10 Terrible Video Games We All Ended Up Owning
8. The Simpsons: Road Rage
The Simpsons: Road Rage was released in 2001, shortly after most fans agree the legendary animated sitcom began its lengthy decline in quality.
Nevertheless, the IP was still massively popular then, and so it should be little surprise that a Simpsons-themed racing game ended up flying off the shelves.
However, Road Rage was in no way a good game - an embarrassingly, litigiously shallow clone of the arcade/Dreamcast hit Crazy Taxi, basically placing a Simpsons skin on that game's central loop (pick up passengers and drop them off within a set time limit).
The pilfering was blatant enough that Sega sued both developer Radical Entertainment and publisher EA for patent infringement, leading to an out-of-court settlement.
Still, the game sold 1.6 million copies in the U.S. alone, and today remains one of the PS2's most recognisable, even iconic early releases.
It doesn't hold up to any scrutiny whatsoever, yet much like Enter the Matrix, its 2003 spiritual successor, The Simpsons: Hit & Run, was received far more warmly.
Unlike The Matrix: Path of Neo, though, Hit & Run was also a massive commercial success, selling more than 3 million copies globally.