Review of Simpsons Road Rage Platinum Hits - Xbox

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This game has everything in it a simpsons fan could dream of. Although the game has a simpsons theme that doesn't mean you won't enjoy the game if you don't know the simpsons. The game takes the Crazy taxi formula that is so great and makes it better by allowing you to drive more characters up to 30 each with their own lines from the show and every time you pick up someone they respond to who you are. I.E. when your homer and you pick up bart he says "he its the big man" and homer replies with "that's my boy" and every character says 100's of things making this game entertaining and funny. This game is great if you liked crazy taxi get it. If you like the Simpsons get it. This game is hands down the best simpsons game ever made. Also for those of you who have noticed the ps2 and NGC versions of this game this one is the best graphic wise and gameplay wise. Plus no load times during gameplay. BUY THIS GAME

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If you are wondering whether or not you should buy this game, please read this first.

The concept of this game is a very exciting one! Simpson's game with a Crazy Taxi concept! Right? Wrong!!

1. The catch phrases and character sayings are very repetitive. You would think they would have recorded more phrases. Hearing the characters saying the same phrases over and over again gets old fast.

2. No System Link. While this may not matter to most people, the only way to play this game against someone is through one Xbox console using a split screen.

3. Annoyances: Picking up and dropping passengers off to only see them again seconds later on another part of the map. Could Professor Frink be going crazy with some kind of cloning machine?

4. There is no method to the phrases the characters speak. They just randomly blurt out sometimes completely irrelevant sayings.

5. Delay in voice responses: If you are fast and drop a character off and immediately pick up a new character, you will still hear the old character talking even though they are no longer in the vehicle.

Bottom line... Rent this one because it gets old fast!

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I was dismally disappointed by Simpsons Wrestling, so I wasn't entirely optimistic about this one. I bought it anyway, though, because I'm a huge fan of the Simpsons. I'm so glad I did. Yes, it's a blatant Crazy Taxi clone, but I liked Crazy Taxi. A difference, though, is the mission mode in Road Rage. Searching for mascots to chase down or newspaper stands to crush is a nice change of pace.

The animation is pretty cool, too, and I like that the real voice talent from the show was used. The catchphrases are funny ("I'm afraid of the future!" Grandpa Simpson) and they are often specific to the current fare.

The game isn't too hard, either. You earn new characters as you advance through the game, but it's cumulative even if you don't do fantastic in every round, keep playing long enough and you'll open everybody.

Also neat are the hidden characters (set your Xbox calendar to holidays such as Halloween and Christmas).

This game is best for Simpsons fans, but who doesn't like the Simpsons?

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Pros: 1. First Simpsons title since 1998

2. Much Better than Simpsons Wrestling

3. Real voices by simpsons actors.

4. Many a shortcut on this game.

5. a fun 2 player game

6. some good jokes...

Cons: 1. ...that get repetitive faster than the color commentator on NHL 2003!

2. graphics look like Robotech:Battlecry meets Superman (boo hoo hoo!)

3. difficulty settings are just too easy (its actually easier to get $$$ on hard)

4. voiceovers get repetitive in one run!

5. little plot at all, just the problem and the solution, no plot twists or the sort. too predictable

6. Mission mode: WAY too easy!

7. voiceovers lag badly.

8. all about the objective in the end (not good for a comedy king like the simpsons)

9. End Sequence not that good.

10. In game lips do not even move at all!

11. Cut scene graphics are much better than in In Game (did i mention that the cut scenes with Montgomery Burns get repetitive too)

12. Loading times are RIDICULOUSLY SLOW! oh man such a poor game graphically and it takes so long to load. (Ouch!)

Final Verdict: RENT FIRST![.] It would have been an ACCEPTABLE game for the N64, but they dont even tamper with the Xbox's potential. A lamentable day for all simpsons fans

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I recently purchased Road Rage for Xbox after playing the Gamecube version with a friend. Yes, the game lacks depth. Yes, the dialog can get kind of annoying. Yes, the cars do not handle according to any of the laws of physics. And yes, the game is almost exactly like the great Crazy Taxi (the original, of course). My response to all the criticism, so what! The creators took something good (the Crazy Taxi concept) and wrapped it in something wonderful (the Simpsons license), like a chocolate-covered peanut, or a monkey in a cowboy suit! What the player is left with is a very simple, pick-up-and-play game that is especially excellent when company arrives. It has the same basic appeal as Smash Brothers. For the more open-minded, less gear-headed gamer, Simpsons Road Rage is a fine choice.