

While all three characters control from a third-person perspective, the gameplay styles differ wildly depending on which character you're playing as. Throughout the game, you'll play as Peter, Brian, and Stewie as each attempt to achieve their personal goal and claim victory.

If you enjoy the show, you might find some of the narrative interesting, but most players will probably find themselves growing bored halfway through. The signature offbeat and adult humor of the show is present throughout the game, but not everyone will find the scandalous scenarios to be all that funny. Like the cartoon, most of the characters and story details only exist to serve the gameplay, which results in a hollow experience without much motivation.

In all fairness, the plots presented in Family Guy Video Game! are very representative of the show, but that's not always a good thing. In an explosive action-style narrative, Stewie and Bertram engage in a destructive sibling rivalry. Finally, Stewie's story involves a plot of world domination involving his mind-control ray, which is foiled by his half-brother Bertram. To prove his innocence, Brian must hunt down the true perpetrator while evading capture. In Brian's story, he must escape from prison and clear his name after being wrongfully accused of a crime. Believing his family to be in danger, Peter goes on a brawling rampage across the city, constantly enduring head injuries that lead to increasingly odd scenarios. In Peter's story, he wakes up in the hospital after being hit on the head by a falling cable satellite dish.

The game has three unique stories, each focusing on one of the three playable characters from the show's main cast.
