Anyone else thinking of picking this one up? I played the demo with my girlfriend and it seemed like it would be a pretty fun party game.

My only concerns would be how many unique questions there are and if there would be additional downloadable questions. Anyone hear anything about this?

I was thinking the same thing...there HAS to be additional questions that can be downloaded....question is..how much will it cost and will the questions be sold by category

I have the board game and will grab it. the wife and I enjoyed the demo

I'm definately going to be picking this up. Always looking for a good party game, and I quite enjoyed the board game.

Judging by the demo though, doesn't look like the movie clips will be HD?

I'll probably rent it. I was a fan of the old you don't know jack games and this seems similar.

The wife wants to try it so yes.

I showed the wife the demo yesterday and she really wants it now. Guess we will be buying it.

I won't be picking it up, for one reason only......I don't have a family. If I actually had other people to play it with, then maybe I would. My wife can care less about video games including this one.

This reminds me of the Jeopardy game on N64. I was unstoppable because I memorized all the answers after playing enough.

I'm sure you can get new questions, but you'd have to pay for them. I think it's crap that you have to pay $40+ for a game that is pointless after a few sessions, then you have put more money into it so it's playable.

I still think that DDR and Guitar Hero the champions of party games.

is this an arcade game? I would love some board games

I'm definately going to be picking this up. Always looking for a good party game, and I quite enjoyed the board game.

Judging by the demo though, doesn't look like the movie clips will be HD?

It says somewhere in the demo that the clips are in HD (maybe when you quit, and it shows you all the screenshots of the game?).

great party game...this will be even easier to do game night as you don't have to worry about a board game... people forgeting the rules, etc...

I read somewhere that there were over 1800 questions in the game and there would be 2400 available for download in the near future. I am sure you have to pay for the downloads though.

I still think it is a good value, $60 and it comes with 4 wireless remotes.

I have this game on preorder. Looks like it will be something fun we can play with our college aged kids who come home on weekends. I'm always looking for games that at least four people can play at the same time.

My wife and I loved the board game, so this will probably be a Christmas purchase.

I read somewhere that there were over 1800 questions in the game and there would be 2400 available for download in the near future. I am sure you have to pay for the downloads though.

I still think it is a good value, $60 and it comes with 4 wireless remotes.

Hopefully this is true, my biggest concern would be memorzing all the questions after playing it with a few different groups of friends. I guess this will be a game I only play when there are 4 people ready to play vs. just casually with another person.

My wife also wants the game. We really enjoyed playing the demo together. The problem I have is buying the controlers. We did just fine with the controlers we already had. If they release a stand alone version of the game (Gamefly?) I will be buying it.

My wife also wants the game. We really enjoyed playing the demo together. The problem I have is buying the controlers. We did just fine with the controlers we already had. If they release a stand alone version of the game (Gamefly?) I will be buying it.

The $59 package for SceneIt includes 4 big button controllers!

I believe his point was that he'd rather pay less than that and forgo the new controllers; i.e., why pay for something you don't need/may not use.

I think I am going to get it. A fun party game. I wonder if the controllers will have other games for them. Like jeapordy, etc?

I'll definitely be picking this up. I have a 3rd copy of Halo 3 from a Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal from TRU. I'll return that an make the swap.

I'm sure question packs will become available, as long there are plenty of questions. If it's priced 1 question per 1.5 points, that might not be too bad. (1600 ?s = 2400 pts)

I just hope this opens the gates for games like You Don't Jack, Trivia Persuit, etc.. since I'll already have the controllers.

It would have been sweeter if we could have attached the chatpad for games like Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy and the like..

It seems USD 59.99 gives you the Game and 4 Remotes...
Let the drinking games begin!

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/sceneitlightscameraaction/

I still think that DDR and Guitar Hero the champions of party games.

Yes, provided you have people that will play it with you. Everyone ive introduced it to kinda go, holy crap thats hard, im not playin that :(

i will buy this

I also tried the demo sadly though my family including myself doesn't watch enough TV/Movies to be able to answer half the questions that were shown. Based on a few different versions the Disney one was the only one we could answer the majority of questions to. The game looks like fun although I wasn't a fan of the way questions are intro'd, looked to cheesy/low quality for me. I was going to buy it when I first heard about it but after playing the demo I know it won't get much use so I'll pass.

i just watched the trailers. Even if you have some people who are total dumbasses in your party, the majority will know the movies me thinks. I have thought for a good long time that gameshows are the way to go with this system. Cheers to the development team for putting this together!

I'm thinking about getting this. (It's official, I'm getting old :( ) Problem is I don't see it getting used all that much. We don't have company over that much so it would be just me and her at it. Thanksgiving possibly but thats about it. Demo was cool just seemed like things were a little drawn out instead of just getting to the questions. Not going to lie, alot of the movies I knew nothing about. Infact, quite a few I didn't even know existed. Would be nice if you could do it by genre.

We are already planning a Thanksgiving night of playing this. We will play front row versus back row in the theater. 2 controllers for front and 2 for the back. It will be a blast! This game was a great idea!

I'm thinking about getting this. (It's official, I'm getting old :( ) Problem is I don't see it getting used all that much. We don't have company over that much so it would be just me and her at it. Thanksgiving possibly but thats about it. Demo was cool just seemed like things were a little drawn out instead of just getting to the questions. Not going to lie, alot of the movies I knew nothing about. Infact, quite a few I didn't even know existed. Would be nice if you could do it by genre.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels iffy about the game. I think if the game was geared more towards younger kids I would get a lot more use out of it during my family get-togethers. Right now I'll pass until the obvious future addon packs come out. Besides I still have yet to get Bioshock and PGR4 and with Mass Effect coming I don't want to waste money on something that will only get played for about 20min.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels iffy about the game. I think if the game was geared more towards younger kids I would get a lot more use out of it during my family get-togethers.

This reminds me. Has anyone else watched the xbox live preview for this game? It's a large group of 20 something well dressed jocks all sitting around an XBOX having a blast playing this game. The first thing I thought watching it was "Yea right, like these guys go to parties to play videogames."

This reminds me. Has anyone else watched the xbox live preview for this game? It's a large group of 20 something well dressed jocks all sitting around an XBOX having a blast playing this game. The first thing I thought watching it was "Yea right, like these guys go to parties to play videogames."


You mean this Video (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/viewer.aspx?productId=1891&assetTypeId=2&shotId=1)

Yeah I laughted after watching it because my friends aren't like that one bit. Who thinks this crap up. I guess a bunch of chubby dudes sitting on the couch drinking beer and eating junk food while there wife/girlfriend is in the other room rolling her eyes is a bit far fetched to them.

I noticed in the video that the controllers have an IR on the top of it. Do they use IR only or is it RF like the 360 wireless controller? Seems as if they are always pointing it at something when they are pressing the buttons. This could be an issue for some, including me.

I noticed in the video that the controllers have an IR on the top of it. Do they use IR only or is it RF like the 360 wireless controller? Seems as if they are always pointing it at something when they are pressing the buttons. This could be an issue for some, including me.

The controllers are IR, and they do indeed have to be pointed at a sensor that plugs into the USB port. But if they are anything like any other IR remote, there's a pretty huge margin of error. Heck, I can point my TiVo remote at my wife sitting on the couch and the TiVo still catches the signal. I doubt you have to be pointing directly at the sensor.

I'd actually rather there was an option to buy this game *without* extra controllers, and to instead just use the standard Xbox 360 wireless controllers. I already have 4 Xbox 360 wireless controllers, so the last thing I need is yet more battery-powered game-specific accessories. I understand it doesn't cost any additional amount (i.e. the title is already $60 even with the hardware), but would be nice to get a discounted copy of the game ($50?) without the special-purpose remotes.

Bought COD4 yesterday at Best Buy at 2PM (Tysons Corner store); asked about Scene It - all sold out! Told to check back on Friday...

Are you sure they got them in yet? Usually they don't get games in until the day after they are released.

Yep, guy said he had put them out earlier; went to the back to see if he had any more...all out until Friday...

Wait, you need a damn dongle to use the controllers? Why can't they work the same as standard wireless controllers?

Wait, you need a damn dongle to use the controllers? Why can't they work the same as standard wireless controllers?

Too expensive, I'm sure. IR is much cheaper to implement than an RF antenna.

I was worried when I heard that it would be using IR because my 360 is so low in my room that I have trouble getting an IR signal to it with ease. But since they have a dongle, I can place that wherever I want.

As I said above... Total waste of space and batteries. Ship me a reduced-cost version that uses the standard Xbox 360 wireless controllers and doesn't include any of these dongles or "big button remotes" and I'm there.

As I said above... Total waste of space and batteries. Ship me a reduced-cost version that uses the standard Xbox 360 wireless controllers and doesn't include any of these dongles or "big button remotes" and I'm there.

Chances are that you will be able to find Scene It traded in at GameStop without the controllers.

Look into Buzz?Jr. for younger audiences. ( and if you have a ps2 - sorry didn't check this until after I posted)

I downloaded the demo and will pick it up as a feeble attempt to prove that the gaming system in the middle of the living room is for anyone else but me and share the love.

They could save the effort on some of the animations to let the pace of the game pick up a little. Do we really have to sit through the whole King Kong clip to be asked "who was the director?"

It says clips are in HD - resolution?. 720p? or "HD" as a result of the 360 output at 1080

I bought the game and enjoy it. It has good questions and lots of different clips to watch and gameplay types. It remembers which questions have been asked so it does not repeat them. The clip quality varies some.. I would say HD is a bit of a stretch but they look like good dvd quality or maybe slightly higher. The buzzers work well and the gameplay is pretty fun. Overall a good buy,

Too expensive, I'm sure. IR is much cheaper to implement than an RF antenna.

I was worried when I heard that it would be using IR because my 360 is so low in my room that I have trouble getting an IR signal to it with ease. But since they have a dongle, I can place that wherever I want.

I have to wait till later to try, but the directions say you can keep the dongle connected and still use the wireless controllers. And, the wire to the dongle must be 10 feet long at least. Pretty cool if you want to strategically place the IR receiver and not move it all the time.

Bought it; like it. Will have a couple of parties soon with this as one of the potential activities. The controllers are just right for such a game.

The questions include very recent movies, including "Bee Movie," which only came out last week.

Yeah you can use wireless controllers and IR at the same time> I Just leave the dongle attached all the time. The advantage of the IR buzzers other than cost is that the battery life should be excellent. Like a remote control you don't have to ever turn these controllers off and on they just emit a short burst when a button is pushed so they should use very little power and never have to be turned on or off.

Bought it; like it. Will have a couple of parties soon with this as one of the potential activities. The controllers are just right for such a game.

The questions include very recent movies, including "Bee Movie," which only came out last week.

Hmmm... does this mean the game has potential subliminal advertising for upcoming movies? Can you imaging free downloadable content and then finding out it is all the questions are for "Fred Clause"? *Blech*

Though, a good idea would be to have free downloadable content after a summer blockbuster hit. The only way you could get it is if you go to a movie theater, and get a download code.

this game is cool as hell !!!
I wonder they game can remember which questions you have seen so it wont repeat but what about the questions you answer wrong ?

I will need to extend the cable beyond 10' if I get it. What type of connector is it. I'm guessing USB but I can't find the info anywhere.

It will be USB. You can get USB extension cables. Technically, USB extension cables aren't supported by USB, but they work fine. Especially for low speed stuff.

It will be USB. You can get USB extension cables. Technically, USB extension cables aren't supported by USB, but they work fine. Especially for low speed stuff.

That was my thinking as well. USB is limited to 5M but for small amounts of IR data I can't believe I would have a problem extending it another 10-20'.

I have a 30' USB cable in my house for some low speed stuff and it works great.

Don't mean to hijack the thread (as I will definitely buy Scene It, once it releases in Canada), but the Wii just released a trivia game called "Smarty pants". Picked it up this morning and plan to play on Friday with the family.

If you are into Trivia games, this might be up your alley as well as Scene It. Also, Smarty Pants has age appropriate questions, as you can put the age of the person and the questions that they get will be directed at their age or something like that.

Anyways, regarding Buzz Jr., I heard that they will release it specifically for the PS3 early next year. Another trivia game to look into.

Now back to Scene It.

When the heck are they going to release this in Canada? This is the first time we had to wait over a week to get a game that was released in the US.

Just got it today. GF and I are having a blast! We'll be inviting people to come for a little shindig.

Just got it today. GF and I are having a blast! We'll be inviting people to come for a little shindig.

I bought it right before thanksgiving and we never had so many people crowded around the tv. Great time...

Bought this last week. A lot of fun to play and the controllers make it really easy for those family members that don't play Xbox and might not like the regular controllers. If you have family members that like movies this is almost a must buy.

I think it is pretty rare for people to have four controllers so I don't see them releasing the game by itself.

I am thinking of getting this as a family game. I have a wife and 2 daughters at home. The girls are 10 and 14. The wife does not play video games but when I mentioned this she was pretty interested as long as all 4 of us could play and have fun. Has anyone played with a child as young as 10? And were they able to answer a fair amount of the questions?

I am thinking of getting this as a family game. I have a wife and 2 daughters at home. The girls are 10 and 14. The wife does not play video games but when I mentioned this she was pretty interested as long as all 4 of us could play and have fun. Has anyone played with a child as young as 10? And were they able to answer a fair amount of the questions?

I'm in a similar situation such as you. The game was a big hit with everyone. My 9 and 10 year old love playing the game even though they struggle with most of the questions. The "kid" movies/questions are few and far between. They'll probably enjoy buzzing in, guessing at answers, and laughing at the insults the commentator throws out after each round.

I took the game over to another friends house, and during the course of the game there were only a couple questions I've had before. Not too bad, it does randomize the questions and doesn't play them in any specific order.

I bought this and played it with my family on Thanksgiving. Great game to play with a group. I'm crossing my fingers they can add expansion discs pretty frequently for a reasonable price.

Yeah you can use wireless controllers and IR at the same time> I Just leave the dongle attached all the time. The advantage of the IR buzzers other than cost is that the battery life should be excellent. Like a remote control you don't have to ever turn these controllers off and on they just emit a short burst when a button is pushed so they should use very little power and never have to be turned on or off.

Sometimes I wonder where my brain is!! I was looking for an off button on the controllers and upset that the batteries would die quickly because it does nto have one! I guess I just use too much IR stuff with the Xbox!!

Anyway... I got this game the day after Thanksgiving because I had a house full of people. We had 8 people playing - 4 teams with 2 people on each. I like that is comes with the extra controllers. This way Everyone has a controller to beep in with. The hardest part was figuring out what button on the wireless controller was the big button on the IR controller.

Everyone liked the game (Even my wife who thinks video games are the domain of the devil) and the questions ranged from classics to Newly released movies! I was in shock when question about Bee Movie popped up!

I downloaded this last week and finally tried it. It was a lot more fun then I thought it would be, and I got a lot of questions right just because I thought the answer fit, even if I never saw the movie.

I probably won't get it, tho, as I don't get many others to play games with at home.

I wanted it and didn't like the demo much. Might get it as a party game.

Played this with some friends over the holiday, big fun. Not as fun as Rock Band, but at least Scene It doesn't leave anyone out.

I picked this up and we played after Thanksgiving dinner with the (extended) family. Everyone really liked it, even those who were getting their butts kicked. Even my wife, who was horrified at me spending $60 on a video game for her parents and grandma to play, was smiling at the end after seeing that everyone had so much fun.

Make no mistake, this is strictly a party game and there is no single player satisfaction to be found. Also, its inevitable that there will always be at least one "movie" genious in the crowd, but I don't know how they could compensate for that.

^^ LOL I had one of those damned movie geniuses in the group...he knew everything, I didn't know this dude had it in him. A closet movie geek.

I'm one of those guys, sorry trust me it costs me a lot in other areas.

This game is fun but its different compared to the board games because you have a short amount of time to answer the question (you usally get 30 secs) and you have to read a lot. The board game, you can make teams whereas LCA, you don't have enough time for say a team of 2 to make an answer espcially if its not a buzz in question.

I enjoy it however, its just different...

I may have to get this game. My wife is normally uninterested in anything dealing with x360 but she enjoyed the demo.

My family and I really enjoyed this game. I did feel however that the pacing was a little slow. If the questions would come at you a little faster I think it would add to the excitement of the game. It would also be nice if the point difference from instant answer to no answer would be greater than 2000. It seems that you can run away with the lead if other players answer a few wrong and can never catch up. We played on Thanksgiving and twice since then and there has been no repeat questions or clips. This game should be a definite buy for people that enjoy board and party games.

Picked it up last night. The ole lady and i played it for about an hour and a half. Very fun!!

My girlfriend hates video gaming but loves movies. I talked to her about getting this and she agreed to try it and after playing 3 long games on Saturday, while socked in from a blizzard, she is addicted. I'm not a big movie guy, but most of the mini-games are from popular movies, so you can do ok even if you're not a movie junkie. I still got trounced by my girlfriend, but i could answer enough questions to make it fun and the variety of mini-games keeps it fresh.

This game is addicting IMHO. Great party game as others have noted.

I still got trounced by my girlfriend, but i could answer enough questions to make it fun and the variety of mini-games keeps it fresh.Yeah, my wife distroyed me in the demo. I picked up the game for an xmas present. It's taken everything in my power not to let her open it up early.

^^ LOL I had one of those damned movie geniuses in the group...he knew everything, I didn't know this dude had it in him. A closet movie geek.

That's exactly why I won't buy this game as a party game personally. Although I'm a casual consumer of movies, a number of my friends are heavily into the film industry, went to film school for 4 years, etc. They know EVERYTHING about movies and film history that would be included in a game like this designed primarily for 'regular people'. Basically, I have no one to play it with who wouldn't 100% kick my ass. It's like if the only person I had to play Halo with was Fata1ity or something. 'hey, you won again!' would get a little old for me : )

I wish they made a more general trivia game like this though. I need next gen HD Alec Trebek Jeopardy!

I bought this and played it with 3 others last night. Overall, it's pretty fun, however, a few suggestions:

1. don't show the player's selected answer until all answers are entered
2. get rid of the cut scenes, completely unnecessary and they don't really look that great
3. XBox 360 version of You Don't Know Jack using the same controllers would be great

I bought this and played it with 3 others last night. Overall, it's pretty fun, however, a few suggestions:

1. don't show the player's selected answer until all answers are entered


Dont pick party play when you select your game. You have to pick the other option that way you dont see anyones answer. The party play is just for practice/fun. Party play does move faster though. You want to play 'play now'. The short version is 3 questions per category and the long is 5. We usually do 3 as 5 takes some time.

I'll have to give that a try next time.

We had a small New Years get together with a couple of other families. We started playing after midnight and had a ball for the next couple of hours. The remotes are great, the presentation and interaction is great.

Some notes for those on the fence:

1. The opponents answers ARE hidden until everyone selects a choice. (the first game we played was party play, and the answers are shown, but the other option for long/short games the answers are hidden). That being said, party play was actually pretty fun, and may be an option for those people on other teams that are not well versed in moves.

2. Many times there were movies that we had ot seen, but 3/5 questions were about things going on in the background/ or details on the conversation, and the key was paying attention (such as how many legs were on the bug, or what was the room number behind the actor, or what city was the scene taking place in, or what did the actor/actress say in the scene etc). To get all the answers correct you needed to know something else about the movie however.

3. This game might be a way to get the WAF (wife acceptance factor) high. "Look honey, this is a great family/party game, and I bought an Xbox with it so we can play it together and also when we have parties......" The other wives did mention that "maybe they too should get an Xbox to play this game".

I bought this before X-mas, & my family just played a little while ago. I think this is going to become a Friday evening ritual. It mentions in the (sparse) literature, that you can log in as yourself to get achievements & whatnot.

My question is, how? I got myself logged in, but how do I get my wife & daughter (as their own profiles) logged in. Every time I tried to hit the "big X" on any controller it always came up as me (since I logged in first)?

I bought this before X-mas, & my family just played a little while ago. I think this is going to become a Friday evening ritual. It mentions in the (sparse) literature, that you can log in as yourself to get achievements & whatnot.

My question is, how? I got myself logged in, but how do I get my wife & daughter (as their own profiles) logged in. Every time I tried to hit the "big X" on any controller it always came up as me (since I logged in first)?

The hand controllers function as the same way at the joypads. You have to individually sign in with a specific controller (ie player 1 = green = you sign in, exit, then player 2 = red = daughter sign in, exit, player 3= blue = wife sign etc....)