Gregory Horror Show
- July 01, 2003 00:00 AM PST
Scared blockheads meet dead Mugwumps in this thoroughly strange game from Capcom.
Misshapen, square-headed rats play with giant syringes as lost souls ramble around the moldering halls of a dank hotel seeking help from a pink sponge dinosaur nurse...it�s William Burroughs meets Pok�mon in The Gregory Horror Show! Capcom is taking the puzzle game to surreal new places with this bizarre title that traps the player in a scary hotel in an alternate dimension from which there is No Exit. Well, there is An Exit, but Death is the only one who knows where it is. He�ll only show it to you if you gather souls for him, so off you go to collect the souls of the other poor �guests� who are trapped in the rooms and corridors of the mind-bending Gregory House. But the deranged residents of the inescapable inn covet their precious insane spirits. Once the player has expunged a soul, the enraged guest will unleash a �special attack� that drains the player�s �mentality points�. Lose all your �mentality points� and you�ll be trapped in Gregory House forever, ostensibly listening to �Hotel California� ad nauseum. Gameplay combines elements of the puzzle, horror-survival, and collecting genres. The Gregory Horror Show is based on a Japanese cartoon of the same name, and features character design by the inimitable Naomi Iwata. Try to stay sane �til Fall, when The Gregory Horror Show is due to arrive in the States.
