10 Canceled Open-World Games You Wish They Hadn't Killed
6. The Simpsons: Hit & Run 2
The Simpsons, like a lot of the biggest TV and movie franchises, has had a number of issues with video game adaptations. Licensed games, as we know, are always something to be wary of, running the gamut from fantastic (Marvel’s Spider-Man and the Arkham series) to… well, Superman 64. Like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get, and the ratio of excellent to terrible is not a positive one.
The Simpsons, then, has brought us some solid games, as well as some truly diabolical ones like The Simpsons Wrestling. One title that really did the franchise justice was The Simpsons: Hit & Run, a Grand Theft Auto-esque open-world romp through Springfield. Nothing dazzling, perhaps, but it delivered on a lot of levels and was a real goldmine for long-time fans of the show.
As we reported recently, The Simpsons: Hit & Run 2 was in the pipeline, but it seems it was sadly canned after EA got their hands on the video game adaptation of The Simpsons Movie. Hopefully they can still do something great with the license in the future, as a sandbox Springfield powered by next-gen systems and PCs would be an absolute thrill to explore.