You’ll Dig This ‘Scene’

sceneit360With the success of traditional games like Uno, Backgammon and Poker on the X-Box Live Arcade the past few years, it was only a matter of time until a game like Scene It? made its way to the 360. Packed with over 1,800 movie, music and pop-culture questions and four wireless controllers, the game is definitely a bargain and is arguably the best party game on the system.

Anyone that’s ever played the original DVD-based board game knows how fun Scene It? is, especially with a few friends. Now, the same great game is available on your X-Box 360, but with a few tweaks this time around that makes it much more enjoyable.

For example, the original game had a habit of repeating questions after a few plays and as a result, made the game feel repetitive and stale. Not the case in Scene It? for the 360. After every round, the computer saves the questions used, so you won’t see them again until every other question available has been used. With over 1,800 questions, it’ll take a long time before the game gets old.

Also helping the game are the wireless controllers that come prepackaged. Allowing up to four people to play, these controllers make the gamer feel like their on a game show, rather than on a couch in front of the TV. They are also extremely comfortable and are easy to use, making the game accessible for anyone in the mood to have a good time.

Speaking of having a good time, the game has a variety of modes that will make sure every gamer enjoys playing. Depending on how long you want to play, the game offers a shorter, three round mode, which takes about a half hour to complete and a longer five round mode that could take up to an hour and a half, depending on how many people are playing. While some may argue that there could have been more gameplay modes, more importantly, an online one, no one will be getting bored through their first dozen or so plays with the game. Gameplay like that isn’t found often in many party games.

However, the greatest part of Scene It? are the questions. Ranging on topics like the silent movie era to new movies like 300 and The Simpson’s, this game will appeal to your pop culture aficionado as much as it will your teenage sister. That kind of versatility just isn’t present on a system like the 360, which caters more to hardcore gamers.

With this kind of depth, it’s easy to see why Scene It? is such a breath of fresh air on the 360. Movie-goers will fall head over heels for it, making it a must own for them and anyone else looking for a great party game or something different to play.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13819 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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