The Movies: Stunts & Effects

Lionhead Studios · Jun 6, 2006

Teen

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The first expansion pack to Lionhead's movie-making sim. The Movies: Stunts & Effects allows players to hone their movie making skills with features that can turn an ordinary script into an extraordinary blockbuster. In addition to stunts and effects, the game introduces new backdrops, costumes and props, as well as upgrades to the Advanced Movie Making mode that lets players take control of even more movie features. Players are further immersed into the Hollywood lifestyle as they train and manage stuntmen, as well as compete for industry awards and achievements by uploading their movies to The Movies' website for the entire world to see.

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Critic 8.2 (6 critics) · Gamer 8.2

Critic reviews

Video Gamer
Tom Orry · Jun 27, 2006
8.0
Stunts & Effects is an expansion, and therefore will only be of interest to fans of the original game, and as such does its job of extending the game pretty well. The new sets, vehicles and costumes add another element to the movie making pie, and while the same old problems remain, the gameplay is as engrossing as ever. Wannabe movie makers will also find their lives taken away from them thanks to the newly improved movie making tool.
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Joe McNeilly · Jun 14, 2006
9.0
If you're at all like us, you're sick of ever-increasing ticket prices and gimmicky new ways of combining mass transit with phobia-inducing animals. We'd rather make our own cheesy flicks with the expanded version of The Movies than pay $10 to watch the latest pap from some Hollywood hack.
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IGN
Dan Adams · Jun 09, 2006
8.0
So it really simply comes down to whether you're planning to play The Movies as a simulation game or use it as a creative tool. All of the additional creative sets, scenes, and the rest are certainly going to appeal to any movie maker. The same goes for the addition of the free-camera system and nifty new special effects. There's some really wonderful additions that should push any films to a new level of excitement which make it very easy to recommend picking this up if what you want is more robust options for making movies.
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GameSpot
Jason Ocampo · Jun 07, 2006
7.7
In the end, the Stunts & Effects expansion is a must for moviemaker fans, since they're the ones who can take the most advantage of all these new sets and scenes to create even more imaginative movies. If you're a more casual fan of The Movies who prefers the studio-management game, you'll find that the production values and overall gameplay haven't change that much, as you'll still find yourself guiding a movie studio through the decades, from the black-and-white era to today's modern blockbusters.
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Game Zone
jkdmedia · Jun 05, 2006
8.7
A truly solid expansion that adds to the overall experience of the game, whether playing out in the game’s goal-driven ‘campaign’ or in the sandbox mode. The ability to really customize your own movie becomes a deeper experience with Stunts & Effects. The words used to describe the original title – addictive, and just plain fun – still apply. Owners of The Movies will want to add this expansion.
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Euro Gamer
Graham Swann · Jun 21, 2006
8.0
However, the Free Cam has fixed The Movies. It's hard to emphasise how important that is. On release this was a so-so management sim with an irritatingly limited film-making mode that typically produced wooden, boring and short movies. Now it's a so-so management sim with a simple but flexible animation studio attached. Admittedly, many of the other problems haven't been fixed - staff, for example, are still in too short supply - but at least the effects add a touch of pazazz and the moviemaker mode finally works.
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