Scene It? Box Office Smash
A party trivia game bundled with Big Button Pads.
Scene It? Box Office Smash is a party video game for the Xbox 360, adapting the Scene It? board game format. Released as the follow-up to Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action, it includes Big Button Pads in the package. Krome Studios and Screenlife Games developed the title, launching it in North America on October 28, 2008, and in Europe on November 28, 2008. It ranks among the earliest games to incorporate Xbox Avatars.
Up to four players compete in trivia rounds, each containing five questions. Some rounds involve watching a movie clip and answering questions about it, while others are more conceptual—for instance, identifying films from drawings that represent the words in their titles rather than the actual plot. The game includes 267 English-language films, plus a selection of Italian, French, Spanish, and German movies for players outside the US.
Microsoft announced Box Office Smash during its E3 2008 press conference, alongside You're in the Movies. The trailer suggested a similar experience to the 2007 entry, but with support for the newly revealed avatar system, and showed a growing crowd playing the game in an electronics store. A downloadable "Award Winners" question pack, adding 800 new questions, was made available on Xbox Live Marketplace.
Critics gave the game positive marks. On Metacritic, it scored 76 out of 100 from 32 reviews, indicating generally favorable reception. GameRankings reported a score of 75.91% based on 33 reviews.
Quick Facts
- Title
- Scene It? Box Office Smash
- Developer
- Krome Studios / Screenlife Games
- Publisher
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Series
- Scene It?
- Released
- NA · October 28, 2008EU · November 28, 2008
- Genre
- Party, Trivia
- Modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
Facts from the source article.
Lore & Background
Scene It? Box Office Smash is a trivia game where up to four players test their movie trivia knowledge over several themed rounds composed of five questions each. Some rounds have players watching a clip from a well-known movie, then answering questions based on what was shown in the scene, while others are more abstract, such as a round in which players have to identify the names of movies based on drawings that depict not the content of the film but rather the words that compose its title. The game features 267 English-language films, along with some Italian, French, Spanish and German films for non-US players.
During Microsoft's Press Conference at E3 2008, Shane Kim announced Box Office Smash, along with You're in the Movies, another party game. According to the trailer shown at the conference, the game appeared to be pretty similar to the game that came out in 2007, but with the support of the avatar system that Microsoft announced earlier. The trailer showed an increasingly large crowd of people in an electronics store playing the game. Gameplay footage was also shown during the conference.
Scene It? Box Office Smash received positive reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 76/100 based on 32 reviews, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'. On GameRankings, the game holds a score of 75.91% based on 33 reviews.
Reader's Guide
Scene It? Box Office Smash is significant as one of the first games to feature Xbox Avatars, integrating Microsoft's new avatar system into a party game. It continued the Scene It? series on the Xbox 360, bundling Big Button Pads to facilitate group play. The game's release in late 2008 positioned it as a holiday party title, and its downloadable question pack 'Award Winners' on Xbox Live Marketplace extended replayability with 800 new questions. The game's positive critical reception, reflected in a Metacritic score of 76/100, indicates it was well-received as a movie trivia experience. Its legacy lies in demonstrating how party games could leverage online platforms and avatar customization, while also serving as a bridge between traditional board-game-style trivia and digital console gaming.
Did You Know?
- The game is one of the first to feature Xbox Avatars.
- A downloadable question pack called 'Award Winners' offered 800 new questions on Xbox Live Marketplace.
- It was announced at Microsoft's Press Conference at E3 2008 by Shane Kim.
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