Customer Reviews

Futurama

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

We'll start by saying I've watched every episode of Futurama and love it to death. I'm eagerly anticipating the release of Season 5 on DVD. The game's graphics and sounds are pretty true to the series, and it is done in the same sense of humor as the series. If it had been more of an "adventure" style game and less of a "platform jumper" it would probably get 5 stars from me. But I absolutely HATE games where you spend 95% of your time hopping from one platform to another, with each mistake costing you a life and requiring you to start jumping all over again. I think platform jumpers are a crutch to avoid having to invent more interesting and entertaining challenges in the content of a game. If you're the sort of person who loves those run and jump games, and love Futurama, you'll love this game. If not, you'll probably feel (like me) that it's "so so". I only got about 2-3 levels into it before I got bored with all the jumping and quit playing.

While the gameplay is pretty sub par, the license ups the playability and the fun factor. Futurama was/is a great show that spent less time fine tuning and more time simply being funny. Potentially, this show didn't quite catch fire like The Simpsons because the subject matter was a lot foreign to us 20th Centurians. However, strip away that aspect and you have one funny show. A video game was long overdue.

As far as platformers go, none have really stuck out to me since the original Super Mario Bros. This probably has a lot to do with the genre not really exciting me overall (with the exception of Ratchet and Clank). But, I love the show that this game is based on and despite poor reviews by a lot of game publications, I felt the prospect of a lost episode was worthy of purchase. As I stated up top, the gameplay is pretty average and even shoddy at times. Exiting a room and having the camera lag behind is inexcusible. Another aggravating aspect is having enemies come from behind unexpectedly and hainv gto spend more time refocusing than attacking back and ultimately getting killed. These kind of bugs should be banned from finished products and after soooooo many games that have been released, you figure bugs this premature would be a thing of the past.

The fun comes from simply being able to participate in this show in building a new episode from start to finish. Despite reviewer gripes, the load times are not much different from most other games. Star Wars Jedi Outcast II has waayyy longer load times.The targeting is actually quite simple considering some of the game's missteps and toggling between weapons is also surprisingly easy. The graphics are slightly disappointing compared to other cel-shaded titles but at least they had the right idea rather than opting for 3D. Overall, I would give Futurama 3.25 stars but as a fan of the show, I gave it an even four. Gameplay-wise, it probably doesn't deserve that many but the license is a solid five so 4 is pretty fair. Give it a chance, you might even enjoy it.

If you aren't a fan of Futurama stop reading about this game and get something else. If you are a fan you may want to get this game. Its pretty fun, you are basically playing an episode. While it is fun it can be fustrating. The camera is akward and does take away from the gameplay. Also it can be very annoying trying not to die when jumping from object to object. The Bender levels are almost immpossible it seems. And Zoidberg only gets one level in the game.

If your a fan you might want to at least rent this game. Its a couple hours of amusement.

Cel-style animation. Original voices. Cut scenes with all the off-beat humor of the original TV series. What's not to love?

Well, in the "not to love" category we have: Weak graphics. Substandard (non-customizable) controls. Dumb missions. And a third person camera that absolutely defies player control.

All in all, I thouroughly enjoyed the cut scenes, and spent much of the gameplay trying to gouge out my own eyes. Thanks a load, Fox Interactive.

This game is a blast! I mean c'mon, you get to be Fry, Bender, Leela, and Dr. Z! How cool is that! I admit the game has some flaws. OK so the rotating camera is a little hard to control and can drive you crazy when you get killed on jumps. But except for Bender's one minute countdown out of the canyon, you can take your time on each jump. The funnest characters to play are Fry and Leela, but the whole game is great. Bender has the best lines, when he picks up his pink rocks for money he says cool stuff like 'This'll spruce up the pimp mobile' and 'Dis'll go great with my gold tooth.'

I really liked finding this game online. I love getting it in the mail too. I love the show and the video game too.

After playing Futurama for a few hours, I realized that what I really wanted was just to watch some episodes of the show rather than mess with the game. Which ultimately is the only real purpose of the product reviewed here: enjoying the whacked humor of the TV series. The mechanics of the game itself are brutal platforming dullness, with all the cheap deaths, dull objectives, and idiotic easter egg hunts. Yeah, a lot of the gags are great and the original cast does the voice work, but gosh you can enjoy the same experience just by flipping on Cartoon Network and catching reruns of the show. Only recommended for the hardcore Futurama completist.

It's a fun game to play, but it's very short (I finished in less than 8 hours). That seems too quick for a full-priced game, especially since there's not much in the way of replayability.

However, the game itself and the backstory are great. There were many laugh-out-loud moments, and the ending was hilarious.

This is a very fun game. Especially if you're a fan of the show.

The only real problem I had with it was the stupid camera, which was constantly wandering into awkward positions forcing me to manually re-center it. (by pressing the left trigger) On occasion it would even get stuck in such a way that the manual center function wouldn't work. Then I would have to jump around, or turn in a circle to get it to center correctly. On occasion the awkward camera angles would even cause me to die :(

Other then that the voices are cool, the story plays out just like an episode of the show and the graphics are well done for a game of this type.

Final verdict.... If they would have just spent a little more time working out the kinks with the camera it would have been perfect. As it is now it's fun, but very frustrating at times.

Dan

A Futurama Game where you get Billy West, John Dimaggino, Katey Segal providing their voices for the game.......The fact this game is based on a lost episode......What more can you ask for? Just a few small problems......No Beer Power up for Bender? No eating out of the Trash can power up for Zoidberg? Why can't you play as Zap or Kiff? I like the first board where you walk around the Planet Express Ofiice and See Hermes with a Brain Slug on his head. There should've been more Futurama Characters that you can play as.....Morbo is in the game, but you can't play as him....Or Lurr leader of the Planet of Omni Perscion 8.............Still, this is a great game. Too bad the Simpsons games suck. Wait the Simpsons in the Arcade was Awesome.