The simpson game ps3 review

The only problem, which many 3D platformers face, is the camera. After you get over the reused script and tired of hearing the same lines, you finally get on with the game! A cool thing in this game is that the levels are cleverly adapted film names like Bartman Begins.

Nicely done. Compared to those, The Simpsons is lacking in the gameplay department. Only worth it for hardcore Simpsons fans. It would have been fine and dandy if the game simply reconstructed classic episodes and spit them out at gamers to play through but The Simpsons Game goes a step further and actually parodies tons of Hollywood and videogame properties as well.

Not only does it bring its own episodes back to life, poke fun at tons of EA properties, and make fun of videogames by mentioning the Xbox and PS4, but there are also some awesome cameos in the game. The series creator Matt Groening plays a hilarious role as himself, Will Wright is perfectly portrayed and exhibits signs of humor for the very first time, and then there's God Himself who makes an appearance and manages to drop an F-Bomb along the way.

Yes indeed, the humor element is easily the game's strongest point. Luckily the gameplay isn't half-bad either. As you'd expect, The Simpsons Game can largely be summarized by calling it a platformer. You'll get to play as all four characters, though typically only two will be available in a level, and those two characters are predetermined by the game.

You're able to switch between the two at any point during gameplay, unless you and a friend are partaking in some co-operative play, in which case things are pretty much set in stone, but we'll talk more about the co-op a bit later. It's obvious why they designed the levels to only incorporate two characters as many of the obstacles can only be passed by certain characters, though we would have preferred to have the Simpson family as a whole at our disposal.

Even though the act of playing through the levels doesn't add anything new to the platformer genre, The Simpsons Game actually takes a new approach to tried and true gameplay by poking fun at itself through the use of attainable video game cliches.

It points out the fact that all videogames have crates, bosses with overly obvious weak points, and other things of that nature.

There are 31 throughout the game and they're all equally funny. In between jumping from platform to platform you will of course be pitted against enemies, the bulk of which you'll recognize from the series. Burns are just a few of the characters to make the jump into the game. The Simpsons family has two basic attacks. There's a standard melee punch and there's a power-based attack which is governed by your power meter. Objects in the environment spit out power items, as do fallen foes, so you won't spend much of your time budgeting your power usage.

Some of the powered attacks are cooler than others though, and while the Simpsons family does gain new abilities throughout the game, it's clear that Homer was made to be the coolest of the foursome.

He begins with the burp attack which can stun enemies, or kill them when charged up for a mega-burp, but then gains the Fat Homer transformation and Gummy Homer transformation later down the line. Both of the new Homer forms have their own set of attacks as well, making the Duff lover the most fun to toy around with by far.

Other characters like Marge and Lisa only have one attack, and while their abilities do progress through the game, they only become stronger rather than changing into something totally different and fresh. Luckily other characters -- as well as Homer -- can pick up power up items throughout the levels that make them invincible and grant them certain powers for a certain time.

The mechanic of switching between characters could have also been more thought out. While having to tap a direction on the d-pad in single-player gameplay is fine when you have just two characters, but when the entire Simpsons squad is playable you're still relegated to using a directional to cycle through the characters rather than assigning each direction to a specific family member.

It's a small gripe, but it is a nuisance nonetheless. Another strongpoint for the game's main campaign is the level design. Each is uniquely themed and is excellently self-contained, similar to that of the Simpsons episode that it's modeled after.

Not only that, but each of them has original dialogue that has been recorded by the stars of the show as well as by the supporting cast. As anyone knows, it just wouldn't be the same without the real cast members voicing the stars of the show so it's great to see that EA spent the extra dough to nab both the creators and the talent to authenticate the overall experience.

For as many good things as the single-player game does, it is not without its flaws. The greatest flaw within the core gameplay is easily the camera mechanic. Just as with other third-person games of the past, the camera in The Simpsons can be awkward to maneuver. For whatever reason it's constrained by pieces of the environment, thus making it incredibly difficult to orient yourself when cornered by a horde of enemies.

Score distribution:. Positive: 16 out of Mixed: 13 out of Negative: 1 out of Play UK. One of the more surprising games of the year - and the best Simpsons game to date.

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Its humor, as stated, goes beyond just pleasing regular and hardcore Simpsons fans. So aside from the camera, the game is just find-diddly-ine to go on out and pick up. Play Magazine. Untimately, though, The Simpsons lives and dies on the strength of its gameplay and here it doesn't particularly shine. The gameplay might not be anything special, but The Simpsons Game delivers more than enough laughs to make it worth a look. Flimsy platforming and lame combat, but so funny it's hard to care.

Fans will go nuts. The non-existent friendly AI combined with the relentless assault of dull attackers makes The Simpsons an almost depressing experience. User Reviews.

Write a Review. Positive: 8 out of Mixed: 6 out of Negative: 3 out of Plot: The game starts relatively normally. The original animation team and cast made fully voiced, and wonderfully animated cutscenes for it. The Simpsons Game is a game which has its ups and downs. I remember playing this game a lot as a kid on the PS3, and coming back to it now, The Simpsons Game is a game which has its ups and downs. The writing was clever and hilarious at times, and I feel that it was perfect.

Gameplay: This is where the game takes a turn for the bad. The combat consists of button mashing and using special attacks that are really only useful if you play Bart or Homer. The platforming was pretty decent, and the puzzles used to split up the gameplay were pretty good too, and some were even challenging.