Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed still feels good with new update

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

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 I’m surprised it took this long. There’s a Slimer skin already that kind of looks like a cross between movie and cartoon Slimer, but there’s enough of a difference that I’m sure some will prefer a more accurate representation.

The second is the “Cracked” gear shells, which supposedly make your gear look like a configuration from Ghostbusters: Frozen Kingdom. I don’t know, I haven’t watched it. I’m trying to not be so snobbish when it comes to avoiding movies, but I still didn’t really find the desire to go see it.

With these content drops, there’s often a new level, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here. I’m not entirely surprised. I would imagine that, at this point, the playerbase isn’t active as it was. The last time I dropped in, I didn’t really have a problem finding people to play with, but we’re now a year-and-a-half out from its 2022 release. Most internet people would have migrated back to their favorite live service offering.

I still like it. Last time I played, however, I got some bad stuttering that I wasn’t able to solve. Maybe that got fixed, but the patch notes don’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 Buster’s game could crash if they were clearing slime during final Ghost capture
• Fixed an issue with the Side Hustle: ‘The Classic: Help Reinforce tethers for 120 seconds total’ not tracking progress when reinforcing a Bot’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 Ghost’s camera would sometimes continue to shake after using Brainy’s Glob Throw
• Fixed an issue where Winky’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