


This is also where the games greatest ally becomes its greatest enemy. Considering that you have to wait for NPC characters to slowly lurch around the level before you can move, this trial and error can take up a lot of time and really sap your enjoyment. While constantly battling the camera, you will find yourself figuring out how to collect the evidence by trial and error. While not incredibly difficult, the levels get very frustrating very quickly. Brians levels are by far the low point of this title. To aid you in this, Brian can crawl, hide in shadows and under tables, and wear disguises such as lamp shades and pimp hats. To clear his name, you must play through several stealth-based levels, collecting evidence that proves your innocence while avoiding being spotted by other characters. In Brians segment, he is being accused of impregnating Carter Pewterschmidts prize racing dog Seabreeze. You play as Brian, Peter, and Stewie in an interconnected story that has all three trying to accomplish different goals in three different play styles. The game focuses around a very eventful day in Quahog, Rhode Island.
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All of the shows voice talent make appearances in the game as well, from the main character all the way to Adam West as the mayor (excluding Will Ferrell as the black knight who Peter actually admonishes in the game for not providing voiceover work). The game is also visually appealing, making good use of cel-shading to make it look very similar to the cartoon that it is based on. At times some of the gameplay can be trying, but most of the game actually plays rather well and is quite entertaining. I am happy to report that while the Family Guy game may not be totally freakin sweet, it is definitely not horrible by any stretch of the imagination. Would it be a poorly-made and buggy cash-in title or would it actually be worthy of the Family Guy name (and playing through)? As a fan of all three cartoons, I was excited and yet fairly concerned when I heard that the Family Guy was being made into a video game. Both of these cartoons have spawned several video games ranging from unplayable piles of game feces to mediocre at best. The other two series being the long-running Simpsons and the potty-mouthed South Park. For anyone who is unfamiliar with it, the Family Guy is an offbeat comedy series that is part of the hilarious trinity of popular comedic cartoons.
