Family Guy cast signs up to voice game
by Joystiq Staff 
{ Aug 24th 2006 at 5:55PM }
2K has announced that the entire Family Guy cast has signed on to voice the upcoming game based on the cartoon series. Expected to ship at some point this fall, this is the first game to be based on Family Guy.
Seth MacFarlane will set the comedic tone in the game's world by providing his "freakin' sweet" voice over for the game's main playable characters such as the lovable oaf Peter Griffin, his world domination-obsessed son Stewie, and Brian Griffin, the family dog. Additional actors will be reprising their roles, such as Alex Borstein voicing Lois Griffin, Mila Kunis doing Meg Griffin, Seth Green as Chris Griffin, and Adam West as the Mayor of Quahog.
As for the gameplay itself, GameSpot broke it down like this during E3:
Gamers will be able to switch back and forth between three characters: bumbling patriarch Peter Griffin, matricidal maniac Stewie, and martini-swigging canine Brian. Each playable character will have its own storyline -- Peter is out to stop Mr. Belvedere from taking over the world, Stewie goes up against his archenemy Bertram, and Brian tries to escape his wrongful imprisonment.
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polly @ Aug 24th 2006 6:05PM
This will be awesome. Like that time I was a member of the Justice League.
...And now we play the waiting game.
Danny @ Aug 24th 2006 6:06PM
Not so long ago I was enamored by Family Guy. But now it seems like a passing fad. Anyway if the game is on par with Simpsons Hit and Run I'll enjoy it.
Jose @ Aug 24th 2006 6:17PM
Shitty voice actors for shitty cartoon plan to do voice work for shitty video game. I'm so there!
foamcup @ Aug 24th 2006 6:25PM
Meh, I'm tired of Family Guy, just about every joke starts along the lines of 'This is so much better than the time I...'
Let's hope the game will be decent, since one of my buddies LOVES Family Guy and I know he will buy this and I will have to play it at least once.
Stanton @ Aug 24th 2006 6:26PM
That show just kept getting worse. Some of the earlier episodes were a laugh.
Lightguy @ Aug 24th 2006 6:28PM
I wonder how this game will incorporate the random cutaways?
Tom @ Aug 24th 2006 6:30PM
In the words of peter,"freakin' sweet"
tactics @ Aug 24th 2006 6:35PM
here's to hoping for a GCN release or a port for Wii...
speaking of which... ohhhh the things quagmire could do with the wii controller... :)
-"superfan" tactics.
Matt @ Aug 24th 2006 6:49PM
Giggidy!
Montana @ Aug 24th 2006 6:49PM
This isn't the first family guy game, there's a mobile phone game about stewie.
The ZeroCorpse @ Aug 24th 2006 6:50PM
Yeah, `cuz Alex Borstein had a whole lotta projects she had to put off to do this video game voice-over.
I'm kidding. I love Alex, I just think her Family Guy voice-overs aren't that hot. Especially Trisha Takanawa. She sort of phones it in.
Let me put it this way: She's no Billy West.
mykie @ Aug 24th 2006 6:55PM
I'm kinda tired of these games trying to look cartoonish with that cell-shaded look.
It doesn't look cartoonish. It looks like crap. Stop doing that!
bv @ Aug 24th 2006 7:03PM
Who's the stooge at 2K that thought family guy would make a good video game? I'm sorry to make a prediction so early, but this game has very little success of getting high ratings.
the_game_genie @ Aug 24th 2006 7:39PM
I rather see Futurama as a video game than Family Guy
Intellectualdiot @ Aug 24th 2006 7:53PM
You already did, about four years ago
For the sake of Family Guy fans, here's hoping the gameplay is better than Futurama's was... god knows the writing won't even come close.
Intellectualdiot @ Aug 24th 2006 7:55PM
Futurama - http://ps2.ign.com/objects/015/015173.html
Of course, there was a link to the game included in my original post though I forgot that HTML was a no-no here.
PvpMan22 @ Aug 24th 2006 8:12PM
Polly, Thats a hillarious episode!!! Was that season 4? I think it was, maybe season 3. Yeah I love family guy and hopefully they can translate the show to a really great game that can give all the Family Guy lovers some interactive fun.
D-5 @ Aug 24th 2006 9:50PM
Personally, I was so excited when FOX ordered new episodes after it was cancelled. But I now feel they should have left the series at Season 3. It doesn't have the magic it once did and the writers (Who still seem to be on their cocky high for having the show ressurected) aren't helping.
Brad Lee @ Aug 24th 2006 10:58PM
Family Guy is overrated. Sure it's funny, but it's a lot like the Chappelle Show, all hit or miss. It has its moments, but I don't think either show meets its hype.
I don't have much hope for the game either. I really don't see it working well. But at least the voices are the same, that is definitely a step in the right direction.
Barry @ Aug 25th 2006 4:45PM
From what i just read, the gameplay seems a lot like Day of the Tenticle, switching from one character's storyline to the next.
Also, it couldn't have been hard to sign all the actors for the voices as Seth MacFarlane does 80% of the voices anyway.
Ben @ Aug 25th 2006 6:59PM
Why, if the article goes into detail about how there are THREE playable characters (Peter, Stewie, Brian), does the screenshot at the top of the article show someone playing as Quagmire? Either he's a secret bonus character who's just been ruined, or Stewie's going to have some mind control / robot powers.
Jason Anderson @ Aug 28th 2006 3:11PM
Now why the hell couldn't the Futurama and Simpsons games have graphics like that?
This better be on the Xbox 360 as well.