Truly the next big thing!

I played this game on an iPhone 6+

This game, “Hollywood Monsters”, is actually a re-make/port of “The Next Big Thing” which was a sequel to the original “Hollywood Monsters”. But you don’t need to play the first game to understand and enjoy this game.

This was an amazing 8-9 hour (possibly 10 or 11 depending on how much you milk it) experience full of vibrant settings, colorful and memorable characters, wonderful homages to classic horror films, and puzzles and logic games that were tough enough to get the mind thinking…but not too random or farfetched. to be totally illogical in context with the game. I especially loved the voice acting and dialogue which were smart, in character, and often humorous. It also pays to click on things multiple times as that often leads to new comments or even more detailed (and at times plot-expanding) dialogue. I also really loved how they incorporated the narrator as both a storyteller and hint giver. And as to hints, they are multi-layered…the first hint is clear and helpful, but doesn’t give much. Still stumped? The 2nd gives a little more detail. Not enough? The third (and usually last) gives even more detail…but you still have to figure it out yourself. All in all, I only used an internet walkthrough twice. Everything else I figured out on my own or used the in-game hint (and sometimes the hints are rather humorous and entertaining, too).

Two things need to be mentioned though. First, a bug…it’s a minor one…in two instances, the voice actor/actress repeated words like a broken record (ex. “what?”). The game still progressed and the broken record effect would stop after a some seconds.

The 2nd issue is a content thing…there is quite a fair amount of innuendo (nothing blatant, but still clear if you’re old enough)…so I would not give this to children.

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