Simpsons "Land of Chocolate" trailer on XBLM

by Richard Mitchell { Oct 11th 2007 at 12:35PM }

Despite the somewhat frustrating demo recently released on Xbox Live, we still find ourselves drawn to the upcoming Simpsons Game from Electronic Arts. The latest trailer for the game has been released on XBLM and the intertron, and it showcases the game's "Land of Chocolate" level. Fans will recognize the level from one of Homer's more interesting dream sequences from the television series, in which he is transported to a land where absolutely everything is made of chocolate. While we found the recent demo to have many classic flaws attributed to third person action games (bad camera, bad!), we're really hoping that the game's humor can help us see past them.

Tags: ea, electronic-arts, simpsons, simpsons-game

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

nerrrrrrd @ Oct 11th 2007 12:41PM

frustrating how? it was pretty easy to beat. I guess frustrating by being short and the camera control is a lil wonky.

Tony @ Oct 11th 2007 1:14PM

I don't know, I thought it was pretty frustrating. I had a really hard time lining up Lard Lad so I could actually reach the platform on his head. Maybe there's some trick to it I don't know. Plus the camera is pretty iffy and the double jump is near useless.

I'm still looking forward to it, though.

Pasha @ Oct 11th 2007 1:44PM

yeah, i agree, it was very frustrating.
I knew what to do, but fist, due to the bad camera angle, it was hard to get a shot before he turned around. And when you managed the get the shot, it was a pain, cause most of the time you couldn't get up to the latch. It took me 40 minutes to finish :(

dunnypop @ Oct 11th 2007 4:57PM

hilarious!

it took me like 40 mins to beat Lard Lad... but I was laughing all the way. great game.

Etchasketchist @ Oct 11th 2007 5:09PM

"Crappy camera" is starting to become a critical cliche in this 3-D age and it's starting to lose meaning for me as a reader. Could people be a little more specific about the camera complaints? What's an example of a game with a really excellent camera? A really horrible one? What's the difference between the two?