Trivia time: What movie is this quote from?
“You kids today with your loud music, and Dan Fogelberg, Zima, Hula Hoops, and your Pac Man video games.”
1. Tommy Boy
2. Gone in 60 Seconds
3. Man of La Manch
4. BASEketball
Scene It? Box Office Smash is the benchmark for movie trivia video games. This game is just plain fun. And even for those who don’t know that the answer to the above question is number 4, the Xbox 360 title is still a riot.
Developed by Krome/Screenlife, the sequel to Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action is an achievement in fun, from the four custom buzzers that come with the game to the announcer’s witty banter.
Trivia is delivered in a variety of ways – including answering questions based on short movie clips, matching set props to the films they’re from and deciphering movie characters from a carnival-style distorting mirror. The games are half trivia knowledge and half guesswork, which goes a long way to evening the odds of a layman winning against, say someone who works at a video rental store.
It also includes online play, so there’s always someone to challenge.
Overall, the game is hours of fun, however, the movie clips can be a little repetitive, giving an edge to those who have played it often.
Scene It? Box Office Smash is out now and retails for about $60.
