Oct 11, 2019 The Simpsons Hit and Run is a game that has certainly stood the test of time, with a community that's still active and wants to see more life breathed into this game. With recent comments made. The Simpsons: Hit & Run is a 2003 action-adventure game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. It is based on the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, and is the twenty-second installment in the Simpsons series of video games. The Simpsons Hit & Run is one of the greatest video games of all time and there’s no arguing with that. It had everything you could want in a video game, including humour, action, problem-solving and a wide variety of players and vehicles in a sort-of open world setting.
One of the most beloved licensed games of the PS2 era was The Simpsons: Hit & Run. Often referenced as a more PG version of Grand Theft Auto, Hit & Run took all the wacky antics of the popular show and allowed players to explore the open world of Springfield. The Simpsons: Hit & Run’s producer Vlad Ceraldi recently spoke about the classic PS2 game, talking about why it was fun and how the team knew it was going to be a success. Ceraldi is also very interested in seeing the game come back in some way, either as a remake or remaster.
In an interview with LADBible, Ceraldi said:
I could see it on multiple different types of platforms as a remake or remaster. It would have to take the parties who are in charge of the property to want that to happen and someone out there to decide that they were going to go out and do it. But absolutely, it would be fun to explore those characters and that universe again, that work again.
As far as why it stood the test of time, I think it’s a game that kids could play, adults could play, anyone who was fans of the show could try and laugh and have fun with.
Ceraldi then commented on knowing that the game would be a big hit before it released all those years ago:
It’s come up before in discussions but not seriously, usually at the pub, just talking about the idea of some of the magic that was captured and the potential ability to recapture it in a new way with a different audience, with a different generation of devices.
When you make something, sometimes you know you’ve made something special. This was one of the ones that we knew we hit the mark. We didn’t know it was going to sell as well as it did – we had high hopes, but it definitely hit its expectations.
At this point Ceraldi is not aware of any plans to remake or remaster the game, relegating such fantasies to “pub talk.” He goes on to say that there were a lot of technical limitations in the PS2-era that could be dispelled with modern consoles, including revised controls and packing Springfield full of even more references.
If we can get a remaster of Ghostbusters: The Video Game and Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King, surely it’s not impossible to see The Simpsons: Hit & Run again in some capacity, right?
[Source: LADBible]
Will they ever remaster, Simpsons Hit & Run, on the PS4?
Who knows? What makes that game so special above the rest?
Hopefully they will. What I've done is hacked my PSTV and run the game via an emulator. It's not quite the same but it's running on a Playstation and I'm using my DS4 to control it.
In the first game, there were only 7 levels, so therefore it's a no-brainer to… And for it to be released on newer generation consoles such as the PS4, Wii U, … And I'm astonished one hasn't been made yet, or alternatively a remastering of the original game. I hope it can be made possible through the means of this petition.
No, The Simpsons have stopped making games for years now. The only games they make now are for mobile devices (and even then, they're not really making or updating games, they're just keeping one alive), so chances of a remaster are almost certainly never going to happen.
That'd be so dope
I'd love it to be remastered, but The Simpson's isn't as popular now as it used to be. Also the games original graphics already looked almost exactly like the show (since it's animated). I still have my original Xbox hooked up and have the game though, so I can still play it whenever I want. But a remaster would make it more convenient (could use wireless controller).
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