The Simpsons: Hit & Run

"Good simpsons game, many flaws though"

Gameplay 5/10:
All right gameplay, but the missions get very repetative, there's many annoying things in the game, and the difficulty is very unbalanced, many missions are so dead easy there's no way you can screw it up, and some of them are so near impossible it's very frustrating to beat them. The plus sides though, there's plenty of simpsons humor in the game, and there is somewhat of a variety in what you do (although picking up a bunch of items is what you do in almost every mission which is too repetative). Car control is great, but controls on foot are a bit shakey

Graphics 10/10:
Great graphics, looks exactly like the characters on the show plus some extra pixels since computer screens support a higher resolution then TVs. There are some glitches though, in many areas the screen goes black because of a depth problem with the graphics (it makes it seem like your inside a bulletin board so it's all brown)

Storyline/Instructions 10/10:
Instructions are clear, and the story goes along perfectly with how the real simpsons TV show goes. Each character is portrayed well in the game, and the overall storyline is done well. At times though, instructions are a bit TOO clear, they even give arrows on the roads that point to exactly where you should go, helpful yes, but I think a better way to have done it was allow you to pull up a full size map (kind of like how Vice City does it), and it shows your current location, so you can plan out your route on your own.

Replayability 2/10:
Once you play through this game, you won't want to play it again, there's no difficulty level choices, and once your done with the game, there isn't much more to do, and you won't really want to do all the repetative missions over and over.

Sound 9/10:
Great sound, funny comments by the characters that fit along with their personalities, but, after playing the game several hours in a row, the sayings do start getting old.

Overall 7/10:
Great game overall, If you are a simpsons fan, you'll love this game, but if you like games like vice city with all the violence and such, you probably won't enjoy this as much, as there's very minimal violence in this game, even if you run people over, they don't die. Personally, I am a simpsons fan, and I like these types of games, but the fact that every other mission is a ''go to this location'' or ''pick up X number of these objects and return here'' does kind of make it a bit boring after playing all day.

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 05/03/04