Title: "Grabbed by the Ghoulies"
Publisher: Microsoft® Game Studios
Developer: Rare Ltd.
Format: DVD for Xbox® video game system
ESRB Rating: Pending
Availability: October 2003
Pricing: $49.99 (U.S.) estimated retail price
Product
Overview: "Grabbed by the Ghoulies" is a humorous beat-'em-up
adventure game that takes place in a haunted house full of crazed ghoulies.
Gamers play the role of Cooper, a kid on a mission to rescue his girlfriend,
who has been "grabbed by the ghoulies." Players will venture
through the haunted and ominous Ghoulhaven Hall, battling it out with
a variety of monsters while trying to escape the many tricks, traps
and shocks awaiting them along the way. Packed with action, "Grabbed
by the Ghoulies" is filled with unexpected surprises, and all that
fail to get through Ghoulhaven Hall are imprisoned within and never
seen again.
Key Features:
· Ghoulies galore. Players will encounter more than 25 types
of ghoulies to keep them on their toes, including vampires, zombies,
mummies, skeletons, haunted furniture and many more. Each ghoulie has
its own crazed, personality and style of attack, and they all fight
dirty. Gamers could be electrocuted, bitten, burned, cursed, thrown
around and even mummified.
· Superscary surprises. Spine-tingling events will happen without
warning to test players' resolve and reactions, such as faces appearing
in windows, ghostly figures and disembodied heads materializing from
thin air, and ghoulies leaping out from almost anywhere. Gamers must
avoid these scares to keep Cooper in control or risk being overwhelmed
by debilitating fear and ultimately fainting.
· Wide variety of weapons. Players will have more than 100 household
objects at their disposal to use as weapons. They can bash ghoulies
with chairs, pool cues, tables, pictures and nearly anything else they
find in the house. Players also can look to the downtrodden staff of
Ghoulhaven Hall to provide them with a variety of weapons for battling
the ghoulies, such as a garlic-firing blunderbuss to take on vampires
and a fire extinguisher to douse burning imps.
· Environmental hazards. Players can explore more than 50 rooms
in the giant Ghoulhaven Hall as they follow a twisted plot full of surprises,
escapes and rescues. There are tons of puzzles to solve and, not surprisingly,
they conclude in players unleashing a bash-fest on the ghoulies.
· Sophisticated yet simple gameplay. Featuring an easy pick-up-and-play
style, "Grabbed by the Ghoulies" offers something for gamers
at all skill levels. Players can grasp gameplay basics quickly, and
refine and improve their fighting strategy as they progress through
the game.
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