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Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for my husband and he loves it! If you are a true Simpson's fan, you will love it!

Great game - could be longer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i really enjoyed this game. the storyline was well written, and the cut scenes were fully up to par with clips from the actual show. previous simpsons games have been a bit of a let down, but this one really holds up both as an enjoyable and playable game and as an entertaining story.

my only reason for not giving it 5 stars is that i felt it was a little on the short side. another 3 or 4 levels would have made this a perfect 5.

GREAT GAME FOR FANS!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for my husband, who is a major Simpson's fan. He loves it and is often laughing at the content and pleased with the quality. He and our daughter play it together and have a great time with it. My husband remarked that it reminds him of the Tomb Raider games as far as how it is set-up (meaning that its not a cheesy rip-off of a cartoon show with poorly constructed game play) and that was another vote in its favor as he's also a fan of the Tomb Raider games for playstation. Perfect game for anyone that loves the Simpson's.

Good, but could be better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun and the humor is pretty good. There are references to the show itself, and I truly do enjoy Comic Book Guy's numerous cliches.

The problem with this game, as others have indicated in their reviews, is the gameplay. I've never played a game where the camera angle is the biggest obstacle in the game, but that is the case here. It's a struggle to get the view you need to accomplish certain tasks. Then when you do, it can change on you by itself while you are in the middle of some critical action.

Bottom line, it's a good game that could be great if the designers just cleaned up the gameplay. That's always the most important part of any game.

Decent

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game isn't too bad. Most of the challenges involve a pair of the Simpsons family solving puzzles in a 3D environment (i.e. climbing a tower, using Homer to throw Bart with a see-saw, etc). I'm only two hours into the game, but it is fun and the TV show references are numerous. Just hoping it is more than "solve this obstacle" every level. We'll see...

Great Game!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 15
Date: November 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been a fan of The Simpsons for along time now, When I found out EA was going to release The Simpsons game, I knew I just had to have it. Long story short, if your a fan of the show, then you will DEF. be a fan of the new game.

For a game making fun of other games, you'd think it'd be better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For a video game that spends 90% of it's time making fun of video game cliches, this one has one more it could add to its list: the movie property video game that doesn't hit the spot. To compound matters, this is the one-hundredth Simpsons game to appear on the market and game designers still can't nail it.

The game - and conversely, gamers - delights in poking its tongue out at various video game styles and genres, even using dialogue sounds from other games to drive the point home. The problem? It's not anywhere near as fun as half the games it makes fun of.

It's too easy to progress through, the missions aren't terribly long, and this game easily has the worst camera control in any game, ever. The controls in general are a mess. For a game with graphics this simple, it certainly struggles to do even simple tasks right.

I have my beef with the games that come out - or that don't come out often enough - just like every other gamer. Thanks for pointing that out, Bart and Homer and Marge and Lisa. But could you have done it with a game that was actually fun to play? The jokes are cool, but I don't buy games for jokes. I buy them to enjoy playing a solid game.

This game shouldn't cost what new games cost. Rent it if you must, but don't but it unless you can get it used.

Very Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I tried playing this game twice and will probably never go back to it. The controls and the camera are very sloppy and amateurish. Pointing out 'cliche' gameplay doesn't make it any better; it's still fairly boring. Maybe later levels would be better but I just cannot be bothered playing to them. I thought Hit 'n' Run a much better game.

Dont Waste your Money: Terrible Camera Views & Frustrating Controls

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: November 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The camera angles & views for this game are absolutely terrible. They change on their own way too much (often mid jump) making it impossible to see what you are doing or where you are going.

The controls for this game are horrible- they make game play unbelievable frustrating. You have to do the most meaningless tasks over and over again which completely drains the game of any fun.

Also the story line is weak and hard to follow, you dont really know whats going on or what you are supposed to be doing and you get very little guidance.

Bottomline: if your looking for a fun simpsons game look else where. (The Simpsons's Hit & Run game is awesome!)

Note: this review was based on the PS2 version of the game...

d'oh!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Look, I love the Simpsons. I've been watching it for over 19 years now. I've been playing their games since the early 90s on the NES and playing games like "Bart vs. the Space Mutants". The games are really not that good. The game companies just milk and overkill the Simpsons name in an attempt to make money. It happens all the time with other games as well. This game has some positive things going for it such as really spectacular graphics and some fun puzzle games, but don't expect the game to stand the test of time. That's the difference between the animated comedy we see every Sunday night and the video games. The TV show rules, the games don't.

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