My missus very kindly bought me a Nintendo DS for Christmas. It was an awesome present, especially as it was a total surprise and wasn’t the result of months of laboured hinting.
One of the games that came along with it was The Simpsons Game. It had some mixed reviews but it’s actually a pretty good laugh.
Although it stands accused of being a lazy EA cash-in, the license is used well, and there are some good gaming references in there, poking fun at various things, including EA themselves. Plus it’s not one of those super-hard platformers that no-one can ever complete!
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I saw some fairly mediocre reviews about it but might pick it up judging by your review. I also think it’s great they made the platforming aspect more accessible but I’ll save judgment once I get it.
February 23, 2008 @ 7:36 pm
While there are a few really tricky bits, you’re handily given infinite lives and it’s pretty generous with checkpoints, so it doesn’t last all that long. I certainly had some fun with it though.
February 24, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
I just finished playing it on my 360 (It could be a bit different from the DS one) and I enjoyed it. Sure, the gameplay was stereotypical platformer fare but it was well justified and provided tons of Simpson humour. Thank you for providing me with yet another great game that I would otherwise miss.
Keep up the good work!
March 31, 2008 @ 9:05 pm