The Simpsons Comments by Ellie Gibson

looks good. but i'm sure it'll be rubbish. One for the kids.

Me and Jnr/s really enjoy this...co-op = a buy.

I agree it looks good but after playing the demo and seeing the usual issues with the camera in these types of games i dont think i'll be picking it up

I thought the demo was very good. It's actually funny as well, which surprised me.

I'm going to buy it, but only because it has co-op.

where was the demo?

....Just read it was on live... excellent..

"We're traditionally known for not putting a whole lot of effort into our DS SKUs," Rizzer admits

Sacked in minutes!

demo on 360
looks good. quite funny

but man i sucked at it. couldn't get the highest button on the doughnut bloke for 15 minutes so i gave up.

Playing it safe rather than going for something revolutionary is commendable, as making the game fun is the most important thing. But it still gives me the impression that they're once again relying on The Simpson’s brand to sell games.

Hope it's better than he movie...

the demo was quite funny (after the family guy game i was worried). Really nasty camera view though.

well the demo reinforced what I initially tohught it would be:

Nice looking platformer, horribly contrived reasons for 'special powers', imprecise platform mechanics, initially funny soundbites repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again until I just wish the Simpsons would all fuck off and die.

I remember the golden years when The Simpsons was genuinely the best thing on TV. Now its just been milked too much, like an old granny's tit.

On the other hand, if you have youngsters then split screen is probably a right old laugh.

Co-op ftw. Especially drop in- drop out.

No PC version? Hey, we PC owners like brainless, movies tie-in's too!

I was kind left undecided by the demo. It looks nice, the humour is there, and the controls and camera were perfectly OK, however I wasn't certain what the game wanted me to do. On the one hand it seems to have given me nice open world with loads of secrets and fun things it wants me to discover, but on the other hand its constantly throwing mini clowns at me or attacking me with the giant donut guy, such that I don't have time to go exploring. Is it a game of exploration or a combat game ? It didn't seem to know.

The constant character switching didn't really grab me either, every time I'd find a cool secret I'd almost guarantee to have the wrong character selected and when I switched to the other character they were miles away. Character switching in games can be fun, but not if its over done and you literally have to switch characters every minute or so.

Looking forward to this. I think I have played or owned all the simpsons games (then again I do collect everything Simpsons)I thought the Fam Guy game was pants, such a shame. Why when the make cartoon games, can't we play all the cast. Lego SW can do it.
I wan't to be Duffman!
I'm still awaiting a good South Park game. I loved the Futurama game, and enjoy SBSP........with my daughter (who I'm I kidding I love the show, Patrick is great)
Simpsons 4ever.
OHYEAH

Still really disappointed this isn't coming out for PC.

I hope it's not a big pile of rubbish that the movie was!

How many games are there where you can't swim until the sequel?

Haven't they been forced to remove the Grand Theft Scratchy part by Rockstar? They were going to sue I think

The demo level was a ill-chosen in my opinion, consisting as it does of a dull and somewhat easy boss fight in an uninteresting, empty looking environment. The graphics and animation are spot on and the sound is good, if ultimately repetitive, but it failed to impress me where it mattered: the gameplay. The video that plays at the end of the demo reveals a more interesting looking game though so it amazes me that the devs didn't include one of those levels instead of this so-so boss fight. I'm waiting for the reviews before I decide whether to buy this or not as the demo just didn't give me enough to work on.

Obviously this is looking excellent from an audiovisual perspective, but I still think this is going to be a bit crap.

What difference does it make anyway; it'll still sell shit loads.


PS - forgot to say; is this guy serious in criticising Bioshock?!

looks great, check some of the videos on gametrailers.. genuinely lol.

I think his point about Bioshock is valid, it just comes across as if he doesn't have a lot of love for it, which I'm sure is untrue - assuming he is a normal human being...

"Bioshock sux! Ders a whale in teh intro!!lolz"

But.. But.. it's EA.... sign of poor quality...

Exploding barrels in Bioshock? Have I been missing them?

His point is fairly valid, though, almost everything in Bioshock has been done before (except perhaps the Big Daddy/Little sister mechanic - exceptionally strong but pacifist enemies who you don't need to fight, except that they provide nearly-essential bonuses when you kill them), but it's been put together extremely well with beautiful art and an interesting story.

I love 3D platform games, too, it's about time we got some new high-profile ones that are actually any good. People seem to forget that Zelda is a 3D platform puzzle game, and look how that sells.

@bengali

"Awesome to play with children."

I suggest you edit this before a more cynical forum member accuses you of something rather unpleasant.

Simpsons demo was a strange one. Nice look and some good humour but why do a demo of a frustrating boss battle? I ended up doing it but more out of sheer bloody mindedness than any enjoyment. Controls were very frustrating in terms of get the boy to aim his shots in the right direction even with the lock on. Camera control on right stick and shoot on B is stupidity in the extreme.

Surely that section should have been called Grand Theft Otto?

Oh what do I care.

He must be using a different form of the word homage because I wasn't aware that it meant plagarise.

How many games are there where you can't swim until the sequel?

Well, I can think of Vice City and Mercenaries off the top of my head as two high profile examples.

I thought that idea was pretty funny.

"... scoring points for eating junk and losing them for consuming healthy stuff."

/Starts count down to Daily Mail headlines.

I liked the movie, liked it a lot, actualy.

Just pre-ordered Spiderman: Friend or Foe, so I'll wait a bit longer to get this. Then again...
pre-ordered:
PGR4
CoD4
Spidy: FoF

wanting:
Simpsons
Conan

Too many...!

Would it be any good if it wasn't the Simpsons, though?

miiguel,

your quality control is waaaay off.

PGR & COD, fair enough but conan, simpsons and spidey FOF, yuk, yuk yuk. I mean, really...

Tried the demo last night - just couldn't find it in me to care about the gameplay, seen it all before. The graphics certainly look great, until the camera tries to move in busy areas and the 360 chugs like steam locomotive. Ugh.

Every video i've seen of the gameplay looks like skank to me.

But what do i know? :-)

Fun and funny's what I'm looking for. I don't mind derivative gameplay segments, so long as they fashion a space for Simpsons humor to develop. They really need to make this game rich, dripping with nods to fans of the show.

I enjoyed the demo, i think that i'll get it when the price is right (bargain) ;)

"The Wii version in particular has been designed with more casual gamers in mind."

Paging ecosse! Ecosse to the comments section!

The demo looked horrible but that's cause I'm one of those crazy people that play in 1280x1024 (woah!). The charge effects looked pretty good but everything was so jagged it was horrible.

The controls blew. The jumping was pathetic and the way Lard Lad knew where you were through walls was craptacular. The parachute cape thing was pretty awkward and Homer was useless apart from smashing stuff for fun and attempting to distract Lard Lad. The game plays like the Turtles, sorry, TMNT game with inprecise controls and such already mentioned.

I noticed quite a few quotes from the show which is kind of a turn off if I'm hearing material from years ago. It just doesn't give me that nostalgic feeling with the simpsons, maybe because its been bled dry.

Maybe I'm attacking it too much but they kept saying they were going to make things different and appeal to gamers but all they seemed to have done is try and make The Simpsons arcade game in 3D and add loads of videogame references/parodies.

My opinion is that Simpsons: Hit & Run is awesome. I am not convinced that this game will be better than that game, but I am pretty sure I'll love it anyway.

Gotta love this guy. Complains about lack of innovation then makes a game that's nothing but a collection of cliches. But it's deliberate! So it's teh irony, innit? >sigh<

Back to flogging the dead horse, mate.