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Ultimately pointless

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After playing Futurama for a few hours, I realized that what I really wanted was just to watch some episodes of the show rather than mess with the game. Which ultimately is the only real purpose of the product reviewed here: enjoying the whacked humor of the TV series. The mechanics of the game itself are brutal platforming dullness, with all the cheap deaths, dull objectives, and idiotic easter egg hunts. Yeah, a lot of the gags are great and the original cast does the voice work, but gosh you can enjoy the same experience just by flipping on Cartoon Network and catching reruns of the show. Only recommended for the hardcore Futurama completist.

Great if you like platform games, so-so if you don't...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

We'll start by saying I've watched every episode of Futurama and love it to death. I'm eagerly anticipating the release of Season 5 on DVD. The game's graphics and sounds are pretty true to the series, and it is done in the same sense of humor as the series. If it had been more of an "adventure" style game and less of a "platform jumper" it would probably get 5 stars from me. But I absolutely HATE games where you spend 95% of your time hopping from one platform to another, with each mistake costing you a life and requiring you to start jumping all over again. I think platform jumpers are a crutch to avoid having to invent more interesting and entertaining challenges in the content of a game. If you're the sort of person who loves those run and jump games, and love Futurama, you'll love this game. If not, you'll probably feel (like me) that it's "so so". I only got about 2-3 levels into it before I got bored with all the jumping and quit playing.

I can't believe all the bad reviews this game has.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is a blast! I mean c'mon, you get to be Fry, Bender, Leela, and Dr. Z! How cool is that! I admit the game has some flaws. OK so the rotating camera is a little hard to control and can drive you crazy when you get killed on jumps. But except for Bender's one minute countdown out of the canyon, you can take your time on each jump. The funnest characters to play are Fry and Leela, but the whole game is great. Bender has the best lines, when he picks up his pink rocks for money he says cool stuff like 'This'll spruce up the pimp mobile' and 'Dis'll go great with my gold tooth.'

It's like getting an extra episode of Futurama!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A full episode worth of cut scenes between the levels make it a must-have for any Futurama fan.

The game gets better and better as it goes along. Don't judge it based on the warm-up.

Fan of Futurama? Spend your money on the DVDs.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: October 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Cel-style animation. Original voices. Cut scenes with all the off-beat humor of the original TV series. What's not to love?

Well, in the "not to love" category we have: Weak graphics. Substandard (non-customizable) controls. Dumb missions. And a third person camera that absolutely defies player control.

All in all, I thouroughly enjoyed the cut scenes, and spent much of the gameplay trying to gouge out my own eyes. Thanks a load, Fox Interactive.

I'll Be Fair

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

While the gameplay is pretty sub par, the license ups the playability and the fun factor. Futurama was/is a great show that spent less time fine tuning and more time simply being funny. Potentially, this show didn't quite catch fire like The Simpsons because the subject matter was a lot foreign to us 20th Centurians. However, strip away that aspect and you have one funny show. A video game was long overdue.

As far as platformers go, none have really stuck out to me since the original Super Mario Bros. This probably has a lot to do with the genre not really exciting me overall (with the exception of Ratchet and Clank). But, I love the show that this game is based on and despite poor reviews by a lot of game publications, I felt the prospect of a lost episode was worthy of purchase. As I stated up top, the gameplay is pretty average and even shoddy at times. Exiting a room and having the camera lag behind is inexcusible. Another aggravating aspect is having enemies come from behind unexpectedly and hainv gto spend more time refocusing than attacking back and ultimately getting killed. These kind of bugs should be banned from finished products and after soooooo many games that have been released, you figure bugs this premature would be a thing of the past.

The fun comes from simply being able to participate in this show in building a new episode from start to finish. Despite reviewer gripes, the load times are not much different from most other games. Star Wars Jedi Outcast II has waayyy longer load times.The targeting is actually quite simple considering some of the game's missteps and toggling between weapons is also surprisingly easy. The graphics are slightly disappointing compared to other cel-shaded titles but at least they had the right idea rather than opting for 3D. Overall, I would give Futurama 3.25 stars but as a fan of the show, I gave it an even four. Gameplay-wise, it probably doesn't deserve that many but the license is a solid five so 4 is pretty fair. Give it a chance, you might even enjoy it.

pretty good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: September 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It was pretty cool(and funny).Though i only rented it for 2 days.

Your basic platformer based on a show...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you aren't a fan of Futurama stop reading about this game and get something else. If you are a fan you may want to get this game. Its pretty fun, you are basically playing an episode. While it is fun it can be fustrating. The camera is akward and does take away from the gameplay. Also it can be very annoying trying not to die when jumping from object to object. The Bender levels are almost immpossible it seems. And Zoidberg only gets one level in the game.

If your a fan you might want to at least rent this game. Its a couple hours of amusement.

Good while it lasts

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's a fun game to play, but it's very short (I finished in less than 8 hours). That seems too quick for a full-priced game, especially since there's not much in the way of replayability.

However, the game itself and the backstory are great. There were many laugh-out-loud moments, and the ending was hilarious.

Fun, but horrible camera

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a very fun game. Especially if you're a fan of the show.

The only real problem I had with it was the stupid camera, which was constantly wandering into awkward positions forcing me to manually re-center it. (by pressing the left trigger) On occasion it would even get stuck in such a way that the manual center function wouldn't work. Then I would have to jump around, or turn in a circle to get it to center correctly. On occasion the awkward camera angles would even cause me to die :(

Other then that the voices are cool, the story plays out just like an episode of the show and the graphics are well done for a game of this type.

Final verdict.... If they would have just spent a little more time working out the kinks with the camera it would have been perfect. As it is now it's fun, but very frustrating at times.

Dan

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