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Evening wear? Try Homer casual

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a really fun game and a super game for Simpson's fans. Totally irreverend and mostly ridiculous, you'll have serious fun playing your way through all of the Simpson's caracters, walking or driving through various parts of Springfield wrought with inside jokes and various references to the episodes (can anyone say Monorail?).

The game lets you cruise as a tourist through most levels or play the driving games and get to the nitty gritty of all the stories and jokes. The coins that seem useless at first can become obsessive when you want to have access to all the vehicles (Yes, they have "The Homer"!) and all of the caracter's costumes (Nothing like the Homer "casual", our lean mean favourite guy riding through the city in his underwear).

For gamers, in short, its a non bloody version of Grand Theft Auto, with all the non linear and multiple missions aspects.

PROS: Funny, non-linear, diverse and challenging enough to keep you interested for weeks on end.

CONS: Not great replayability. Once you've done the jokes, you're done. Not a great appeal if you don't like the Simpson's.

serious simpson's freak game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Always somthing new. A little tricky and great hidden items and fun. If you live to watch The Simpson's reruns 3 times a day, this is what you play the other 22.5 hours a day!

Best Simpsons Game Ever! -But Not Perfect...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

With that back-handed compliment I bring you my 2 cents on The Simpsons - Hit n' Run.

First off, I am a HUGE Simpsons fan. I love (and still love to this season) the show. It's not at its peak but its still damn funny.

OK, keeping that in mind, I laughed my butt off at this game. There are so many hidden gems all over Springfield that you can play this game for hours on end.

The story was written by Simpsons' writers and it shows. It has all nine of the voice actors from the show which gives this adventure an authentic feel.

Many reviews here have "debated" about this being a kiddy version of the GTA games: I am one that says it is. Now I'm not saying that you go around and shoot people, because there are no weapons in this game unless you include the cars you run things and people over with. Its fun cartoon violence if you have to call it "violent".

The settings are identical to the show. Its a polygon version of a two-demensional world and it looks great. The sound affects are perfect and of course the acting is hilarious and true to the characters.

The car selection is amazing! Most of the cars are from the show but the new ones are terrific as well. All have different stats and cost.

Now for the negatives:

Repetitiveness. A lot of this game involves racing. Over and over. It can get a tad bit boring but they are fun.

Controls. You can use a joystick/pad and it helps but sometimes the control can be very clunky and frustrating.

Money. It's one thing to have a system of buying cars but there aren't ANY missions where you get paid! The only way to get money is by destroying coin boxes and destroying Wasp-cams. When you don't have enough doe you have to go around town and destroy things! Not that that's a bad thing, but the "Hit n' Run" them means that if the damage meter goes to FULL you get chased by the cops and they fine you. So all that work is for nothing.

Unlocked game. It's basically a Simpson's version of "Super Sprint". It's annoying to play and dull.

Camera angles. This is the BIGGEST ISSUE. Exceptionally ANNOYING camera angles. The automatic movement of the camera goes all over the place and makes playing the game EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING (hence the CAPS). You can have the mouse look function on but it won't move properly if youre using a joystick. Urgh.

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Overall its a fun game to play and a funner game to laugh at. If the QA guys gave the game another look before releasing it they would've fixed all these annoyances and they would've had a great game in its place!

PS: Oddly enough for a driving game: There are NO SIGNAL LIGHTS anywhere in the game! That's Springfield for you! D'oh!

Good Game With Only A Couple Of Problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is by far probably the best video game to be based on The Simpsons, however it does have a few problem areas. The positive aspects include the use of the actual cast members in doing the voices of the characters, this allows the player to feel even more intergrated into the game and the Simpsons universe. The game is actually pretty funny and the gameplay will keep players entertained for hours, even after finishing the main storyline. Despite the several good things about the game, there are some bad points. First and foremost, the cammera can become a player's worst nightmare at points in the game. I have had the cammera turn to face my character several times, when I needed to see what was in front of my character in order to complete the mission. Also, the controls don't always fit the keyboard in the eaisest manner and I might recomend trying the game with a plug-in controller. Finally, my last major qalm with the game is that several of the missions did seem to be of the same basic type, which basically consited of following, smashing, or escaping from some other car/truck/ect. Overall, this is a great game and would find a welcome in the library of any Simpsons fan.

BUY THIS GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game ever invinted! This game is the meaning to life. You can never get bored from, there is always tons of thingfs to do! You can pretend that your in the Mafia, Cop, or robber. Go on missions, drive, walk, run, kick, runover, whatever! You should realy buy this game before it's gone!

Frikin fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought the simpsons hit and run 6 years ago and couldnt use it on windows 98 because we did not have a direct x sound card then when we got xp it worked and it was fun the graphics are decent seeing how the tropical sene made me wish it was summer then the cd got destroyed and we got a new computer so i odered it and it has yet to come but it is a fun game and my brother and i went crazy without it over the summer i like the skip option exept for the fact you dont have it on the last 3 missions and i like in the begining menu homers costume coinsides with what holiday it is ex dec 25-27 he was in a santa costume

A Pity

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: January 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I must say this because of the fact that the missions are impossible. They don't give you enough time in any of the missions. If you do complete it, your lucky. In the races they don't give you even the slightest bit of equality in the later races. If you do want a chance to beat the races get every car ahead of time and good luck.

As the comic book guy Would say: WORST GAME EVER!!!!

Yuck!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got this so called "best simpsons game ever" for christmas. It started out good, with nice un-frustrating missions. But then you get up the the "frustrating point". This game is EXTREMELY frustrating. Okay, Okay, I'm not a very patient person, but if you've played this then you'll know excactly what I mean. Although the extras like costumes from Simpsons Eps like Homer with A Donut Head and Lisa as Florida are pretty cool, this game is still annoying. "The First Great Simpsons Game Ever" oh please, more like "The Third Worst Simpsons Game Ever". This is not worth $70.
PS: I LOVE The Simpsons TV Series.

Fun-Fun-Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It was a graet game and I liked it alot. It really seemed like the real thing!

THE WORST GAME INSTALLATION EVER!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: July 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I GOT THE SAME ERROR MESSAGES AS OTHERS BELOW WHEN TRYING TO INSTALL THIS PIECE OF CR*P 5 TIMES, AND EVEN HAD TO RE-INSTALL MY DIRECTX FROM MICROSOFT'S WEBSITE TO RESTORE THE ONE THIS GAME CORRUPTED!!! I NEVER EVEN GOT A SINGLE GAME SCREEN & I PLAY GAMES ALL THE TIME!!!! SAVE YOURSELF THE TROUBLE & BUY BIG MUTHA TRUCKERS, OR MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS 2!!!!

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