Movies Tycoon

Let me start off by saying that I am a huge fan of The Movies by Lionsgate Studios and played it when it first came out and I still continue to play it to this day. I absolutely love that game. With that said, I was very hopeful for this game when I first discovered it and now that I have played it, I am so happy that I bought this! It really does have the familiar feel of The Movies, which allowed me to quickly pick up on the game's mechanics and have started on a profitable studio. This game takes what made The Movies so great and has improved them! The actors and movies have actual dialogue which I love. Wither or not you've played The Movies back in the day, I would HIGHLY recommend this game. You will not be disappointed.

I wanted to love this game. I REALLY did. Had it on wish list for ages. Having been an enormous fan of The Movies back in the day, I read the reviews, I watched videos online, and lowered my expectations in the hopes I could scratch the itch after all this time and patching. They were even releasing DLC's, so I figured, "Surely they've gotten it to where it needs to be..." Got the game, fired it up and gave it a short go. Enormously disappointed. To save you from reading a long list of complaints after less than just two hours of play, I'll sum it up by saying this: "It's just TOO Indie." That's the TLDR. If that helped you decide, then feel free to move along. If you're curious for a bit more about why I'm refunding this, even at the steep discount I purchased it on, then feel free to read on. It's not long, but I have to throw it out there. Full disclosure, my library is FULL of Indie games. I'm a fan and supporter of developers who take an idea and pour their heart and soul into it, then polish it 'till it shines. Sometimes it's golden; sometimes it's just a shiny turd. In this case, it's the latter. There is just SO much polish missing. I watched the first "movie" my s…

Needs controller support

This game has so many bugs and glitches, especially in the movie creator, that makes it unplayable. The worst bug I encountered, three different times by the way, was when you play a scene to see how it turns out, the camera glitches and then makes everything disappear when you are in the movie creator, making it impossible to do anything else. it just leaves a blank skybox. I wanted to enjoy it, but these bugs are just inexcusable.

From a simulation perspective, Movies Tycoon falls into the mid-range of complexity. It's not as tough or deep as hardcore business sims, but it offers enough depth to require real strategic thinking. Visually, the game leans more toward a clear management interface than cinematic immersion. You won't see film sets in detailed 3D production sequences – instead, you'll work through dashboards, charts, and management screens. It is worth picking up on a good sale.

Yeah, I should have listened to the negative reviews. This game isn't even finished! First of all, how in the work do I make a custom movie? Even the AI feature in the game does not work, it just froze my game and caused me to force exit the game. Also, the achievements don't work. I won a humble award, and nothing happened. No achievement was activated. This was such a waste of a great concept, but something tells me they relied too much on AI being the main "mechanic" to help with making movies, but even if I didn't make or watch any of my movies, it would just be a boring, and uninspired studio management sim. Playing the demo of the other movie tycoon game, sure it's not The Movies, but it's something different and far more clear on how to make a movie. It feels like it had more effort put into it then this game.