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Grabbed By The Ghoulies - Grasped

Posted by simoniker on from the meat-and-two-veg-hurting dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for their updated impressions of Rare's Grabbed By The Ghoulies, following the Xbox title's mixed reception at E3. The article suggests: "While the game features a pretty basic old-school beat-'em-up mechanic that's easy to pick up, there's a bit more to it", and goes on to conclude: "We're a bit disappointed to see that it doesn't have any multiplayer support, but any game that has a level featuring vampire chickens is clearly doing something right." Will this title go any further towards answering the eternal 'Have Rare lost it?' conundrum?

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  1. It's still just a beat 'em up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    I played this at E3, yet haven't played the newest release (should have it this week.) However, from reading the Gamespot article, it's basically the same as it was at E3, a mindless beat 'em up that kids will enjoy and adults will burn out on after 5-6 levels. It doesn't matter that there's 100 items to use to hit something with, since that's ALL you do in this game...hit things. There are no puzzles to solve, no platforming bits. You just run from pretty room to pretty room, flinging hamburgers and cokes at bad guys and moving to the next room. Oh, there's the "scary" moments where you have to waggle the stick as fast as you can to regain your composure. This is a dull game, doesn't matter what platform it's on. All the pretty character models in the world can't save this from ending up like Whacked!, Cel Damage and Blinx.