The DISASTROUS Family Guy MMO That Never Was

[@Saberspark64]

Hey Lois, remember that one time when I launched a free MMO game about our family that crashed and burned in little over a year??

[@kailiahmoon]

To which someone would reply with: (Insert cutaway gag here)

[@UnkleSanik]

My sense of humor is so broken I can't even manage the words Family Guy and Online in the same sentence.

[@lukaskarlelid6739]

It was an even bigger disaster then that time I won a date to Mexico with Gary Coleman

[@researcherchameleon4602]

Disney has a game called “Mirrorverse” and Sully is cursed

[@Phantomsangel]

I really hope they make that an actual reference in the show.

[@scoobydouche9991]

You forgot to mention how dumb the playerbase is, it's Legendary: People couldn't figure out how to enter the Griffin House and the few that could were rage quitting because they couldn't beat up Meg

[@arrontheprotogen9276]

LMFAO WHAT

[@HamazuraGOD]

Noooo bro, no way that can be true

[@scoobydouche9991]

@@HamazuraGOD It is true though

[@HamazuraGOD]

@@scoobydouche9991 That is DAMN funny I wish I could've been there

[@Thewritingelf]

Bro HUH ? LOL

[@RussianJackal]

That’s insane. I actually remember getting drunk in the early 2010s and playing this for several hours before forgetting about it completely until this video.

[@lcameeno1]

You drunkard

[@unbeknownstprofile]

Interesting. Did you think it was fun at the time?

[@dizzyheads]

This definitely seems like the time of game you see while drunk

[@RussianJackal]

@@unbeknownstprofile I think the best way to describe how I felt is the famous Samurai Jack meme: “When does the magic begin?!” I was a much bigger fan of Family Guy back then, so it was fun to run around Spooner street for a few moments, but then it quickly became a bunch of boring fetch quests. So the novelty was fun for a few minutes, but it was otherwise pretty forgetful.

[@yokaiwatcher8500]

Well obviously that was sometime in 2012

[@qaztim11]

Not going to lie, this actually looks pretty impressive for a 2012 browser rpg The cel shading is pretty decent and the environments actually look like family guy tv show

[@Cooe.]

... Not really. It's just WebGL. It's literally no different to running an 3D graphics program powered by OpenGL outside of the browser. OpenGL draw calls are OpenGL draw calls, where they come from is kind of irrelevant. 🤷‍♂️

[@christinabutterfield1801]

@@Cooe. 🤓

[@PIB2000]

The graphics aged better than some more realistic looking games from that era.

[@TheKingOfRooks]

@@Cooe. guess you got something in common

[@RenaDeles]

@@Cooe. they aren't talking about how it ran exactly, but more how it looks. A lot of games like this look really meh with their art and esp aren't that good at nailing looking like the thing it's based on. Browser rpgs like this, esp for the time, were often phoned in 🤷

[@PIB2000]

In all seriousness, I kind of wish they did this for more animated shows. Sure, this game is really flawed, but the idea of getting to explore cartoon universes is an alluring idea.

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

@King of The Zinger Shhhhhiiiiiiitttttttt.......I'd buy that!

[@Romcomm_]

Kingdom hearts but disney

[@askerleaves1614]

@@Romcomm_ uhhhhh

[@Romcomm_]

@@askerleaves1614 ???

[@Firehot4321]

@@Romcomm_ You sure you thought about what you just wrote

[@BugsyFoga]

“This is worst than the time I became an MMO RPG” - Peter Griffin

[@starkiller6tothe9gaming81]

Sad part is , it's not a gag

[@CuppaLLX]

MMO LOL*

[@Dovah_Slayer]

The writers actually poked fun at the MMO?

[@MorganBug]

That moment he said “2012” followed by “39 years ago” gave me a goddam heart attack

[@pixxieniicky]

you and me both lmao

[@maddigotnojams1964]

My soul left my body.

[@straywolf184]

I questioned my entire existence

[@V9-77]

12 years ago now, feeling old?

[@Laxhoop]

I learned from OneyPlays that one of the major reasons this game was shut down was because not a single player did the first mission. Everyone was too busy going to locations from the show and saying jokes in Peter’s voice.

[@ExtremeWreck]

It's stupid to shut down a game because of that. Let the people have fun for crying out loud!

[@Laxhoop]

@@ExtremeWreck They weren’t spending any money, and they weren’t even playing the game properly. It makes complete sense from a business perspective.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@Laxhoop Oh yeah, I see. Then again, just having lots of fun was what the fanmade Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing MMO was like apparently.

[@lShishkaBerryl]

I did lmfao, i played a lot of the missions

[@Dovah_Slayer]

@@Laxhoop yeah but then again there were ways around the money issue while letting people play the game they bloody want

[@lizzienora678]

Imagine if loading screens were cut away gags. You enter a house and you see an unrelated skit about long nipples before seeing the interior of the house.

[@Hauntaku]

That'd be better than this MMO

[@pleasedontwatchthese9593]

In the 2000s everything got a mmo. Everyone wanted to be the second coming of wow

[@dogemaster-hm2ce]

Everyone wanted to be the Poptropica, the Roblox, the Club Penguin, etc

[@FreakDaMIghet]

I would say thar Final Fantasy XIV won that bid.

[@therandomartist3201]

I think Cartoon Network had a good one

[@ellanimation816]

@@FreakDaMIghet what about Star Wars the old republic mmo it’s still alive

[@chelsthegameruiner8669]

@@ellanimation816 Both the Old Republic and FFXIV won over WoW, but pre-Endwalker, FFXIV saw a massive surge in popularity so I think they're referring to recent events

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

Honestly I'm speechless, its like the ultimate Meme MMO. Really impressive that it ran in browser though (for 2012)

[@BlueLoveYT]

No matter how badly designed a piece of media is, it's always sad when it becomes lost media. I can't stand it when things are lost to time

[@Hauntaku]

This is media that should stay lost

[@Uzdefized]

@@Hauntakunot really it would be awesome to see someone bring this on a private server

[@D3th10rd]

While on the topic of mmos made by tv networks, I'm curious if you would consider looking at FusionFall, it was an old mmorpg set in the Cartoon Network universe and I remember it quite fondly as one of my first MMO experiences. I remember that it was actually quite good and was doing good until the content stopped being made.

[@Gloomdrake]

I loved that game. I kept inheriting my Ship armor to the highest level. I wasn't allowed to use the ranged weapons, though, because my parents were sticklers about guns. Still used them when no one was looking

[@joeymag593]

In a similar vein, Disney had the Virtual Magic Kingdom running for a few years and I LOVED playing it as a kid. I was gutted when it got shut down.

[@mattwo7]

Come to think of it, wasn't FusionFall also browser-based? Yet there's OpenFusion and formerly FusionFall Universe.

[@lumbajackthumbs7755]

I remember really wanting to play that game when I saw the ad on TV and then I just didn’t.

[@brojoe44]

@@mattwo7 when FusionFall came out there was a downloadable version aswell.

[@ruerue244]

Oh, I remember this! They had a mechanical bull minigame that got replaced with a klondike choco-taco. The premium currency changed from just cash to Family Jewels. The classes were based on the griffins and originally Meg was intentionally unplayable which they’d point out, and Brian was a class locked behind a paywall. Also all the quests were centered around gags from various episodes. Like, the tutorial quest was the suspended log trap Chris used to smash peter’s head in one episode, there was a whole area dedicated to the worlds seen in Road to the Multiverse, and even boss raids. There was a PvP arena too, but I never used it.

[@ColinG943]

I remember playing this when it first came out. I made a character named “Nigel” (probably spelled wrong) and I only did one quest about helping Chris make that log trap using a hat as bait.

[@apairofglasses775]

I named my character "niggal" (propably spelled wrong)

[@user-fi8eh4tj9s]

@@apairofglasses775 Bro no way I made a character named Nigel!

[@apairofglasses775]

@@user-fi8eh4tj9s bro also no way i made a character called ur mom!

[@user-fi8eh4tj9s]

@@apairofglasses775 OH MY GOSH WERE MY BATGER NEVER TOLL BEE HEE WAS a live

[@101jir]

The idea of a comedy/wit-based MMO is actually an interesting idea. Just that this was well out of the scope of what they wanted it seems. It might be difficult to develop mechanics around that aren't too exploitable if one were to focus on player-developed humor. Dev humor tends to get old, especially if you note some of the mistakes here, such as the loading screen mentioned. I like the idea though of an MMO where players progress through other player reactions. Rap battles and such could be interesting to implement as well. Player reactions would have to have some sort of spam prevention though, as that would be pretty exploitable, maybe limit each player's reaction to any given player to once per X hours, to incentivize being funny to as many players simultaneously as possible. No idea whether it would work or not, but this gave me food for thought.

[@Cyshachiku]

Comedy based MMO? 🤔 You mean ToonTown?

[@101jir]

@@Cyshachiku Sounds only vaguely familiar, I should look it up!

[@jackeroni216]

So something like a Jackbox MMO? That sounds interesting tbh.

[@101jir]

@@jackeroni216 If anyone could pull it off, I could see Jackbox do it.

[@jackeroni216]

@@101jir truee

[@Dicerollball]

I remember playing this game lol. At some point, if I can recall correctly, they locked the first levels so you had to pay to continue with the rest of the game and I think you just get locked into the starter house and you're unable to explore for free after unless you made another account in order to walk around on the streets again. Even then, you still couldn't go that far until you paid. Too bad I didn't try to download it at the time, didn't have a reason to

[@Hauntaku]

I remember making it to a car chase

[@Tall_Order]

I beta tested this game and had some good times playing as a Stewie character summoning muscle pigs to punch everything and shout OINK! lol But I think it was a failed social experiment. Everyone who played it was just off doing their own thing instead of working together in any way.

[@ddjsoyenby]

yeah.

[@Tall_Order]

@Oldschool DOSfan Pretty much. For what it's worth. I may say I liked it, but I honestly prefer older MMOs like EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies, and Anarchy Online. There is a certain charm to them that has been lost in newer MMOs.

[@crumblyairship]

i never thought i'd hear "Family Guy" and "MMO" in the same sentence

[@ThereAreThoseWhoCallMeTim]

You think THAT’S bad, remember the time when Saberspark looked himself up on rule 34?

[@tgnm9615]

***Sweating profusely*** 😰😰😰😰😅😅😅😅

[@rubybfb4439]

That was like two days ago but sure

[@cydragon2.099]

@@rubybfb4439 that was 2 days ago still feels like yesterday

[@Hauntaku]

I wish people would draw R34 of me...

[@cydragon2.099]

@@Hauntaku all all it takes if a half or full body phono of you and paint dot net and then it's off to the races

[@g2akashi]

Honestly it was a little bit ahead of it's time, but this could've worked as a GTA online clone and have each of the Griffins have their own storyline players would have to progress through. I already have like an outline of what Peter's questline could've been which would have him, Jerome and the Chicken as the main characters in the story.

[@corsaircarl9582]

I would play through Stewie's so fast, trying to conquer the world and what-not.

[@Shaggy24-7]

It looks like the MMO menu system was partially reused for the Family Guy mobile game The Quest for stuff.

[@FlowAaron]

So there's a chance that this mmo game of Family Guy files are in the archives

[@GeneralESB]

Imagine the alternate universe where it continued on and got an expansion that garnered the same critical acclaim as Wrath of the Lich King or Shadowbringers.

[@mattwo7]

The fact that online games can die in beta is a good reason to _never_ buy founders' packs. This isn't an isolated incident of this happening. Off the top of my head, this happened to Infinite Crisis (DC Comics MOBA) too.

[@Hauntaku]

Maplestory 2 failed because of the bot swarm. I paid for the BEST founders pack and played for a bit but when the flood gates opened, I bailed!

[@s7robin105]

When I think of an MMO RPG I think of Family guy, the show known for its in-depth story telling and world building!

[@jodipearson567]

Your right about it not being as suitable as an MMO as The Simpsons would have due to limited locations, but that also would have given them more creative freedom and potential. They could have added lore/world building to this universe by inventing new locations and characters. Perhaps they could preview in the game and later be introduced in an episode to tie them in.

[@AttemptedVoices]

From Family Guy, to Rango, to Disney, to even Kung Fu Panda... God, so many MMOs...

[@bingobongo9132]

I remember playing the Kung Fu panda one

[@arrontheprotogen9276]

@@bingobongo9132 what was it like?

[@AttemptedVoices]

@@bingobongo9132 I still remember the Tai Lung event.

[@EagleTimberWolf]

@@arrontheprotogen9276 I actually got to play Kung Fu Panda World when it was still around, and I was totally obsessed with it for a while. It reminded me a lot of Animal Jam, but it felt like there was a bit more to do as far as quests and battles go. It had a nice subtle color palette, the area designs were simplistic but aesthetically pleasing, and the animations were decent for a flash game at the time. I still vividly recall creating my avatar - the customization options were very limited, so she was just a recolor of Tigress with white fur and blue eyes wearing a jade green kimono. My only real complaint is that it would lag out during certain battles (especially with bosses) and they had way too much shit locked behind a paywall, including things that were too essential to the gameplay to be exclusive. It's one thing to put a membership lock on a cool outfit or something, but I'm not even kidding when I say you couldn't earn anymore belts passed, like, the 3rd or 5th one unless you bought premium XD Imagine having to pay rl money just to do something as basic as LEVEL UP Having said that, I can see why it didn't survive, but I was still pretty bummed out when I tried to look up the game years later and replay it out of nostalgia only to find that it was erased from existence ;-;

[@undefinederror40404]

A concept like that would definitely work better nowadays! At least I feel that way, it looked janky yet fun enough that it would be appreciated online at the moment. Assuming it actually works, of course.

[@Hauntaku]

It was a Simpsons Road Rage knockoff

[@shadowhalk225]

When 90% of the dev team is sporting fedoras you know it was bound to fail

[@firstreality3867]

It’s crazy how many MMOs I’ve played since the 00s yet never heard of this until now.

[@deadpoolnerd]

With the stick of truth and the fractured but whole having their success, I think an mmo could maybe work for South park. People did enjoy the novelty of actually going around south park and visiting places like Canada. Maybe you're again a new kid, except instead of a theme like superheroes and knight and warlocks it's actually like the show. In that you befriend the group overall and end up going on the "lesson for the day" adventures and hit all the weird places hell imagination land canada.

[@datadoggieein]

I remember my brother playing this when where kid. I remember specifically finding Connie D'Amico at the school and farting on her as revenge for picking on Meg.

[@errortryagainlater4240]

That's...oddly sweet 😂

[@Feralwolf444]

If you want to play a Family Guy video game, I strongly suggest "Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse". That one was was decent and controlled well.

[@slashbash1347]

I remember when it came out and I asked if the game stops every five seconds to make an out-of-context joke.

[@ghostkirby1255]

Man the 2000s was a time for mmos. I remember a lot of mmos springing up everywhere at that time till 2012

[@Gamerguy-ud1zo]

You know if look at the models used in the game I think it also looks like they were recycling models or something from those family guy games that were mentioned which may be why the models were limited as they were ported from the game to be playable.

[@masternecro3511]

Very little research on this. There were micro transactions. Brian the Dog class was unlocked if you purchased it. I believe there was also a premium currency too you had to buy. The members of the family were the archetypes for the game's different classes and you had different very few abilities based on what class you were. You keep comparing it to "an mmo like WoW" but Family Guy Online was nothing like WoW, nor any kind on MMO. You can't even call the game an MMO. Server issues and bugs only allowed a few people to play. The game world was very limited and only had 3 zones with limited exploration in each area and there were only a few quests in the entire game. They attempted at setting up group PvE battled but most of the time the encounter bugged out and never happened. Most of the content was unavailable because of bugs and there was never any attempt or interest in fixing bugs or adding new content. At best this was a pre pre Alpha of a game concept. Family Guy Online failed because it was made and run by people that had no idea what a video game was nor how to maintain one and the only reason it existed was as a quick cash grab towards fans of the show. Fox wanted people to pay for crappy digital content with little effort from the game creators. PLEASE DO NOT TELL FOX ABOUT NFTs. Since the "game" did not bring in a lot of money right away, FOX lost any interest in wanting it to be around.

[@Hemostat]

I mean, a shitty unsupported mmo is still an MMO.

[@masternecro3511]

@@Hemostat There was nothing massive about it. It was barely multi-player.

[@azylan]

@@masternecro3511 If I made a game with the intention of designing it as an MMO, but the game was so broken and unfinished that it was not massive nor online, it wouldn't just suddenly stop being an MMO. You could call it a failed MMO, unfinished MMO, or broken MMO. It's like if I wanted to make a platformer, but 6 months into development I had only worked on art, animation, story, and basic engine coding. Would the game not be a platformer because I hadn't implemented platforms yet? It'd be a "platformer in development" or "platformer in concept". That's all an aside though. Either way, all the work that went into the game ended up being a big waste of time and money that could've been avoided if Fox hadn't rushed into a project they had no idea what to do with. Sometimes the stupidity of corporate executives who want a quick buck is truly astounding. Imagine the Fox businessmen sitting around a desk, approving an "online Family Guy video game" under the pretense of easy money, having no idea how to make it lmao

[@masternecro3511]

@@azylan The makes of the game never even called it an MMO. It was just a browser online game made to be a quick cash grab and was canceled because no one was buying the Brian class or their premium currency to buy the little stuff they had. They were expecting everyone that played to buy something. They didn't even understand the concept of whales because there was hardly anything to buy with their premium currency.

[@amelialonelyfart8848]

I distinctly remember the premium currency being clams. Says a lot that the mst enjoyable part of the game was the sign-up screen since it was narrated by Adam West RIP

[@christianblackmon5609]

Honestly out of all the characters in family, hearing Herbert the Pervert saying "cupcake" sends a chill down my spine. Especially after the whole edp situation.

[@voicedubgaming2286]

Considering Herbert's entire joke is he's in love with Chris, yeah I can see why you made that connection. Cause I did too.

[@novashy7119]

Whoa! What?! Netflix was thinking of making a movie about "Bone?" That would have been cool! I read all the comic books as a kid and I loved them!

[@Gloomdrake]

Do you _really_ want Netflix to make a Bone *movie?* A TV show would be better, no?

[@BBWahoo]

Stonetoss amogus

[@MathematicalVoid]

I thought it was gonna be a series.

[@Hemostat]

Same, never heard about it. Don't think there's been any news for a long time

[@askerleaves1614]

@@Gloomdrake no not really I would have much rather than make it into three movies

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

I never played the MMO, but I did play that other Family Guy video game that came before this. And I'm 99% sure this game was made by reusing a lot of the assets from that game, because the character models for established characters in this MMO look just like that game's character models did.

[@ricochet0928]

"[...] And was available for public beta testing in April of 2012. Yes...39 years ago." _doN'T DO THAT-_

[@MelkiorMonster]

Is there a joke I missed there or just a math error while making us feel really old? LOL

[@researcherchameleon4602]

Disney has a game called “Mirrorverse” and Sully is cursed

[@SAMMYTASTISCH]

There is always that one person who downloads the whole internet. So it might be possible that someone has it. Just ask all those people who screenshot every single comment in Facebook groups, just to smash it in your face, when you might say something slightly contradicting 3 months later. There are freaks out there. You just gotta find them.

[@wsnt]

Who remembers FusionFall? Pirates Online? ToonTown? Wizard101? The Matrix Online? DC Universe Online? Neopets? FreeRealms?

[@archfeymirth]

While I agree with most of these points, I do disagree that Family Guy doesn't have a memorable list of locations. I'm not even an avid fan and I could list a lot off the top of my head. Griffins' House Pawtucket Brewery Drunken Clam Adam West High School Petoria (i know that's also the Griffins' House but you could expand it for an mmo setting. Nobody'd blame you.) The Wacky Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man Warehouse and Emporium And so on. It could lend itself well to an MMO tbh, I just don't think the way they did it landed.

[@connorbeith3232]

There's also the Happy Go-Lucky Toys (Peter's old job), as well as the mayor's office and mansion.

[@balanc-joy9187]

_Family Guy The Video-Game_ did well with giving quite a few locations, some seen in the show, and some inferred from what was known in the show's universe at the time, or built off of its own storyline.

[@Liz_ArdE]

I remember this game, although I don't remember the game play. My only true memory of it is that it was sponsored by Klondike Choco Taco™ and there was a mini game where you rode a mechanical bull in the shape of the aforementioned ice cream taco.

[@kailiahmoon]

I could play a Metroid or an Okami MMO for no real reason. Dang.

[@Ranixo286]

A metroid mmo would be SICK. Be a Bounty hunter or Space Pirate in an open world, explore planets and use different weapon classes for combat...

[@Vigriff]

The Okami MMO has some real promisr.

[@ExtremeWreck]

None of those exist, but if you want to there was a fanmade Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing MMO. Not sure if it's still around, but hey it was something.

[@Ranixo286]

You can still extract temporary files from your browsers though. It's how we're working on Build A Bearville Rewritten.

[@pazu9190]

I loved this game and played it a lot. Truly a masterpiece of its time.

[@cuterblueloveuwulilathepig3556]

I never play this game but when l look this gameplay, it's make me want to play this game but too bad this game got shut down :(

[@stephentaylor356]

'...in April of 2012...yes, 39 years ago.' Holy shit, is it 2051??? How did I lose track of that much time???

[@TheBearInTheChair]

It's all happen around 2019, I can hardly remember the 20's, and everything in the 30's-40's is an absolute blur....

[@terrasilvershade5678]

There were so many MMORPGs at that time. LOTRO, the lord of the rings one, started in 2010/2011. That one I still play although it’s in its decline

[@Ice-Climber]

I see a project like this and can only feel sorry for the devs.

[@Uzdefized]

Can someone please bring this back like a private server 😭😭

[@redmii69]

MMOs based on cartoons actually sounds like a fun concept. Like, if they made one for Adventure Time, I'd play it for hours.

[@ShadowLegend300]

This had so much potential (even for family guy startards), sad that it turned out like that

[@NigerianPrince0]

I wish Family Guy Online still was on. Because i would play it just for nostalgia.

[@danielleweller2388]

Not that long ago I was looking up this family guy mmo because I remembered playing it like a fever dream

[@lysander9957]

Oh, I remember this. I even shelled out a few bucks to play as a dog character. I remember it being really empty. Besides talking to characters, fighting, and chasing the greased up deaf guy, there wasn't really anything to do.

[@THEnicholasvancosky]

I never thought I would ever see you talk about this forgotten gem! Even though I don't like family guy, I unironically hope this gets found some day.

[@DarkBardMagick]

My mother, little sister, and I LOVED this game with a passion. It was just gone and we were stunned

[@klebersousa.]

But, ngl, i kinda miss the old days when you had thousands of MMOs launching and dying everywhere you looked. Yeah, most were wow clones or generic anime stuff, but here and there you could find some great ones and some different stuff, like Pangya (Golf) or City of Heroes, and even Second Life

[@P4rz1va1]

"MMLOL" is the sort of reference you get from someone who doesn't think of either of those things as more than just a pointless acronym.

[@zombieguy4444]

Given the nature of the show, I think a beat-em-up or a GTA-style game would fit Family Guy better

[@ravenravenraven]

if anyone played it on an old computer, please look into dumping your browser cache! files can persist in a browser sometimes, and family guy online's files might be one cache backup away from playability

[@joeymag593]

I would unironically watch a Saberspark review of Genshin Impact. Just putting that out there.

[@haveagoodday7021]

Your production value gets crazier and crazier

[@krischainz]

Too be honest you can make a good game out of any scenario with enough time and skill on the team's size: to bad they don't try again but with modern technology but hopefully not like DCU Online and actually update the base game

[@lordtachanka903]

Fun fact: it failed in part because family guy fans would just stay in the initial tutorial area to quote the show with random people and never ended up playing the actual game

[@UnkleSanik]

RIP Family Guy Online... Died before we could get a Family Guy Online funny moments compilation.

[@muddashucka9743]

Family Guy locations I can remember: Peter's house Joe's house Quagmire's house Cleveland's house The Drunken Clam Herbert's house The church? Lois's dad's house

[@victor_e_dafeet8218]

Man there is a lot to say about Genshin Impact. First Gacha game I ever played and actually spent money on. I kinda regret that now but oh well, fun while it lasted

[@brittneythomas204]

1:07 39 years ago? this 2012 game has been in development since1973? that's a new record .

[@someone24688]

That thumbnail scares me

[@thepinkpeanut7]

Watching this video reminded me of that Cartoon Network MMO. It was called Fusion Fall and it was a blast. Super sad they shut down. Would love to see a video on that!

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

You know what? This game could've been good! It looks pretty good for a browser at the time and I feel like this game could've been fun and pretty entertaining

[@beenibroh]

well well well looks like we got ourselves a chatterbox

[@kbarts316]

Nostalgia wise, the graphics of this MMO brought back a flood of memories from when I used to play the Family Guy video game on my original Xbox lol Matter of fact, it looks like they just repurposed some of the models and assets from that game!

[@jyquin5012]

What's sad about this game is that an mmo about a cartoon show can work really well as seen with FusionFall, which was made by CN using all of their owned properties; with the game actually being really good from what I remember. I guess the difference is that FusionFall seemed more like a labour of love rather then a cash grab like Family Guy's mmo.

[@acarr9377]

What uncanny timing. They just announced the Family Guy kart racing game.

[@WestRail642fan]

Hey Lois, remember that time i was in Mario Kart?

[@squidiskool]

They’re making WHAT!?

[@eastly2009]

Family guy being called a cult phenomenon is an insult to actual cult classics

[@fdawer116]

Never heard of this. Looks interesting. How long or if somebody downloaded the game or some devs upload the files. Probably never.

[@THEnicholasvancosky]

I would try to go through the effort of seeing if any of the developers in the behind the scenes videos have any social media accounts and all ask them if they still have it but I'm having a hard time motivating myself because I feel like I would come off as socially unacceptable.

[@a-dub6434]

the only thing i remember from that game is that i seen a poster for that movie the watch drawn in the family guy art style

[@jodgee2374]

I love MMOs, and I hate that it's a dying genre. There are a lot of franchises I would love to see as an MMO.

[@kitsunetailsx9]

Louis: Peter I can't believe you started an MMORPG! Peter: You think that's bad? Remember the time the MMORPG got canceled and little under a year? :::Cutaway::: Fox Network CEO: We are shutting down Family Guy Online.

[@DoctorInk20]

This is more or less the *Virtual Springfield* of the _Family Guy_ franchise; in that it's just a walking tour with disjointed jokes and few goals beyond "recognise person/place/thing from the show and laugh (hopefully)". Come to think of it, I'm surprised nothing like _FGO_ has ever been attempted with _The Simpsons_ by now.

[@Marlo-g2p]

I’ll be honest man. I really really enjoyed this mmo. Obviously me being 12 years. I absolutely loved and was immersed into family guy online. The idea of being able to travel the family guy world with you’re own character at the time was mind blowing to me. I think i had like 400 hours into this game before it got closed.

[@Lampent12]

Oh geez, a Genshin Impact review is on the horizon, and Saber doesn't sound too thrilled... All I ask is that you be nice to the people that are enjoying it. 😅

[@Gloomdrake]

Depends on why they enjoy it

[@samwill7259]

Holy crap,lois! It's Saberspark!

[@yogibear8683]

He comes *thicc guy*

[@RaveRaptor7]

Hey, actually played this game! Let me fill some things in: The cash shop was incredbly predatory, almost all the cosmetic items were in there, even quest rewards (Also fetish outfits like horse blinders and a gimp suit for some reason?). For example, to get the Brian character you actually had to pay for it, but it was also more fleshed out than the standard characters with custom emote animations and everything. The game was funded with ads, it wasn't the itunes episodes. Those clips were played at the end of quests and the iTunes ad was an aside. The biggest advertiser was Axe Bodyspray and had a consumable item for example. There was no filter for both chat and names. So you had people running around with the N word as their name with a hard R, and chat was a real trip to slog through when people found out, don't think they ever patched it either. There were 2 maps total with the rest being anounced as "coming soon" The playerbase was poorly marketed to. To even play you had to apply for access, there was no real explaination of the gameplay on the website either so a lot of people were lost. The "dumb" playerbase was entirely self inflicted because you had tons of people who never played an MMO before suddenly playing an MMO so they didn't know what to do.

[@THEnicholasvancosky]

An archived page from the game's original website proved that it was possible to get pet "peterdactyls". We're there any other pets in the game or just the "peterdactyls". I would give you my evidence but my comments with the link to said page keeps getting deleted.

[@RaveRaptor7]

@@THEnicholasvancosky KIND OF I think that was actually a mission vehicle similar to the dirtbike but people sort of "broke out" to different areas

[@THEnicholasvancosky]

@@RaveRaptor7 They weren't described as vehicles though. Here's the exact text from that page I mentioned since I realized I could've just copied and pasted it here: Game Update 11.07.12: Get Hatchin'! NEWS - 11/07/2012 Check out what’s new and improved in FGO: Get Hatchin’! You can now breed your own Peterdactyl that will drop loot, XP, and Clams. It will also look badass to have a Peterdactyl following you everywhere. Rewards: For successfully hatching a Peterdactyl egg, you will receive a loot drop containing one of the following: • Peterdactyl Consumable - Green (common) • Peterdactyl Consumable - Blue • Peterdactyl Consumable - Purple • Peterdactyl Head Gear Item (ultra rare) Boost Options: The player has two boost options for purchase with Family Jewels: • Peter Vomit: This boost reduces the time you have to wait for your egg to mature. Time reduction depends on how many eggs you have hatched. • Peterdactyl Booster: This boost affects the loot drop once the egg hatches. The more Peterdactyl Boosters you use on a given egg, the greater your chances of receiving rare loot. All-New Overworld Combat Zones Spooner Street has three all-new overwold combat zones, so put up yer dukes at the Baseball Field, Football Field, and the Pre-School. Princes of the Multiverse Update Now you can battle B*tch Brian, Brian Griffin’s mentally challenged clone, in the Princes of the Multiverse-Part 1 quest. After you’ve had your way with this alternate universe Brian, check out the Family Guy episode “Quagmire’s Baby” from Season Eight for more of B*tch Brian and B*tch Stewie. Buy Skills Early Get a leg up on a**-whooping by purchasing skills ahead of time with the direct link on the Combat Skill bar.

[@RaveRaptor7]

@@THEnicholasvancosky Rofl I guess I got memory holed

[@qaztim11]

Genshin impact review please It is simultaneously one of the best and worse games recently released. Great gameplay, environments, story and characters trapped inside of a gacha game hellscape

[@karenfan010]

3:48 peter: roadhouse.

[@Yipper64]

4:00 goodness, these gremlins existed in 2012? I guess they had to multiply from somewhere but man. Cringe human.

[@bshap495]

What are you even talking about?

[@Yipper64]

@@bshap495 colored hair people.

[@thewizardpoliceareafterme]

bright hair colors have been popular since the 80's and what's your problem with dyed hair??

[@Yipper64]

@@thewizardpoliceareafterme its not just the hair is *the whole vibe.* You need to be cultured to understand.

[@GumSkyloard]

@@Yipper64 "You need to be cultured to understand." Mad sure that that's just code for "i'm a homophobic 4 chins fuckwad lol"

[@Masterge77]

My question is who thought a Family Guy MMO was a good idea? It's the kind of thing you'd expect from a one-off joke made by a game reviewing KZbinr, but not as an ACTUAL game.

[@HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

One intresting thing is that disney owns 21:th century fox which was created when 20:th century fox spun off into the new compay of 21:th century fox in 2013 which disney bought in 2019. Disney also owns fox family worldwide since 2001. Disney owns the rights to family guy along with the Simpsons after the purchased 21:th century fox

[@Rein377]

I like how you could choose your character's gender, effectively making a guy Lois or a girl Stewie. If the whole thing was just a character creator and location exploration, a "visit the cartoon's universe" type of novelty game, it could have been something.

[@JakeRileyDavies]

Kane's the MVP editor, good job buddy 😎

[@KanesTheName]

Thank you!

[@FilmBucket]

A funny thing about this game is that it still has a logo for KZbin games. The description has it linked as the mentioned game, yet some huge titles still have the default picture.

[@Phantomsangel]

Saber: Tom we're not talking about Genshin Impact. TOM NO!! TOM YES DO IT DON'T LISTEN TO HIM. Yay Saberfart fanart!!

[@jaborsey_joseph]

Funny enough this wouldn't be the last Family Guy game as the first game's follow-up Back To The Multiverse would release around the same year by Heavy Iron Studios