History VideoGame / Grezzo2

->''[=Grezzo2=] is a first-person shooter of 1984 (this explains its shitty graphics) reintroduced since 2012 only on Windows systems. It was half-ass made ripping off around various pieces of old videogames like Videogame/DukeNukem, Videogame/{{Doom}}, Videogame/{{Quake}} and Videogame/AgeOfEmpires, all of them stuck into an old and ugly game engine. [=Grezzo2=] is a tribute to the most classic and extreme video game violence, how it used to be when enemies exploded into a thousand red chunks and videogames used to be cheaper, coarser, inappropriate and you could run over grannies on the street, not like fucking today's videogames, lame real war simulations where Iraqis don't bleed even after a shotgun in the teeth and there's no blood. Holy fuck!''

''Grezzo 2'' (Full name: ''Grezzo Due - Una Magica Avventura''[[note]]''"Grezzo Two - A Magical Adventure"''[[/note]]) is an Italian total conversion of ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Doom II]]'', developed by Nicola Piro. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FglVuYr0BJg The first trailer was released in February 2012]] preceded by some video demonstrations; after a demo, the first complete version was released in Christmas the same year. In the summer of 2013, the expansion pack ''Viaggio a Merdjugorje'' ("Trip to Shitjugorje"[[note]]the Italian title is a pun on "merda" (shit) and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medjugorje Medjugorje]][[/note]]) was released, and in December of the same year, the final version of ''Grezzo 2'' was released on the occasion of the game's first anniversary. It can be downloaded [[http://www.giochipenosi.it/ from the official website]].

The creator had always been an avid fan of ''Videogame/{{Doom}}'' and in general of videogames 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.

It's hard to summarize the entire content of ''Grezzo 2''. Basically it's a ''Doom'' mod with its resources ripped off from the most disparate and numerous sources. Weapons and sprites are taken from '90s FPS such as ''Videogame/{{Blood}}'', ''Videogame/DukeNukem3D'', ''Videogame/RiseOfTheTriad'', or other ''Doom'' mods such as ''Videogame/BrutalDoom'' and ''Videogame/RussianOverkill''. Several sprites are also taken from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'' and ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}''. The soundtrack is even more varied: Italian pop music, other video games' soundtracks, and much more. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpRXQVnAcY&list=PLBW3-GqA8ZPMqdFymVIMIxNsh-YP6ibkh Here's almost the entire soundtrack]].

* GameMod: ''Grezzo 2'' is fundamentally a total conversion of ''[[Videogame/{{Doom}} Doom II]]'' with pieces and resources ripped off dozens of different videogames.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Despite the whole game being all about blasphemy, gore and bloodsplatter, the soundtrack is usually made up from the most disparate sources, from Italian pop music, to soundtracks of other videogames and church songs (these are the most notable examples). A few tracks belong to either the Metal-like theme of ''Videogame/{{Doom}}'' or the more horror theme of ''Videogame/{{Blood}}''. There's also a few songs from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'''s original Japanese soundtrack.

** Nazi soldiers can be found in some levels. Unlike those from VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}} or the secret levels of [[Videogame/{{Doom}} Doom II]], 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]].

* TemporaryPlatform: In "Viaggio a Medjugorje" the player has to reach Medjugorje with several surfboards which randomly sink and resurface, sometimes bringing {{Mooks}} to kill along. Falling into the water is a OneHitKill.

* TimeTravelEpisode: "A spasso nel tempo" ("A ride in the time") is an arena map putting the protagonist against hordes of medieval knights, archers and lords.

* UnInstallment: Subverted. The game was immediately as ''Grezzo 2'' without any further explanation of a supposed "Grezzo 1". As explained above however, the author later revealed that a "Grezzo 1" actually existed.

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* DummiedOut:
** Several discharged or still-under-construction maps are still found within the game. They can be accessed through the console or in the Multiplayer section.
** If the cheat for obtaining every weapon is used, there will be a slot 0 section containing both discharged weapons that normally can't be found, or the same weapons found in other slots, although with wrong names.

* WarElephants: Among the dangerous wildlife, the elephant takes the cake: it has two legs, [[Cyclops a single eye]], and attacks with ''missles'' or, if they get close enough, headbutts. It talks like a retarded human, really saying "Missile!" ("missle!", of course) when it attacks, and whining childishly when it dies.

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'' has exploded in popularity in Italy, 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.

Last but not least, the author took a lot of resources from Italian pop and traditional culture, like well-known Italian celebrities, public figures, politicians and religious figures. Most of the game is filled with offensive humor against the Catholic Church and its representatives, like the Popes, priests, monks and even God and Jesus themselves. Trash culture plays an important role, especially from the internet. One of the most mocked figures in the game is [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1sVu0wXlVCEyfKIfD0VPZA Matteo Montesi]], an Italian youtuber and ardent Christian believer known for his hundreds of videos where he records himself wandering in the countryside or inside abandoned places and (in a very thick accent of the Marches) expresses his views about religion, conspiracies, aliens, etc.

* RunawayTrain: In "Minimetro", the pilot of the train is suddenly killed in his cabin; you have [[TimedMission 5 minutes]] to run quickly to the back of the train, take the key to the cabin and put on the brakes before the train crashes.

* HitScan: Obviously present, being a mod of ''Doom''.

''Grezzo 2'' (Full name: ''Grezzo Due - Una Magica Avventura''[[note]]''"Grezzo Two - A Magical Adventure"''[[/note]]) is an Italian total conversion of ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Doom II]]'', developed by Nicola Piro. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FglVuYr0BJg The first trailer was released in February 2012]] preceded by some video demonstrations; after a demo, the first complete version was released in Christmas the same year. In the summer of 2013, the expansion pack ''Viaggio a Merdjugorje'' ("Trip to Shitjugorje"[[note]]the Italian title is a pun on "merda" (shit) and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medjugorje Medjugorje]][[/note]]) was released, and in December of the same year, the final version of ''Grezzo 2'' was released on the occasion of the game's first anniversary.

''Grezzo 2'' can be downloaded [[http://www.giochipenosi.it/ from the official website]].

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