Humourous but ultimately lacking ambition
The developers have done a decent job at fusing the humour of Family Guy into a videogame, there are even a few jokes that gamers will appreciate, such as when Brian is reading a magazine and says “Press up, up, down, down, left to watch a dirty movie”. He then pauses and says “horny gamers will believe anything.” Family Guy just wouldn’t have worked if Fox hadn’t agreed to the actual voice actors from the series taking part and in the game there are plenty of laugh out loud moments.
Family Guy succeeds because of this humour and well constructed dialogue. If you’re hoping for decent and exciting gameplay you won’t find it here, instead what you’ve got is a blend of three different styles of gameplay that we’ve seen a million times before and linear and simple objectives that aren’t challenging. Fans of the series will enjoy watching and playing as the characters and listening to their humorous quips; and although this may come across as a negative review, I will probably finish playing the whole game because Family Guy makes me laugh.
Pros
Family guy is funny
Voice acting
Visual style is identical to the TV show
Cons
No challenge
Unoriginal gameplay
I actually enjoyed playing Family Guy because I like the show, but if you're buying it for the gameplay you'll be sorely disappointed.
HEXUS Awards
Family Guy - PS2
