
When you combine block, jump and attack modes you can use different combination moves on your enemies which deliver various levels of damage.

The circle button is used to grab dazed enemies. The ‘X’ button isused to jump and the right trigger button is used to both block and absorb souls more quickly. The square button controls the light attack and the triangle button controls the heavy attack. In Ghost Rider you get two attacks – a light and heavy attack. The combat in the game is very similar to that in God of War and I was almost taken aback by the similarities between the two games. The cut scenes are comic strips with narration that explains the story as you progress through the game. In the game, yourmain objective is to collect as many souls as you can by killing everything in sight, and to earn ‘skull points’ in the various skills and special abilities you get as Ghost Rider.Įach level has three set objectives to complete: ‘Soul Challenge’, which is to collect ‘x’ amount of souls (this changes every level) ‘Time Challenge’, which is to complete the level within a specific time frame and the ‘Wildcard Challenge’, which changes each level and can require anything from killing a beast with only 3 hits to shooting 10 demons with your shotgun. Johnny sells his soul for love and in return must walk the Earth as human by day and the demon ‘Ghost Rider’ by night, doing Mephisto’s bidding. For anyone unfamiliar with the background of the game, Johnny Blaze becomes the Ghost Rider after a deal gone wrong with the Demon Lord, Mephisto.

Story mode begins with a level called ‘Ghost Rider in Hell’ and is set up with individual levels that remain locked until you complete the previous level.


We decided to play at medium difficulty and figured story mode was as good a place as any to begin our descent into hell. In the PSP version there are three difficulty levels: forgiving, challenging and punishing, with three different game modes as well: story mode, challenge mode and multiplayer mode. We sat down with our favourite little handheld and had some interesting experiences with the PSP game version of the comic book anti-hero Johnny Blaze, otherwise known as ‘Ghost Rider’. With the recent Ghost Rider movie hype about to explode onto cinema screens in New Zealand very soon, the introduction of the Ghost Rider game franchise was almost an expected event.
