Simpsons Hit & Run Fan Remake Now Has GTA 5's Character Switching
A fan-made remake of The Simpsons: Hit & Run is gaining traction online as development continues, with the game now featuring character switching in the same vein as Grand Theft Auto 5. The original character-swapping feature was used to facilitate the player's easy use of GTA 5's three protagonists: Michael, Franklin, and Trevor.
The Simpsons: Hit & Run is something of a cult classic. Released in 2003, to this day it remains one of the most popular Simpsons games ever released. At its core,Hit & Run is a parody of the Grand Theft Auto games, and many people who played it believe it executed the concept very well. A wide array of popular characters from all around Springfield, including the titular Simpson family, are tasked with completing a range of missions over the course of the game, in a similarly wide variety of vehicles. The game's enduring popularity means that even nearly two decades on from its release, fans are still hoping for news of a Hit & Run 2 with or without EA, the current owner of the IP.
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YouTuber reubs is not content with simply waiting for a sequel, however. They have been creating a fully-fledged remake of the original game in Unreal Engine 5, a remake that now features even more GTA references than the original. While coding the game's camera controls, reubs noticed how zooming out from a character to a bird's eye view was reminiscent of GTA 5's character-swapping graphics. Inspired by this, they then took steps to replicate this in their Hit & Run remake, and have now demonstrated the feature in a new video. While there is no official update on a Hit & Run 2, this update on the unofficial remake is scratching much of
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