Warning! Yes, this game is funny at times, but the horribly frustrating game mechanics take out a lot of the laughter...

User Rating: 6.5 | The Simpsons Game PS3
Being a big Simpsons fan myself, I highly anticipated this game. It does look great, the cell shading is beautifully executed and the cut scenes are very nice, because they seem to be real studio animation, from the creators of the series.

Like the Gamespot review already states, the overall game play is very basic, your average jump around and hit people platforming, although the superpowers each character possesses, are (sometimes) a strong point for the game.

After playing the first level with a couple of friends, we had a few good laughs, and we were in awe over the graphics. But the problems started in the eating contest level, where Homer and Bart are supposed to make their way trough a bunch of different, chaotic looking sets, inside the Duff factory.
Were to go? What to do? 2 player split screen mode was not very helpful, making it even harder to take in your surroundings, but this game should be more fun playing together with a friend, alas, it really isn't
Is that a timer up there? Oh No! Timed missions... Time up, try again. And again. And again. The game seems to be trying to be easy, accessible for all ages, but just trying to get Bartman to glide from one pillar to another can be a highly frustrating affair, because the controls for doing this are just plain bad. I've played countless games with the same gliding abilities as Bart has as Bartman, and they were all of them better executed than in this game.
The overall controls for all of the characters feel clunky, outdated and awkward.

This problem sadly persist throughout the game, it just feels like EA put all of their energy in getting the graphics and the Simpsons humor right, and forgot all about making a game that plays right. The several timed missions are a big downside, at least in my opinion, and the level design is very unclear and just feels sloppy at times. Like the levels are build in a hurry.
Another very strange thing: between activating the main levels you can explore the town of Springfield, but for some obscure reason, this cannot be done in 2 player split screen mode, although you still have two main characters in the game, that now only one player can switch between. So if you play together with a friend he or she will have to wait until player 1 is done exploring of decided to skip to the next level. Again, this feels sloppy and might be nothing more than an easy way out for the programmers.

I've not finished the whole game yet, so I might be premature with my opinion, but although the game might be very funny at times, although far from hilarious, and nice to look at, it just really isn't a very good game from a gamers point of view.

I think I'd much rather play a Ratched and Clank game, now there's a game that knows how to combine humor with outstanding game play.