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Perfect game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for a Christmas party. My husband and I played it prior to the party. It was the biggest hit. Great fun and very easy to use.

Got it for Christmas!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You don't have to be a gamer to figure out how to use the controls. For the price, you get 4 "wireless" controllers and the game. At first, we played individually but then everyone started to gather around. They all got caught-up in the game and started throwing answers. Thank goodness it was "wireless". It made it easy to play in teams in different parts of the room. It was a hit during the party for adults and kids.
I rated it a 4 because the intro gets annoying. MS needs to have the option to skip some of the intros. Hopefully, MS will have downloadable content through their LIVE service to expand the experience. Also, hope that they will have future games that can be used with the controllers.
Overall, I highly recommend the game for friends and family. At least, you won't lose any game pieces in this game ;0).

Great ice breaker and a hit at parties

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. I bring it with me to all my friends' house parties and I always break it out when I host parties at home. Even though it only comes with four buzzers, everyone loves to watch the game and secretly play along. The challenges are numerous and fun - I especially enjoy the Screening Room (view a movie clip, answer questions) and Child's Play (name the movie based on a child-like crayon rendition of a famous scene)

We usually play in "short mode" which makes games run about 35-45 minutes. "Long mode" takes about 70 minutes and then there's "party play" where the game keeps going indefinitely and people shout out what they think the answers are.

I was impressed with the variety of movie trivia there was in the game. There were movie clips and questions from movies ranging from Laurence of Arabia to Sweeny Todd to Wedding Crashers. My friend's mom played the game and came in 2nd place on her first try. This really is a game for everyone. My only complaint is that although the game will "remember" which questions were already asked by using a memory card or hard drive - I've already had repeats. However, that's only maybe 20-30 questions out of the thousands that we've answered.

So fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is so much fun. It SO much better than the regular board game. The only thing I wish was different is for it to have more controllers so more people can play at once. It has 4 and we usually have a group of 7 or 8 together. But we still play on teams and have a blast!

Finally Trivia on a Next Gen system.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First, this game does not have xbox live capabilities. Second, the xbox does a great jobs of keeping repeat questions to a minimum but, there have been times that a question has repeated. The game does come with four Big Button controls which are extremely useful for this type of game and according to Microsoft will be used in future titles probably dependent on the success of this one. So, if you enjoy movies and like to show it, this is a must buy.

I didn't give it five stars because of the host of the game that can become annoying by repeating the same phrases and not being able to skip the intros to each mini trivia game.

Fun for movie buffs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My Mom is a real movie buff and she received this for Christmas.
Although she is not a gamer, she really took to this game.
We all had fun. I would recommend this game to all movie buffs.

Good solid fun for movie fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game that most people can pick up and play right off the bat. We played it a number of times over the holidays, and maybe only saw one or two questions a second time, so the fact that it tracks the questions you've seen is really nice, allowing first timers to be on equal footing with those who play more often. And including the buzzers with the game was a brilliant move, since many of the people we played with would've been lost with a standard Xbox 360 controller.

A few features I hope they add in later on:
Telling you before you begin a new category whether it's a buzz in, or a multiple choice
A scoreboard, so you can see who the top scorers have been
The ability to choose which categories to play or not play during a session

But if you've got a group of movie fans together, then this is a great party game.

Controllers Great :) Game Terrible :(

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'll be brief.
The controllers hold a great deal of potential for future buzz-in style party games.
This game however, is ultimately lame.

GOOD:
Actual film footage used in questions.
The scoring format keeps everyone in the game to the end.
As previously mentioned... the controllers.

BAD:
Repetitive... same cut scenes over and over and over and over and... *
The MC (the gameshow host/announcer... whatever) is extremely annoying. I mean really, very, excruciatingly annoying. If they ditched the announcer, this game would improve 1000%. He is not funny and simply wastes everyone's time. Seriously, I was literally embarrassed to be making my friends sit through his ramblings. At least let us turn him off!
NOTE TO GAME PRODUCERS: PLEASE TRACK DOWN THE VOICE TALENT FROM "YOU DON'T KNOW JACK"... THAT GUY WAS ENTERTAINING.
Repeat questions... the game is supposed to have a function that keeps track of the questions that you've seen and doesn't ask them again. Suffice it to say, it doesn't work very well.
There is a pointless "Party Mode" which is basically the same as the regular mode, but just doesn't keep score. I have no idea why you'd want this.
Graphics are cutting edge 1998 Flash animation quality. In their defense, most of the DVD is probably filled by the video content used in the questions. Decent graphics are an unaffordable luxury.
No online gameplay... not sure if this is even possible, but whatevs.

In summary... Lots of potential. Disappointing. Embarrassing. Collecting dust.
Hope they come up with some more games for these cool controllers.

* over and over and over and over and over.

Great at first, dissapointing in a little while

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 16
Date: December 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I first started playing this game I thought it was a lot of fun. Sure, the announcer could get annoying as hell, but the mini games were exciting and clever. Then suddenly, about 10 hours of game play later (a few days later), the mini games started recycling themselves. Soon things got really disappointing really fast.

I don't blame the people that gave this game very positive reviews, but I suspect they did so before burning out the short lifespan of trivia this game has to offer.

Rent this game for a party or two, but don't buy it.

Great game to play with your Girlfriend!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After cementing her spot as the best girlfriend ever by getting me an XBox 360 for our anniversary, she quickly realized it wasn't the interactive gift that perhaps the Wii might have been. Long hours of me on the couch playing Halo 3 didn't really appeal to her. A trip to GameStop to ask them what they would consider "the mario kart of the xbox 360" (her fav game in college) resulted in my picking up "Burnout" - a hyperactive driving game with mega crashes that appeal to the 16 year old boy in me, but again had no appeal for her. It was starting to look like a lost cause....ENTER SCENE IT!

This game is a RIOT! For $60 you get the game and 4 controllers - a bargain and great for 'couples' game nights...I know, I sound really lame saying that, but it's true. It's also great for drinking beers with the guys, too. It's a much more interactive experience than the board game version and the way it learns and remembers your playing history is great. I have played several multi-hour sessions and have only seen a handful of repeat questions or puzzles. Being a film fan, I can also say that the game goes 'deep' without become too 'obscure'. There are some great references for all you Lebowski fans out there.

Pick this one up, it's a classic. They could make a billion dollars by making this its own standalone console platform with different trivia games and the wireless controllers.

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