Simpsons Road Rage (PS2)

1: There are 6 levels (Taxi has 2 if I remember correctly, although they are huge)
2: There are more cars each with a different Simpson's Character and design (not just 3 taxis!)
3: There are other missions to play within it
4: It has a multiplayer
5: There's an insentive to play it because the more money you earn the more levels and cars you unlock
6: The graphics aren't realistic like Taxi but they do look like a simpsons episode in 3d!

Personally I found Taxi boring after about 20 minutes and I found this an all round more enjoyable game even though it is a pure rip-off. Can't wait for Simpson's Tony Hawk...er I mean, Simpson's Skateboarder!

The only bad things about this game I found were the loading times, it takes about 30 seconds to load a level and it even has to reload just to restart a level, which needless to say is tedious. Also, I have to admit Taxi is more challenging. Simpson's is very easy on Hard.

There are four modes. "Road Rage", "Sunday Drive", "Mission Mode" and "Head to head". The first game mode "Road Rage" is the main mode. In this mode you get to pick from one of six locations (once unlocked) and from over twenty five authentic Simpsons characters (once unlocked). Your target is to earn a million dollars from taking people to where they want to go. It takes a very long time to get this amount but you get a feeling of satisfaction when you do.

"Sunday drive" is just like free mode in Tony Hawks. You get to drive around your chosen location with your chosen character. Use this to learn the areas so that you can drop your passenger off quicker. You can also find out some sneaky shortcuts and where they go. (HINT: look for a dirt track leading off of the road.)

"Mission mode" is a fairly tricky mode. You have to complete a task in a certain amount of time and when you complete all of the tasks you get a nice little treat. So don't give up on task 10.

"Head to head" is your old fashioned two player mode. You and a mate race around the same loction with different characters picking up passengers and delivering them to their destinations. But its not that simple, your mate can steal your passenger and deliver them!

RATINGS:
GRAPHICS: This game has fantastic graphics. All of the characters look like they are meant to and their cars are the ones that they have in the show. The environments are also extremely similar to the ones in the show. RATING:*****

SOUND: All of the characters have the same voices as in the show. When you go flying over a bump your character will yell something funny and all of the way around all of the passengers speak to you and criticise your driving which is extremely funny sometimes. RATING: ****

GAMEPLAY: This game runs extremely smoothly and fast. All of the cars skid around corners and you lose control in the blink of an eye. The controls are not hard at all; they're just the basic driving game controls. RATING: ****

LIFESPAN: This is the main downfall of the game. Although it sounds like fun to earn a million dollars it actually gets extremely repetitive at about 800,000 dollars, but keep going it's a good feeling when you finish because you know all of your hard work has payed off. RATING: ***

Overall this game is a decent game; if you're a Simpsons fan you should buy it because it's not as bad as some people say. (Also you'll know what some of the characters are talking about, if you don't watch the simpsons you probably won't find this game as funny.)