A bigger review?
Alright well imagine you took Grand Theft Auto, because it\'s a clone of that, and ripped out the guns and hookers.
Then throw in Moe\'s Tavern, the Elementary School, the Nuclear Power Plant, etc.
Make the mission bosses people like Marge, Krusty, Comic Book Guy, and Professor Frink.
Almost all the missions are driving related, so you\'ll be racing a time limit to collect trash around town to help Snake with his community service, destroying Smithers\' car before he gets to work, and racing to transport nuclear waste across town to use as a weapon against Kudos and ... that other alien, heh.
There\'s 7 levels total with 8 missions, 3 races, a number of cars to unlock (including Canyonero, Moe\'s Sedan, Krusty\'s Limo, Mr. Plow, Plow King, and the Malibu Stacy car) and 7 hidden collector cards detailing obscure Simpson items with picture, description, and text from the episodes (things like the microphone Bart got as a present, the Japanese soap detergent that looked like Homer, and the game Bart really wanted: Bonestorm) per level.
You play as Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge, and Apu. Bart and Homer have two levels each. Each character has multiple outfits too (Fat Homer with a muumuu, Marge in her in-mate outfit, Apu dressed as an American, Bart-Man, Lisa in her cool outfit, etc)
And by the way, you don\'t hijack cars, the residents let you ride with them. But it plays the same as GTA in that regard.
The story involves mysterious cameras and surveillance vans that appear around Springfield and goes on to include Mr. Burns, Krusty, and alien abduction.
It\'s a fun game made so much better for Simpson fans with all the in-jokes.
Keep your eyes open and you might end up riding on the unfinished monorail, using the escalator to no where, or playing a round of Larry the Looter.
The difficulty level has a nice learning curve to it, the story is cohesive and plays like an episode of the Simpsons would if you turned it into a video game which is a plus.
It has lots of characters and fun Simpsons humor. Look around and you might see Moleman take a football to the groin or Groundskeeper Willie step on a rake and have it hit him in the face.
It\'s a shorter game than GTA and offers far less missions, but there\'s a lot of stuff to keep you hooked after you beat it. A lot of it is well-hidden too, and a fan of the series will be tempted to find everything.
I\'d say if you\'re a Simpsons fan, get it.
If not, maybe just rent it since it\'s not as good as GTA, but it\'s still pretty fun and it\'s the best game so far from the Simpsons franchise...
-Eik
