He can glide using his cape and use his grappler hooks to latch onto certain objects, swinging around the level. Bart, for example, can turn into Bartman, obviously a parody of batman. This game is basically a 2D side-scrolling platformer, where the player controls the Simpsons characters to solve certain puzzles integrated into the environments with the video game powers endowed to them. What, are you dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am? I’m the goddamn Bartman. One of the cutscenes parodying Grand Theft Auto shows Martin Prince, a nerdy kid from Bart’s class, extorting a car from Ned Flanders and driving it off. There are also special guests, as featured in numerous Simpsons episodes, such as Will Wright, designer of SimCity, and Matt Groening himself, creator of The Simpsons.īeing similar to a Simpsons episode, the game is of course, humourous. This game is basically a parody of video games in general, containing parodies of such characters as Mario, Sonic, and Ryu from Street Fighter. Tons of Simpsons characters appear in this game, along with references from past episodes, such as the moving Lard Lad mascot from Treehouse of Horror. Cutscenes are used to introduce the story as follows: The Simpsons discover that they are really video game characters in a video game world, having video game powers. Like mentioned, this game feels like a Simpsons episode. This game basically plays out like a Simpsons episode, and this is definitely saying something when you consider that other Movie/TV to game franchises do not get translated over well and end up being inferior to properties originating from gaming. Each episode usually involves one of the main characters in a one arc per episode storyline. The Simpsons is a cartoon comedy show depicting a dysfunctional family consisting of Homer and Marge Simpson, the parents, and their kids Lisa, Bart and Maggie Simpson, and their fellow residents of Springfield. It turns out that this game constitutes of almost everything that one would love about The Simpsons. This fear, however, was lifted when I decided to try out the game. On the other hand, the promise of EA producing it, and the release on multiple platforms makes me rather hesitant to try it out, for fear of another cash cow game. On one hand, it’s modeled after one of my favourite shows.

Difficulty suddenly shoots up near the end.Īfter hearing about the Simpsons game on the DS, I have had mixed feelings.

Contains a lot of references for Simpsons fans and video game fans.

Simpsons fans, general video game fans (due to parodies of the industry.

If only they included a classic couch/TV intro before this screen.

The simpsons game review