Ride On
Ghost Rider’s out, folks, and with hot motorcycles and flaming skulls, what’s not to love? …oh, you hate Nicholas Cage? Nevermind then…
Published: February 13, 2007
Comic book fans are no doubt torn by the unfortunate but growing popular act of seeing their favorite paneled franchises being up and turned into a major motion pictures. It also doesn’t help that the results have been as conflicted as they come, from the remarkable (Spider-Man) to the forgettable (Elektra, anyone?).
Now add the latest contender to the mix: Ghost Rider. We’ve got the smokin’ Eva Mendez, we’ve got the… uhm, famous Nicholas Cage, and a whole lotta highway-scorching, skull-sizzling CGI to go with it.
Did we mentioned there’s a licensed game too? No? Well, it’s out. Like, really out. Seriously, man, your local game store has a big, fat batch of copies on the way as we speak.
"The Ghost Rider video game offers an exhilarating gameplay experience in a fast-paced environment. Ghost Rider can battle multiple enemies from the Marvel Universe using his trademark weapons, the Hellfire Chain and Hellfire Shotgun," rattles Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K. "Fans of the comic book series will love its true-to-form style."
Well Christoph certainly thinks you’ll love it, and with the game pulling a page right out of Devil May Cry quite conspicuously, action buffs might have a thing for it too. Mirroring the silver screen adaptation (and, well, original property as well) with a script penned by famed comic writers Garth Ennis and Jimmy Palmiott, Ghost Rider trails the cursed Johnny Blaze as he rides the night as his alter ego, fending off the eternal demons who didn’t quite make the cut in heaven. Traverse many of the movie’s memorable locales, including Quentin Carnival and Caretaker's Graveyard, blaze through a fistful of boss battles, tune up the Hell Cycle and your arsenal of moves, and hey, maybe even unlock some bonus content and “making of” footage while you’re at it. It’s what Nicolas Cage would do.
Saddle up, comic junkies/action fans/movie goers/licensed game afecionados (though hell if we can relate to that latter group), as Ghost Rider has made its rounds in retail, leaving behind PS2 and PSP versions of the game for your impulsive buying pleasure. Hoorah!
Now add the latest contender to the mix: Ghost Rider. We’ve got the smokin’ Eva Mendez, we’ve got the… uhm, famous Nicholas Cage, and a whole lotta highway-scorching, skull-sizzling CGI to go with it.
Did we mentioned there’s a licensed game too? No? Well, it’s out. Like, really out. Seriously, man, your local game store has a big, fat batch of copies on the way as we speak.
"The Ghost Rider video game offers an exhilarating gameplay experience in a fast-paced environment. Ghost Rider can battle multiple enemies from the Marvel Universe using his trademark weapons, the Hellfire Chain and Hellfire Shotgun," rattles Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K. "Fans of the comic book series will love its true-to-form style."
Well Christoph certainly thinks you’ll love it, and with the game pulling a page right out of Devil May Cry quite conspicuously, action buffs might have a thing for it too. Mirroring the silver screen adaptation (and, well, original property as well) with a script penned by famed comic writers Garth Ennis and Jimmy Palmiott, Ghost Rider trails the cursed Johnny Blaze as he rides the night as his alter ego, fending off the eternal demons who didn’t quite make the cut in heaven. Traverse many of the movie’s memorable locales, including Quentin Carnival and Caretaker's Graveyard, blaze through a fistful of boss battles, tune up the Hell Cycle and your arsenal of moves, and hey, maybe even unlock some bonus content and “making of” footage while you’re at it. It’s what Nicolas Cage would do.
Saddle up, comic junkies/action fans/movie goers/licensed game afecionados (though hell if we can relate to that latter group), as Ghost Rider has made its rounds in retail, leaving behind PS2 and PSP versions of the game for your impulsive buying pleasure. Hoorah!
