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Yet another Simpson game and yet another dissapointment....If that's what you were thinking then you are definitaly wrong. This game IS The best Simpsons Game Ever. Basically all of The Simpsons Games that have come out were a big dissapointment and the fact that I actually bought the previous games was because I was a Simpsons fan.

Ok anyway lets get on to the review. This game really tried to copy the gameplay of "Grand Theft Auto" but it has not come close. The game just lacks the true gameplay of GTA but that doesn't mean that this still isn't a good game. Anyways here is the review brought up into 3 sections (graphics,sound,gameplay)

Graphics-At first when I played the game I was amazed with the Graphics and how descriptive it was from the T.V. Show. You can't miss one thing here it's just like Springfield as you would imagine it.

Sound-The game has the actual Simpsons cast and they do a very good job with the voice acting.

Gameplay-Now this is the part where the game really suffers. The game is brought up with 7 big levels with many missions in each. In each level, you get a different character, this is how the rotation goes:

Level 1-Homer
Level 2-Bart
Level 3-Lisa
Level 4-Marge
Level 5-Apu
Level 6-Bart(again)
Level 7-Homer(again)

One thing that bothers me about this is that you get Bart and Homer again and there are 4 levels here with the same place. Another thing that is weak about the gameplay is that many of these levels are so repetitive and boring. Most of the missions you either have to get to a place in a certain amount of time, destroying cars, gathering items, etc. After you are done beating the game, the game still gives you stuff to do such as collecting cards, finding gags, destroying wasps, unlocking cars, etc.

Final Ratings:
Sound- 8/10
Graphics- 10/10
Gameplay- 6/10
Replayability- 8/10

Recommendation (Rent or Buy)-If you are a Simpsons fan then I strongly suggest that you go out and buy this game. If you aren't a Simpsons fan, I would go out and rent this game or rather just stay away from it.

If you have any questions or comments regarding my review or the game please send an email to elementzero_@hotmail.com

If you are a Simpsons fan, you'll love this game. If you're not, well, you find it to be a decent game at best. This game is a smaller, less refined version of GTA littered with great Simpson references. Any true fan of the Simpsons will enjoy finding jokes from many of the shows scattered throughout the game.

The Simpsons is like Grand Theft Auto 3 in that missions involve driving a car around a city, and sometimes walking around. Instead of one huge city, there are 7 levels, comprising of one of three different subsections of Springfield - the neighborhood, the downtown, and the marina district. All the Simpsons haunts and characters are there. The Kwik-E-Mart, the Nuclear Power Plant. It's all there. You play as Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge and Apu.

Unlike other Simpsons games, this is a polished game. It's fun to explore the places and characters. There are many side missions and gags to do as well. Unlike GTA3 though, the sense of being in a living, breathing city is just not there. The main part of the game are the story missions. There are a total of 49 of those to complete. The missions are all a variant of race someone, gather something, or beat the clock. After a while, the repetitiveness of these missions begin to pine away at the novelty. The multi part missions are terrible in that failing a latter part of the mission causes you to restart the whole mission again. Couple this with the bad traffic AI and sometimes you just want to break the controller.

There are some other things that frustrate me. The Multi-player is terrible. All it is a cheap race that looks exactly like an NES game (the 8-bit version). It should not have been included. Also, the beginning levels are way too easy, and the latter levels are way too frustrating.

All in all, it's a good game and I recommend it to any true Simpsons fan out there, but don't expect miracles.

Pros:
Hilarious
Tons of obscure Simpsons references
An actual fun and polished Simpsons game
Great for exploration

Cons:
Missions are repetitive
Traffic and AI are badly designed
Stuck on some missions
The "multi" player level is an insult to gaming.

Time to Complete (Story missions only): 17 hours

Frustration Level: Medium/High

Difficulty Level: Easy/Medium

great graphics. kewl storyline and its kewl drivin all the different cars. it is awesome. i dont like the minigames and wen u finish the game there's not that much to do. wen u get some cheats they're awesome too.