Greg on Games

Even though the Simpsons Game was released slightly after the Simpsons Movie, it has nothing to do with the movie. Instead it makes fun of some video games like Need for Speed, Madden, Grand Theft Auto, and Medal of Honor. In the game you can play as Bart, Homer, Lisa, and sometimes even Maggie. It has 16 levels, and free roam Springfield. It has voice overs for almost any character you can think of.

The Simpsons Game is worth $60 because there is so much gameplay, but I would rent it because it has practically no replay value. I would rent it from Blockbuster just because the game will take you a while to beat, and Blockbuster lets you keep the games for a long time without late fees.

I finally decided to buy Stuntman: Ignition yesterday, because it’s only $35 used at EB Games. Even though the demo wasn’t that good, the final product is great. There are tons of levels, 4 player local multiplayer, 8 player online multiplayer, create your own arena to do stunts in, and much more.

The Career mode has six movies to do stunts in, about six different scenes in each movie, random stunts to perform in Odd Jobs, and Rehearsals, which teaches how to do something that will help you get more points in a scene.

There is local, lan, and online multiplayer. The multiplayer modes are backlot battle, backlot race, and stunt tourney. Backlot battle is probably my favorite mode because the opponents battle to get the highest amount of stunt points by ramming each other, and taking risks.

The Constructor is basically an empty arena where you get to fill it with things to do stunts off of. When you start the game, you only have two items in each category, but you can unlock the rest of them by getting four or more stars on each scene in the Career mode.

This game has a lot repetition in it, unless you are really good when you start off playing it. I would rent this rather than buy it, because easy to get bored of from trying to complete each scene perfectly.