Over the past few weeks, neoportal staff have been reporting dismal review after another for the recently released Family Guy games, proving, once again, that like series such as The Simpsons and Futurama, that games based off these genres neither have the staying power nor the content to be able to make the game.

While reviews continue to be made about the overall badly done Family Guy game, here's a quick at a glance series of problems that both reviews and just simple joes playing the game had problems with, and a few bits that they liked:

There were three types of gameplay within the game, yet all three were poorly done. Not only did they miss key elements which other games themselves had, but they seemed unfinished, with absolutely no difficulty in doing to most simplistic of tasks.

Characters moved a lot more slowly then how they do in the show, taking away a lot of the feel that the show gives it when Stewie gets into an argument with his Teddy bear or when Brian moves his eyes at Peter getting drunk. This does not mean that the fans did not like how the game looked, but many did not like the small details and visual gags disappearing for a moment which makes Family Guy, Family Guy. Indeed, many people complained that it looked like something out of South Park, as did the original Simpsons game and the Futurama game.

The game tends to have a recycled premise. Gags, plots, even gameplay are all taken from the show, with little new being added for what could have been a successful game.

The game still has that sense of humour which has made it a world wide hit with fans today.

There is almost no lasting value with the game. Being highly repetitive, there is little to no point in replaying something that took many people only six hours (and some less!) to finish.

So, in the end, do the people recommend the game? If you are not a Family Guy fan, leave it on the shelf, and if you are... leave it on the shelf. In about twenty reviews that have come off the net, only three recommended that die-hard fans get it. For the rest of us, it's better to forget that the game ever existed.

This information came from a NeoPortal

Unfortunately, this is pretty much the truth of it all. Very, very few people on and off Neoseeker have even wanted to mention that they played the game at all. =/

I am reviewing it for the portal and am almost done. I am one of the ones who think you should only try it out if you are a hardcore Family Guy fan, or are REALLY into simple and arcadey gameplay, like if you can't find Captain America and the Avengers or a TMNT machine.

I've watched some gameplay footage, and I wasn't impressed. Even if I was that much of a hardcore fan, I still wouldn't even plan on going and getting it, it just doesn't seem worth the money.

Can't wait for the review, by the way.

C'mon. It's not THAT bad. I enjoyed it, for what it's worth. Not a lengthy game, can be frustrating at times, as well as stupid...Still worth it if you're a fan though, I think. Many places have dropped the New price to $19.99, so I'm sure you can buy it used for like $14.99 or so. If anything, just rent it. If you stick to it, it only takes a few days to beat.

If you REALLY stick to it and have nothing else to do, maybe 3 hours tops.

Did anyone else notice on the playstation 2 video game dvd cover that it says 144 MB Instead of 144 KB.

Because mine does, which I find to be an interesing find, being that miss prints like this doesn't happen often.

Haha yeah, especially seeing as the PS2 can only hold 8 MB

well im playing it

well it one of them

Well, we can all tell there is going to be some innapropriate content in this one, so the youngers should stay away. But it looks moderately promising to me. of course, I am a die-hard Family Guy fan. But I still completely agree with what Mish said, I believe it's the quality of the game that counts. I'm going to read the reviews and do some research before I buy this to make sure it's worth my time and money.