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The Simpsons Meet Grand Theft Auto

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the chief-wiggum-on-full-alert dept.

Itchy the Killer writes "FiringSquad previews The Simpsons Hit & Run (XBox, PS2, GameCube), which is a strange marriage of The Simpsons and Grand Theft Auto. They seemed to think that it works." A lot of times when games are made based on huge pre-existing franchises, they suck so bad mankind is forced to redefine the boundaries of suckiness. That said, this game actually looks like I would play it, which says a lot.

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  1. i'm sorry but by Tirel · · Score: 1, Insightful

    looking at the screenshot it looks more like quarantine (rtfm if you don't know the game) than gta

  2. Great idea. by I+am+Emmitt+Smith · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As someone who really enjoyed the gameplay of GTA3, but didn't care for all the violence, I'm really looking forward to this game. This is something that I would be able to let my daughter play.

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  3. Maybe by Quill_28 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    >That said, this game actually looks like I would play it, which says a lot.

    A lot about you or a lot about the game. :-)

    Oh ye lover of:

    Swingerz Golf
    Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates

  4. What the? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The guy said "careful driving" running over pedestrians is not careful driving in my book.

    "Now, I don't want to sound like a preachy anti-violence-in-games nut"

    Curious, because thats exactly like you sound like.
    No offense but this is exactly the kind of bullshit we get from the press on a daily basis, do you actually have a nephew who stabbed someone over seing a videogame? (which is utterly ridiculous) I hardly doubt you have ANY family for starters.

    You need a license to own a dog, but any fool can have children.

    Actually it involves being attractive to the opposite sex and be able to retain a relation for more than fifteen minutes it doesnt sound like you have to worry about any of those.
    Actually it would be a good idea to start asking for licenses for posting.

    my sig:
    God must love idiots, he made so many of them! and give them a house right here in the internet!