GC '07: Ghost Squad Hands-On

By Joe Dodson, GameSpotPosted Aug 23, 2007 3:11 pm PT

We take aim at this shooter's new features.

We just took a look at Ghost Squad, Sega's upcoming rail shooter for the Wii, and we have a couple developments to report about this upcoming war on terror. If you've been following the game at all, you know it's a rail shooter in the classic Sega vein, but with some important differences.

It's these differences that we're going to tell you about now. The first thing that distinguished Ghost Squad from other thrilling blastfests in the Sega library was the hostage rescue system. Instead of shooting hostages, you can release them while delivering comforting verbal messages like "Get on your knees!" You might happen upon a room with up to five hostages, all waiting to be freed, as terrorists jump on the screen and prepare to fire. You free everyone you can, while saving your own neck, juggling life and liberty as you go.

But nothing makes freedom ring like a good old headshot, which we tried to put on a bad guy who was kidnapping that holy grail of evil ambition, the President. The bad guy was shooting at us and running to his jet plane, and we only had one shot. We lined it up, pulled the trigger, and "Kaplang!"--hit the jet instead. He jumped in, laughing at us, and our mission was aborted. Sorry, Mr. President.

Earlier, as we walked from one terrorist cabin to another, we spotted a bad guy hanging out on the deck, so we grabbed a sniper rifle and took him down. His buddies inside saw him take the hit, and all five came running out, practically daring us to shoot them all. We happily obliged. Freedom 6, Terror 0.

And that's just the beginning of a score we're sure will get into deep digits before Ghost Squad is done and the day has finally been saved. As we learn more about this game, we'll keep you informed, until it eventually ships in the fourth quarter of this year.

21 Comments

  • emerald101

    Posted Sep 17, 2007 11:50 am PT

    Played the arcade game this looks even better. Mainly because u only have to pay once.

  • xgalacticax

    Posted Sep 2, 2007 3:58 pm PT

    yeah, the arcade game was fun. i wont be concerned about images here cos they'll always toned down no matter wat game it is. we'll just have to wait for videos, or even better, the game itself to determine how good the graphics are. anyhow, its gameplay over graphics for me so i dont care. if it feels just like the arcade game, its worth a shot. the co-op rocks

  • adventureseeker

    Posted Aug 30, 2007 10:28 am PT

    LAME!

  • XBASX

    Posted Aug 29, 2007 1:16 pm PT

    "But nothing makes freedom ring like a good old headshot"

    (Ok cool, how did it worked out?)

    "We lined it up, pulled the trigger, and "Kaplang!"--hit the jet instead"

    lol not something you'd expect them to say

  • teh_leeto

    Posted Aug 28, 2007 3:13 pm PT

    I want to see house of the dead 4 on the wii, you can shake the wiimote to reload, just like in the arcade game. But, like this game, they're gonna have to bring down the grafx a bit.

  • evil_tormentor

    Posted Aug 28, 2007 1:19 pm PT

    Gimme Time Crisis Already. Oh snap, they could use the wii balance board (optional of course)!

  • Genok

    Posted Aug 28, 2007 12:37 am PT

    I loved this one on the arcade, its a must buy for me =P

  • bigbootay

    Posted Aug 27, 2007 11:13 am PT

    what happened? an update to the arcade version is already available in JP and the wii version will have only a downgrade to the grafx and no new features from GS revolution

  • OmegaNemesis28

    Posted Aug 26, 2007 11:07 pm PT

    WTF?

    Why does the graphics look like it was toned down A TON?! Wow...
    I should know the difference between the arcade and the screenshots on GS - I played the game for a month straight in the arcade along with TC1,2,3,4.

    I hope they add onto the end of the game because it just ends with the last guy being killed. Nothing happens after that.

    But the game seriously is only fun for 3-4 full time through then its just boring. Nothing special.

    RE:UC is gonna be 10x better then this and so is TC4 for PS3.

  • judasthemonk

    Posted Aug 26, 2007 12:26 pm PT

    So that article didn't have anything to say.... they played the game and then gave a worthless account of it. Sorry, I'm just kind of shocked at how little that had to offer about anything.

  • grafkhun

    Posted Aug 26, 2007 11:20 am PT

    nothing on gameplay at all, oh well, i hope it turns out good.

  • PBRulez

    Posted Aug 25, 2007 5:43 pm PT

    lol, "Freedom 6, terror 0"... this game looks fun.

  • GS_W4RR10R_23

    Posted Aug 25, 2007 4:15 pm PT

    This is going to be the best shooter on the wii yet

  • sameo99

    Posted Aug 25, 2007 5:31 am PT

    arcade version is SO SICK i cant even explain - if only I had a Wii..

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Aug 24, 2007 1:16 am PT

    I love on rails shooters!

  • jazziey

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 10:51 pm PT

    arcade was so good and now it gnna be even better

  • joeisnub

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 8:25 pm PT

    Cant wait.... arcade version was AWESOME

  • oliver_475

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 7:06 pm PT

    I can't wait, arcade was awesome!

  • Blind_Knight

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 5:01 pm PT

    Never played the Arcade version but this game looks good

  • Arley569

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 3:56 pm PT

    The arcade version is great hope this one is too.

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