Grezzo 2

About

Grezzo 2 is a chaotic first-person shooter built on the Doom engine that swaps demons for blasphemous satire. Play as Piro, a vengeful Italian farmer determined to erase Christianity by assassinating Jesus as an infant and later murdering God himself. The game blends run-and-gun action with over-the-top violence, letting you wield an array of weapons against religious icons, historical figures, and grotesque enemies. Split-screen and co-op modes add to the mayhem, though the focus remains on Piro’s unhinged quest to rewrite history. The game’s infamy stems from its graphic content and scatological humor. It openly mocks Catholic traditions, political corruption, and social norms with crude jokes, explicit imagery, and sacrilegious set pieces. While never officially released outside Italy, it gained cult status online for pushing boundaries, drawing comparisons to controversial works like The Book of Henry. Its raw, unfiltered approach divides players, some see it as darkly comedic, others as offensive, but there’s no ignoring its audacity.

Storyline

The protagonist of Grezzo 2 is Piro, a pagan farmer from Perugia, Italy. Embittered over the rise of Christianity, Piro embarks on a killing spree, with his first target being the church hosting his grandparents' silver wedding anniversary. Piro massacres the event's reception, and dies shortly thereafter; he then falls into the afterlife to be judged by God, who is depicted as a short-tempered, foul-mouthed man adorned with cultist robes. Depending on the player's actions, Piro can either fight and kill God, or avoid the fight and escape the afterlife. An example of the blasphemy in Grezzo 2. Over the course of the game, the player kills Jesus twice. After returning to Earth and killing countless others, Piro initiates a plan to kill Jesus Christ in his infancy, thereby preventing the creation of Christianity. Piro infiltrates the womb of the Virgin Mary and slays the gestating Jesus within. An egg opportunistically appears where Jesus dies, which Piro fertilizes with his semen. From this egg a new Piro is born, who graphically bursts out of the Virgin Mary, killing her. The reborn Piro pulls out a banjo and plays a song for the Three Wise Men who stood at the Virgin Mary's side.