Even lava pits and saw blades aren't safe from Comic Book Guy's eye for the obvious, and both of those crop up more than a few times throughout the campaign. It trashes enemy-spawning nests, but has no problem throwing them at you until you want to burn every copy of Gauntlet you can find. The game then spams that very concept to no end. Now and then you bump into a game trope, and Comic Book Guy pops up to smugly point out that the device in question is overused. Yeah, this is one of those games: a title that thumbs its nose at video game cliches and pitfalls, while falling victim to similar headaches itself. You take control of two of four Simpsons characters (you only utilize Maggie during brief segments, where she crawls through ventilation ducts) as they voyage through a parody of the games industry. This revelation comes after hours of toiling with all manner of flaws, from irksome mechanics to painfully drab missions. I couldn't help but cringe during this scene, though, because the events leading up to it were no better than your standard, lackluster Simpsons title. ![]() ![]() You come across this confession during a late campaign cutscene, where a major villain apologizes for all of the poorly developed precursors to this self-aware adventure. "Smithers, dismember the corpse and send his widow a corsage."Īt one point, The Simpsons Game admits that its franchise consists of mostly awful licensed fare.
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