Haz you Scene It?

With the holidays coming up, I am always looking for something to play with the family. In my mind, I don't want to stop earning achievements, even when hanging out with the folks on Turkey day, so Scene It? fits the bill perfectly.

I remember sitting in the chat room, watching the E3 press conference, and seeing it announced, and thinking WTF?  I saw it again at PAX, and it was another kind of 'MEH' moment.  However getting it and playing a few games with my wife, I really enjoyed it.  They did a good job of creating questions for every level of knowledge, and a really good job making the games feel fast paced and fun. You aren't stuck watching long load screens or unneeded announcers talking forever with a bunch of jibber jabber (dang you Fuzion Frenzy 2).

The controllers work as advertised, and I didn't realized the big button doubled as a directional pad. I also found you can use the regular controllers, but there really is no need to as you get 4 free ones in the box. The game isn't perfect. There is no online play or leaderboards. Also there are short and long game modes, and a party mode (questions don't stop until you decide to quit), but I feel like there should be more customization available. It's getting pretty strong reviews overall though. Gamespot, one of my favorite sites, really enjoyed it.

With all the great games coming out, you might want to add this to your list of things to try. If you are worried about your hard core gamer rep, don't worry... you already lost that when you played Open Season for the gamerscore.