Futurama

"A truely awesome and unique game. Something for everyone!"

First off, I was a bit hesitant when buying this. It was 16.99 at my blockbuster new.. For one, this game doesn't seem easy to come by.. I have never seen it until a few days ago at my blockbuster and they only had one copy (the one I bought) I still purchased it and now I do not regret it and I don't think I ever will! Awesome game with Cell Shaded style graphics. It has it's futurama style humor and it's uniqueness. It's a shooter and a fighter really.. You get to be the whole professors crew in this game (Fry, Bender, Leela, and even a cameo by Dr. Zoidberg) Each character also bringing their different abilities and moves to the table. Enough, let's go to the official rating...

Gameplay 9/10 - Now this game if a some shooting and some fighting. Different characters hold their own abilities. Such as Fry, he holds the power of a firearm and shoots anything in his path. Leela, holds her karate style fighting mostly of punching and kicking. Bender having his own robotic fighting style butt bomb included. Dr. Zoidberg really doesn't have any moves.. Afterall Dr. Zoidberg only makes a cameo appearance during the game. Leela and Bender have special moves for fighting.. Fry doesn't have a special move but you can charge up his guns before shooting at enemies. Now the gameplay was truely awesome and unique. It has a unique story that fits futurama's style of story. The only thing that bugged me only a little bit was the camera view, you can completely control the camera, but sometimes the camera doesn't work as good if your in a corner and it sometimes leaves you a blank spot if you need to jump from a corner and also the camera is completely free motion and doesn't move alot by itself and you may find yourself controller the camera alot. The gameplay other than that seemed fine. Also each character has his/her own collectibles such as different health. Everyone collects the little nibblers throughout the game though which unlocks different things if you collect them all in each level.

Audio 10/10 - I didn't find a single flaw in the sound department of this game. The voice acting was dead on and awesome in this game and I do believe the original people did the voicing for the characters. The music is catchy and didn't bother me one bit. Alot of remixed here, there and everywhere. The enemies and everything else also sounded dead on. The enemies would sometimes say humorous things and everything. Audio is truly great in this game and couldn't possibly be any better.

Controls 9/10 - Completely excellent controls. The controls are dead on and even so, they do seem odd at first, but you get used to the controls and they are very easy to remember for the most part. Alot in this game, you will find yourself having to jump to all sorts of different things and you need to get it just right and these controls are so accurate that it's easy to continually jump from platform to platform without falling.. but in some spots, you may find it a little harder to make a long jump to certain platforms, but thats fine once you nail it. Great controls to a great game though.

Graphics 10/10 - These graphics look dead on from the show and the cell shaded graphics only bring the cartoonish feel that one would need to make a futurama game feel oh so right. The graphics do make it feel like you are playing an actual episode in moments and the graphics only bring the game up. I found nothing wrong with graphics and they are truly awesome.

Replay Value 6/10 - This is where the game could've used a little extra.. I finished the game only wanting more.. I wish they would've had like 2-3 episodes instead of one. After you beat it, you'll most likely just put it aside, but every once in awhile it's a good game to go back to like on a rainy day and play. The only other reason I could see is to go back and catch all the nibblers which is an easy thing to do in the first go around in the game because the nibblers actually aren't that hard to find. Replay is a low value but it didn't really bring me that much down since it's overall a excellent game.

Buy or Rent it you say?: Well I couldn't find it anywhere to rent over where I live and I am not sure if this game is the easiest game to come by so I bought it because I mainly love the show and it's humour. I didn't regret buying it then and I still don't regret it. I would say buy if you can find it. Rent if you are not sure..

Overall 10/10 - I have to give this game a 10 because it didn't bring me down and it was a good change in pace for awhile. It's not a big RPG or a big graphical first person shooter or anything, but it does awesome all the same!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 04/29/05