Scene It? Box Office Smash Review

My girlfriend got the first one, we played it all of twice, terrible game and it looks like this one is to from the review (but then I never played the DVD/board games either). I should love these as I'm a serious movie buff but I just can't get into these "quiz show" games.

/ curses Buzz! and all it's casual kind!

I really enjoyed the first one, played it loads. Played this a couple of times last night, got the Hot Fuzz clip in both my first two games, and had a repeat question in another round. Plus the avatars are just fucking irritating. It's just far less enjoyable than the first. And I lost a game by about 50 points because my other half was given a 5,000 or so point bonus for being shit. They just seem to have taken a decent format and fucked it up.

We picked this up too, ordered the solus but sent the whole thing (got a buzzer surplus now).

It's good fun and I'd never expect this sort of game to score that high. I do think it's gone forward in some ways and backward in others.

As above i got annoyed the wife kept getting thousands of points for coming bloody last!!

(got a disk read error too but ws OK once installed to the HDD .. please don't be another 360 going wrong ffs).

I prefer this one to the last one, purely because the annoying tw@ from the last one has been taken out the pasture and shot.

In saying that, getting points for being cock is unfair.

A quiz game with hardly any questions, that makes the person who answers the least questions right the winner. 6/10.

Er... ok. O_o

Is it really so difficult to get a quiz game right??

How can this have been rated a six if it's repetitive in no time, which - as Dan noted rightly - is the most pressing issue regarding Quiz games. And also with what 3william56 said.

I've played this a fair bit, its true that the same clips do come up a lot - I got a clip from Child's Play in 4 playthroughs in a row! There seems to be a lot less content that there was in the first one...

I do like it tho

we can thank the wii for shite like this

All those quiz games I played on the Spectrum must have been made by fortune tellers then.

"Is it really so difficult to get a quiz game right??"

Buzz says no, it isn't. ;)

This is weird as the question tracking system on the first version works fine - or at least it does for me. How hard is it to place a check against a question and just not read it again until the last unseen question appears?

I wonder if they've purposefully done this so you're forced to buy question packs online?

The missus got this for me but not played it yet - I hope it's not as bad as it sounds...

(This from the product page on Xbox.com: "With downloadable content available via Xbox LIVE Marketplace and a content tracking system that minimizes question repeats, you always have a fresh play experience." Hmmmmm. Somebody's got it wrong then.)

@Weezer
24-Nov-08 09:13:30 This is weird as the question tracking system on the first version works fine - or at least it does for me. How hard is it to place a check against a question and just not read it again until the last unseen question appears?


I imagine that maybe the reviewer didn't set it up correctly. There was that option in the first one and it did work - however you had to make sure it was set on a per profile basis. Been playing the first one for ages with a couple of friends and still not really had that many repeat questions - apart from the one time we forgot to sign in my mates profile that is doing the question tracking.

If that is the case here then 6 based on lack of questions is a really unfair score.

So not as good as Buzz. Just like Lips is not as good as Singstar. What Microsoft rip-off (sorry re-imagining) is going to be not as good next?

A bit worried now - I bought the first (with buzzers) for £15 second hand at GAME after hearing this one would be coming out. I'd played the demo for the first, and wholeheartedly agree with Stuarty_2003 that the "tw@" from that game should have been dispatched much more painfully than simply being shot...

Have only played the new game a couple of times, and thought it was a massive improvement (mainly through not doing the exact same swoopy camera moves and f***ing shadow puppet in front of screen idiocy EVERY SINGLE TIME...

The Tommy Vance and Adam/Joe soundalikes are much better "hosts" and sit just the right side of annoying. At least they are succinct. Or certainly more so than the idiot from the first game.

I agree with Jebus that the tracking worked fine for me in the first one. I'd suggest maybe the review copy was not being played on a regular Xbox, or using a normal (and consistent) gamer profile... The first game saved the questions asked and I have yet to get repetitionafter a number of parties. While I've hardly played the new one to death, no repetition there yet either... Twice in one round? SERIOUSLY?

I played a retail copy of the game on a retail Xbox, and have used the same Gamertag for every game, online and offline. There are no options to turn on a "question checker" in the settings.

^That shadow puppet thing annoyed me and my mates so much we just can't bear to play the game any more because of it. How the hell that got through a focus group test amazes me. It was annoying the second time, especially as it's a shadow from a flat 2D hand.

@Dan: Well I'm bemused how they can break it so badly then, when it worked fine first time around. Let's hope they notice and get it patched!

I'm gonna try this out tonight...

"So not as good as Buzz. Just like Lips is not as good as Singstar. What Microsoft rip-off (sorry re-imagining) is going to be not as good next?
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that could be reversed to Sony shooter x, y or z at the moment. They've both had their own strengths I guess but lets try to avoid another bloody console fight in this thread please.

f***ing shadow puppet in front of screen

I had to avert my eyes during every camera swoop up to the movie screen. Couldn't take it in the end.

@ Dan DanWhitehead
24-Nov-08 10:02:49 I played a retail copy of the game on a retail Xbox, and have used the same Gamertag for every game, online and offline. There are no options to turn on a "question checker" in the settings.

Odd then - I do know that it doesn't save questions scene when playing a Live Game but should for other modes.

I think this review is a little harsh. I played the game through five times (one two separate Xboxes, too) and so far I've had about two questions repeat. I've watched the Child's Play clip three times, true, but all three times had separate questions, and most of the other films Dan's listed I've not seen any clips for yet.

It's a good, fun, casual game, and I guess if you properly caned it achievement-whore style, you'd see some repetition but so far I've found it to be enjoyable. I like the fact it gives scores to losers, too, as I'm the out-and-out film geek among my friends, so it basically handicaps me and makes it a fairer match!

Caveat: yet to play it online.

bless em for tryin to copy buzz though, and singstar and eyetoy play and Mii's!

"Fingers on Buzz" Yeah... no. I have an Xbox360 thanks.

The rounds where you take control before answering can be very annoying. For instance, there's a round similar to Catchphrase where you have to form an actor's name or a film name from some pictures... however you can just buzz in straight away (before you've even looked at the clues) to take control, causing the choices to be shown and you can easily work it out before the time runs out, not giving the other players a chance! If this catches on, the round just becomes a race to press the buzzer as quickly as possible when the question starts.

It's good fun though - but we've only played a few rounds, so haven't run out of questions yet.

"So not as good as Buzz. Just like Lips is not as good as Singstar. What Microsoft rip-off (sorry re-imagining) is going to be not as good next? "

You're In The Movies.

This is not really the place to comment on this, but all the female avatars look very manly. And I really hate the 'attitude' they've been given overall. They're like little people who are desperate for attention and are trying to look cool. They're constantly trying wave at me everytime I switch the console on. I just hate it.

@floppy: Funny you should say that - I found many facial features make male avatars look feminine! Very hard to find the right eyes for mine without making it look a) freakish or b) like it's wearing make-up!

The whole point of these avatars is supposed to be that you can represent "yourself", but unless "you" are a very stylised Rare character it is tricky to get it right... More choice of colours on various outfits would have been nice. Maybe when they start getting "real" clothes in there things will get better. This is the sort of thing places like H&M spooge over (the Sims, anyone?) and I'm damn sure Microsoft want such people on board...

Fashion students designed these clothes? Ummm... I can see why they're designing clothes for Rare's little people instead of real people...

I'm being harsh. I like the avatars generally.

People should realise the avatars are not supposed to be identical representations of themselves (or MS would have used an EA face-morphing type application) and are neither meant to be weird doll things (Mii's) - they are meant to be quirky and fun to appeal to the mass-market (mums and dads and kids). If you are posting on this website you are a hardcore gamer and they weren't really aimed with you in mind.

Along with Lips another disappointment.

Microsoft lol! if your gonna try and rip of Sony and steal Nintendos market running camp adverts 24//7 about how family friendly the console is then at least release some decent casual games

Yeah, love it but the end of round rewards are ridiculous; many a time the wife's taken the lead from being rerwarded for not doing good.

Still, MUCH better than the original. Rounds work better, less annoying VO, Avatar support works well; I'd agree it's a 6.

Skootch, you have a point, but selling the avatars with good likenesses of MS bigwigs and even Mr bloody Pointyhead and his cronies gives a different impression... Back to Scene It, it's a decent casual game. They would do well to support it with downloads though to keep it fresh.

I think with all these games tho - Lips, BOS (nice acronym given this review ;-) and YITM, they are make or break (particularly as the latter two are second attempts to get the franchise/game type off the ground. If they work, we'll be swamped by content. If not they'll wither and die.

What would make Scene it better is making it more like You Don't Know Jack - which was fantastic and genuinely funny series of games on CD in the later 90s. They spawned a whole series of Movie/Sport/TV versions and were genuinely funny American games with smart-assed humo(u)r. The innovatively simple but slick flash interface allowed them to make "net shows" and they even released a UK version with Paul Kaye (Dennis Pennis) doing the presenter's voice (rather well I felt).

I like it, UK actors doing the VO and Uk specific content! And DLC to follow....can't be bad.

"There's just no getting away from the repetition, though, and it seems especially obvious alternating between offline and online play, as if the mechanism that tracks the questions you've seen isn't used for Live games."

Thinking about it, it would be impossible or at least very difficult to have the question checker active during Live games. If 4 seperate players are presented with the same question, the system would have to reference the 'question log' of four seperate accounts/consoles before deciding which question to display.

I can live with repeated questions anyway, makes me look clever.

Complete Scene It? BOS + DLC solution

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Brief description:

Genre X (genre x sheet) Genres are organized alphabetically. Look for the beginning of the question. Within each genre questions are organized alphabetically, too.

Movie clip (movie) Names of the movies are organized alphabetically. Use search for quick find. In brackets there is description of the clip for easier identifying. Slash divides descriptions of several clips for one movie. Lower you get link to wikipedia web page with movie info. It will help you to get correct answers for missing questions. And at last, there are alphabetically organized questions for each movie.

Sequentials (sequentials sheet) Names of the movies are cut to the beginning word. Sequences are organized alphabetically by the first movie name in the sequence. Use search of the first word in the movie name for quick find of the desired sequence.

Songs and slogans (songs sheet) Look for the beginning of the question. Questions are organized alphabetically.

Credit roll (credit sheet) Look for the beginning of the question. Questions are organized alphabetically.

Quotables (quotes sheet) Look for the beginning of the question. Questions are organized alphabetically.

Celebrity ties (ties sheet) Ties are grouped in blocks as they appear during gameplay. Only surnames are left for celebrities. Groups are organized alphabetically by the surnames. Use search of the surname for quick find of celebrity sequence.

Who am I (who sheet) Look for the beginning of the question or movie name, if it is mentioned in italics in the first line of the question. Questions and names of the movies are organized alphabetically.

Sound clip (sound sheet) Try to identify record with record description. Voice column will help to narrow your choices to records performed by a man or a woman. The first question corresponds to the movie name. Names of the movies are organized alphabetically. Answer for the second question is in the second column.

Pixel flix (pixel sheet) Try to identify clip with clip description. The first question corresponds to the movie name. Names of the movies are organized alphabetically. Answer for the second question is in the second column.

Pop Quiz (pop sheet) Names of the movies grouped in blocks that are true to the corresponding best picture Oscar winner, director or actor. Directors and actors are organized alphabetically. Names of the movies within groups are organized alphabetically. Use search of the director or actor for quick find of the desired group. If you are asked for the name of the movie that is not in the corresponding block – that assumes false answer.

Anagram (anagram sheet) Use provided web link. Type letters shown to you. Entering spaces is not essential.

Note: Any cells marked with yellow are missing values or possibly inaccurate. Please remember, this solution doesn’t contain 100% of the answers. You won’t find here answers for visual questions as they are very limited amount, repeat often, easy to memorize and difficult to navigate in search of a correct one. In Now Playing you can simply wait till the end of the timer and get desired name of the movie. In Crosswords you can do the same trick with only some letters missing. In Pictogram wait till the end of the timer and name exactly what you see. Also, you may like to use full screen mode in excel when using this file.

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