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doesnt even work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 29
Date: December 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

the game the movies doesnt even work, i have tried everything and it still doesnt work, it just goes back after i install it and back to my main screen! it sucks, i know 2 people who got this game and it doesnt work on their computer either, so dont get the game it sucks

doesnt even work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 39
Date: December 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

the game the movies doesnt even work, i have tried everything and it still doesnt work, it just goes back after i install it and back to my main screen! it sucks, i know 2 people who got this game and it doesnt work on their computer either, so dont get the game it sucks and thisi game is also waaaaaaaaay to expensive, and i cant believe i am saying that when our family is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay richer then any family in our neighbohood and we live in the biiigest house ever! thats really saying something about the game

this game stinks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: January 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm a sims fan and the people in this game don't come close to the sims. It takes to long to get to reach the modern day movies and the movies that they make are lame. They advertise you can make your own movie but only if you use their scenes that are already made up. It wasn't at all like it was advertised to be.

It Doesn't Work

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 17
Date: June 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you have a new computer, don't bother, it won't run. Unless you have a computer like back in 2004.

STUCK

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 15
Date: July 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

hello

movies suck
and stuck i have have to start over and over
NEVER BUY

Complete Movie Studio Sim...Nope! Make Your Own Movies...Not Exactly.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: November 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was really excited when I heard this game would soon be available. I know that Peter Molyneux tends to over promise but I was hopeful that this time he would deliver. He did not.

I am not a big RTS or SIM fan but I do think that I know a good game when I play one. The SIM portion of the game is very engaging. I think that it suffers from being overly simplified and at times restrictive. For my money it is just not that fun to play. You have to play through it in order to open up all that the game has to offer. That means that in order to begin making movies with All the resources the game offers you have to play through the game and unlock everything. Tedious yes, fun no.

The movie making portion is where the real fun is found. You can easily make little movies but if you really want to tell stories then The Moives is not the way to do it. You choose from pre staged scenes and connect them together to make your movies. This can make for some funny little movies that can be created and shared rather easily, but nothing of any substance can be created. The potential is there but the developers just dont go far enough with the movie creation tools.

-no establishing shots
-no children manequins
-no control over camera position
-no actor direction

and a host of other ommissions.

If you dont expect much this game can be fun for about five minutes, otherwise this game needs to drop the SIM aspects and fortify the movie making tools because thats really where the fun is.

Hope this helps anyone thinking of purchasing. Finding this game used is you best bet.....CZ

Quickly lost its luster

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I do not want to worry about hiring janitors, searching for extras, worrying about the landscape of my studio lot, constructing toilets, or any other of the micromanaging chores involved in running a studio. I want to build stars, direct films, and create cinematic masterpieces. There are so many distractions away from the main goal that one barely has time to enjoy the movie making experience. Bad enough I have to spend forever worrying about side projects, but the movie making software itself is flawed limiting what types of flicks I can even make. What could have been. What could have been. When one turns the entertainment industry into a boring exercise then one knows they have failed utterly.

Addicting!!! But....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: November 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

...the novelty wears off. The fact that the movie making experience is very limited, redundant, and totally lacking. The stratagy part of it together with the "fun" and creative parts of the game is completely off-putting. But it's a fun game for the first 5-10 hours of play.

Not Sim-like enough; a little disappointing for the Sim fan

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was under the impression that this game would have more Sim-like functions; there is little interaction between stars, no ability to personalize sets, and unimaginative costumes. The tutorial is absolutely terrible. As a fan of the Sims, the Sims 2 and SimCity, this game is not what I expected. If you prefer the character and building options with these other games, don't waste your money on this one. I wouldn't buy it knowing what I know now.

Repetitive Gameplay

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

After downloading and playing through a demo, I was left wanting to continue playing. Later that week, I shelled out 50 dollars to buy this game. I expected some additions and variety from the demo, but I could not have been more dissappointed. A bunch of extra sets and actors, but not much else. The one part that I actually was pleased with was the music and radio announcements. The sound truly reflected on the time periods that you would play. Other than that, I honestly would say you should just play the demo over and over again until you are bored. Then you have experienced the equivalent of buying the full game for no price and less space taken up on your computer.

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