Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4702 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2006-06-29
• ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
• Platform: Windows XP

Customer Reviews

Potential Not Met
This game is great. In terms of potential it has it all. In terms of delivery it is somewhat wanting. Not all PC graphics cards are compatible so it can often leave people with slight flaws in the models, but generally the graphics are smooth.

The game delivers an excellent first to PCs but there are obvious gaps in features. There always seems to be a lack of applicants for actors, extras, directors etc. The movie editing (post production) is not as intuitive as it could be or as feature rich. There is no editor for beginning of movies (edit the titles) unless you cound changing the font or background image as worthwhile edits.

However, I do love this game because of what it does offer and as Lionheads final game before the Microsoft takeover it is definitely one to be remembered in generations to come. Personally I'm looking forward to it arriving on the Mac in September as the Mac's media editing features will be integrated into the game to make it much more fluid, stylish, and feature-rich. Vive le Mac.

The xtra does it..
The game itself is quite entertaining, but in my opinion the fun starts when you get to the point in the game, where you start making your own movies. In the beginning you build and run the studio, hire stars and takes care of their lookes etc., but as time goes by you develop items and get all new options. One of them is a studio where you create movies of your own. Here you start from scratch. You choose the cast and give them different costumes. Then you create the scenes - this does take awhile but the outcome is quite worth it. When your movie is done you can choose to record your own voice and "Become" one of the actors. This is the most fun part. Especially if you record the voices of the different stars with some friends. When the movie is all done - it's is a great fun to watch. Over and over again.

Love the game!
I absolutely LOVE this game! its really good and keeps you playing for ages!

As you may have noticed, i have indeed given an overall of 4 Stars.

This is because there are times in the game when you don't know what movie you want to create and you start making a random one and start getting bored half way through.

BUT make no mistake! this has only hapened 2 me several times and it doesn't mean i hate it!!

Reccomended for tycoon lovers, or people who want to make movies, but only make it take a day!