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Simpsons shouldn't be associated with this stinker.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 21
Date: November 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Sadly, a show as great as the Simpsons is translates very bad to video games. They have never made a decent game based on the Simpsons, this one included. It is similar to Crazy Taxi in its goal/drop off oriented driving schematics, but other then that it is far from it. The graphics are bland, the options during the game are extremely lacking, and the controls are plain bad. Don't expect to much from this game. This game will definitely get bad bad reviews. People here really need to stop hyping bad games.

A cheap rip off of crazy taxi

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 47
Date: November 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game make look good, but it isn't. Its just another rip off of crazy taxi. The only difference is the simpsons caracters and it's also more expensive. Don't bother getting this just get crazy taxi! Nintendo is just trying to make some loyal simpsons waste their money for (this).

An Odd Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game at first, but after about one hour it loses its luster. And to top it all off, there are only five or six stages!

horrible!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: June 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is most patheic dont get it! get x box and the game prisenors of war. great game.y shouldnt u get this game because its just plain hoirrinble dont get this sorry for any typos

How's the video game, boy? // It's craptacular!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: January 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There really is some extent to which a game developer can't go wrong if they stick to the core qualities of The Simpsons for a Simpsons game. It has to have the right look and the right off-kilter sense of humor. With those, it's guaranteed a C minus. That said, I would give this game a C. It has a few qualities that make it pleasant above and beyond the Simpsons branding.

The graphics look Simpsonesque, if somewhat blocky. There are minor clipping problems, but the real problem is the continually mediocre quality of the graphics. Two-D cel shaded cartoon characters can be drawn with only a few colors and some lines, but once images are rendered in three dimensions more lighting is needed to show the shapes of the models. With only a strange 'ambient' light to the game, faces all fade into flat anonymity and props go from simple to primitive. What's worse, the game map loses so much definition as it zooms out (a zoom that is beyond the player's control) that the roads can become nearly unreadable. They're certainly unreadable if the player tries to keep an eye on the road. The often-primitive graphics look like they belong on N64. Only the high number of objects and frame rate show off what the GameCube can do.

The concept is decent -- clearly stolen from Crazy Taxy, but fine nonetheless. Its execution, though, is sub-par. Carrying one character at a time between a small number of destinations leads to highly repetitive gameplay, and the repetition is echoed in the character's snappy remarks. Even though the game has many new-for-Road Rage quotes, it's easy to get through all of them in a few hours and quickly get sick to death of them. A one-liner is only funny so many times in rapid succession. Worse still, the game's routines for having characters speak seems very poorly thought out. They will often remark in quick succession about both your excellent and poor driving, they will speak long after you've dropped them off, and they will simultaneously address you by name and speak as if you are not in the car. "Hi, Bart! Take me to Bart's house!"

The final insult is the awful load and save programming. It takes nearly a minute to load some levels, and just as long to leave them for the high score tables. Further, if your memory card has a Road Rage game but is full, the game will complain that it can't save -- although it clearly can, to the existing save game. You can ignore the warning, but it's a needless delay and hassle.

As a rental, this game was well worth six dollars for six days. It's just enough time to free a few more characters and courses. The prospect of spending fifty dollars on it, however, seems to be a losing one.

Fun for a couple of hours.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: July 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

As you probably know, "Simpsons Road Rage" is [the same as] "Crazy Taxi" My guess is that your love of this game comes down to two things: 1. How much you like "The Simpsons". 2. How much you like "Crazy Taxi".

I can't say that I enjoyed "Crazy Taxi" much so it comes as no surprise that I am not too impressed by this game. The best part of both games are the mini-game missions that you have to accomplish. There are only ten of them in "Road Rage" and they are too quickly beaten. The rest of the game involves driving around a car and picking up various residents of Springfield. You have to take them to their desired destination as quickly as possible.

One thing that bothers me is that many people will review a game after they have only played for a couple of hours. That is a big mistake. Sometimes there are certain game characteristics which are entertaining for a while...but then they wear out their welcome. "Road Rage" suffers severely from this problem.

The cast of the TV show recorded sound samples to be used specifically in this game. That was a great idea...I think. Some of the things the characters say are funny and add to the enjoyment of the game. However, it soon turns into a major annoyance. Why? They didn't do nearly enough original voice work. Imagine hearing someone say the same thing over and over and over again about a hundred times. Does that actually sound enjoyable? You're right. It's not. I felt like smashing up the TV after hearing Ralph talk about a leprechaun who tells him to burn things for about the zillionth time. (I would recommend using the "mute" button instead of taking this drastic approach.)

My rating of 2 stars is for the unbiased game player. I would recommend it more highly for those of you who are huge fans of "The Simpsons" or the "Crazy Taxi" game format. Personally, I found it to be too repetitive to be enjoyable for more than a few hours.

The most repetitive game ever

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

OK this game has one of the best licences out there. Most people love the Simpsons and it's great to see it in a game after a long absence. The game copies Crazy Taxi in every way but doesn't do it nearly as well. Springfield is reconstructed quite well but there just isnt enough variety in the locations at all.
The first time u pick up a passenger u will enjoy the ride and the one-liners from the show but soon they will get annoying. The game just stays the same all the way: Pick up passenger and drop him/her off. There is no variety at all. And also the car handles a bit crap and it's not much fun driving around after a few days. Worth a rent only.

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2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: November 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Listen up: This game IS crazy taxi, but worse. Wow so its the Simpsons, but the only good thing about this game is the sound. If you have Crazy Taxi for DC, PS2 or GC, dont waste ur cash on this. The grafix may look cool, but they are a cheaply done 2D/3D mixture. Sure it has more characters than Crazy Taxi, but Crazy taxi is in a much better 3D world, with great music, a great ORIGINAL idea for a game, and Sega just has done a much better job. Hopefully, the Simpsons Skateboarding, wont be a cheap 2D/3D copy of THPS.

Lame

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was bored with it after an hour. The game is completely uninteresting if you are uing the 2-Player Head-to-head function. Not fun for anyone over the age of 14. Rent it before you buy it.

DON'T BUY!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just got a game cube for christmas in which case i got two games tony hawk's pro skater 3 and Luigies mansion. I found Tony Hawks 3 quite good and Luigies mansion OK. Then at the beggining of January I got Super Smash bros. Melee Which was like the best game ever in my opinion. At the end of January I got Simpsons Road rage. There are only 2 good things about this game. Nmb1. The Graphics are great like all gamecube games. Nbm2. It's a good Multyplayer game. Now I have 7 reasons not to buy the game Nmb1. There are only six levels. Nmb2. After you complete the game nothing happens. Nmb3. There's no story line. Nmb.4 You can Only Play Up to 2 players. Nmb5. If it's basicly a remake of Crazy Taxi. Nmb6. I beat the game in 2 hours. Nmb7. After 2 days you'll just be trying to sell it.

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