
Manage a team of ghosthunters and free London from paranormal terror in turn-based battles. Develop your own strategy and build your business well.
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Languages: English*, French, German*, Spanish - Spain*languages with full audio support
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GhostControl Inc. is a turn-based strategy business simulator game. This game is Ghostbusters meets X-Com with business management. You play as a team of 3 ghost hunters at a time, hunting a nice variety of different ghosts while juggling your money so you can hiring new guys, pay for their equipment, and car gas by the week. There are ghost traps, scanners, and jumpsuits. The different effects that weapons have give you a multiple of ways to play. You can play keep away with just push, juggle them ghosts with push/pull, or just pull the ghosts into the trap. I'm not normally for the X-Com turn-based combat, but it was simple enough to understand and be fun. The art work / graphics are charming, and the music is very catchy. There are couple of easter eggs here and there. Downside is that I did run into couple of glitches, and the developer did die, so there won't be any more updates. But I really enjoyed this game very much and I give this a 8/10.
I've owned GhostControl Inc. for awhile, I got about seven and a half hours playing it. I tend to be a big fan of simulation games in general, but a paranormal sim that tries to add a bit of a Ghost Busters flair to it? I mean, it should have been a dream come true. I'll be the first to admit that I do enjoy this game, it reminds me a bit of Xcom if it were also married to a business sim. But there are problems with the game that often stop me from playing longer peroids of time. The biggest thing is the lack of help or context, there's a lot you can do in this game, but the game doesn't hold your hand when it comes to controls and context. I can appreciate the fact the developers don't want to bog players down with tutorials, but at the same time, I've actually had to look up guides online to better understand some of the games mechanics. Further, this game suffers from a massive amount of grinding in order to be able to progress the story. There's been times I've felt like I've made zero progress in the game, simply because of how tedious the game can become. There's also a really weird difficulty spike that comes out of no where that can leave players reeling. I think that if the developers returned to this game and made some efforts to better balance the game, this could really be a hidden gem.
GhostControl is an old school turn based strategy game with a basic two action points per turn mechanic. It is good fun to explore your strategy and also the kind of equipment you can get. It starts off a bit slow but I kind of got into it after a while and like it enough to go back playing it. I found the newspaper bits entertaining to read. It would be great if the devs could come back with a few improvements like they have announced in the community.
Das Spiel wird sehr schnell repetitiv. Bei den meisten Spielen hat man im lategame keinen Bock mehr, hier schon im midgame. Im sale bei min 50% oder bei einer hohen Leidensfähigkeit würde ich es empfehlen.
Did I enjoy this game? Yes. It was equal parts nostalgia and well implemented turn-based strategy with interesting mechanics like sanity and overwatch and a lot of different ghost types and equipment. Unfortunately there is only one city map to play in the game, despite the game informing you that you can select others once you complete that map. From what I've gathered that new content has been long promised but devs have obviously put this game aside. Buy it when it's on sale like I did and you'll get your money's worth and hopefully won't be as disappointed as I was on finishing the game.
GhostControl Inc. es un juego absolutamente plagado de bugs y decisiones de diseño cuestionables, que pese a ello consigue ofrecer una experiencia encantadora. Un ejemplo: a lo largo de una partida de siete horas en modo "Iron Man" no pude mejorar las habitaciones de la base de operaciones porque, cada vez que salía y entraba de nuevo al juego, desaparecían todos los cambios. Eso es malo. Pero aún peor es que haya podido pasarme el juego sin ningún problema a pesar de ello. Por suerte, el juego es lo suficientemente divertido como para, en ocasiones, hacerte olvidar todos sus problemas. Y lo dice alguien a quien las películas de los Cazafantasmas le importan un pimiento.
Wow. I'm shocked at all of the negative reviews. This game doesn't deserve so low of a rating. I've played a *lot* of TBT games, and this one ranks higher than most. There's lots of variability, originality, content, challenge, strategy, replay-ability, and humor to keep you interested for quite a while. If you want a strategy game in the long, LONG wait between masterpieces, this will tide you over.
I have a lot of fun playing this game. It takes a while to get into it. But after reading the PDF strategy guide I had a better idea what to try and how to improve on my ghost hunting strategy and make the income better. I have now a great choice of extra equipment. There are some fake weapons, beware. They are expensive but if you study the stats carefully you'll see they will not help much improving your team. Now back to some ghost bustin' ;-)
The game is full of charm and little references that made me smile. From finishing a level and the leader saying “Controlling makes me feel good” a reference to the Ghostbuster’s song of the 80s. To potential employee names like “Mr. B” and “Bill Venkman,” It’s a game brimming with good fun. Pardon the pun.
A hidden gem of a game in the spirit of Xcom but puts you in the role of a ghost hunting crew straight out of the Ghost Busters film franchise. The only sad thing is there has not been an update in years but its still very playable. You can take contracts to rid locations of ghosts. Like the movies you have all sorts of gadgets to drain ghosts power and then trap them. You can sell ectoplasim and buy gear or use it to research upgrades for your gear. You roam the city in a car and have to get gas and travel to hospitals for healing. Other Ghost crews can steal your jobs if they intercept the location before you do. Its a fun game with some simple 80s style music. Its just a shame that its been abandoned but it can be played and finished.
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