The DISASTROUS Family Guy MMO That Never Was

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  • Опубликовано: 3 май 2022
  • Nobody had any idea what they were doing with this game ESPECIALLY 20th Century Fox...
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  • @Saberspark64
    @Saberspark64  2 года назад +2729

    Hey Lois, remember that one time when I launched a free MMO game about our family that crashed and burned in little over a year??

    • @kailiahseekings
      @kailiahseekings 2 года назад +47

      To which someone would reply with: (Insert cutaway gag here)

    • @UnkleSanik
      @UnkleSanik 2 года назад +11

      My sense of humor is so broken I can't even manage the words Family Guy and Online in the same sentence.

    • @lukaskarlelid6739
      @lukaskarlelid6739 2 года назад +12

      It was an even bigger disaster then that time I won a date to Mexico with Gary Coleman

    • @researcherchameleon4602
      @researcherchameleon4602 2 года назад +2

      Disney has a game called “Mirrorverse” and Sully is cursed

    • @Phantomsangel
      @Phantomsangel 2 года назад +4

      I really hope they make that an actual reference in the show.

  • @RussianJackal
    @RussianJackal 2 года назад +3826

    That’s insane. I actually remember getting drunk in the early 2010s and playing this for several hours before forgetting about it completely until this video.

    • @lcameeno1
      @lcameeno1 2 года назад

      You drunkard

    • @unbeknownstprofile
      @unbeknownstprofile 2 года назад +50

      Interesting. Did you think it was fun at the time?

    • @dizzyheads
      @dizzyheads 2 года назад +77

      This definitely seems like the time of game you see while drunk

    • @RussianJackal
      @RussianJackal 2 года назад +115

      @@unbeknownstprofile
      I think the best way to describe how I felt is the famous Samurai Jack meme: “When does the magic begin?!” I was a much bigger fan of Family Guy back then, so it was fun to run around Spooner street for a few moments, but then it quickly became a bunch of boring fetch quests. So the novelty was fun for a few minutes, but it was otherwise pretty forgetful.

    • @yokaiwatcher8500
      @yokaiwatcher8500 2 года назад +9

      Well obviously that was sometime in 2012

  • @scoobydouche9991
    @scoobydouche9991 2 года назад +3398

    You forgot to mention how dumb the playerbase is, it's Legendary:
    People couldn't figure out how to enter the Griffin House and the few that could were rage quitting because they couldn't beat up Meg

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 2 года назад +1529

    “This is worst than the time I became an MMO RPG”
    - Peter Griffin

  • @qaztim11
    @qaztim11 2 года назад +2050

    Not going to lie, this actually looks pretty impressive for a 2012 browser rpg
    The cel shading is pretty decent and the environments actually look like family guy tv show

    • @Cooe.
      @Cooe. 2 года назад +21

      ... Not really. It's just WebGL. It's literally no different to running an 3D graphics program powered by OpenGL outside of the browser. OpenGL draw calls are OpenGL draw calls, where they come from is kind of irrelevant. 🤷‍♂️

    • @christinabutterfield1801
      @christinabutterfield1801 2 года назад +168

      @@Cooe. 🤓

    • @PIB2000
      @PIB2000 2 года назад +128

      The graphics aged better than some more realistic looking games from that era.

    • @TheKingOfRooks
      @TheKingOfRooks 2 года назад +11

      @@Cooe. guess you got something in common

    • @RenaDeles
      @RenaDeles 2 года назад +75

      @@Cooe. they aren't talking about how it ran exactly, but more how it looks. A lot of games like this look really meh with their art and esp aren't that good at nailing looking like the thing it's based on. Browser rpgs like this, esp for the time, were often phoned in 🤷

  • @MorganBug
    @MorganBug 2 года назад +176

    That moment he said “2012” followed by “39 years ago” gave me a goddam heart attack

  • @PIB2000
    @PIB2000 2 года назад +1024

    In all seriousness, I kind of wish they did this for more animated shows. Sure, this game is really flawed, but the idea of getting to explore cartoon universes is an alluring idea.

    • @PelinalDidNothingWrong
      @PelinalDidNothingWrong 2 года назад +10

      @King of The Zinger Shhhhhiiiiiiitttttttt.......I'd buy that!

    • @Romcomm_
      @Romcomm_ 2 года назад +2

      Kingdom hearts but disney

    • @askerleaves1614
      @askerleaves1614 2 года назад +23

      @@Romcomm_ uhhhhh

    • @Romcomm_
      @Romcomm_ 2 года назад +2

      @@askerleaves1614 ???

    • @Firehot4321
      @Firehot4321 2 года назад +31

      @@Romcomm_ You sure you thought about what you just wrote

  • @lizzienora678
    @lizzienora678 2 года назад +135

    Imagine if loading screens were cut away gags. You enter a house and you see an unrelated skit about long nipples before seeing the interior of the house.

    • @Hauntaku
      @Hauntaku 2 года назад +9

      That'd be better than this MMO

  • @Laxhoop
    @Laxhoop 2 года назад +143

    I learned from OneyPlays that one of the major reasons this game was shut down was because not a single player did the first mission. Everyone was too busy going to locations from the show and saying jokes in Peter’s voice.

    • @ExtremeWreck
      @ExtremeWreck 2 года назад +22

      It's stupid to shut down a game because of that. Let the people have fun for crying out loud!

    • @Laxhoop
      @Laxhoop 2 года назад +40

      @@ExtremeWreck
      They weren’t spending any money, and they weren’t even playing the game properly. It makes complete sense from a business perspective.

    • @ExtremeWreck
      @ExtremeWreck 2 года назад +6

      @@Laxhoop Oh yeah, I see.
      Then again, just having lots of fun was what the fanmade Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing MMO was like apparently.

    • @lShishkaBerryl
      @lShishkaBerryl 2 года назад +3

      I did lmfao, i played a lot of the missions

    • @Dovah_Slayer
      @Dovah_Slayer 2 года назад +1

      @@Laxhoop yeah but then again there were ways around the money issue while letting people play the game they bloody want

  • @EnigmaticGentleman
    @EnigmaticGentleman 2 года назад +310

    Honestly I'm speechless, its like the ultimate Meme MMO. Really impressive that it ran in browser though (for 2012)

  • @pleasedontwatchthese9593
    @pleasedontwatchthese9593 2 года назад +445

    In the 2000s everything got a mmo. Everyone wanted to be the second coming of wow

    • @dogemaster-hm2ce
      @dogemaster-hm2ce 2 года назад +55

      Everyone wanted to be the Poptropica, the Roblox, the Club Penguin, etc

    • @FreakDaMIghet
      @FreakDaMIghet 2 года назад +23

      I would say thar Final Fantasy XIV won that bid.

    • @therandomartist3201
      @therandomartist3201 2 года назад +22

      I think Cartoon Network had a good one

    • @ellanimation816
      @ellanimation816 2 года назад +13

      @@FreakDaMIghet what about Star Wars the old republic mmo it’s still alive

    • @chelsthegameruiner8669
      @chelsthegameruiner8669 2 года назад +12

      @@ellanimation816 Both the Old Republic and FFXIV won over WoW, but pre-Endwalker, FFXIV saw a massive surge in popularity so I think they're referring to recent events

  • @BlueLoveYT
    @BlueLoveYT 2 года назад +84

    No matter how badly designed a piece of media is, it's always sad when it becomes lost media. I can't stand it when things are lost to time

    • @Hauntaku
      @Hauntaku 2 года назад +5

      This is media that should stay lost

    • @Uzdefized
      @Uzdefized 8 месяцев назад

      @@Hauntakunot really it would be awesome to see someone bring this on a private server

  • @ruerue244
    @ruerue244 2 года назад +48

    Oh, I remember this! They had a mechanical bull minigame that got replaced with a klondike choco-taco. The premium currency changed from just cash to Family Jewels. The classes were based on the griffins and originally Meg was intentionally unplayable which they’d point out, and Brian was a class locked behind a paywall. Also all the quests were centered around gags from various episodes. Like, the tutorial quest was the suspended log trap Chris used to smash peter’s head in one episode, there was a whole area dedicated to the worlds seen in Road to the Multiverse, and even boss raids. There was a PvP arena too, but I never used it.

  • @ColinG943
    @ColinG943 2 года назад +169

    I remember playing this when it first came out. I made a character named “Nigel” (probably spelled wrong) and I only did one quest about helping Chris make that log trap using a hat as bait.

    • @apairofglasses775
      @apairofglasses775 2 года назад +4

      I named my character "niggal" (propably spelled wrong)

    • @user-fi8eh4tj9s
      @user-fi8eh4tj9s 2 года назад +1

      @@apairofglasses775 Bro no way I made a character named Nigel!

    • @apairofglasses775
      @apairofglasses775 2 года назад

      @@user-fi8eh4tj9s bro also no way i made a character called ur mom!

    • @user-fi8eh4tj9s
      @user-fi8eh4tj9s 2 года назад +2

      @@apairofglasses775 OH MY GOSH WERE MY BATGER NEVER TOLL BEE HEE WAS a live

  • @D3th10rd
    @D3th10rd 2 года назад +345

    While on the topic of mmos made by tv networks, I'm curious if you would consider looking at FusionFall, it was an old mmorpg set in the Cartoon Network universe and I remember it quite fondly as one of my first MMO experiences. I remember that it was actually quite good and was doing good until the content stopped being made.

    • @Gloomdrake
      @Gloomdrake 2 года назад +41

      I loved that game. I kept inheriting my Ship armor to the highest level. I wasn't allowed to use the ranged weapons, though, because my parents were sticklers about guns. Still used them when no one was looking

    • @joeymag593
      @joeymag593 2 года назад +20

      In a similar vein, Disney had the Virtual Magic Kingdom running for a few years and I LOVED playing it as a kid. I was gutted when it got shut down.

    • @mattwo7
      @mattwo7 2 года назад +12

      Come to think of it, wasn't FusionFall also browser-based? Yet there's OpenFusion and formerly FusionFall Universe.

    • @lumbajackthumbs7755
      @lumbajackthumbs7755 2 года назад +2

      I remember really wanting to play that game when I saw the ad on TV and then I just didn’t.

    • @brojoe44
      @brojoe44 2 года назад +6

      @@mattwo7 when FusionFall came out there was a downloadable version aswell.

  • @ThereAreThoseWhoCallMeTim
    @ThereAreThoseWhoCallMeTim 2 года назад +76

    You think THAT’S bad, remember the time when Saberspark looked himself up on rule 34?

    • @tgnm9615
      @tgnm9615 2 года назад

      ***Sweating profusely*** 😰😰😰😰😅😅😅😅

    • @rubybfb4439
      @rubybfb4439 2 года назад +1

      That was like two days ago but sure

    • @cydragon2.099
      @cydragon2.099 2 года назад

      @@rubybfb4439 that was 2 days ago still feels like yesterday

    • @Hauntaku
      @Hauntaku 2 года назад +1

      I wish people would draw R34 of me...

    • @cydragon2.099
      @cydragon2.099 2 года назад

      @@Hauntaku all all it takes if a half or full body phono of you and paint dot net and then it's off to the races

  • @crumblyairship
    @crumblyairship 2 года назад +29

    i never thought i'd hear "Family Guy" and "MMO" in the same sentence

  • @dolanvskaney
    @dolanvskaney 2 года назад +57

    Peter: Boy this is worse than when Toucan Sam was a TSA agent.
    Reporter: Mr Toucan! Tell us, how did you discover the explosives hidden in the terrorist's rectum?
    Toucan Sam: I followed my nose!
    (Yeah that show writes itself.)

  • @101jir
    @101jir 2 года назад +505

    The idea of a comedy/wit-based MMO is actually an interesting idea. Just that this was well out of the scope of what they wanted it seems.
    It might be difficult to develop mechanics around that aren't too exploitable if one were to focus on player-developed humor. Dev humor tends to get old, especially if you note some of the mistakes here, such as the loading screen mentioned. I like the idea though of an MMO where players progress through other player reactions. Rap battles and such could be interesting to implement as well. Player reactions would have to have some sort of spam prevention though, as that would be pretty exploitable, maybe limit each player's reaction to any given player to once per X hours, to incentivize being funny to as many players simultaneously as possible.
    No idea whether it would work or not, but this gave me food for thought.

    • @Cyshachiku
      @Cyshachiku 2 года назад +28

      Comedy based MMO? 🤔 You mean ToonTown?

    • @101jir
      @101jir 2 года назад +3

      @@Cyshachiku Sounds only vaguely familiar, I should look it up!

    • @jackeroni216
      @jackeroni216 2 года назад +10

      So something like a Jackbox MMO? That sounds interesting tbh.

    • @101jir
      @101jir 2 года назад +4

      @@jackeroni216 If anyone could pull it off, I could see Jackbox do it.

    • @jackeroni216
      @jackeroni216 2 года назад

      @@101jir truee

  • @Dicerollball
    @Dicerollball 2 года назад +146

    I remember playing this game lol. At some point, if I can recall correctly, they locked the first levels so you had to pay to continue with the rest of the game and I think you just get locked into the starter house and you're unable to explore for free after unless you made another account in order to walk around on the streets again. Even then, you still couldn't go that far until you paid. Too bad I didn't try to download it at the time, didn't have a reason to

    • @Hauntaku
      @Hauntaku 2 года назад +3

      I remember making it to a car chase

  • @shadowhalk225
    @shadowhalk225 2 года назад +13

    When 90% of the dev team is sporting fedoras you know it was bound to fail

  • @Tall_Order
    @Tall_Order 2 года назад +124

    I beta tested this game and had some good times playing as a Stewie character summoning muscle pigs to punch everything and shout OINK! lol But I think it was a failed social experiment. Everyone who played it was just off doing their own thing instead of working together in any way.

    • @ddjsoyenby
      @ddjsoyenby 2 года назад

      yeah.

    • @Tall_Order
      @Tall_Order 2 года назад +3

      @Oldschool DOSfan Pretty much. For what it's worth. I may say I liked it, but I honestly prefer older MMOs like EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies, and Anarchy Online. There is a certain charm to them that has been lost in newer MMOs.

  • @mattwo7
    @mattwo7 2 года назад +34

    The fact that online games can die in beta is a good reason to _never_ buy founders' packs. This isn't an isolated incident of this happening. Off the top of my head, this happened to Infinite Crisis (DC Comics MOBA) too.

    • @Hauntaku
      @Hauntaku 2 года назад +1

      Maplestory 2 failed because of the bot swarm. I paid for the BEST founders pack and played for a bit but when the flood gates opened, I bailed!

  • @AttemptedVoices
    @AttemptedVoices 2 года назад +35

    From Family Guy, to Rango, to Disney, to even Kung Fu Panda...
    God, so many MMOs...

    • @bingobongo9132
      @bingobongo9132 2 года назад +2

      I remember playing the Kung Fu panda one

    • @arrontheprotogen9276
      @arrontheprotogen9276 2 года назад +1

      @@bingobongo9132 what was it like?

    • @AttemptedVoices
      @AttemptedVoices 2 года назад +1

      @@bingobongo9132 I still remember the Tai Lung event.

    • @EagleTimberWolf
      @EagleTimberWolf 2 года назад +1

      @@arrontheprotogen9276 I actually got to play Kung Fu Panda World when it was still around, and I was totally obsessed with it for a while. It reminded me a lot of Animal Jam, but it felt like there was a bit more to do as far as quests and battles go. It had a nice subtle color palette, the area designs were simplistic but aesthetically pleasing, and the animations were decent for a flash game at the time. I still vividly recall creating my avatar - the customization options were very limited, so she was just a recolor of Tigress with white fur and blue eyes wearing a jade green kimono.
      My only real complaint is that it would lag out during certain battles (especially with bosses) and they had way too much shit locked behind a paywall, including things that were too essential to the gameplay to be exclusive. It's one thing to put a membership lock on a cool outfit or something, but I'm not even kidding when I say you couldn't earn anymore belts passed, like, the 3rd or 5th one unless you bought premium XD Imagine having to pay rl money just to do something as basic as LEVEL UP
      Having said that, I can see why it didn't survive, but I was still pretty bummed out when I tried to look up the game years later and replay it out of nostalgia only to find that it was erased from existence ;-;

  • @GeneralESB
    @GeneralESB 2 года назад +18

    Imagine the alternate universe where it continued on and got an expansion that garnered the same critical acclaim as Wrath of the Lich King or Shadowbringers.

  • @g2akashi
    @g2akashi 2 года назад +70

    Honestly it was a little bit ahead of it's time, but this could've worked as a GTA online clone and have each of the Griffins have their own storyline players would have to progress through. I already have like an outline of what Peter's questline could've been which would have him, Jerome and the Chicken as the main characters in the story.

    • @corsaircarl9582
      @corsaircarl9582 2 года назад +6

      I would play through Stewie's so fast, trying to conquer the world and what-not.

  • @Shaggy24-7
    @Shaggy24-7 2 года назад +30

    It looks like the MMO menu system was partially reused for the Family Guy mobile game The Quest for stuff.

    • @FlowAaron
      @FlowAaron 2 года назад +2

      So there's a chance that this mmo game of Family Guy files are in the archives

  • @s7robin105
    @s7robin105 2 года назад +60

    When I think of an MMO RPG I think of Family guy, the show known for its in-depth story telling and world building!

  • @datadoggieein
    @datadoggieein 2 года назад +22

    I remember my brother playing this when where kid. I remember specifically finding Connie D'Amico at the school and farting on her as revenge for picking on Meg.

  • @jodipearson567
    @jodipearson567 2 года назад +18

    Your right about it not being as suitable as an MMO as The Simpsons would have due to limited locations, but that also would have given them more creative freedom and potential. They could have added lore/world building to this universe by inventing new locations and characters. Perhaps they could preview in the game and later be introduced in an episode to tie them in.

  • @undefinederror40404
    @undefinederror40404 2 года назад +52

    A concept like that would definitely work better nowadays! At least I feel that way, it looked janky yet fun enough that it would be appreciated online at the moment. Assuming it actually works, of course.

    • @Hauntaku
      @Hauntaku 2 года назад +2

      It was a Simpsons Road Rage knockoff

  • @ricochet0928
    @ricochet0928 2 года назад +5

    "[...] And was available for public beta testing in April of 2012. Yes...39 years ago."
    _doN'T DO THAT-_

    • @MelkiorMonster
      @MelkiorMonster 2 года назад

      Is there a joke I missed there or just a math error while making us feel really old? LOL

  • @firstreality3867
    @firstreality3867 2 года назад +13

    It’s crazy how many MMOs I’ve played since the 00s yet never heard of this until now.

  • @slashbash1347
    @slashbash1347 2 года назад +6

    I remember when it came out and I asked if the game stops every five seconds to make an out-of-context joke.

  • @Feralwolf444
    @Feralwolf444 2 года назад +22

    If you want to play a Family Guy video game, I strongly suggest "Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse". That one was was decent and controlled well.

  • @deadpoolnerd
    @deadpoolnerd 2 года назад +28

    With the stick of truth and the fractured but whole having their success, I think an mmo could maybe work for South park. People did enjoy the novelty of actually going around south park and visiting places like Canada. Maybe you're again a new kid, except instead of a theme like superheroes and knight and warlocks it's actually like the show. In that you befriend the group overall and end up going on the "lesson for the day" adventures and hit all the weird places hell imagination land canada.

  • @researcherchameleon4602
    @researcherchameleon4602 2 года назад +10

    Disney has a game called “Mirrorverse” and Sully is cursed

  • @masternecro3511
    @masternecro3511 2 года назад +185

    Very little research on this. There were micro transactions. Brian the Dog class was unlocked if you purchased it. I believe there was also a premium currency too you had to buy. The members of the family were the archetypes for the game's different classes and you had different very few abilities based on what class you were. You keep comparing it to "an mmo like WoW" but Family Guy Online was nothing like WoW, nor any kind on MMO. You can't even call the game an MMO. Server issues and bugs only allowed a few people to play. The game world was very limited and only had 3 zones with limited exploration in each area and there were only a few quests in the entire game. They attempted at setting up group PvE battled but most of the time the encounter bugged out and never happened. Most of the content was unavailable because of bugs and there was never any attempt or interest in fixing bugs or adding new content. At best this was a pre pre Alpha of a game concept. Family Guy Online failed because it was made and run by people that had no idea what a video game was nor how to maintain one and the only reason it existed was as a quick cash grab towards fans of the show. Fox wanted people to pay for crappy digital content with little effort from the game creators. PLEASE DO NOT TELL FOX ABOUT NFTs. Since the "game" did not bring in a lot of money right away, FOX lost any interest in wanting it to be around.

    • @Hemostat
      @Hemostat 2 года назад +42

      I mean, a shitty unsupported mmo is still an MMO.

    • @masternecro3511
      @masternecro3511 2 года назад +16

      @@Hemostat There was nothing massive about it. It was barely multi-player.

    • @azylan
      @azylan 2 года назад +9

      @@masternecro3511 If I made a game with the intention of designing it as an MMO, but the game was so broken and unfinished that it was not massive nor online, it wouldn't just suddenly stop being an MMO. You could call it a failed MMO, unfinished MMO, or broken MMO.
      It's like if I wanted to make a platformer, but 6 months into development I had only worked on art, animation, story, and basic engine coding. Would the game not be a platformer because I hadn't implemented platforms yet? It'd be a "platformer in development" or "platformer in concept".
      That's all an aside though. Either way, all the work that went into the game ended up being a big waste of time and money that could've been avoided if Fox hadn't rushed into a project they had no idea what to do with. Sometimes the stupidity of corporate executives who want a quick buck is truly astounding. Imagine the Fox businessmen sitting around a desk, approving an "online Family Guy video game" under the pretense of easy money, having no idea how to make it lmao

    • @masternecro3511
      @masternecro3511 2 года назад +1

      @@azylan The makes of the game never even called it an MMO. It was just a browser online game made to be a quick cash grab and was canceled because no one was buying the Brian class or their premium currency to buy the little stuff they had. They were expecting everyone that played to buy something. They didn't even understand the concept of whales because there was hardly anything to buy with their premium currency.

    • @amelialonelyfart8848
      @amelialonelyfart8848 2 года назад

      I distinctly remember the premium currency being clams.
      Says a lot that the mst enjoyable part of the game was the sign-up screen since it was narrated by Adam West RIP

  • @novashy7119
    @novashy7119 2 года назад +38

    Whoa! What?! Netflix was thinking of making a movie about "Bone?" That would have been cool! I read all the comic books as a kid and I loved them!

    • @Gloomdrake
      @Gloomdrake 2 года назад +6

      Do you _really_ want Netflix to make a Bone *movie?* A TV show would be better, no?

    • @BBWahoo
      @BBWahoo 2 года назад +1

      Stonetoss amogus

    • @MathematicalVoid
      @MathematicalVoid 2 года назад +4

      I thought it was gonna be a series.

    • @Hemostat
      @Hemostat 2 года назад

      Same, never heard about it. Don't think there's been any news for a long time

    • @askerleaves1614
      @askerleaves1614 2 года назад

      @@Gloomdrake no not really I would have much rather than make it into three movies

  • @ghostkirby1255
    @ghostkirby1255 2 года назад +9

    Man the 2000s was a time for mmos. I remember a lot of mmos springing up everywhere at that time till 2012

  • @SAMMYTASTISCH
    @SAMMYTASTISCH 2 года назад +3

    There is always that one person who downloads the whole internet. So it might be possible that someone has it.
    Just ask all those people who screenshot every single comment in Facebook groups, just to smash it in your face, when you might say something slightly contradicting 3 months later.
    There are freaks out there. You just gotta find them.

  • @MoostachedSaiyanPrince
    @MoostachedSaiyanPrince 2 года назад +18

    I never played the MMO, but I did play that other Family Guy video game that came before this. And I'm 99% sure this game was made by reusing a lot of the assets from that game, because the character models for established characters in this MMO look just like that game's character models did.

  • @kailiahseekings
    @kailiahseekings 2 года назад +25

    I could play a Metroid or an Okami MMO for no real reason. Dang.

    • @Ranixo286
      @Ranixo286 2 года назад +3

      A metroid mmo would be SICK. Be a Bounty hunter or Space Pirate in an open world, explore planets and use different weapon classes for combat...

    • @Vigriff
      @Vigriff 2 года назад +1

      The Okami MMO has some real promisr.

    • @ExtremeWreck
      @ExtremeWreck 2 года назад +3

      None of those exist, but if you want to there was a fanmade Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing MMO. Not sure if it's still around, but hey it was something.

  • @Gamerguy-ud1zo
    @Gamerguy-ud1zo 2 года назад +13

    You know if look at the models used in the game I think it also looks like they were recycling models or something from those family guy games that were mentioned which may be why the models were limited as they were ported from the game to be playable.

  • @archfeymirth
    @archfeymirth 2 года назад +13

    While I agree with most of these points, I do disagree that Family Guy doesn't have a memorable list of locations. I'm not even an avid fan and I could list a lot off the top of my head.
    Griffins' House
    Pawtucket Brewery
    Drunken Clam
    Adam West High School
    Petoria (i know that's also the Griffins' House but you could expand it for an mmo setting. Nobody'd blame you.)
    The Wacky Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man Warehouse and Emporium
    And so on. It could lend itself well to an MMO tbh, I just don't think the way they did it landed.

    • @connorbeith3232
      @connorbeith3232 2 года назад +3

      There's also the Happy Go-Lucky Toys (Peter's old job), as well as the mayor's office and mansion.

    • @balanc-joy9187
      @balanc-joy9187 2 года назад

      _Family Guy The Video-Game_ did well with giving quite a few locations, some seen in the show, and some inferred from what was known in the show's universe at the time, or built off of its own storyline.

  • @joeymag593
    @joeymag593 2 года назад +5

    I would unironically watch a Saberspark review of Genshin Impact. Just putting that out there.

  • @pazu9190
    @pazu9190 2 года назад +26

    I loved this game and played it a lot. Truly a masterpiece of its time.

    • @cuterblueloveuwulilathepig3556
      @cuterblueloveuwulilathepig3556 9 месяцев назад

      I never play this game but when l look this gameplay, it's make me want to play this game but too bad this game got shut down :(

  • @christianblackmon5609
    @christianblackmon5609 2 года назад +2

    Honestly out of all the characters in family, hearing Herbert the Pervert saying "cupcake" sends a chill down my spine. Especially after the whole edp situation.

    • @voicedubgaming2286
      @voicedubgaming2286 2 года назад +1

      Considering Herbert's entire joke is he's in love with Chris, yeah I can see why you made that connection. Cause I did too.

  • @zombieguy4444
    @zombieguy4444 2 года назад +6

    Given the nature of the show, I think a beat-em-up or a GTA-style game would fit Family Guy better

  • @wsnt
    @wsnt 2 года назад +3

    Who remembers FusionFall?
    Pirates Online? ToonTown? Wizard101?
    The Matrix Online? DC Universe Online?
    Neopets? FreeRealms?

  • @Ice-Climber
    @Ice-Climber 2 года назад +8

    I see a project like this and can only feel sorry for the devs.

  • @P4rz1va1
    @P4rz1va1 2 года назад +1

    "MMLOL" is the sort of reference you get from someone who doesn't think of either of those things as more than just a pointless acronym.

  • @THEnicholasvancosky
    @THEnicholasvancosky 2 года назад +5

    I never thought I would ever see you talk about this forgotten gem! Even though I don't like family guy, I unironically hope this gets found some day.

  • @terrasilvershade5678
    @terrasilvershade5678 2 года назад +7

    There were so many MMORPGs at that time. LOTRO, the lord of the rings one, started in 2010/2011. That one I still play although it’s in its decline

  • @redmii69
    @redmii69 2 года назад +2

    MMOs based on cartoons actually sounds like a fun concept. Like, if they made one for Adventure Time, I'd play it for hours.

  • @Phantomsangel
    @Phantomsangel 2 года назад +2

    Saber: Tom we're not talking about Genshin Impact. TOM NO!!
    TOM YES DO IT DON'T LISTEN TO HIM.
    Yay Saberfart fanart!!

  • @danielleweller2388
    @danielleweller2388 2 года назад +4

    Not that long ago I was looking up this family guy mmo because I remembered playing it like a fever dream

  • @ShadowLegend300
    @ShadowLegend300 2 года назад +4

    This had so much potential (even for family guy startards), sad that it turned out like that

  • @stephentaylor356
    @stephentaylor356 2 года назад +2

    '...in April of 2012...yes, 39 years ago.'
    Holy shit, is it 2051??? How did I lose track of that much time???

    • @TheBearInTheChair
      @TheBearInTheChair 2 года назад

      It's all happen around 2019, I can hardly remember the 20's, and everything in the 30's-40's is an absolute blur....

  • @Liz_ArdE
    @Liz_ArdE 2 года назад +1

    I remember this game, although I don't remember the game play.
    My only true memory of it is that it was sponsored by Klondike Choco Taco™ and there was a mini game where you rode a mechanical bull in the shape of the aforementioned ice cream taco.

  • @UnkleSanik
    @UnkleSanik 2 года назад +3

    RIP Family Guy Online... Died before we could get a Family Guy Online funny moments compilation.

  • @PelinalDidNothingWrong
    @PelinalDidNothingWrong 2 года назад +9

    You know what? This game could've been good! It looks pretty good for a browser at the time and I feel like this game could've been fun and pretty entertaining

  • @lysander9957
    @lysander9957 2 года назад +1

    Oh, I remember this. I even shelled out a few bucks to play as a dog character. I remember it being really empty. Besides talking to characters, fighting, and chasing the greased up deaf guy, there wasn't really anything to do.

  • @MongoD
    @MongoD 2 года назад +1

    Random guy: my dog died...
    Saberspark: F A M I L Y G U Y

  • @klebersousa.
    @klebersousa. 2 года назад +18

    But, ngl, i kinda miss the old days when you had thousands of MMOs launching and dying everywhere you looked. Yeah, most were wow clones or generic anime stuff, but here and there you could find some great ones and some different stuff, like Pangya (Golf) or City of Heroes, and even Second Life

  • @victor_e_dafeet8218
    @victor_e_dafeet8218 2 года назад +4

    Man there is a lot to say about Genshin Impact. First Gacha game I ever played and actually spent money on. I kinda regret that now but oh well, fun while it lasted

  • @ravenravenraven
    @ravenravenraven 2 года назад +1

    if anyone played it on an old computer, please look into dumping your browser cache! files can persist in a browser sometimes, and family guy online's files might be one cache backup away from playability

  • @NigerianPrince0
    @NigerianPrince0 Год назад +2

    I wish Family Guy Online still was on. Because i would play it just for nostalgia.

  • @someone24688
    @someone24688 2 года назад +4

    That thumbnail scares me

  • @acarr9377
    @acarr9377 2 года назад +11

    What uncanny timing. They just announced the Family Guy kart racing game.

    • @WestRail642fan
      @WestRail642fan 2 года назад +6

      Hey Lois, remember that time i was in Mario Kart?

    • @squidiskool
      @squidiskool 2 года назад +2

      They’re making WHAT!?

  • @DarkBardMagick
    @DarkBardMagick Год назад +1

    My mother, little sister, and I LOVED this game with a passion. It was just gone and we were stunned

  • @Ranixo286
    @Ranixo286 2 года назад +1

    You can still extract temporary files from your browsers though. It's how we're working on Build A Bearville Rewritten.

  • @kbarts316
    @kbarts316 2 года назад +3

    Nostalgia wise, the graphics of this MMO brought back a flood of memories from when I used to play the Family Guy video game on my original Xbox lol
    Matter of fact, it looks like they just repurposed some of the models and assets from that game!

  • @krischainz
    @krischainz 2 года назад +6

    Too be honest you can make a good game out of any scenario with enough time and skill on the team's size: to bad they don't try again but with modern technology but hopefully not like DCU Online and actually update the base game

  • @Rygore_BoldHeart
    @Rygore_BoldHeart 2 года назад +2

    But when are we getting the Family Guy botw style/ genshin impact style open world rpg. When can I fight the chicken in a boss fight using my ultra rare drop stained glass Peter. 😤

  • @lordtachanka903
    @lordtachanka903 2 года назад +1

    Fun fact: it failed in part because family guy fans would just stay in the initial tutorial area to quote the show with random people and never ended up playing the actual game

  • @fdawer116
    @fdawer116 2 года назад +6

    Never heard of this. Looks interesting. How long or if somebody downloaded the game or some devs upload the files. Probably never.

    • @THEnicholasvancosky
      @THEnicholasvancosky 2 года назад +1

      I would try to go through the effort of seeing if any of the developers in the behind the scenes videos have any social media accounts and all ask them if they still have it but I'm having a hard time motivating myself because I feel like I would come off as socially unacceptable.

  • @jodgee2374
    @jodgee2374 2 года назад +9

    I love MMOs, and I hate that it's a dying genre. There are a lot of franchises I would love to see as an MMO.

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 2 года назад +2

    Holy crap,lois! It's Saberspark!

  • @IvanGarcia-xy7bf
    @IvanGarcia-xy7bf 2 года назад +2

    On paper it sounds like a good game idea , but maybe a different studio that actually has experience with these types of games should have done it

  • @chunkykong8683
    @chunkykong8683 2 года назад +3

    He comes *thicc guy*

  • @brandonpierce2539
    @brandonpierce2539 2 года назад +3

    Oh geez, a Genshin Impact review is on the horizon, and Saber doesn't sound too thrilled... All I ask is that you be nice to the people that are enjoying it. 😅

    • @Gloomdrake
      @Gloomdrake 2 года назад +1

      Depends on why they enjoy it

  • @karenfan010
    @karenfan010 10 месяцев назад +2

    3:48
    peter: roadhouse.

  • @jyquin5012
    @jyquin5012 2 года назад +2

    What's sad about this game is that an mmo about a cartoon show can work really well as seen with FusionFall, which was made by CN using all of their owned properties; with the game actually being really good from what I remember. I guess the difference is that FusionFall seemed more like a labour of love rather then a cash grab like Family Guy's mmo.

  • @qaztim11
    @qaztim11 2 года назад +4

    Genshin impact review please
    It is simultaneously one of the best and worse games recently released.
    Great gameplay, environments, story and characters trapped inside of a gacha game hellscape

  • @DoctorInk20
    @DoctorInk20 2 года назад +4

    This is more or less the *Virtual Springfield* of the _Family Guy_ franchise; in that it's just a walking tour with disjointed jokes and few goals beyond "recognise person/place/thing from the show and laugh (hopefully)".
    Come to think of it, I'm surprised nothing like _FGO_ has ever been attempted with _The Simpsons_ by now.

  • @kitsunetailsx9
    @kitsunetailsx9 2 года назад +2

    Louis: Peter I can't believe you started an MMORPG!
    Peter: You think that's bad? Remember the time the MMORPG got canceled and little under a year?
    :::Cutaway:::
    Fox Network CEO: We are shutting down Family Guy Online.

  • @kristennnnn9038
    @kristennnnn9038 2 года назад +1

    I wish Family Guy online was still up for the sole reason of wanting to spam the Joe hey Peter sound effect in voice chat .

  • @Yipper64
    @Yipper64 2 года назад +4

    4:00 goodness, these gremlins existed in 2012? I guess they had to multiply from somewhere but man. Cringe human.

    • @bshap495
      @bshap495 2 года назад

      What are you even talking about?

    • @Yipper64
      @Yipper64 2 года назад

      @@bshap495 colored hair people.

    • @thewizardpoliceareafterme
      @thewizardpoliceareafterme 2 года назад

      bright hair colors have been popular since the 80's and what's your problem with dyed hair??

    • @Yipper64
      @Yipper64 2 года назад +1

      @@thewizardpoliceareafterme its not just the hair is *the whole vibe.* You need to be cultured to understand.

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard 2 года назад

      @@Yipper64 "You need to be cultured to understand."
      Mad sure that that's just code for "i'm a homophobic 4 chins fuckwad lol"

  • @Rein377
    @Rein377 2 года назад +1

    I like how you could choose your character's gender, effectively making a guy Lois or a girl Stewie. If the whole thing was just a character creator and location exploration, a "visit the cartoon's universe" type of novelty game, it could have been something.

  • @diamondsanchez224
    @diamondsanchez224 2 года назад +1

    To be fair to the game, the sounds, start location, UI, etc. probably all seemed slapped together because the game was in beta. Generally betas use more placeholders and have incomplete features than the full, released product.

  • @brittneythomas204
    @brittneythomas204 2 года назад +1

    1:07 39 years ago? this 2012 game has been in development since1973? that's a new record .

  • @Legoguy9875
    @Legoguy9875 2 года назад

    Gotta say, for a game designed to be entirely played in a browser made in the early 2010s, it looks pretty damn good. You wouldn't normally expect a game of that scale to play smoothly on just a browser, especially back then, but they managed to pull it off well. The cel-shading and simplicity of the characters definitely helped, as I imagine it allowed for a lot of corner cutting to optimize it as much as possible.

  • @OhFrittata
    @OhFrittata 2 года назад +2

    I really wish the Family Guy MMO was still around to this day, the meme potential would be endless.

  • @user-ln6gm5cd3t
    @user-ln6gm5cd3t 11 месяцев назад +1

    I’ll be honest man. I really really enjoyed this mmo. Obviously me being 12 years. I absolutely loved and was immersed into family guy online. The idea of being able to travel the family guy world with you’re own character at the time was mind blowing to me. I think i had like 400 hours into this game before it got closed.

  • @muddashucka9743
    @muddashucka9743 2 года назад +1

    Family Guy locations I can remember:
    Peter's house
    Joe's house
    Quagmire's house
    Cleveland's house
    The Drunken Clam
    Herbert's house
    The church?
    Lois's dad's house

  • @HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman
    @HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman 2 года назад +2

    One intresting thing is that disney owns 21:th century fox which was created when 20:th century fox spun off into the new compay of 21:th century fox in 2013 which disney bought in 2019.
    Disney also owns fox family worldwide since 2001.
    Disney owns the rights to family guy along with the Simpsons after the purchased 21:th century fox

  • @farleya
    @farleya Год назад

    Lol I had fun running around doing stupid tasks. I can still hear "roadhouse" on repeat lol

  • @hexmaniac6810
    @hexmaniac6810 2 года назад +1

    I thought that the players were too incompetent to start quests and just walked around quoting the show

  • @RandomPPerson
    @RandomPPerson 2 года назад

    I just got an ad for popsicles when Hubert just offer some snacks.