The Movies: Stunts & Effects pretty much sums up the new content brought to
The Movies in its title. Now your studios will be able to create those summer
blockbusters we all know and love. The new structures, sets, and other
supporting additions to the game will give you more flexibility in building your
studio’s movie portfolio, but the gameplay itself will not change significantly
from that of the original game.
If you so choose, Stunts & Effects will let you start out with a pre-built
studio set in the 1960s and walk you through the new additions to the game. Of
course you’re free just to dive in on your own or start from scratch, but the
walkthrough the game provides is an excellent way to get some hands-on
experience with the new content.
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| Time to recruit a new stuntman. |
The expansion adds a new class of talent to your studio’s roster: stunt
people. Stuntmen and women are hired from the people that line-up at the new
stunt school building in the same way as you hire other staff and talent. Each
candidate is rated on their stunt ability and stamina, the latter being
important because your stunt people will take a lot of abuse. Unfortunately
you’ll have the same problem attracting potential stunt people as you do
attracting actors and directors. For some reason there’s never much of a line
out front and you’ll often find yourself grabbing the nearest janitor and
pressing him into service as a stuntman so that you can begin filming your next
feature. It would have been nice if the expansion addressed the game’s talent
drought issues, but it looks like you’ll have to turn your hopes towards the
next expansion for expanded talent pools.
Stunts & Effects adds little motorcycle helmet icons to the genre boxes used
to specify movie genres. Dropping a writer onto the helmet icon in a script
genre box in the writers' building will cause the writer to include stunt scenes
in the movie’s script. When it comes time to cast the movie, the same icon will
appear in the casting box to let you know how many stunt people will be required
for shooting. Pick your stunt people as you do your other actors and they’ll be
ready to go when it’s time to shoot the stunt.
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