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Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 05:02 AM
FIRST I dunno about these sort of games....maybe it's better to just be a tv series....none the less i'll be picking it up for cheap if i canMonday, August 27, 2012 @ 05:03 AM
we need a trailer!Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 05:09 AM
Did anybody call for a buttscratcheeeerMonday, August 27, 2012 @ 05:13 AM
All I know is my gut says maybe.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 05:37 AM
@1- Shut up, Meg.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 06:38 AM
@5 that comment made me lol. I'm in two minds about this game but being a family guy fan I will buy it. Hopefully it's as fun as hit and run. Looks a bit more like the Simpsons game which I wasn't a massive fan of although I'm wanting to give it another go. As long as the humour is there, the gameplay is decent then it'll be worth a play throughMonday, August 27, 2012 @ 06:50 AM
Damn. "At fist glance, Back to the Multiverse looks like a fairly generic third-person shooter...". American Dad would have been a better choice if that's all it ends up being. I was hoping for an open world type of game. I'm a huge fan of the show so I'll keep an eye on it. Who knows, maybe we'll get to fight the chicken.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 07:48 AM
Let's milk this cow for another 10 years, Seth. I could understand if he put out quality work, but everything his name is attached to is exactly the same. Ahum...how did Ted do at the box office, again? Lol, he's also a godless heathen, and 'down' with the gays.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 08:08 AM
Im not too sure about this, tv series based games never seem to work out that well. But ill try anything.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 08:36 AM
@8 I don't know what you're trying to say about atheism or gay people, or if you're trying to be ironic - and I don't particularly care - but what was wrong with the performance of Ted at the box office? Not that how much money something makes is any indicator of quality, but Ted has done really, REALLY well financially. Anyway, on the game: we'll see I guess.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 08:52 AM
@8: How does being an Atheist or supporting homosexuality have anything to do with this game? It doesn't. However, I do agree with you that everything he does is the exact same. That isn't even my biggest problem, it's the fact that he constantly has characters referencing to something else they did which usually goes on too long, ripping things right out of other movies and television shows rather than just referencing them, and basically every joke that he has done any more is the exact same as an older joke he has done, just slightly different.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 09:03 AM
@9 If you don't particularly care, then why mention it at all; you're working with sound logic there, TheHappo. Also, no Ted hasn't done well, and there's a really, REALLY good reason for that; budget was $50M, it's only made a little over $54.....dun dun duuuuuuuuun!Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 09:06 AM
oops, I meant @8. @11: The gay thing was a joke, but the godless heathen comment wasn't.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 09:56 AM
@12 > What are you talking about ? TED made $54M on its first week of release, and will likely be Universal biggest hit in 2012 with an impressive (domestic) gross of $215M as of august 26 ! And if we add foreign market ($138M), TED's worldwide total is now $353M! So, Ted is a major hit for the studio and a sequel will probably be announced real soon.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 10:25 AM
Oh, that's quite a bit of profit then. Weird, because it sucked. It may just be that I've heard all his jokes, already.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 10:55 AM
I want to get this game as I am a big fan of Family Guy, but it's a bit worrying that the game comes out in less than a month and there's not even a trailerMonday, August 27, 2012 @ 11:44 AM
@Rums do you have nothing better to do than Troll? Obviously not...Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 12:01 PM
@17: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFh5FzXIeBg&feature=relatedMonday, August 27, 2012 @ 12:22 PM
I want to try this, but as of now I'm going to wait for SP: The Stick of Truth. If I see this cheap I'll pick it up, but I don't think I want this enough for a day one buy.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 12:48 PM
Ted may have done well financially but it was a horrible movie in my opinion... I enjoyed the first few seasons of Family Guy and I can say the same for American Dad. Those two shows were different enough once you watched them... As for this game it will probably not be funny, just like current seasons of Family Guy.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 12:53 PM
Seriously what the hell?It comes in less than a month and yet no trailer?Really? No gameplay either?What the fuck?South park comes out in like 7 months and has a trailer and gameplay.This is retarded.I really want this game i already pre-ordered it.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 03:28 PM
I just have to point that Bertram isn't Stewie's twin. They are half-brothers. OT: I didn't think the previous game was good. A lot more could have been done with it, but I am more then willing to try this one.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 04:07 PM
#1 Shut up please, this old and old comment and stupid thing to say. Grow up please. Anyway this game look lots alike to The Simpsons in 2007. Game look fun.Monday, August 27, 2012 @ 06:57 PM
I'm gonna get a storm of down votes for this but I don't care. This show is horribly over rated, it was funny in its first few seasons but now they just go for the most random shit and most of the jokes/storylines that are actually funny are all recycled through American Dad, The Cleavland Show and Family Guy. I can't imagine that the game is going to be any better than the show is. That being said, I'm not going to buy this game unless I can get it out of the bargain bin for like 10 or 15 bucksMonday, August 27, 2012 @ 07:22 PM
No offence to Family Guy, but to me its mindblowing how Activision cancelled the fantastic Sleeping Dogs but thinks this is going to be a much better game. xDWednesday, August 29, 2012 @ 02:46 AM
Should of done American Dad game instead, its better than family guy!Wednesday, August 29, 2012 @ 04:37 PM
I will almost definitely pass on this. I don't hate the series, but I find it barely amusing at best...Thursday, September 20, 2012 @ 04:14 PM
Meh ill rent it I doubt it will have any replabillity after all jokes are heard even as a fan of family guy and shootersFriday, September 21, 2012 @ 03:03 PM
ATTENTION EVERYONE!! THIS GAME IS NOT COMING OUT SEPTEMBER 25TH!!! IT'S OFFICIAL!Don't believe me huh? Look it up on Gamestop .com it does not show a release date.Or google news look up Family Guy: Back to the Multivese and show "Last 24 hours".This sucks!Monday, September 24, 2012 @ 08:42 AM
Should be worth a go.. Bit like The Simpsons Game..?
Monday, August 27, 2012
Family Guy is a show that has always ploughed its own furrow of offensive humour, with a sly, knowing wink that it's cutting close to the bone, and screw you if you don't like it. Of course, there are a lot of people that don't like Family Guy, but probably a lot more that do. In our demo of the game, we can almost see why some people do find Family Guy somewhat offensive however, as where the show is for the most part smartly scripted and consistently funny, the game seems to walk a fine line between comedy and crass material that seems to be built purely with shock value in mind. No doubt die-hard Family Guy fans will beg to differ, of course.
Taking the series 8 episode 'Road to the Multiverse' as its cue, Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse takes you back through the alternate dimensions that Brian and Stewie travelled through in that very episode, except this time you're chasing Stewie's evil twin Bertram through a multiverse of his own creation. Bertram is out to kill Stewie and destroy Quahog, and you're out to prevent him from succeeding with his nefarious plans. Our first look at Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse sees Stewie and Brian in the 'Handicapable' city, and begins with a handicap bus screeching onto the street. Apparently, these handicapped folk have received far too much special treatment, rendering them arrogant and self-entitled. So your job is to shoot your way through them all.
In true Family Guy fashion, it takes an age for the wheelchair ramp to deploy from the bus, but like every other wheelchair-bound character, he receives the same fate. A blast from Stewie's ray gun or Brian's pistol, shotgun or machine gun, and the disabled antagonist is blown away in a bloody fashion. Tasteful? Not so much, but then the writers at Family Guy studio Fuzzy Door penned the game's script and jokes, so it's in keeping with the show's canon and vibe at least. At face value, Back to the Multiverse looks like a fairly generic third-person shooter that enables you to switch between Stewie or Brian on the fly in single-player, albeit with the Family Guy humour intact.
Drop-in/drop-out co-op with an adaptable difficulty level is also an option, which is always cool, and Stewie and Brian have their own weapon sets to exploit, although the two characters are essentially the same. Where Stewie has a golf club, grenade launcher, flamethrower and ray gun, Brian wields a whiskey bottle and a range of weapons that he can switch out at designated portals in the level. Both characters can also enter a sort of boosted rage state by swigging their favourite drinks, so Stewie enjoys a temporary sugar high with an orange soda, whereas Brian knocks back some Pawtucket Patriot ale to enter a crazed drunken haze.
Running around the level reveals a range of sight gags, like banners that read 'Crippled Pride' and a parking garage with all handicap spaces, but again it's the kind of knowingly un-PC comedy that's likely to appeal only to loyal Family Guy fans. Gameplay-wise Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse looks incredibly fast and frantic, with Stewie and Brian able to unleash gadgets as well as attacks, such as a wavy-armed inflatable man that serves as a distraction while you shoot the handicapped enemies out of their chairs. This being the Handicapable world, it's only a matter of time before Joe Swanson turns up, and in the demo, we get to see him form up into a towering robot comprised of wheelchairs called 'Crippletron'.
Stewie and Brian jump onto a pair of Howitzer cannons and start bombarding Crippletron with projectiles, as he hurls his own objects towards the duo. With the huge robot dispatched, the demo switches to the game's co-op challenge mode, which is a wave-based Horde-style game-type. The level we're shown reveals that you can pick from a range of Family Guy characters and a whole variety of outfits, so Lois in a bra and underwear teams up with Brian in a suit and tie to take on the Amish in a tourist village, while avoiding innocent civilians. Shooting through the Amish, there are plenty of one-liners from the original voice actors including the show's creator Seth MacFarlane lending his vocal talents to Brian, Peter et al.
Like the story-driven portion of the demo, the co-op challenge mode looks like it could prove to be a lot of fun and in keeping with the risque humour that's been the Family Guy trademark for over a decade. Fans will get a kick out of the character cameos in the game alongside Stewie and Brian as the main protagonists, and no doubt the jokes and madcap style of the game will delight in equal measure. That said, if you find the thought of Peter Griffin farting on Meg's head in the middle of the street while Brian and Stewie blow away handicapped bad guys repugnant, then chances are Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse might not be the game for you. If Family Guy and apparently by-the-numbers shooters are your thing though, Back to the Multiverse will almost certainly scratch that itch.
Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse will be doing all the things that make us laugh and cry when it launches on September 25th, 2012.