I got this games for Christmas. It’s an AWESOME game. It’s kind of like The Sims 2, except more focused on making movies and stuff than relationships.
In The Sims 2 you actually build the houses to the inch put in furniture, everything else. You make the people and they look pretty good even close up. You have lots of options in how they relate to each other, etc. In the movies, yes they do react and form relationships, but the real goal of the game is to be a successful movie studio.
The graphics aren’t as good as the sims 2 graphics, but they are viewable. Basically you get to build your studio lot, starting in 1920. I would say that each month is about 5 minutes, so each year about an hour, which is a pretty good speed. As time goes by you can choose technologys to focus on, wannabes come to your door to act and direct in movies. You get access to more sets to use, you get to make scripts, direct films, do everything, really. You can build trailers for your stars and bars and restraunts and put trees and stuff. There are also janitors and crew members and builders who maintain your studio lots and sets.
When you start out, scripts come in from the outside. Then you can hire scriptwriters to focus on specific genres of scripts. Then, finally - you can make your own script. You choose a set, you can choose props and thell the actors what to do with it. It’s hard to explain, but it’s amazing. So you do the script and they shoot it where you can kind of direct by say changing the actors reaction to a gun to scared instead of angry, it’s awesome because in the end it’s YOU’RE movie. It’s kind of a 2-part game. A sims game and a game to make your own movies in 3D.
Then you can go into post production and edit them, add music, sound effects, cut scenes, add your own voice overs, anything you want! And as time goes by different genres of movies go in and out. Like during the world wars horror films are a out. During the great depression action films are out, and comedy is in. And when a man walks on the moon sci-fi is in! And your actors and directors get in bad news and you can raise or lower their salary, there are so many options.
Also, they do a cute little thing where every once in a while a radio announcer comes on. Like in 1926 he said “I was talking to my friend Ralph today and he said that someday movies will be able to show things like people flying! Ha! What NONSENSE!” It’s a bit too obvious but it’s funny.
So a great game that’s addictive, and if you play in “sandbox mode” you can have unlimited money to just kind of make your own movies. In fact, it’s very adictive. Gotta go play it now, actually.
“The Terminal” is a film by Steven Spielberg about a man who comes from a small European country to New York City, and while he is in the air his country gets into some kind of war and the United States does not recognize his country. So he is stuck in an airport until his country is recognized again.
