Movies
Oh, I also meant to say, I've been playing The Movies lately.
I'd been intending to get it for a while (ok, probably more than a year) and finally bought it when I saw it second hand for £10 in Bromley. At first, it didn't make a very good impression. The learning curve is pretty steep, and it just felt like a battle all the way.
After playing about 10 years' worth and making lots of rather big mistakes along the way which would cripple me for the rest of the game, I started again. This time I got 50 years in before deciding I had learnt a lot more and wouldn't make much progress with what I had in hand at that stage. And started again.
Last night I played from 7-ish until after midnight, and achieved good scores. In fact, I kicked ass. And I enjoyed it a hell of a lot more. I'm not really sure if it's a good game - I tend to value infinite play/replayability above all else in a game - but it's entertaining enough for the moment.
The question really comes when I've played through to whatever conclusion it reaches. Will I start another game? Who knows? This last game I'm playing, I haven't watched a single one of the films coming out of my studio. I'm a bottom-line kind of girl, and ultimately they're irrelevant to the actual gameplay. In fact, they're a hindrance, since I lose my train of thought and have to spend a certain amount of time getting back into the swing of it afterwards. I likewise didn't bother investing in the custom script office - when I did use it nothing I did there seemed to affect the ultimate success of the movie, and like I said, bottom line.
Still, it's a decent enough way to pass the evenings in the hostel where there's not a lot else to do, and maybe once I've satisfied the goals of the game I'll enjoy playing around with the freestyle tools and making movies. (it's not very likely though)
I'd been intending to get it for a while (ok, probably more than a year) and finally bought it when I saw it second hand for £10 in Bromley. At first, it didn't make a very good impression. The learning curve is pretty steep, and it just felt like a battle all the way.
After playing about 10 years' worth and making lots of rather big mistakes along the way which would cripple me for the rest of the game, I started again. This time I got 50 years in before deciding I had learnt a lot more and wouldn't make much progress with what I had in hand at that stage. And started again.
Last night I played from 7-ish until after midnight, and achieved good scores. In fact, I kicked ass. And I enjoyed it a hell of a lot more. I'm not really sure if it's a good game - I tend to value infinite play/replayability above all else in a game - but it's entertaining enough for the moment.
The question really comes when I've played through to whatever conclusion it reaches. Will I start another game? Who knows? This last game I'm playing, I haven't watched a single one of the films coming out of my studio. I'm a bottom-line kind of girl, and ultimately they're irrelevant to the actual gameplay. In fact, they're a hindrance, since I lose my train of thought and have to spend a certain amount of time getting back into the swing of it afterwards. I likewise didn't bother investing in the custom script office - when I did use it nothing I did there seemed to affect the ultimate success of the movie, and like I said, bottom line.
Still, it's a decent enough way to pass the evenings in the hostel where there's not a lot else to do, and maybe once I've satisfied the goals of the game I'll enjoy playing around with the freestyle tools and making movies. (it's not very likely though)