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A LIE!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 20
Date: February 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am here to tell you that Grabbed By The Ghoulies is 100% unorginal. It basically copied Luigi's Mansion! Well then again, that's what Microsoft does best, copying games from Nintendo. Remember Blinx the Time Sweeper? A copy of Super Mario Sunshine! As if that wasn't bad enough Microsoft is planning on stealing Nintendo's ideas for Donkey Kong Racing! Any day Nintendo could sew Microsoft! Besides the fact that Grabbed by the Ghoulies is a copy, the game itself sucks! The controls, the story, EVERYTHING! You go into these boring short levels as a guy named Cooper (who is tie with Blinx for the worst video game charcter ever created) who fights mummies and ghouls! Really lame! Also on the cover it says from the creators of Donkey Kong Country. What a lie. Nintendo created Donkey Kong and Nintendo gave it to Rare (who once was good but now has went to the dark side) to develop, not take all the credit for! Stop cheating Microsoft and play fair!

Pretty bad game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game looked pretty cool when i got it for x-mas but when i sat down and played it it wasn't very fun. All you do is go around beating up gouhls all the time it gets very boring. So if you still think this game is cool then rent it first and see if you like it.

Looks good.. but fairly repetitive

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Sometimes I can play a game for hours and not even notice if it's repetitive or not. Grabbed By The Ghoulies was one of those games that I just couldn't get into. It's a haunted mansion romp that looks and sounds really impressive, but it's ultimately marred by repetitive, overly simple punch-and-kick gameplay that's compounded by the game's lack of length.
The gameplay in Grabbed by the Ghoulies is deliberately simple. The left stick moves Cooper, and the right stick controls Cooper's attacks.. fairly simple. While Grabbed by the Ghoulies may present itself quite well, the dull gameplay that hides behind the great graphics and sound really hurts the experience. The game's short length makes it perfect for rental, as most anyone should be able to blaze through the game and see many of its unlockable items within a day or two.

One of the funest Games Ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is tons fun! My wife and I played it for nearly two hours last night. The game is full of great graphics and super sight gags. It would be a game that you wouldn't be affaird to let your kids play alone. It has a very comic book feel to the graphics and story line. The action is non-stop and the game moves really quickly. The very best part is that you don't have to be a mast video game player to get the maxium amount of enjoyment out of it. I'm not one who is extremely awesome at games, but I do really well at this one. The only draw back to it is having to use the right thumb stick to attack with. Other than that its a perfect game playing experience. Hope to hear more from the Ghoulies in the future.

Kudos to Rareware's First Xbox Title

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As rabid Rareware fans on Nintendo, we bought an Xbox also expecting great things from the newly Microsofted Rare folks. GBTG was pre-ordered the first day put they option on the page.

It's good, but it ain't no Banjo-Kazooie or Tooie. The hero and would-be rescuer, Cooper, has rather minimal moves - he can't jump (very embarassing when a 12 inch tall box on the floor effectively prevents you from moving to the other side of the room. There is very little opportunity for exploration of other areas besides the immediate room that you are in. It's mainly a fighting game, without that much control over the type of fighting. Unbeknownst to the first-time player, a compilation is being kept of Cooper's successes/failures and finds, which results at the very end of the game as a "SCAREY SCORE". We had no idea while we played that such tracking was occuring - it wasn't noticeable on any of the screens. Lastly, it's a short game. My daughter and I aren't superfast players (e.g. Banjo Tooie took us 6 months), but we were SHOCKED to see the word "COMPLETED" on the screen after we defeated the Baron JUST A MONTH AFTER WE GOT THE GAME. That's it?!?!?

A good game, but low on the adventure scale and on the problem solving scale.

We're hoping Kameo has a little more of a Banjo lean to it...

Don't be scared- it's very good.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In terms of production values and sheer fun, Grabbed by the ghoulies is 5 star. Controls are brilliantly simple to use (just the two joysticks) yet the action gets incredibly frenetic, with skeletons crumbling into a pile of bones, zombies getting filled with leadshot and monster pirates throwing chests of treasure at you. In fact the only people who won't like it are cynical, jaded magazine reviewers and people who think it isn't 'cool' to like cartoon-style games. Well let them sort out their anger management issues with a copy of Brutal Assault or whatever- Grabbed by the Ghoulies is pure animated magic. OK, it's easy and repetitive to start with but once the tasks go up a notch it sometimes becomes quite a challenge. (eg if you destroy any scenery, or kill a certain type of ghoulies the comical character of 'Death' comes to hunt you down until you manage to escape from the room, complete with a scythe that he likes to play air guitar on.) The in-jokes such as nods towards Rare games like Banjo (whose head appears hung up, moose-like, like a hunter's trophy) and Attic Attac (when they were Ultimate- Play the game) remind everyone that Rare have an illustrious history and continue to make it, regardless of format in this, their first game for Microsoft. This game is a big change from the sprawling, often needlessly empty caverns and corridors of their last game for the Gamecube, Starfox Adventures. Ghoulies is a tight, linear game packed with humourous detail. The only things that let it down are the animations inbetween scenes that might have worked better with full speech rather than the silent movie treatment and while there are plenty of secrets hidden amongst the rooms, the possibility of numerous routes and hidden rooms throughout the nice would have been a nice touch. This game has been overlooked in the Christmas scrum, I feel, but you should give it a go if you don't have the need for big guns to over-compensate for shortcomings in your private life.

Great starter game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I recieved this game in an Xbox bundle. I've been a hardcore Playstation fan since the debut of the system. So, this was my first Xbox gaming experience. At first I felt embarrassed to be playing a "kids" game. The characters seemed helpless and lacking of any common sense. Moans and grunts replace character dialog, and the storyline is slow and uninteresting.

Game play is much better than I expected. The mini-games basically teach a newcomer how to use the controller effectively, while the normal game play controls are challenging due to the escessive need to use the right thumbstick. Even an experienced gamer will appreciate that.

Normal game play was surprising. Initally unchallenging battles became increasingly more difficult. I often found myself turning off the system due to extreme frustration. The limitations or rules of each battle scene can drive you crazy. But the fun kept coming, the adrenaline did flow, and I couldn't stop playing.

Overall: This game is worth it. It's fun and exciting, for everyone. The "E" rating was a pleasant change from the graphic violence, profanity, and lewd characters that dominate the gaming platforms.

Dont Fear The Reaper

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Grabbed by the Ghoulies is a fun game I am 13 and i like this game i got it with my Xbox when i was 11 and i invited a bunch of friends over for an xbox party and we all had a blast with it!
ok for my review grabbed by the goulies is fun at the begginning it had good music good sound and graphics but........ after youve broken your 90th chir over the head of a hunchback youl beg for something ANYTHING else to do and youll turn of the box then youll come back and for more. the game dosent really change just the rules so instead of taking out a room full of creeps youll have to do it in an certain order a time limmit or without getting hit etc but over all it is fun

fun but hard

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game when i was about 8 and now im 11 and it was fun then and its fun now but it took me about 4 years to beat.It got kind of old after i played the first chapter but i kept on comin back and tryin but in the end my friend beat it for me. It is a long game and is challenging but you should rent it first because if you are 13 or 14 you probley wouldnt like it.

Grab a copy for your kids -- or yourself.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 19
Date: October 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you've ever played a game by RARE (the guys who made the Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooie games), you'll know what to expect when you play Grabbed by the Ghoulies. A fun game that everybody in the family can have a good time playing.

I expected the the game to be visually stunning (and it is) and the game play to be fun (again, it is), but I didn't expect myself to spend so much time on a "kiddie" game.

Don't get fooled. This isn't a game that's easy per se. The different challenges will actually get that adreneline running and you'll be leaning forward in your seat. This is the kind of game that you can play with your kids or let them play alone when you've got chores to finish up.

Some of my favorite moments are when you get to use the wacky selection of weapons (chairs, water guns, hamburgers, pictures, brooms, etc). When you're surrounded by a bunch of ghoulies -- skeletons, ninja imps, mummies, zombies, vampire chickens -- and have to use your joystick to beat em up.

The characters are really funny and there's a lot of cool features that make this game a great gift for your kids or for yourself. Be sure to grab a copy of Grabbed by the Ghoulies.

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