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Change my mind: Ghostbusters LE has the worst design of the modern era

By Dr_Gonzo

5 years ago


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“Change my mind: Ghostbusters LE has the worst design of the modern era”

  • Hate it 113 votes
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  • Love it 99 votes
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#65 5 years ago
Quoted from Dr_Gonzo:

My sense of humor when I'm having a good game and get magna drained is zero

When the ghosts are angry, they want to drain your ball. It was intended that way (when they’re lit).

Scoring isn’t unbalanced. Each player has equal ability to exploit “unbalanced” traits.

After almost 3 years (and between 2 machines over 2000 plays), this title still excites me despite a broken final wizard mode, and various bugs in this “finished” code. Dwight is an idiot for claiming this game is finished. I’ll never own another one of his titles.

I’ll just leave this here as a token of my satisfaction with GB

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#66 5 years ago
Quoted from iloveplywood:

To be fair, the OP set a pretty low bar here. We just have to convince him it's not the worst in the modern era (anybody want to start throwing other games under the bus?).

Aerosmith. I hate. Aerosmith.

Dominos, thunderbirds, Jetsons just to name a few.

#67 5 years ago
Quoted from TRAMD:

I have the pro (never played the premium) and the right ramp sucks on it too

It’s really not that difficult of a shot on the PRO. Premium, however, it’s rather brutal. You’ve gotta hit it square or you’ll risk a drain.

#87 5 years ago
Quoted from kklank:

As longs as it's not on a bs 5 ball setup. Lol.

No way...3 ball, factory settings. I was able to pull off 19.8B on extra difficult with no mode continuation/timeout allowed, no mode restart.

#115 5 years ago
Quoted from jawjaw:

The difference is not necessarily skill but exploiting unbalanced scoring opportunities.

I disagree. There is no luck in bangin' out a huge score on GB. You need to know what to do, how to do it, and have the ball under control. For whatever reason you can't make that happen, is purely in the hands of the player.

Quoted from TommyNYC:

Is it true what they say about him?

Unfortunately, yes. All of it is true, and more.

Quoted from jawjaw:

If you have a large score, it can inflate your points with no effort. Anyone can do it but takes the fun out of high scores imo.

When the pressure is on, anyone can miss the easiest shot. I blew a number of easy skill shots which cost me a ton of points. Bad bounce into a scoop that I didn't want, screwing up the skill shot exploit, etc.

Quoted from JodyG:

but I'm wondering how much a slightly longer flipper would alter the shot geometry

Hurts the angles of all the shots dramatically. The edge you gain by going back to normal gap, you lose with poor(er) shot geometry. It'll take a long time to readjust.

#116 5 years ago
Quoted from sethi_i:

You either love it or hate it.

And there you have it.

/thread

#143 5 years ago
Quoted from kvan99:

Frankly most of his games were poorly conceived, he only got lucky 3 times, Creech, Congo and Dredd.

Don't forget Robowar!

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