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"This one lost its pizzazz"

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Of all the animated shows to cross over into videogames, one would think that "Futurama" would translate the best. Whether it's the off-color characters, the crazy scenarios or the bizarre plot-lines, "Futurama," as a videogame, was almost guaranteed to be a good time. However, when you actually sit down and play it, it's shocking just how pedestrian and bland it really is. Granted, playing as Fry, Leela, Bender and even Dr. Zoidberg is enough to put a grin on any fan's face (especially since all the voice actors reprise their roles), but what the game gives you is a whole lot of nothing. You'll walk around shooting at monsters, aliens and robots, climbing high and collecting a whole lot of stuff that you never really have a use for. There are a few tricky parts here and there, and a few stages in the game -- especially one send-off of an infamous "Indiana Jones" scene -- show just a little of how good the game could actually be, but for the most part, it's redundant.

To help the cause, there is enough of a story in the game that it could be seen as a "lost episode" of sorts. In fact, if you're really starved for new "Futurama" after you've gone through all the DVD's countless times, it's a plus to have this game around. Even if the gameplay is a little stale, it's at least nice to have one videogame based on the most underrated animated sitcom ever. It's not as good a licensed game as, say, "The Simpsons Hit & Run" but it's a decent way to pass an afternoon, which is about all it'll take to get through this game. Is it worth picking up used at the usual asking price? Depends on how big a fan you are. If you can accept that it's not going to live up to any expectations in your head, it'll be worth checking out.

The best alien fighting game ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is recomended game for all the fellow si-fi geeks like me!

Futrarestic!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is so cool man it's about time they did a good tv related game. It'll be sweet if they made a family guy game. Futrama is so cool the game is tons of fun.

Fun for the whole family!...except grandma and grandpa.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

In the game you play more than 20 levels and have to explore places shown in the show!Each character posseses their own abilities and certain levels!Fry has guns,hismain one being a pistol.Bender has spin and shoulder moves.Leela has the ability to use martial arts moves.Zoid-berg has 1 level to ride on an alien.The basic story:The professor has happily told the crew he has sold Planet Express to Mom.A news reporter has told people on television that now Mom owns more than 50% of earth.Mom announces that everyone is now her slave and that everyone has to be home by curfew or they will be shot and killed by her robots.The crew decide to leave earth, but the ship is wanged up(you'll find out close to the end).The professor asks everyone to help and tells fry to find him a hammer.Fry is killed but is quickly revived by the professor's new machine which gives you extra lives.Fry has to get extra tools to help fix the ship.The one thing that's to bad to run is the dark matter engine.Fry goes to get the engine by going through sewers,subways,Old New York,the red light district, and
the city.You can play more than twice that, but the game, nontheless is fun and hard.Unlike the simpson games, you can't go back and get the rest, it makes it fun,hard,and longlasting!
Don't you ever trade it unless it's on your life or others!

A bit difficult, but fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are very, very, very good. It's not quite the same as the real show, but it's close enough. You get to play as Fry, Leela, Bender, and Zoidberg. Zoidberg is only playable in one level. It was kind of tough, but I enjoyed it. There are lots of little suprises. For example, Fry can use a hammer and a futuristic gun, Leela does a sort of spin kick, and Bender spins without moving his head. Fry's health is recharged with slurm. It's fun to explore the areas you see on the show. If I could, I would give it more than five stars.

AWESOME game! Futurama continues to rock on!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely LOVE this game! I've replayed it from beginning to end about 3 times now, and it' so much fun. This game has very high replayable value - you'll want to play it over and over again. The game isn't too easy or too hard - it's the perfect game to not get sick of playing.

The creators stayed true to the show's humor and characters as they wrote a clever script for the game and included a half hour of little movies and cut scenes to watch in between levels. I was so excited to see that Billy West (Fry), John DiMaggio (Bender), and Katey Sagal (Leela) provided thier voices for the game. I love how the characters talk as they're going through ther levels. Fry says funny lines like "Fry Day - get it?" and "Come and get some!" Some of Bender's lines are "You gotta feel sorry for that guy!" and "Look out mechanical liver!" Leela has some cute lines too such as "A full-day supply of vitamin hi-yah!" and "It's not polite to keep a lady waiting." Dr. Zoidberg (Billy West) also makes a cameo in the game - my 4th favorite character! Professor Farnsworth (Billy West) is also in the game, as well as Hermes and Scruffy but they don't have any speaking lines.

I absolutely love the detail of all the levels. The game starts out inside Planet Express and as Fry you can roam through the ship's hangar, conference room, lounge, etc. Roaming PE gives you a really good idea of how the inside of the building is set up. It wasn't really until after I played the game that I paid attention to the backgrounds more in the show as I watched them. The colors in this game are vibrant and gorgeous and I LOVE how the game is like playing a live animation cel - the characters move smoothly through the game and it looks just like them!

If you're a fan of "Futurama" you won't be disappointed. You must buy this game - it's awesome! ***** 5 Stars all the way! :)

It's Futurama The Game Man!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Wow, this is a great gaame for ps2 based on the hit series
by Matt Groening. The game has all the voice actors in the game, and an original story to boot. There's over thrity minutes of
cinematics, the action is top notch and the laughs are over the top.

Futurama the game reunites the casts from this hit series, Billy West, Katey Sagal , John Di Maggio as Fry, Leela and Bender as they try to stop their evil mom who has bought out Planet Express and plans to rule the universe. She enslaves humanity and makes the earth into a moving killer robot reminiscent of Unicron from Transformers!! The graphics are really awesome, you also play through each characters collecting different items and foiling moms plan. All I can say is get the game if your a Futurama fan, you wont regret it.

A Must Have for Futurama Fans Who are also Gamers

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was very hesitant to check out this game when I had heard it come out... And I am a DIE HARD Futurama fan. It's almost a sort of rite of passage that in order to become a TRUE Futurama fan, you need to play this game (not necessarily finish it, but play a good deal of it)...

The storyline seems like it was a rejected episode idea- but apparently an idea good enough to make into a video game.
The gameplay is a LOT of fun- rather simple moves in such vast, demanding environments. The characters each have their particular gameplay so that once a level/character gets rather tedious to play, you either end up doing something completely different with the character (i.e. with Fry, instead of running around shooting at people, you hop into a chicken walker and rely on blasting all these robots to bits) end up finishing in time to play a new character with his/her own different moves/motives.
And moreover, It stinks to have to collect items besides "health items" along the way (i.e. Bender collects those jewels from the episode, "A Cyclops Built For Two"), but it's worth it to get the special stuff in the end.
Oh! And the environments contain little gags and quirks from the show, much to the delight of this veteran Futurama fan.

I doubt that anyone who wasn't a Futurama fan would truly enjoy this game, but it's an upbeat, light-hearted game. It's easy to get the hang of, but still takes a long time to play, even if you're a rather skilled gamer (let's just say it's not so easy to stay alive from time to time...). I wholeheartedly recommend this game for all Futurama fans and maybe to the gamers who also enjoy the Simpsons and sci-fi [spoofs].

Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: August 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I see a lot of bad reviews for this game right now but I think that Futurama fans should go and get this game. Especially now that it's only 20 dollars. I beat the game in like a year because I stopped playing at one point then played again. Don't listen to the bad reviews this game is great. Some levels are really hard but you can always use cheat codes. You play as fry, leela, bender, and dr.zoidberg. I also have to say that the game is like crash bandicoot so if you like those kind of games then you most likly will like this game. The cutscenes are also very funny. The problem with the game is that you have to collect all the nibblers in a level to unlock stuff and to unlock cutscenes which sucks because it's sometimes hard to find them all and I would like to unlock the scenes after I win the level not after I win the level and collect all the nibblers. Also the camera is also very bad because it doesn't always follow you which may cause you to die. Anyways if you like Futurama go get this game!

If you like "Futurama&am p;quot;. ...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: May 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Dear shoppers at target.com, If like or even love Matt Groening's creation of the TV show, Futurama, then you will love this product. I ordered this product about May 12, 2004, and I got it May 15, 2004. Just to let you know, if you get frustrated real, and I mean real easy, consider rethinking. This game is fun, but it gets real hard. The music in the back round gets annoying if you are mad at the level. And DON'T EVEN TRY TO USE CHEAT CODES!!! You have to hold down the L1 and L2( for playstaion 2 only) until the screen flashes, and it takes a long time for it to kick in. I haven't tried because I've sat thier for a long time just holding and waiting for the screen to flash. Over all, this game is very fun and the things the characters say is pretty funny. Play as Fry, Bender, Leela, And Dr. Zoidberg as you save Planet Express from the evil Mom and her kill bots. See, Pro. F. sold the company to Mom's company, and that gave Mom power over 50% of Earth. If you like Futurama.........BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!

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