The Simpsons: Hit & Run Platinum (PS2)

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Over one million copies of the game were sold as of June 2004, [43] and three million as of July 2007. [44] It had sold 500,000 copies in the United Kingdom by January 2004. [45] The game's PlayStation 2 version received a "Diamond" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), [46] indicating sales of at least 1 million copies in the United Kingdom. [47] a b c d Navarro, Alex (13 November 2003). " The Simpsons: Hit & Run Review (PC)". GameSpot . Retrieved 21 August 2016. a b c d Saltzman, Marc (23 September 2003). " The Simpsons meet[s] Grand Theft Auto (GC, PS2, Xbox)". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008 . Retrieved 21 August 2016.Llewellyn, Michael (30 May 2017). "Ranking Every Simpsons Game From Worst To Best". The Gamer . Retrieved 5 June 2018.

Marriott, Scott Alan. " The Simpsons: Hit & Run - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014 . Retrieved 29 March 2017. McElfish, Carlos (1 October 2003). " The Simpsons Hit & Run - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009 . Retrieved 21 August 2016. a b c Leeper, Justin (November 2003). " Simpsons: Hit and Run[sic] (GC)". Game Informer. No.127. p.157. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009 . Retrieved 21 August 2016. a b c d Keighley, Geoff (5 September 2003). " The Simpsons Hit & Run (GC, PS2, Xbox)". Entertainment Weekly. No.726. p.L2T 22 . Retrieved 21 August 2016.Towell, Justin (25 April 2017). "Every Simpsons game ever: from worst to best". GamesRadar+ . Retrieved 5 June 2018.

ELSPA Sales Awards: Diamond". Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009.Video Game Hits and Misses (Hit: Simpsons Hit & Run)". Bloomberg Businessweek. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010 . Retrieved 21 August 2016. Scalzo, John. " The Simpsons: Hit and Run (Preview)". UGO Networks. Archived from the original on 23 January 2008 . Retrieved 17 December 2008. When developing the graphics, the team decided to include landmarks from Springfield. The player is able to enter some of them, including the Kwik-E-Mart, Moe's Tavern, Springfield Elementary School, and The Android's Dungeon and Baseball Card Shop. During Hit & Run 's development, 20th Century Fox, Gracie Films and Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, played important roles in bringing The Simpsons universe into a 3D environment. All character voices were supplied by the actual cast, and the series' writers wrote the entire story for the game, including dialogue. [7] Voice samples original to the game, as well as one-liners from the show, can be heard in Hit & Run. Some of the dialogue from Road Rage was reused. Tim Ramage, the associate producer of the game's publisher, Vivendi Universal Games, considered it a blessing to have the opportunity of working with The Simpsons cast, along with the writers, with Ramage saying "...you have no concerns about quality; you know you’re getting the best there is." [7] a b c d e f Perry, Douglass C. (28 August 2003). " The Simpsons: Hit and Run (Preview)". IGN . Retrieved 20 August 2016. Raymond, Justin (30 September 2003). " The Simpsons Hit & Run - GC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008 . Retrieved 21 August 2016.

Leeper, Justin (October 2003). " Simpsons: Hit and Run[sic] (Xbox)". Game Informer. No.126. p.134. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009 . Retrieved 21 August 2016.a b c Hopper, Steven (22 December 2003). " The Simpsons Hit & Run - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009 . Retrieved 20 August 2016. 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. Hit & Run 's parodical take on the Grand Theft Auto III video game was praised by several reviewers. Zach Meston of GameSpy considered it to "deftly satirize Grand Theft Auto while being almost as entertaining", and suggested that Hit & Run improved several gameplay aspects that it borrowed from Grand Theft Auto, including instant mission restarts, a superior guidance system, and an easily accessible collection of vehicles. [24] Official Xbox Magazine agreed that Hit & Run was an excellent game in its own right, and found the game to be a "brilliant" clone of Grand Theft Auto. [3] The combination of the Simpsons universe with the gameplay of the Grand Theft Auto series was also praised by Douglass C. Perry of IGN as "pure brilliance". [29]