The Simpsons have been through it all. Identified early on as the worst family in television, they're now hailed by many Christian groups as the ideal family. Go figure, huh? One thing The Simpsons franchise lacks, however, is a decent video game. Make no mistake, there have been numerous attempts over the years, but none have really been able to combine a decent game along with The Simpsons license ' until now, that is. The Simpsons: Hit and Run is the best Simpsons game to date, but does it hold appeal for everyone?
At first glance, The The Simpsons: Hit and Run looks like a Grand Theft Auto 3 clone, and in many ways it is. Take away the excess violence and hookers, and you'll have The Simpsons: Hit and Run. It's an unlinear, free-roaming, missions-based game with an interactive environment in the Simpsons world. Unfortunately, not everyone likes The Simpsons (I don't know any, but I trust they're out there), and because of that, there are two camps here.
A page for describing Funny: Simpsons: Hit & Run. If you try entering a vehicle from the driver's side that already has a driver in it, they'll notice.
**Simpsons FansThis is the game you've been waiting fourteen long years for. The free-roaming environments and GTA-inspired gameplay works really well in The Simpsons: Hit and Run. More importantly, it complements the humor of The Simpsons incredibly well. Just about every character from The Simpsons makes an appearance in some form or another, whether they're playable characters or just pedestrians on the streets. The humor of the show is completely intact in Hit and Run; from the hilarious one-line quips to the more subtle jokes you'll find around town, you'll be laughing throughout the entire game. The graphics and audio also complement The Simpsons license really well. It feels like a Simpsons episode, and is probably the main selling point for any Simpsons fan.
Everyone Else
Chances are you'll see through the wonderfully created Simpsons' world and notice the flawed gameplay. While the world in The Simpsons: Hit and Run is interactive and very funny, the core gameplay is far too repetitive. In total, there are about five or six different type of missions and by the third or fourth level, things start getting monotonous. Granted, if you're a fan, you'll probably laugh it up too much to notice. Not everyone can appreciate the humor of the Simpsons though, and for you few, The Simpsons: Hit and Run will be a bit flat.
The Simpsons: Hit and Run is the first Simpsons game to take full advantage of the Simpsons license, combining fun and addictive gameplay with the witty (and sometimes juvenile) humor of The Simpsons. Still, it won't be for everyone. The bottom line: if you can't appreciate the show's humor, there's not much for you in The Simpsons: Hit and Run. But then again' who doesn't like the Simpsons?
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- If you try entering a vehicle from the driver's side that already has a driver in it, they'll notice and make fun of you.Chief Wiggum: What is this, Grand Theft Auto? Get out of there.
- In the opening cutscene:Krusty: Hey hey kids! I'm endorsing a new cola and this oneisn't poisonousto anybody!
- This gem:Bart: I've gotta get the new Bonestorm game or I'll be as uncool as Milhouse!
- In Level 2, as Bart is collecting illegal fireworks to join the recent fad, he talks to Moe.Moe: Sorry, Bart. I can't sell booze to a minor. It ain't right.Moe: Oh, hell yeah!
- Pretty much all of Ralph's dialogue in the races.Apu: Hey, aren't you the boy who nearly drowned in nacho cheese?
- In Level 1, one of Homer's missions is to return things to Ned, one of them is a cooler he gave to Barney:Homer: Uh, remember that cooler I gave you for your birthday? Well, Flanders wants it back.
- When buying the Plow King from Barney:Homer: Barney, can I borrow the Plow King?Barney: Take what you want, you sexy leprechaun, just don't shoot me with that dart gun! Oooooooh....
- Mr. Burns initially thinks Homer is a former business partner he murdered: 'Wow, that was really...wow.'
- In Level 3, Lisa asks Wiggum how many strikes they have on Snake.Wiggum: Uh, no strikes. But that's only because I'm a very, very bad cop.
- In the same conversation, he reveals that the police department can't afford a disguise like an eyepatch- he's being paid in potato chip coupons!
- And at the end of the mission, Lisa thanks Wiggum's directions to help find Bart by saying he is a good cop. Wiggum deflects the compliment, and Lisa confirms that, yes, she didn't mean it.
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- At the end of level 5, Bart and Apu learn that Buzz Cola is going to send everyone into a murderous frenzy to boost the rating of a reality TV show. Bart's thoughts?Apu: We must prevent the aliens from putting laser guns in the hands of cola drunk towns people.Bart: Why? That sounds hilarious!I'd watch that show.Apu: (Facepalms) I tell you what, you're a bad little boy.
- The level after, he eventually goes on trying to get help in confronting the matter, with Apu turning chicken and denying that he ever spoke English. After the final mission in Level 6, Bart goes right back to wishing for the worst to happen due to how awesome it would be to him.
- Snake happens to dislike obscenity. On two occasions (by different characters), he immediately complies on the threat of it.Apu: If you do not tell me who owns the cola trucks, then I will be forced to use... profanity.
Snake: OK, OK, don't go nuts!- And in the penultimate mission of Level 7, when Snake's thinking about the irony of him being carjacked:Homer: Just go!
Snake: What will you do if I don't?
Homer:Flip you the bird!
- And in the penultimate mission of Level 7, when Snake's thinking about the irony of him being carjacked:
- After accomplishing Mission 2 of Level 3, you can knock Milhouse into the river (although if you do this beforehand it will prevent you from finishing the mission).
- A meta example - Radical Entertainment's devs took an odd glee in having Homer kick Marge around, but were told not to do it around Matt Groening. When Matt was given a chance to test out the game, the first thing he did? Had Homer literally kick Marge from the home down to the Kwik-E-Mart.
- Or in general, kicking/crashing into people, seeing them flail around in the same animation like so, especially if they happen to go flying through the air no thanks to some very wonky physics (ESPECIALLY when melee-attacking them). And of course, hearing their quotes.
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- Why did Dr. Nick's monkeys escape from his lab? 'Because I have tortured them horribly, silly!'
- After Homer destroys the power couplings in Level 1 which prevented him from sleeping at work:Homer:Finally, I can get some sleep.
(whistle blows)
Mr. Burns: Mindless drones, return to your ugly families!
Homer:D'OH! - Meta: someone showed that you can beat 'Monkey See, Monkey D'oh' by running.