Over the past few weeks, neoportal staff have been reporting dismal review after another for the recently released Family Guy games, proving, once again, that like series such as The Simpsons and Futurama, that games based off these genres neither have the staying power nor the content to be able to make the game.
While reviews continue to be made about the overall badly done Family Guy game, here's a quick at a glance series of problems that both reviews and just simple joes playing the game had problems with, and a few bits that they liked:
There were three types of gameplay within the game, yet all three were poorly done. Not only did they miss key elements which other games themselves had, but they seemed unfinished, with absolutely no difficulty in doing to most simplistic of tasks.
Characters moved a lot more slowly then how they do in the show, taking away a lot of the feel that the show gives it when Stewie gets into an argument with his Teddy bear or when Brian moves his eyes at Peter getting drunk. This does not mean that the fans did not like how the game looked, but many did not like the small details and visual gags disappearing for a moment which makes Family Guy, Family Guy. Indeed, many people complained that it looked like something out of South Park, as did the original Simpsons game and the Futurama game.
The game tends to have a recycled premise. Gags, plots, even gameplay are all taken from the show, with little new being added for what could have been a successful game.
The game still has that sense of humour which has made it a world wide hit with fans today.
There is almost no lasting value with the game. Being highly repetitive, there is little to no point in replaying something that took many people only six hours (and some less!) to finish.
So, in the end, do the people recommend the game? If you are not a Family Guy fan, leave it on the shelf, and if you are... leave it on the shelf. In about twenty reviews that have come off the net, only three recommended that die-hard fans get it. For the rest of us, it's better to forget that the game ever existed.
