franchise justice. In the game, you play as four unmemorable and flat characters, completely unrelated to any of the films, as you travel around recycled areas taking on equally-recycled enemies.
The game takes place just after the latest movie, but makes almost no reference to it – aside from mentioning the all-woman crew early in the game a few times. And then you’re tasked with moving from room to room, suffering through cheesy one-liners and the original Ghostbusters theme playing on an endless loop. Every enemy behaves the same way, and there is very little variety in them – even bosses are simple bullet sponges with a few gimmicks. Stay away from this game, unless you want to suffer.
