The biggest drawback I found with the game in general was not being able to adequately distinguish other players from the background.

If you're a fan of the show and you're naturally collecting the whole series on DVD, I think you'll be happy when you add this to your collection. But the Family Guy game works more as a piece of Family Guy memorabilia, rather than a game.

It is also lacking one incredibly basic feature--the ability to save your game! No battery backup, the game doesn't even issue level codes!

A reasonably good game that could have been great with better control, and handling the boss/supervillian fights better.

I don't think even the greatest purist will care for the save system.

The voice work in this game is awful and unprofessional.

The sprawling environments are the game's strongest points and greatest weaknesses---it's terrific to run down the stairs in Andy's living room, or go sliding around on zip-wires in the basement, or flying through the air with the help of a reclining chair launch-mechanism...but at the same time, there seems to be an uninspiring deadness to the world around you; it simply isn't interactive enough.

[It's] no Mario or Crash, [but] it does have a unique take on the genre that plays well with kids and those of us who can't get enough of the old Warner Bros. cartoons.

The graphics showing off the powers, however, are much better. Mr. Fantastic's stretching, for example, looks completely convincing.

I wish it had gone for more stuff, particularly given the power of the Xbox (like how about highly destructive environments, instead of blasting the odd box?), and given that House of the Dead II is probably the better game. But hey, why complain when you get two games in one?

The graphics are no longer fresh, killing people is just bloody, not inventive, the cut scenes are long and uninteresting, and the story isn't nearly as strong or complicated as the plot of the "Soul Reaver" games.

One thing I found (and liked) about Away Team is that the direct approach works more often than it did in "Commandos."

A good softcore tease with a decent wrestling game thrown in. If you're into that sort of thing.

Unfortunately, the included manual is among the least informative ever written and the in-game interface is more than a little clunky.

If you go in expecting action as opposed to getting your socks scared off, you can have fun with it.

The graphics and AI could use some serious polish. Still, it's more fun than you might expect, and definitely worth a try.

Walking away from the simple addictive gameplay always proves difficult for me. I hate for a machine to ever get the better of me.

Level design is uninspiring--too many long corridors. Compare this with the stroke-of-genius falling cargo ship level from "Jedi Knight."

At the very least, this is nowhere near the zany, offbeat baseball game ads promise.

The game world doesn't provide quite enough in the way of possible control schemes, so you're left with an awkward one no matter which you choose.

A flawed but fascinating adaptation of the imaginings of one of horror's most influential writers.

A fun, irreverent romp and a great way to blow off some steam after a hard days work... [but p]layers expecting something radically different from the first game will be disappointed.

I'd say this is better than "Sim Theme Park," and worth getting, but if you've already got "Sim Theme Park," you'll probably wonder where the fresh meat is.

An uninspired game. With a fairly short completion time and little to bring you back for more.

Unlike every other game in the known universe (and three or four from a small developer based in 7-Space), you can't turn off the game's forgettable music, which alas drowns out the game's weapon and engine effects.

If only Sega and the IVF could both learn that lesson and promote volleyball on the merits of the game and of the athletes who play it, rather than their femaleness and enforced lack of clothing.

A bit of a bimbo, pretty but mindless.

It doesn't have the "wow" factor that the first game had and is somewhat forgettable after you have played it through.