Post originally by Cyn at 2004-05-07 13:26:15
Converted from Phorums BB System

<I>Ghostbusters International</I> wasn't bad, but it suffers a lot in comparison with the original <I>Ghostbusters</I>.

The original was closer to the movie in feel, not least because it used (believable) comments from the movie characters in sidebars much the way WEG's later <I>Star Wars</I> products used callouts from the game's signature characters. The game talked like the movie, which helps keep you in the right frame of mind.

The equipment rules were much simpler in the original, and the selection of both adventures and NPCs was superior.

I agree with most of the rest of the review (including, regrettably, the game's reasonably short shelf life -- <I>Ghostbusters</I> is not campaignable, and you really can't trot it out more than once a year or so), but I have to say, get the original. It's better in just about every way.