Family Guy: Road to Death (Xbox 360)

Archive · Post by **Archive** » June 27th, 2019, 10:46 am

posted by Brian on Mar 27, 2018:

Teaser for the second iteration (with a lot of the first iteration in place)

Trailer for second iteration

Early on, Heavy Iron Studios was contracted to produce a game based on Family Guy from Activision & Fox. Initially, we dealt with Fox (and later Activision) who wanted a zombie story line and game play along the lines of Left 4 Dead.

We spent 6 months putting together a prototype that had a lot of different avenues (story/sandbox gameplay, multiplayer, deathmatch, etc), but ultimately it was decided it was too 'dark' and the focus shifted to what you see above (which was heavily changed again). During a meeting with Seth Macfarlane, he flipped out at all the violence and blood and then assigned two writers from the show. The game went through another 6 months of development towards Alpha/Beta/Final, only to be shelved and development to start over again. I stopped watching Family Guy for 3 years as a result of all the behind the scenes issues with the licensor.

Anyway, the original prototype (which I don't have) was really something. The one you see here was the second iteration, with the actual released version still quite a bit different.

Archive · Post by **Archive** » June 27th, 2019, 10:46 am

posted by bowser22 on Mar 28, 2018:

a shame, looks like it would have been a great title

Archive · Post by **Archive** » June 27th, 2019, 10:46 am

posted by irvgotti452 on Mar 28, 2018:

If they really had a problem with the blood they could have just had it removed. This would of really cashed in on the zombie craze. On top of that it looks like a really fun game.

Archive · Post by **Archive** » June 27th, 2019, 10:46 am

posted by LuizNai on Mar 28, 2018:

It looks really fun!

Archive · Post by **Archive** » June 27th, 2019, 10:46 am

posted by runwhiteboyrun on Mar 28, 2018:

Thanks for the thread.

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posted by Gree443 on Mar 28, 2018:

this looks fun!

Archive · Post by **Archive** » June 27th, 2019, 10:46 am

posted by Bramsworth on Mar 28, 2018:

Sounds like some disconnect between Fox and Seth if he really had issue with all the blood and stuff. The show's had blood and violence unnecessarily for cheap laughs for years now. Game itself while unremarkable looks like it would be fun to play though.

Thanks for sharing!

Archive · Post by **Archive** » June 27th, 2019, 10:46 am

posted by DSwizzy145 on Mar 30, 2018:

Seth Macfarland had a problem with BLOOD & VIOLENCE??!!

Isn't this the same creator that has all the gore and blood put into each episode he makes yearly?! LMFAO!

Archive · Post by **Archive** » June 27th, 2019, 10:46 am

posted by james2452 on Mar 30, 2018:

DSwizzy145 said:

Seth Macfarland had a problem with BLOOD & VIOLENCE??!!

Isn't this the same creator that has all the gore and blood put into each episode he makes yearly?! LMFAO!

This looked like a fun game. Shame this is as far as it got.

Archive · Post by **Archive** » June 27th, 2019, 10:46 am

posted by Brian on Mar 30, 2018:

DSwizzy145 said:

Seth Macfarland had a problem with BLOOD & VIOLENCE??!!

Isn't this the same creator that has all the gore and blood put into each episode he makes yearly?! LMFAO!

Yeah, we were scratching our heads. Apparently (I wasn't at the presentation with him) when he saw it he screamed "WTF IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!" Then a tirade about blood, violence, etc. ensued. Somehow I don't know why the game was deemed violent and inappropriate when the halloween episode of Family Guy had Stewie with an M16. Go figure.

Game eventually came out, but it was nothing like the first two iterations of development.