Customer Reviews

Ghost Squad

5 star:		(25)
4 star:		(30)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This game is a lot of fun to play, and I would highly recommend it. If you decide to pick it up, here are a few quick tips that may be helpful:

1.) I don't know who at Nintendo came up with the crazy idea that the trigger on the front of the zapper (i.e., "B" button) should be the firing trigger, but this game follows that trend when you select the zapper mode. However, if you choose the Wiimote + Nunchuk mode, it reverses the buttons. In this mode, the button located where a trigger would normally be (i.e., "Z" button) becomes the trigger, and the "B" button becomes the action button. It's a lot more fun to play this way. So, if you're using a zapper, don't pick the zapper mode. Pick the Wiimote + Nunchuk mode.

2.) Although this game supports 480p, it does NOT support widescreen. If you play in this mode, everything looks a little stretched out, although it's tolerable. The gameplay itself doesn't look too bad. You really notice it the most when octagon shaped dialog items appear on the screen.

3.) If you have a large TV, this game requires you to be REALLY far back in order to properly calibrate the aim. For my 57" TV, I have to be about 12' back before it will allow me to aim directly at the calibration targets. If you change the TV from widescreen mode to 4:3 mode, it helps a little with the distance.

As a side note, once you do calibrate the aim properly, the aiming is extremely accurate provided that you have a large TV and are using the zapper. In the arcade game, the crosshairs are always jumping around a little, which makes the sniper sessions a little difficult (in a frustrating way, not in a good way). With a large TV and a zapper, the sniper sessions are much easier.

I've been a huge fan of the Time Crisis series since I played the first one in arcades in the mid 90's. Since many new TVs won't accept the PS1 & PS2 Guncon light guns I've been out of luck for the past few years since switching to LCD TVs. Luckily Nintendo & Sega are here with a great game called "Ghost Squad" which is very similar to, and in some cases directly lifts (boat stage), elements of Time Crisis.

I never played Ghost Squad in the arcades, but there is an arcade port of it as one of the modes. You can have up to two players in the arcade mode, and up to four players in the "party" mode. I have played both with another player, and it was a blast to play. My cousin and I got a great blast out of accidentally killing hostages in the stages where the jump out like the enemies. The more you play through the game successfully, the more difficult the game becomes, and then you start to unlock new costumes and guns for you to be able to select prior to entering the game. That feature is different from many of the Time Crisis games I've played and is more than welcome. As a matter of fact, it gives Ghost Squad a great deal of replay value!

Ghost Squad is definitely a keeper for a light-gun-game addict, but there is one thing the reader must be warned about. If you are expecting the accuracy of the Namco Gun-Con, you are going to be sadly disappointed. The WiiZapper still obviously uses the Wiimote, which uses the sensor bar. Any accuracy issues you have with the Wiimote, you're going to have with any Wii gun games. You can't shoot by feel like you do with the Gun-Con, you do have to use the on screen aiming. This is the only thing that detracts from the experience, but it is an issue with modern gaming and the Wii system. In that way, it does not represent this fun game, which is why I give it a full 5 stars.

I've been wanting a good shooting game for the Wii and I really like this one. It's not to easy that you just go straight through the game, but challenging and entertaining. You really get into the game. I'd recommend as a good arcade style shooting game. Plus, it's up to 4 players and has a party mode.

I was very excited to see that this game was being released for the Wii, since its arcade counterpart is my most frequented game at the arcade. I was a little worried that the port to Wii would lose a lot of features, and end up being dumbed down, but I have to say, aside from missing the big plastic AK47 and the huge tv, this game is very well done. Point your Wii-mote at the screen, pick a mission, shoot people, point your Wii-mote off screen to reload your gun.

If you are a fan of first person shooters (i.e. Silent Scope, or Time Crisis), this game is definitely for you. Ghost Squad is a very interactive game, not just because the Wii is motion sensor, but because the further you get in the game, the more options you unlock which take your individual missions into different direction (Mid mission you might be asked to pick whether or not you want to disarm a bomb, or save hostages--these options increase as you progress). So Mission 1 at level 1, will be a bit different than Mission 1 at level 5. That is the other great things about this game, you can level up your missions, and your character to unlock different guns, costumes, and even different modes for the game. The ability to level up your character, and missions really increases the replay value of this game.

There is a party mode, in which up to four players can simultaneously play a mission, but at that point it gets kind of hard to tell all the crosshairs apart. I can be shooting a blank wall for a minute and a half until I realize that I'm not the blue crosshair.

If you are really into this game, I advise picking up the Wii Zapper with Link's Crossbow Training. Although the zapper has no inner wiring, it makes the game a lot more fun to play, and personally I feel like my accuracy goes up a bit. Could just be me though ^.^ Also, using the Nunchuk is optional for this game.

The only thing keeping me from giving this game 5 stars was the training mode. Meh... You have one combat training mission that is less than a minute long. There are 16 levels, but each level plays out pretty much except maybe with a few more/less enemies. You also have target practice. Training mode primarily trains you to aim without the crosshair, which is an option you can turn on/off during arcade or party mode.

A must have for arcade and 1st person shooter fans. And its $20 cheaper than most new Wii games. Always a plus!

"Ghost Squad" is a very enjoyable shooting game! My son and I liked to play the arcade version together and the Wii game brings the same enjoyment into our living room. The missions are very fun and are certainly challenging enough. There are some hidden "easter eggs" in the game (the "Panda Suit" is a hoot, and there are many others).

Use the WiiRemote by itself is difficult to get accurate shots so my son likes to use Wii Zapper with Link's Crossbow Training and I prefer the Wii Perfect Shot Gun . Our accuracy was much improved using these guns!

Highly recommended!

CFH

After playing Link's crossbow training exhaustively for weeks, you'd expect Ghost Squad to provide at least some depth. You'd be so wrong. You basically have 3 arcade style/Time Crisis type missions each about 5 mins. long. Once you are done with the 3 missions, all you get are new costumes, new weapons and level up on the exact same missions. You still have the same places, same camera movements with slight change in number of enemies popping out.
We rented it after reading reviews saying its "too short". We thought 5-day rental would not give us much time, but I still have 2 more days left on teh rental and I dont want to play it.

My recommendation: Rent it if you have to play it and DONT buy it.

I really have enjoyed this game. Usually an on rails shooter like this does not have much replay, But Sega did a great job of giving you plenty of reasons to keep revisiting the missions. Branching missions, improve your rank and times etc. Which causes the game to change the scenarios each time you play through it. Cool little things. Example: one time you may go through a room that is lit normally but next time you'll use smoke screen and have to used night vision to see through the smoke. Another time the enemies may mix it up and attack in different ways. Also you acquire many different types of weapons that will change the strategies you'll need to use. I also like that you can get in and out of this game for a quick bit of play when you don't have allot of time but ya need some action. It's great game for 2 players. You can set the options individually for each player to compensate for a younger or inexperienced player. I found I prefer the Nyko Perfect Shot to the Nintendo Zapper with this game.. It's just easier to aim with it. You can play with just the Wii Remote if you chose but it kinda diminishes the fun factor.

It's a fun game when you first start to play but with only three missions it starts to be the same thing over and over. Good shooter game, wii needs more of those but I think so far this is one of the better ones, wish it had more different types of levels

Other reviews give this game negative comments but we love it. We're not big gamers so we just wanted something simple to play that friends can play instantly when they come over. We tried the Looney Tunes shooting game, mistakenly assuming that would be simple but there were 2 remotes, 4 buttons, button combos, the joystick plus you could shake the remotes. It was too much. We just wanted something fun and easy. Ghost squad is that. All of our friends have also liked it (40ish women).

This is a fun shooter, although quite short. It's a perfect port of the arcade game. Only three levels to play.... Not a whole lot of replay value.