#The simpsons game review movie#
#The simpsons game review series#

Homer's special power is a giant burp, which can stun enemies. His abilities involve turning into the 'Homer ball' by eating food power-ups to let him roll and slam objects turn into a Gummi Homer by eating small gummi Venus de Milos to shoot gummi grenades eat hot chili peppers to become Insanity Pepper Homer to use lava and fire bombs and inhale helium to become a balloon to float in the air. Homer is the first playable character available to the player in 'The Land of Chocolate' level. Playable characters Д«art and Lisa battle dolphins in the episode вЂ“ 'The Day of the Dolphin', showing both the gameplay and the cel-shaded graphical style. A virtual pet is also accessible, called 'Pet Homer', which allows players to feed, entertain, and save Homer from threats such as choking and heart attacks. Several minigames are available to unlock and play, most which are updated versions of arcade games such as Frogger and Space Invaders, the latter which references the aliens Kang and Kodos from the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes. It also offers several features that are not available in the other versions. The DS version of the game was developed separately from its console counterparts and is a side scrolling adventure. The game features a two player co-op mode, which has a split screen and allows each player to control one of the two characters featured on that level.

The Simpsons Game 's head-up display features health meters for both characters in each level, and an attack meter and special power meter for the character currently controlled by the player. These include finding all the collectibles for each character, finding all the video game clichГ©s, and in the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo DS versions, completing a certain task related to each episode's plot in a time trial. Several challenges are made available after all episodes are completed. Enemies unique to each episode are featured, with the exception of the final level, in which enemies that have already been defeated are 'recycled' with different colors. For example, in the fourth episode, 'Lisa the Tree Hugger', the player is required to use Lisa's 'Hand of Buddha' power to move large objects, and Bart's slingshot to shut down machines. The game contains sixteen levels, called episodes, and each requires specific powers to complete. Two different family members are playable in each level, aside from the tutorial level, 'The Land of Chocolate', in which only Homer is playable, and the final level, 'Game Over', where all members of the family are playable. Players of The Simpsons Game are able to control the Simpson family (except Maggie), each with their own unique abilities. As of January 31, 2008, four million copies of the game have been sold worldwide.

#The simpsons game review movie#

The Simpsons Game received the Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show award at the 2007 Spike Video Game Awards and was nominated for Best Video Game Writing at the 2007 Writers Guild of America Awards. They praised its visuals and writing, which included many parodies of other video games, while they criticized its short length and poor camera system, which did not always function properly. The game was met with mixed reception from video game critics. The Simpson family travels to four scenarios in parodies of other games to collect key cards used to infiltrate their creator's mansion and ultimately to save their predecessors from destruction to reverse their generations old ban on video games. Eventually, they must save their 8-bit predecessors from Will Wright, and the creator of their video game character selves, Matt Groening. The game follows the five Simpson family members- Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie-who learn they are part of a video game and are given superpowers to resolve several situations. Similar to the show, the game pokes fun at popular culture, other video games, and Electronic Arts, its publisher. In the self-referential plot, the family discovers that they are forced to participate in another The Simpsons video game. It features an original storyline written by The Simpsons writers Tim Long and Matt Warburton. It was released in North America in October 2007 and worldwide in November 2007. The game was published, and distributed by Electronic Arts.

#The simpsons game review series#

The Simpsons Game is a 2007 platform game based on the animated television series The Simpsons made for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.