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Disappointing follow-up to "Road Rage"

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: October 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My husband and I enjoy "Simpsons Road Rage" so we thought we'd like "Simpsons Hit and Run" just as much. While it may be a mistake to compare games, it's also very natural. You hope to find a sequel similar yet better.

Hit and Run is neither, really. There is a strange storyline: You must go from place to place as different Simpsons characters, trying to collect cards and destroy "wasp cameras". I suppose what those are will be explained after the game ends; the problem is, the game really doesn't make you care about that. Which wouldn't matter if it were fun along the way; but I'm really not sure that's the case.

We are fans of the Simpsons cartoon series also, by the way. But this game is mostly frustrating. The missions seem pointless and sometimes annoying. In some, you must hit a moving car or van, and 'collect' what it drops along the way. Of course it does all it can to avoid your hitting it. The problem is, if you keep close enough to keep hitting the vehicle, then you can't collect what it drops, as that might be across the street. And the chase winds through turning city streets or even across broken highway overpasses.

If there were some payoff for completing a difficult mission it might be satisfying. But there is no payoff. You get a faster car at each level automatically, and those usually trump any cars you 'won' by completing street races in the previous level. You can go back to any prior level using a later car, which is a huge plus... But it gets tedious and repetitive along the way. The lines the characters say at random even repeat; most say about five different lines each, which gets old fast during any amount of game play.

The mini game is worthless. This is truly a one player game. The only two player aspect is the mini game, which is awful. I could not believe how clunky its graphics were. Imagine seeing Matchbox cars from atop a skyscraper and watching them go round a toy track. That's what it looks like ! TINY. And an overhead view ! You can't tell where you are steering, so racing the mini game is pointless. I got "Hit & Run" thinking we'd be able to race two-person freestyle like in "Road Rage" -- but this "Matchbox car" mini game is the only two player aspect it offers. So, make it a one player game. They should not have even added the awful, useless mini game in "Hit & Run".

Worst of all, if you hit too many things, you get a "Hit and Run" citation and police cars start to chase you. If they catch your car you lose fifty bucks and some time in the game. One of the more fun aspects of "Road Rage" was chasing and smashing at will. It was all cartoony and fun. Here, you can't even do that. The game penalises you for it !! You just have to run the game's routine missions of chase, collect or evade, over and over. I will add that after five tries you can skip a mission and go on; but what's the point there ? I end up timing out on purpose just to see if the next level is more entertaining. So far (and I'm almost done in the game) it's not.

Oh, and I would NOT say Hit & Run is for young kids. In one mission, Bart is chased by car, by Principal Skinner. When I accidentally got Bart out of his car, Bart was run over by Principal Skinner in the game, eight or nine times ! I know Bart and Skinner are enemies in the cartoon show; but mowing him down as he runs away on foot, and backing up over him nine times in his car is likely to give kids nightmares about their own principals.

The only time I had actual, giggly fun was using a 'cheat' to make the cars burn upon one hit; and making my car 'bounce'. Bouncing around Springfield hitting cartoon cars and making them blow up, was weirdly fun. At least it was more imaginative than the pointless "missions" which go nowhere. The amended gameplay reminded me of "Killer Cars" in Monty Python's FLying Circus. But you shouldn't have to go to such extreme lengths to make a game amusing, when you've just spent a lot of money on it.
The gameplay as written just repeats from level to level and leaves much to be desired. I expected more laughs and imagination from the creators of "The Simpsons" than this.

The graphics too, are not very good. Everything looks flat and Two-Dimensional, thanks to almost NO shading at all. Not a plus when you're trying to 'steer' a fast-moving car in a race. I think "Road Rage" actually looked better. "Hit & Run" has the feel of an old game sitting around, that they pushed out to make money before PS 3 comes out.

And the part about Skinner mowing Bart down even once Bart was on foot, and backing up and mowing him down again, and then running into him and pinning Bart against a brick wall !! -- was disturbing even to me. Not for kids !

All in all, an odd game, and tedious to boot.

Why 4 stars?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I gave this 4 stars because I couldn't give it 4.5. i can't really think of any cons to this game. It's fun, entertaining, funny, and all that. Try it out, rent it and I'm sure you'll end up buying it. You get to be homer, bart, lisa, etc. Very fun, needs a 2 player version maybe... Maybe version 2 if there is one will bring that in.

Fun for a non-game kind of person

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I don't normally like video games, but I have become completely addicted to this one. It's more like TV than anything else; all the characters and missions would (possibly) work for a Simpsons episode. It's slightly violent, but in a very Simpson fashion (not realistic). It's also challenging, especially for someone who doesn't often play video games. I definitely recommend a wheel and pedals!

Best Simpsons game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A totally awsome game with voices of the simpsons cast that lets you drive around springfield in 7 great levels as Homer,Bart,Lisa,Marge, and even Apu!. Also with loads of cars to buy and unlock(my favorite being the hover bike). Each level is fully interactive with a spiecal itchy and scratchy cartoon to unlock! this game is fun for all ages!

This rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

the simpsons hit and run is a great game. you paly as bart, lisa, marge, homer and apu plus a secret caricter. What you can do is buy cars and costumes, race, do missions whenever you want, and many more things(like doing crazy jumps). I gice The Simpsons Hit and Run 10 out of 10. WHos cares if the graphices are a BIT slicy but its fun and gameplay that counts

The best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This was the best game i've ever played. Its funny and really shows a lot about the simpsons. There's little hidden things everywhere, and hilarious talking. The graphics are AMAZING!!You wouldn't believe how real this looks, on PC or anything else. I've played it on all. It's a great game and you should deffinitly buy it.

hit & run, hit & win!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A fab game this is. Just like GTA:vice. I just had to buy this game and the best bit has got to be nicking cars! it's just fab!!!!! -Thomas Eccles

2nd Best Simpsons game ever

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'd have to say, this game runs a second best, in my humble opinion, of all Simpsons games written to date. I give my nod to the original Arcade game as best.

The goods:

* Actual Simepsons' character voice acting.
* More depth than is experienced in other Simpsons titles.
* Nearly enough stuff to explore and discover...gags, hidden items, etc.
* Character outfits and vehicles taken directly from the Television show.
* Springfield is layed-out well.

The Bads:

* Repetitive missions - Tail this, destroy that, race here, collect these...they're all basic driving missions. No real variety.

* Repetitive levels - You get 3 areas of Springfield, yet you play the missions twice during the story mode...daytime and evening.

* Levels not very interactive - Sure, you get X number of gags in each level, but you can't interact with most pedestrians, you can't do much exploring (most yards you can't enter, very few buildings to enter, etc)

* Limited number of characters to play as - It'd be nice if you could complete some of the levels with different characters. Sure, Marge and Lisa have a place in the story line, but wouldn't it be fun to play as Willy, or Fat Tony, or someone different? Some characters are just bland and it'd be nice to be able to change the pace a bit.

* Replay value is nearly nil. Once you defeat the main story, what else is there? Plus you can defeat the game in a day's time.

My suggestion would be to rent first. While it's a decent game, I don't think it warrants a $50 purchase.

Fluffy fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a kids version of grand theft auto, minus the guns, explosions and hookers. The game is cute and funny, but get boring after a while. The camera is hard to move sometimes. This game was really meant for younger people and not really for adults. I find it also awkward to see the Simpsons in 3D, since I'm so used to seeing them in 2D.

best simpsons game yet

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

... It is the best Simpsons game yet. Road rage was funny how bad it was but this game improves on that game 100 times over. You can get in and out of cars, explore the city on foot, have races, do missions at your lesiur, buy cars, and a whole list of other things. The storyline is decent, and the voices actually sound like the real simpsons charecters..

But this game also has some of the flaws of road rage. Sure, some of the lines are funny the first 2-3 times you hear it, but when you get to a difficult mission and have to hear the same line 30 or 40 times, it gets very lame and annoying. Also, this game IS teen, and the asking people for rides and no guns at all is kind of lame, they could of worked that in there. There could also be a couple more building you can enter and a better storyline. Based on this i give this game 4 stars, leaving 1 for another Simpsons game that improves on some of these things.

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