There is not too much to say about the Simpsons Game. It fails where Road Rage succeeded. But as with many Simpsons games, this one can be enjoyed even if the player is not big fan of the series. The only thing that is game bares from the movie is the title. Besides that, the story is completely different from the cinematic presentation, as here the characters have superpowers and they even play with God a duel of Dance, Dance Revolution, while in the movie they had to fight an evil corporation.
The graphics are not the best asset, and the gameplay in general is not the best either. To put it simply, it's a nightmare. You have to play the game to know the feeling. You won't know what to do because the camera won’t let you see freely the scenario.
The basics are really simple, as the game doesn’t use a set of combos that can confuse the player just to execute a special attack. Bellow is the control list.
Wii Remote Control
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A – Jump
B – Basic Attack
D-Pad (Directional Cross) – Camera rotation or angle adjustment
1 – Opens Objective Menu
2 – Menu Screen
Nunchuk
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Control Stick – Move your character through the scenario
Z - Targets
C – While playing single, but with two characters at the same time, it will switch your character for another.
Special Moves:
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Executing the special moves is really easy; just shake first the Wii remote and then the nunchuck. Each character has a different reaction to that command.
Homer: Homer inflates himself and then you can use him to smash enemies.
Lisa: Use her Saxophone as a weapon to stun enemies, and later to control them.
Marge: By doing the attack and aiming at NPC characters in certain levels she can command them as a mob.
Bart: Can use a grappling hook, but only when the game permits it.
The Land of Chocolate
Time: 5:00 Minutes
This is the tutorial level, which really easy and can be achieved in less than five minutes with some practice. The level is linear, and is based a little bit on Alice in Wonderland, as Homer will have to follow a white chocolate rabbit trough a dream level. The first basics are jumping that is done with A and punching that’s executed with the B button. The second part of the scenario is really easy; just punch the fountains until there is no one left, to open the next area. The next area has other fountains, but you can choose to destroy them or not. Just go and search for the lever, to activate the platforms. Jump into the platforms and climb to the top, kill the white rabbit and you will fall inside the cake. Kill the other rabbits with the roll attack to finish the tutorial.