I’ve never played a Scene It?
game before, so I went into this review with no prior experiences or expectations.
You might even say I was out of my element...but the chinaman is not the issue here.
What is the issue is cinema.
And if you’re the kind of person who can recite dialogue, act out classic scenes and
rattle off cast and credits, you’ll probably not be out of your element in Scene It?
Movie Night.
Although it is entirely possible that someone may pee on your rug.
And that’s because Scene It?
Movie Night is a textbook party game.
This thing is designed specifically for multiplayer, and that’s when it shines the brightest.
Break this game out when friends are over, and it’s hard not to have an awesome time.
Play it on your own...and you’re kind of loser.
It’s important to keep that in mind when considering Scene It?
Movie Night.
I’d argue most games are better with friends, but this one is almost pointless without them.
You lose the whole game show spirit when you’re playing alone, and you just become the guy
who’s sitting in house answering questions about movies.
What else?
You post videos to YouTube or something?
Pfft, loser.
Unlike prior Scene It?
titles, Movie Night is a downloadable game...which makes its thinness understandable.
There is only one game mode, which basically gives you a series of seven rounds of movie
trivia.
Each round is its own unique game type, so you’re answering questions a different way
every time.
There are 14 different question varieties in Movie Night.
You might to have watch a scene and then answer questions about it.
You might have to match certain actors to roles they’ve played.
You don’t need to be a film historian to play Movie Night, but a knowledge of at least
the most popular of motion pictures is required.
If you get a question about a movie you’ve never seen, you’re pretty much screwed.
And that’s what makes the game so much fun with friends.
You can play with four players, and the game also supports the option of playing with buzzers.
So you get a question, but your answer options are hidden until someone buzzes in.
If you do, you have the chance to answer before anyone else and earn more points...but if
you’re wrong, you actually lose points.
This was one of my favorite aspects of the game’s multiplayer.
It really made people think about their answers before they buzzed in, but at the same time,
everyone also wanted to buzz in...so you got a lot of people accidentally buzzing in and
then totally missing the question.
I really liked playing with the buzzer option.
In fact, I really liked playing this...period.
It’s only 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Arcade and $9.99 in real money on the PlayStation
Network, and with additional game packs promised to come, this is a great value for your upcoming
holiday parties.
The presentation is a bit sparse and there’s no purpose for single-player use, but if you
like movies and fun multiplayer, Scene It?
Movie Night is worth the price
of admission.