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Snoo-snoo
Delivery Boy
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Am I the only one who thinks this is a crap of a game? In gaming standards, this is really poor.I don't mean to sound pompous, but what, is there no negative comments allowed regarding futurama? Everyones praising every inch of this game blindly. I here, offer an honest reaction. I love futurama but that doesn't blind me to the fact that this is a slapped together crap game. This is equivalent to the Simpsons skateboarding game. Okay, this does have some pretty funny cut scenes and dialogue, but the fact that the humor is watered down some because it's a video game not a real episode AND the fact that it's not as they promoted, a real unaired episode, still makes it pretty bad.
I don't understand how lots of ppl are praising the camera and frame rate when that's still very problematic for me! Every time I died which was very often, was due only to the bad camera and/or bad jerky frame rate. Esp. in the zoidberg stage. Nevermind, every stage.
The guys at EGM like Futurama too ("Damn you America for not loving Futurama the show as much as the Simpsons. But if you don't love the videogame, I can relate." ) but that didn't blind them from giving Futurama a score of 4.5 out of 10.
I say this game sucks because it's insulting to futurama as a whole. First you cancel the show, then you give us a crappy game to remember it by. Of course, I should feel lucky to even have a Futurama game made.
I can praise the cut scenes and dialogue but as far as gameplay, this is total bullcrap.
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Grim
Professor
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Sounds like u were expecting a little too much from it Snoo-Snoo.
I am not a big platform player but as far as they go it was fun and intuitive to play. The cut scenes are fun and the whole game pokes fun at video games, which I found fun
Bender: Then that means... Farnsworth: That you're a playable character? O my yes
Leela: Take that non-playable characters
and of course my fav:
Leela: Zoidberg? what are you doing here? Zoidberg: I'm making a cameo I am!
Not the best outting as a computer game, but a great outting as Futurama
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Prof. Wernstrum
Starship Captain
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This game is really hard for me to judge. On the one hand, I'm a big fan of the show and this is the closest thing to a new episode now (bloody FOX etc.), but then I'm also a die-hard gamer who under normal circumstances preaches about seeing past graphics, licences etc. to the actual game underneath. So this review is going to be somewhat schizophrenic...
First, the game itself. This is definitely no classic but then again regardless of what some people such as Snoo-snoo said it's not terrible either (These people are probably living in blissful ignorance having never played a truly awful game...), in fact I'd say it's pretty much the definition of "average".
Almost everything in the game does just enough to be satisfactory but nothing more - Fry's weapons are functional but not particularly impressive, there's nothing wrong with the level design but nothing particularly memorable either, the camera screws up a lot but rarely enough to cause deaths - sadly, this is about average for 3D games (Hint: on the pillars bit, keep pressing L to reset the camera - this should be automatic though). On the plus side, it is pleasantly varied though - you're never doing the same thing for too long.
The only real flaw though is that it is way too short and easy (I can't believe that so many people here are finding it hard, although maybe I've got higher expectations in this regard). I completed the game in a matter of hours and found all the Nibblonians on the second day. The fact that you've got a stupidly huge number of lives doesn't help either... erm... or it helps too much, whatever.
Anyway, purely in terms of the game itself: 50%.
Now, bearing in mind that it's Futurama - the upbeat part of the review! This is the funniest game I have ever played, beating off the likes of Conker's Bad Fur Day, Earthbound and The House of The Dead (Unintentionally hilarious). The cut-scenes are great, as are the one-liners in the game although Leela's comments can seem a bit out of character at times. In particular, I like the way it pokes fun at gaming conventions (e.g. "You can reach the generator along that dangerous route filled with quicksand - yes, I know, it was a terrible place to build it" or "WE'RE GOING TO DIE!" "So? We've been dying all game." )
And one way in which it improves over every Simpsons game ever is that it actually seems like an episode of the show rather than some random game with Futurama characters tacked into it. With a bit of modification, the story really could have worked as an episode and the cut-scenes feel like they've been taken straight from the show.
There are some nice references to specific episodes too such as finding the FingLonger in the Professor's locker or Hermes' "Cycle of Burocracy" shredding machine. Shame about the lack of Zapp Branigan though.
So overall, I'd give it about 75% but it's probably worth buying the DVDs first as you get far more stuff for about the same price.
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Cube_166
Professor
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i didn't notice a single bug while i was playing... weird. yarr.
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spacepilot3000
Starship Captain
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« Reply #132 on: 11-24-2003 10:26 »
« Last Edit on: 03-01-2004 00:00 »
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This was an Awesome game! It perfectly captures the mood and essence of Futurama. The levels were well designed and the humor was out of control. A laugh a minute game. A few things kept it from getting a high score. The difficulty was all over the place ranging from easy to super hard. Bender's level were for me, the most challenging. The bit where you must jump a bunch of girders almost made break my controller.Leela's jumping segment was difficult too. Another grip is that the game was too short as I finished in 5 hours and 38 minutes. I played a second time and my time was 3 hours. If a sequel is made(and hopefully it will be made)I would sugest making the game longer. But for a first try at a Futurama video game, they were very sucessful at creating a game that Futurama fans could enjoy. Ps. Didn't the ending seem a little bit weird? They have to repeat history over and over again. And the character's we've been playing die at the end. The ending was the most ironic thing i've ever seen. Score: 3.5/5
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bender+fry
Professor
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Does anybody know if they will release a PC version of the game? Sure, there are a few bad comments about the game, but its Futurama.
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bender+fry
Professor
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Sucks, I really want to get a copy of it but I dont have a game system. Thanks though, Kazzahdrane.
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Jesse X Barboza
Bending Unit
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I just got this game yesterday as a late birthday gift. It's downright hilarious but still really challenging thus far. I love the movies between levels - feels like something right out of the show. So far I'm on the Old New York level and it's the most challenging yet, what with missile launchers and suicide bomber pigs and all, but I'm getting it. I haven't yet used a walkthrough or any cheats so I have to teach myself everything (like hiding in that stairway in the ground next to the church to fire at the gunners who come out of the church doors). I keep dying in the hallways behind the department store, though. Ah well, judging by what other people have said, this'll get even better as it goes.
Favorite quotes at this point:
BENDER: Why are you wearing that funky hat? FARNSWORTH: Oh, this? No reason. (throws sombrero away)
BENDER: Aw, how come I'm the one who always has to do all the bending around here?
LEELA: You were crushed under two tons of debris. BENDER: And you died! Ah ha ha ha, it was so funny! Ha ha ha ha ha...I guess you had to be there.
FRY: The sewer? But what about the mutants? FARNSWORTH: I gave you a gun! What do you want, a flowered dress?
FRY: Eww! It smells like...what's it called?...you know, that stuff you find in sewers? Ah, it's not important.
FRY: Ah, the subway. I had my first kiss in that exact same car. Homeless people...
FRY: Over there's where I first got mugged! Stupid homeless people.
And it's hilarious every time Fry howls.
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boingo2000
Liquid Emperor
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I just got the game for Xbox! The Xbox used to be my brother's, but when... well... it was given to me. I haven't had that much time to play it, but I'm enjoying it. (Bear in mind, I'm not a hard-core gamer, or even a softcore one. Hell, I can't even show basic competency at most games.)
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Dumbuket
Crustacean
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Spoiler in message, though I guess the forum already warned about that:
So what gives with the ending? I'm not sure I followed it because I'm stupid, but from what I gather, the main characters are killed? Or do they have their timelines diverted back to the beginning? Also, is this where the series itself actually ends? I'd be sad if I thought that the ending of futurama was the death of Fry, Leela, and Bender. Or is the game like a treehouse of horror or something? Please, I keep hearing how the ending ties up loose ends, but I don't have the time to play the game, so somebody explain everything to me and assure me that the characters are still "alive"...
Otherwise, it ends like M.A.S.H.... well, M.A.S.H. on crack, but you get the idea.
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John Pannozzi
Starship Captain
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My comments/questions/etc. about the game
-I'm sad that Amy wasn't in the game. SHe's one my favorite characters, and is IMHO the cutest character in Futurama (Leela comes in at avery close second) and I wish she was playable, though she'd prob'ly be a very weak (but cute and lovable) character. P.S.: Why was there a picture of the beach bully from WAA in Amy's locker in the game? To my knowledge, Amy never even was within 3 feet of him. Why wasn't there a picture of Kif and/or his kids? -Zapp and/or Kif should have been in this game. -I like that the PE HQ had a lot of refs to the series (Amy's all-purpose spraycan, the finglonger, the vergon 8 hologram, the boiler room, pictures of Cubert, Mom, etc.) -Why where there Mutants that wanted to kill Fry? The whole idea of the Mutants is that they are seen by the public as hideous barbaric cannibals when in reality they are friendly, kind, peaceful, and not all that hideous. -Who or what in the sam hill are the guys in radiation suits in ONY? They've never been in the show. -I liked the Red District and NNY levels as they really felt like Futurama with Robot Mafia thugs, Suicide booths, the robot chef (who must have been fixed since Fry actidentally wrecked him in AFOD), travel tubs and music that was actually from the show. -Fry's levels in the sewers and ONY weren't all that fun as they were too long and it seemed like there was an endless number of enimies to shoot and the atmosphere and music felt more like Resident Evil than Futurama. -Bender's levels were pretty fun, as they felt like Crash Bandicoot with Bender's comments about Hookerbots and the Pimpmobile. Plus, we got to fight Mom's sons, who are among my favorite characters. -Leela's levels are better than Fry's, but not as good as Bender's. -Why does Leela make stupid, inane, childish comments like "ooh, pretty!" and "pills taste like candy!"? Is she under the effects of Brain Spawn or addicted to Popplers again? Her comments sound like Ralph Wiggum wrote them. -Mom should have been the final boss, not Destructor. Destructor is too minor a character (only appeared in 2 eps.) to be a final boss. -The ending was a bit confusing. To Matt and Dave about the paradox of Fry, Leela and Bender's deaths: [Philip J. Fry (I))] Fix it, fix it, fix it. Fix it, fix it, fix it [Philip J. Fry (I)]
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Dumbuket
Crustacean
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The ending was a bit confusing. To Matt and Dave about the paradox of Fry, Leela and Bender's deaths: [Philip J. Fry (I))] Fix it, fix it, fix it. Fix it, fix it, fix it [Philip J. Fry (I)]
What's that mean?
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