The Simpsons: Road Rage is a 2001 video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons , and is part of a series of games based on the show. It was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. The Game Boy Advance version was released in 2003. The Simpsons: Road Rage was later added to the Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility program for original Xbox games.
The game stars Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa, and Mr. Burns and some other characters from the show. The Simpsons: Road Rage is similar to the Sega 1999 video game Crazy Taxi , because its primary purpose is to drive passengers to their destination as quickly as possible. This similarity caused Sega to sue Radical Entertainment and Electronic Arts for patent infringement, even though it was settled before going to court.
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Gameplay dan plot
The Simpsons: Road Rage is based on the animated television series The Simpsons . In the match story, Mr. Burns has purchased all the transit systems in Springfield and has begun making radioactive buses that threaten public health. Therefore, the citizens of Springfield must use their own car as a more secure means of public transportation and make money in an effort to pay back Burns to get rid of radioactive buses and return the city back to normal.
Urban citizens (controlled by gamers) earn money by driving a vehicle for a certain time, picking up passengers and bringing them to their destination. Players receive money after successfully delivering every passenger, and bonuses are earned when they are transported in short order. Players must avoid certain obstacles, such as other vehicles and Burns nuclear transit buses. The game contains seventy different collectible vehicles, six starting locations, and ten different missions. To collect vehicles and unlock initial locations, players should earn more money gradually for each vehicle or starting location they want to get. To complete the mission, the player must do certain things (such as protecting Krusty the Clown from fan mob by driving him away, and making Homer to work unnoticed).
At first, the only playable characters (taxi drivers) were Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Grampa, but as the game progressed, more characters were unlocked. There is also a multiplayer mode where both players compete to take the same passenger and drive it to their destination.
Maps The Simpsons: Road Rage
Development and release
The Simpsons: Road Rage was developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. The first PlayStation 2 version was released, on November 24, 2001 in North America, and the Xbox and GameCube versions were followed in December of that year. The cast members The Simpsons cast their votes for the game. Original sound samples for games, as well as one-line performances, can be heard on Road Rage .
A version for the hand-developed Game Boy Advance (GBA) developed by Altron and published by THQ, was released in North America on June 30, 2003. THQ reached a publishing agreement with Fox Interactive in 2002 that gave them the right to publish this version and game < i> Buffy the Vampire Slayer . Germaine Gioia, THQ's license vice president, says "The Simpsons and Buffy properties have enjoyed tremendous consumer appeal in virtually every product category, including video game success. property will serve to further enhance our leadership position in Game Boy Advance. "
Controversy
In 2003, video game developer Sega filed a lawsuit against Fox Interactive, Electronic Arts, and Radical Entertainment, claiming that The Simpsons: Road Rage is a patent infringement of Sega's Crazy Taxi. In the game, the ultimate goal is to pick up passengers and drive them to their chosen destination quickly. According to IGN, " Road Rage has similar game play features, to the point where some reviews have negative comments about alignment." The case, Sega of America, Inc. v. Fox Interactive, et al. , completed personally for an undisclosed amount.
Reception
In July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of The Simpsons: Road Rage has sold 1.6 million copies and generated $ 41 million in the United States. Next Generation rated it as the 25th best-selling game launched for PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in the country. The combined console game sales of Simpsons released in the 2000s totaled 5.2 million units in the United States in July 2006. The PlayStation 2 version also received the "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Entertainment Software Publishing Association (" ELSPA), showing sales of at least 300,000 copies in the UK.
The game received "mixed or averaged reviews" on all platforms according to Metacritic review aggregation website.
Amer Ajami from GameSpot says that the PlayStation 2 version "suffers from a number of problems, not the least of which is a bad collision detection.You will often find yourself cutting corners of a building or slamming into another car even if you have room to spare." Ajami is also disappointed the controls are very slick and too sensitive. Ajami added, however, that fans of the show had to enjoy the game.
David Zdyrko from IGN said about the same console version that "the gameplay is not deep enough or interesting enough to warrant choosing this title unless you really MUST have every product with The Simpsons emblazoned on it." Zdyrko also criticized the charts, stating that "framerate chugs at some level when there are many cars on display and the texture is generally low resolution and completely bland." Zdyrko also said "funny sound samples" are "the only bright spots" of the game, although he admits that some of them can be a bit repetitive.
References
External links
- The Simpsons: Road Rage on MobyGames
- The Simpsons: Road Rage (Game Boy Advance) on MobyGames
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