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Like the one before it, the object is very simple. In summary this game is as good as the first possibly better. The new stuntman feature makes the movies a little more comolicated to make. Make movies. The studio making mechinc is the same with a few more sets. If you liked the origanal get this.
The Movies:Stunts and Effects does add alot to the game. However, I found a way around it after weeks of playing: don't buy all the lots at once, if there is a need for lets say, a jungle and its as big as the bombed city, break the bombed city and place the jungle there and vice versa. However, one of my annoyances with it is the fact that the lot does not get any bigger, it's annoying. Now there is alot more options with certain types of action,sci fi and horror flicks, as well as romantic and comedy with a bit of creativity. It was over all a good expansion that allows the player to create movies in their own way. Do this during sandbox mode though.
The hospital, some training facilities and a stunt school have been added to your facilities list in order to care for your stuntmen.-Stunt Awards. Watch all your scenes strung together as a preview of what your movie will look like. a Santa Suit.-Copy scenes. You can also add overlays over the shots, to make it look like your video is on TV, a spaceship computer, or simply making the camera wet.-Makeover Screen. Ah, more people to train.-New facilities for the stuntmen.
Not only are there the new blue screen, green screen, miniature, and scrolling sets for effects, you've got a couple more normal sets added too.-New scenes, stunts or otherwise.-New PropsSIMULATION--Stuntmen. After you've played with the expansion once you will wonder how you ever played The Movies without it. As many have said, you should get this expansion if you are getting the movies. Plenty of other things are new too:MAKING CUSTOM MOVIES--Freecam. Lets hope Lionhead makes another.Maybe they should add more events in the future. But the stunts are only the title feature. An easy way to see any problems with your movie.-More Sets.
The former weather button, now the environment button, lets you control the level of rain in outdoor sets, and gives you the new wind option, where you can choose what strength the wind is blowing and what it is blowing. Right clicking a scene in the timeline will copy it.-View all your scenes together. You can now control how much you zoom inwith the scroll button on your mouse. Allowing you to move the camera yourself allows you to get exactly what you want out of a shot.-"Environment". You can also view a menu with all options for a certain part of their costume instead of just scrolling through forever.-There's plenty more costumes, including. Stunt awards have been added to the Lionhead Motion Picture Awards, as well as a new series of achievements for stunts, each one rewarding you with a new set.This expansion is great.
One of the main enhancements is the free-cam which gives the film maker the ability to move the camera and set up his/her custom shots. The tycoon element of The Movies is entertaining for gamers who enjoy that style of game. Without this function, one is limited only to the shots and angles offered by the game's developers. There are also advanced environment controls and the ability to use overlays. The expansion, Stunts and Effects, plays right into this. I certainly didn't mind it but the element that adds tremendous replay value is the ability to make your own movies. While it does enhance the "game" aspect, S & E really shows it's value in the "advanced movie maker" mode where you make your own films. I would say, however, the free-cam mode alone makes it worth every penny.
This expansion pack provides added special effects and camera controls that are needed if you want to use "The Movies" for serious machinima or even more advanced filmmaking. Particularly useful is the ability to save a custom scene after it has been set up - something missing from the basic game.For simple gameplaying, this expansion pack doesn't really add a lot as far as strategy goes, although the new costumes and effects are still probably worth the relatively low cost.
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