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Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed still feels good with new update

Upgraded tools and talent.

Illfonic has released for their asymmetrical game about ghosts and ghosbusting, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. This one is sort of low ā™›key, but it does contain some new cosmetic items.

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The first of the two big cosmetic additions is the ability to skin the Slimer type ghost to look like either the original Ghostbusters puppet or the familiar rascal from The Real Ghostbusters. This is a nice addition, though Iā€™m surprised it took this long. Thereź¦‡ā€™s a Slimer skin already that kind of looks like a cross between movie and cartoon Slimer, but thereā€™s enough of a difference that Iā€™m sure some will prefer a more accurate repršŸ½esentation.

The second is the ā€œCrackedā€ gear shells, which supposedly make your gear look like a configuration from Ghostbusters: Frozen Kingdom. I donā€™t know, I havenā€™t watched it. Iā€™m trying to not be so snobbish when it comes to avoiding movies, but I stillā™ didnā€™t really find the desire to go see it.

With these content drops, thereā€™s often a new level, but that doesnā€™t seem to be the case here. Iā€™m not entirely surprised. I would imagine that, at this point, the playerbase isnā€™t active as it was. The last time I dropped in, I didnā€™t really have a problem finding people to play with, but weā€™re now a year-and-a-half out from its 2022 release. Most internšŸ½et people would have migrated back to their favorite live service offering.

I still like it. LastšŸƒ time I played, however, I got some bad stuttering that I wasnā€™t able to solve. Maybe that gošŸ¤Ŗt fixed, but the patch notes donā€™t suggest that. Here they are:

New Cosmetics

Suit Tints

  • Ragged 
  • Halftone 
  • Orange Checker 

Changes and Improvements

General

  • Addressed an issue which was causing infinite loading screens
  • Fixed an issue where the emote wheel could get stuck on screen after visiting Ghost Realm
  • Fixed an issue where players could crash if the they joined a host who was replaying a cutscene from the Firehouse TV
  • Fixed an issue where players were unable to find a joinable match

Busters

  • Fixed an issue where players could not tuck in their boots in the Customization Menu
  • Fixed an issue where a Busterā€™s game could crash if they were clearing slime during final Ghost capture
  • Fixed an issue with the Side Hustle: ā€˜The Classic: Help Reinforce tethers for 120 seconds totalā€™ not tracking progress when reinforcing a Botā€™s tether
  • Fixed an issue where Busters could not rotate their RTV camera after being hit by Dark Lance/Ice Spear

Ghosts

  • Fixed an issue where Ghosts were not able to detonate a rift immediately after haunting an object
  • Fixed an issue where Brainy could get soft-locked while charging Glob Throw and sabotaging a pack or detonating a rift
  • Fixed issue where the Ghostā€™s camera would sometimes continue to shake after using Brainyā€™s Glob Throw
  • Fixed an issue where Winkyā€™s Sludge Puddle was not applying slime properly to Busters jumping through the puddle

Maps

  • Addressed several exploitable areas in Funzone map
  • Addressed several exploitable areas Station map

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