The Simpsons Road Rage

Everyone?s favorite dysfunctional prime-time family, the Simpsons, hit consoles with the latest video game adaptation, Simpsons Road Rage.

As was the case with Simpsons Wrestling, Road Rage is yet another example of the promising license gone to waste. Rage is really nothing more than a third-rate Crazy Taxi knockoff, but minus the technique, slick visuals, and overall fun of its source material.

Playing as various characters from the Simpsons universe, you transport passengers across Springfield, collect money for fast times, and avoid Montgomery Burns? dirty tactics that slow you down. Sure, this formula worked before, but Road Rage doesn?t offer any new innovations. Instead you?re faced with bumper-to-bumper frustration: seemingly obvious shortcuts only lead to dead ends, vehicles get snagged on curbs and other seemingly innocuous surfaces, and the rewards in Mission Mode are anything but. Throw in a flagging frame rate and an audio track rife with vocal miscues, and you have a game that?s a teeth-grinding rental. As Barney eloquently exclaims, ?Make it stop!?

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