Ghoul School

The Good
I loved the clean lined graphics. It felt like you were playing in somebody's amateur comic book! It don’t look like Halo, but it has a kind of cartoonish freedom, and looks great. For such small characters and rooms, there is surprising detail.

The game is simple, cruise the halls, rooms and lockers looking for a way to beat the alien monsters infesting the school. It is a surprisingly large place to roam, and there are lots and lots of rooms to search.

The weapons are simple, bat, towel, running shoes and then better weapons later.

You are stopped from entering some areas until you have found the things you need to beat the monsters on other levels.
You have to figure out how to use the things you find to advance also, so it’s not a simple run and gun, but a problem solving game too.

It has it’s own unique charm.

The Bad
I only wish they had expanded it. Once you find the stuff you need it isn't too hard to beat. They should have made it deeper and a tad more difficult.

A bit more interaction would have been nice also. It got a bit boring with only you and the eyeball monsters, with nobody else to chat with. It got lonely!

I would have liked to see some outdoors stuff too.

The Bottom Line
A game that has it's own charm, it is unique in it's look (maybe "A boy and his Blob" would come close.) Lots of exploration, lots of rooms and a weird assortment of baddies to battle makes this a keeper. Being an odd and probably rare game, it belongs in a collection. No gore at all makes it fun for the tykes!