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Real Details on Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse - IGN
This game should be good. The Simpsons videogame that Activision made 5 years ago was fun and true to the cartoon.
This game should be good. The Simpsons videogame that Activision made 5 years ago was fun and true to the cartoon.
Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse will arrive this fall and cast us as Stewie and Brian in a third-person, couch co-op game. If the title didn't it give away, the game leans on the alternate reality theory seen in the Family Guy episode "Road to the Multiverse," according to Activision producer Andy Owen.
"It doesn’t pick up from where the episode ended, but it continues the idea of Brian and Stewie travelling in the multiverse," Owen said. "The game features a completely original story that sends the guys back through the Multiverse on a mission to stop Bertram."
That original story? Penned by Family Guy writers Mike Desilets and Anthony Blasucci -- the guys behind Season Nine's "Foreign Affairs." So, yes, they know Bertram, Stewie's half-brother, is dead.
"He died in the show, but since there are infinite multiverses, he could come into the Griffin family’s universe from one of the others," Owen said. "Bertram is a great villain and foil for Stewie. We saw a good opportunity to use him as an evil force in the multiverse."
Developed by Heavy Iron Studios -- whose recent work includes UFC Personal Trainer and a lot of licensed work like Disney/Pixar's Up -- Back to the Multiverse is going to make use of melee, guns and power-ups as the duo travels to a universes run by a frat boys, ruled by the Amish and more while keeping the spirit of the show.
"We’ve focused less on random cutaways and more on maximizing the humor within an individual level," Owen said. "For instance, in the Amish level you’re going to see Amish versions of your characters along with a number of other gags tailored for each level."
"It doesn’t pick up from where the episode ended, but it continues the idea of Brian and Stewie travelling in the multiverse," Owen said. "The game features a completely original story that sends the guys back through the Multiverse on a mission to stop Bertram."
That original story? Penned by Family Guy writers Mike Desilets and Anthony Blasucci -- the guys behind Season Nine's "Foreign Affairs." So, yes, they know Bertram, Stewie's half-brother, is dead.
"He died in the show, but since there are infinite multiverses, he could come into the Griffin family’s universe from one of the others," Owen said. "Bertram is a great villain and foil for Stewie. We saw a good opportunity to use him as an evil force in the multiverse."
Developed by Heavy Iron Studios -- whose recent work includes UFC Personal Trainer and a lot of licensed work like Disney/Pixar's Up -- Back to the Multiverse is going to make use of melee, guns and power-ups as the duo travels to a universes run by a frat boys, ruled by the Amish and more while keeping the spirit of the show.
"We’ve focused less on random cutaways and more on maximizing the humor within an individual level," Owen said. "For instance, in the Amish level you’re going to see Amish versions of your characters along with a number of other gags tailored for each level."
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