The Simpsons: Road Rage (PS2) - Retro Game Review
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Rob defends The Simpsons: Road Rage by talking at length about it's flaws.
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The Simpsons Road Rage (PS2) - Retro Game Review
It's rare for me to have more than a passing interest in high score chasing but Road Rage has had it's hooks in me for about 20 years. So much so that I've not been able to get into Hit and Run because it makes me want to play Road Rage instead. It's fast, funny, and absolutely worth your time; especially when you play against your best friends. It's on Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube.
;Credits
;Fun Facts
"Oral History of The Simpsons: Road Rage" written by Brian Vanhooker for InputMag
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;Visuals
Intro animation by - / shryku
Box art scans from Moby Games - www.mobygames....
"Blues Brothers" by Universal Pictures
"The Simpsons Virtual Springfield (PC) Playthrough" by Nintendo Complete - • The Simpsons: Virtual ...
Road Rage city map from The Simpsons Wiki uploaded by Zenthor - simpsonswiki.c...
"Trale Lewous Skittles Commercials" by Nathan Barnett - • Trale Lewous Skittles ...
;Audio
Various tracks from "The Simpsons Road Rage" composed by Christopher Tyng
Well done! My buddy and I used to rip it up in this game back in the day!
Just found your channel really love your retro reviews so far look forward to checkin out your other stuff keep up the good work!
I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, consequences be damned...
road rage > crazy taxi
I feel I probably agree but I've only given Crazy Taxi about 15 minutes of my time and it wasn't the version with the Offspring music. So I'll tentatively reserve my judgement.
Road Rage has the Simpsons character interactions which was a huge part of the appeal for me then and now. Even when it was new it was nostalgic for those of us who had just spent our formative years watching the show near daily for over a decade. I just don't see Crazy Taxi topping that powerful emotion.
What a game! Your video brought back so many memories of a friend and I sitting on the floor in front of the TV, and cracking up at the hilarious stunts and voice lines in this game. Otto's bus was definitely one of the highlights. Great video!
Thank you! Those really are the best memories. I mostly played this one alone, long into the night. But I've still got a list as long as my arm of other games that I enjoyed elbow to elbow with family and friends.
Multiplayer on this was the most fun intense thing ever
Good video fam! Gonna have to peep this game soon.
I would love to see a video showing off your full collection! Or a photo, I am curious to see what you all own- I just started collecting original xbox games
I'll have to think on this as I'd like to do it in a way that's structured and has levity like the reviews. I do like the idea
@@SweatyCowch Maybe you could do a community post or a youtube short - that way it wouldn't interfere with the structure/flow of the rest of your content. Thanks for responding!
Even with the obvious Crazy Taxi comparisons, I really appreciate the arcade analogy - considering the unlockables, areas, and everything else, the arcade high score drive makes perfect sense.
I wonder if there's a unified map of Springfield out there - does the map in Road Rage match up with Hit and Run, Virtual Springfield, or The Simpsons Game? It would be really cool if that were the case for any of them.
Road Rage and Hit n Run are totally different neighborhoods. The interview mentions how the devs wanted to make looping track stages for Road Rage but Groening wanted a city layout; Entertaient District shows both designs can work together and I think Downtown shows a city layout is the stronger idea for a literal taxi game. The remaing neighborhoods dont loop and arent cities, with Evergreen Terrace working best with its shortcuts and road loops cutting off the main road.
From what Ive seen of Hit and Run, the devs got their wish and made each neighborhood loop back on itself like a race track, but its open world and not a racer so you still go back and forth on 1 road for mission after mission until you unlock the next one. So when that criticism is laid on Road Rage I raise an eyebrow.
Looking at the minimap to Virtual Springfield, it reminds me of the Nuclear Plant neighborhood in Road Rage with 2 urban areas cut by a river and linked by a bridge: it's probably most resembles the show. I'd love to get it running but it hits installation errors on windows 10.
@@SweatyCowch Oh, fascinating! I don't know why, but the idea of establishing places like this as unified, like a real place, really interests me. This is really good to know! I also have been working on looking at Gotham City across the Arkham games, Gotham City Racer, and Batman and Robin (the first open world Batman game way back in '97!)
@@MakopoweredGaming Awesome, picturing fictional places as real and mapping them out fascinates me too. Back then and now firing up these 3d games I always want to be in first person getting up close and seeing it from the character's perspective. I wanna see mundane stuff like bathrooms and offices. I too wanna check out Batman and Robin for the same reason.
@@SweatyCowch I've actually been working on a long-term project along these lines, so finding something like this, and someone else who thinks it's interesting is really cool!
Also, if you do check out Batman and Robin, go in knowing it's going to be an... unpleasant experience. When I first played it, I didn't last more than 15 minutes - and that was in 2016!
There are dozens of us! Probably more :) Looking forward to your long term project.
I really like the 3 stages you mention but i also like dam because it has few shortcuts. Ive only played mountain once but may try it few more times before putting it with powerplant as the worst sp stage.
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I wonder how Road Rage runs on an emulator. I know PSX2 can run the original copies of some PS2 games through a DVD drive if your PC has one. I used a USB DVD player a few years ago and it worked well.
I've emulated with games in the dvd drive as well, but not Road Rage. PCSX2 compat page says Road Rage is playable, which is one step below what they consider perfect. Give it a go if you're able.
I like The Simpsons: Road Rage
Didn't Sega sued the developer and publisher of this game for being a complete rip-off of Crazy Taxi?
Oh yes, they sued, and Fox settled. I think Sega even had a copyright on the navigation arrow.
I liked every simpsons game, from Barts vs mutants to wrestling haha. Maybe because, hey it's the simpsons, like the South Park games on PS1, everybody hate'em and the reviews were awful but i still play SP Rally form time to time.
I love that game
Fun and janky. Thats pretty much repersents the average game from 6th generation. My fav generation with 4th generation being 2nd and only one that can compete. The amount of innovation was insane and they focus on fun factor. Love and care was given to our fav ips. Simpson road rage is a close 2nd to hit and run for best simpson game. Beat em up is 3rd and the simpson game is 4th. Barts nughtmare 5th and lets not talk qbout the rest.