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rocketpig on 10 November 2007

I was actually mildly suprised at how "not bad" it was. Single player is a bit of a hassle but co-op is a lot of fun. There are a few camera glitches (okay, more than a few) but the writing is really good and overall, the game is pretty fun. Especially considering it is a licensed video game, most of which are absolutely terrible.


If you're a fan of the Simpsons, it's worth a rent, especially for co-op (no online though). I'll have a review up later today or tomorrow, hopefully (still backed up with my Ace Combat, Orange Box, and Castlevania reviews. ugh).



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sinha on 10 November 2007

Hmm, I remain skeptical. The demo was pretty lousy.



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stranne on 10 November 2007

The biggest morning paper in Sweden trashed it (2/5). "Brilliant writing, but..." and went on to talk about how bad AI, camera and controls were. For some reason I assumed that the version tested was Wii (didn't specify), maybe because of all the developers messing up controls on the Wii.

Well, I wrote a mail and asked. It turned out to be Xbox360...



rocketpig on 10 November 2007
sinha said:
Hmm, I remain skeptical. The demo was pretty lousy.

The demo is taken from the middle of the game and they don't do anything to introduce you to the gameplay. Like I said, single player isn't much to talk about but co-op can be fun.

I'm not saying the game is great, just that it doesn't suck. There are serious issues with the camera and AI, though.




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