History VideoGame / Grezzo2

The creator had always been an avid fan of ''Videogame/{{Doom}}'' and in general of video games from the '90s (in particular [=FPSes=]) characterized by gratuitous and cheap violence. During his high school days he already made a ''Doom'' mod called ''Grezzo'' ("rough" or "of low quality"), with the original maps but different sounds and sprites for the enemies. The game was never uploaded online as it featured too many in-jokes understandable only by him and his friends. He started working on ''Grezzo 2'' with a similar idea in mind, but later thought of putting it online, hoping it would've been appreciated by some more people.

After the release of the first demo, ''Grezzo 2'' exploded in popularity in Italian netizens, thanks to its extreme violence, blasphemous humor, and ferocious mocking of Italian celebrities, public figures and internet phenomena. Oddly enough, the game got exposure even abroad; many non-Italian youtubers ventured into the game without really understanding what's going on in on it (even LetsPlay/{{Pewdiepie}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH6J29r3tU0 showed it off]]), with varying reactions from amusement and puzzlement to disgust.

* NeverTrustATrailer: {{Invoked}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FglVuYr0BJg Both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asCGbVx5XJk trailers]] of ''Grezzo 2'' show right away a [[UsefulNotes/PanEuropeanGameInformation PEGI 3]] rating; no one is obviously gonna be fooled by that.

In 2018, [[https://www.facebook.com/grezzo2official/photos/a.392113977479140/1845684748788715/?type=3 the author announced a sequel]], ''[=GrezzoDue2=]'' ("[[SequelNumberSnarl [=GrezzoTwo2=]]]"). The game is still under production, and its release date is unknown, but a playable demo came out in October 24, 2021.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The main character's sprite is taken from Billy Ray Jeter from ''Videogame/RedneckRampage'', who wears no shoes.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Many melee and thrown weapons in the slots 1 and 8 are this, including a [[BatterUp baseball bat]], a [[ShovelStrike shovel]], a [[WrenchWhack wrench]], a [[AnAxeToGrind hatchet]], a [[CrowbarCombatant crowbar]], a pitchfork (from ''Videogame/{{Blood}}''), a [[InstrumentOfMurder mircophone]], a cooler (from ''Videogame/DukeNukem3D''), '''a dildo''', a radio (which kills enemy broadcasting [[MusicalAssassin horrible christian music]]), basketballs and bowling balls.

** [[UpToEleven There's an even bigger, more powerful variant]] in slot 7 called "Megamitragrosso".[[note]]roughly "mega huge machine gun"[[/note]]

* PersonOfMassDestruction: The protagonist is an example UpToEleven as he kills not only the entire humankind, but also Jesus and God.

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After the release of the first demo, and thanks to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxHeMoY-RX4 praise received by Parliamo di Videogiochi]], a well-known Italian channel of videogame reviewers, ''Grezzo 2'' exploded in popularity in Italian netizens, thanks to its extreme violence, blasphemous humor, and ferocious mocking of Italian celebrities, public figures and internet phenomena. Oddly enough, the game got exposure even abroad; many non-Italian youtubers ventured into the game without really understanding what's going on in on it (even LetsPlay/{{Pewdiepie}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH6J29r3tU0 showed it off]]), with varying reactions from amusement and puzzlement to disgust.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: The protagonist is an example UpToEleven as he kills the entire humankind, including Jesus and God.

In 2018, [[https://www.facebook.com/grezzo2official/photos/a.392113977479140/1845684748788715/?type=3 the author announced a sequel]], ''[=GrezzoDue2=]'' ("[[SequelNumberSnarl [=GrezzoTwo2=]]]"). The game is still under production, and its release date is unknown.

* GunsInChurch: The very first level, "Santa Messa", and "Quant'è bella la cappella".

** "Se'n tonto" (''You're a dumb'')

** Nazi soldiers can be found in some levels. Unlike those from ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' or the secret levels of VideoGame/DoomII'', they don't yell [[GratuitousGerman random curses and threads in German]]; their voices are taken from a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mG8u3su4Ko mixed German-Italian song.]]