Family Guy - Video Game! for Xbox Reviews by Gamers

I personally love the family guy tv show. The game delivers some of the humor from the show, but lacks storyline. The controls are really basic and seems to repeat itself to be fun after a while. Stewie is the best character in the game with his gun. Even though his story is very complex and hard to follow at points. Peters story is rather simple you are looking for bevedere. After punching and kicking the same enemies i got really bored of his story. Brian is by far the worst story. You have to use stealth rather poorly to escape danger. His levels are frustrating and at times i just turned the game off. The mini games are pointless and serve nothing but a lapse of action or storyline in the game.

This game is a pretty average foray into the TV-to-videogame translation. Although the show's humor shines through (jumping onto pregnant women's stomachs to shoot out babies says it all), the gameplay itself is pretty stale. The collect-this and shoot-that mechanic of Stewie's section and Brian's Metal Gear Solid sneaking "lite" aren't anything to rave about. The non-sequitor (or "manatee") jokes mini-games do break the tedium a little, but not much. To me, "Simpson's Hit and Run" is the gold standard for these kinds of translations (and after numerous failures itself..."Simpsons Wrestling" anyone?)
The graphics appear cell-shaded and represent the cartoon well. Little show references litter the environments, as well they should.
Not surprisingly, the voiceovers are excellent since the cast did it themselves.
Fans of the show will like this, but not as much as they could have, had it been made more fun.