Not Expecting Enough To Be Disappointed
Lot maintance is a must, and so is pampering your snotty actors. Long good scripts is the key, stick to the scenario if you're making a horror make sure the surroudings are scary. Watch how the years fly by, fashion will change and you will need to change your actors wardrobe or they'll be depressed and probably fall into a state of eating,drinking, and depression (oh my!) hehe, always wanted to do that.
Don't worry either, because you got a slightly funny radio personality that will keep you company through out your whole game play! Of course over time they change since you know, you can't be on radio for 40 years...
On to serious issues, this game does get boring and people like me don't have the patience to make a movie after movie. They all just mix into one but with different actors. And your actors are asking for trailers that are just too expensive to afford, they are never happy either. Got a drinking problem? throw them in rehab. Now their depressed after all that! gotta make 'em happy. Eventually you'll lose track of them and they'll fall into another addiction. Too much for me. But forget that now I wanna talk about Sandbox mode.
Ah, yes - Sandbox mode. Don't feel like playing through a series of unfortunate events© ? Well just get on with it and make some movies with the best technology the 21st century has to offer! Make any kind of movie you want in Sandbox mode and save it for later for laughs. In Sandbox mode you choose how much money you want to start with and you choose what date it is. All building are unlocked and so are all the stages.
One thing I like about the Movies is if you have a mic that will hook up to your PC than you add lip syncs and it will actually move the lips for you so it looks like they're talking! I found this great fun and made a couple good movies like that.
I recomend that if you're gonna get it wait until prices drop or you might be a little disappointed.