Family Guy - Video Game! for PSP Reviews by Gamers

I have to say that after reading all of the terrible reviews of this game I was very hesitant to even rent it via this service. To my surprise the game turned out to be halfway decent but it still retained its drawbacks.

The game is separated into 3 stories that all intertwine and this seems to be how the programmers managed to keep an otherwise boring game interesting. If the game were to follow only one character, then I would have kicked it out of my PSP after 2 levels. Luckily it's not. Each segment is spaced evenly from the next so much so that the game does not feel repetitious.

The controls are good but not great and the collision detection needs to be tweaked a bit. There were plenty of times when the character died and I was nowhere near anything that could have harmed me but with the game's liberal save points it doesn't make it too difficult to get back to where you left off.

You'll have the sporadic moments where you wish you could control the camera more than panning left, right, up and down. Most notably, you'll want more camera control during Brian's stealth moments.

Overall, the game is a decent mix of beat-em-up, stealth, platform, and even some pseudo 3-D shooting. Is it worth the typical $30 price? Eh, not really. Save yourself some cash and just rent it. I bet you'll beat it within a few semi-frustrating days and want to send it back.