The Simpson's: Hit and Run

List Price: $29.99

Features:

• Mission-based driving game featuring the cast of the Simpsons
• New story and dialogue crafted by writers from The Simpsons television show
• All character voices supplied by the cast of The Simpsons television show
• Over 56 missions in 7 huge levels
• For one or more players

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Best Simpsons Game Ever! -But Not Perfect... [Posted on 2006-07-09]
With that back-handed compliment I bring you my 2 cents on The Simpsons - Hit n' Run.

First off, I am a HUGE Simpsons fan. I love (and still love to this season) the show. It's not at its peak but its still damn funny.

OK, keeping that in mind, I laughed my butt off at this game. There are so many hidden gems all over Springfield that you can play this game for hours on end.

The story was written by Simpsons' writers and it shows. It has all nine of the voice actors from the show which gives this adventure an authentic feel.

Many reviews here have "debated" about this being a kiddy version of the GTA games: I am one that says it is. Now I'm not saying that you go around and shoot people, because there are no weapons in this game unless you include the cars you run things and people over with. Its fun cartoon violence if you have to call it "violent".

The settings are identical to the show. Its a polygon version of a two-demensional world and it looks great. The sound affects are perfect and of course the acting is hilarious and true to the characters.

The car selection is amazing! Most of the cars are from the show but the new ones are terrific as well. All have different stats and cost.

Now for the negatives:

Repetitiveness. A lot of this game involves racing. Over and over. It can get a tad bit boring but they are fun.

Controls. You can use a joystick/pad and it helps but sometimes the control can be very clunky and frustrating.

Money. It's one thing to have a system of buying cars but there aren't ANY missions where you get paid! The only way to get money is by destroying coin boxes and destroying Wasp-cams. When you don't have enough doe you have to go around town and destroy things! Not that that's a bad thing, but the "Hit n' Run" them means that if the damage meter goes to FULL you get chased by the cops and they fine you. So all that work is for nothing.

Unlocked game. It's basically a Simpson's version of "Super Sprint". It's annoying to play and dull.

Camera angles. This is the BIGGEST ISSUE. Exceptionally ANNOYING camera angles. The automatic movement of the camera goes all over the place and makes playing the game EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING (hence the CAPS). You can have the mouse look function on but it won't move properly if youre using a joystick. Urgh.

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Overall its a fun game to play and a funner game to laugh at. If the QA guys gave the game another look before releasing it they would've fixed all these annoyances and they would've had a great game in its place!

PS: Oddly enough for a driving game: There are NO SIGNAL LIGHTS anywhere in the game! That's Springfield for you! D'oh!

Good Game With Only A Couple Of Problems [Posted on 2006-11-28]
This game is by far probably the best video game to be based on The Simpsons, however it does have a few problem areas. The positive aspects include the use of the actual cast members in doing the voices of the characters, this allows the player to feel even more intergrated into the game and the Simpsons universe. The game is actually pretty funny and the gameplay will keep players entertained for hours, even after finishing the main storyline. Despite the several good things about the game, there are some bad points. First and foremost, the cammera can become a player's worst nightmare at points in the game. I have had the cammera turn to face my character several times, when I needed to see what was in front of my character in order to complete the mission. Also, the controls don't always fit the keyboard in the eaisest manner and I might recomend trying the game with a plug-in controller. Finally, my last major qalm with the game is that several of the missions did seem to be of the same basic type, which basically consited of following, smashing, or escaping from some other car/truck/ect. Overall, this is a great game and would find a welcome in the library of any Simpsons fan.

SImpsons Hit and Run is the Best Pc game ever! [Posted on 2007-05-20]
The Simpsons Hit and Run Is a INCREDIBLE game! There is so much to do and it's pretty hard to get bored from it no matter how much you play! You can play as Bart, Homer, Lisa, Marge! Not much people know about this cheat butt this is what you do. Go to any level and press ESC on the keyboard. After that go to the options screen. After that press down on F1. While pressing F1 use the aroww keys: Down, Down, Left, Right. THis cheat will let you play as any character in the game!!!!!! Sometimes you have to repeat this cheat multiple times and FAST for it to work. Anyway the game is realy fun, it's basically GTA (Grand Theft Auto) only with the simpsons and NO VIOLENCE! THis game is also a special type of game because you can drive around all of Springfield, or walk around! Get in any car you want, go on missions, kick people, enter races, or just go on crazy rampages. In the game there is 7 levels with about 50 missions! There is the town where the Simpsons live, the city, and the dock area witch is like Florida. You should realy buy the Simpsons hit and run. IT is realy worth it!

BUY THIS GAME [Posted on 2007-05-20]
This is the best game ever invinted! This game is the meaning to life. You can never get bored from, there is always tons of thingfs to do! You can pretend that your in the Mafia, Cop, or robber. Go on missions, drive, walk, run, kick, runover, whatever! You should realy buy this game before it's gone!

Frikin fun [Posted on 2008-01-02]
I bought the simpsons hit and run 6 years ago and couldnt use it on windows 98 because we did not have a direct x sound card then when we got xp it worked and it was fun the graphics are decent seeing how the tropical sene made me wish it was summer then the cd got destroyed and we got a new computer so i odered it and it has yet to come but it is a fun game and my brother and i went crazy without it over the summer i like the skip option exept for the fact you dont have it on the last 3 missions and i like in the begining menu homers costume coinsides with what holiday it is ex dec 25-27 he was in a santa costume

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