Scene It? has been around for a number of years, and has done very well for itself thanks to the ability to play on any DVD player. It is best described as a casual movie trivia game, with up to 4 players competing to answer a variety of questions pertaining to, you guessed it, movies. The Xbox 360 version is extremely similar in execution to the DVD title, except with the neat ability to "buzz-in", game show style, and answer questions using the attractively color-coded wireless Big Button Pads.

The questions and puzzles cover categories ranging from specific actors and scenes, to completely useless facts. The special thing about the game is that it uses movie clips rather extensively as the basis for the actual questions. For example, you'll be presented with a movie scene and then asked to to answer several questions about it such as the title (obviously), what other movie has the actor in the scene may have starred in, or something more random, like how many gunshots you heard. There are also puzzles in which are asked to guess the film based on the list of characters and actors, or where you choose the name of the film based on a child's drawing of a film scene. There are around 20 different puzzle types to play, and most are selected at random each time. Being a multiplayer game, you are competing with others to answer the questions, both correctly and quickly (depending on the puzzle type). Score is kept from round to round, and whoever has the most points is the undisputed movie trivia guru.

Unlike the DVD version, the Xbox 360 features a number of high-definition, widescreen clips. The overall quality of the footage is nothing special when compared to proper HD video, although it's definitely good enough in the context of the game. Another nice little touch is the fact that the game keeps track of puzzles and questions you have already been asked in subsequent sessions as to minimize repeats. There are also a number of modes and options which are used to tweak the length and difficulty of the game as well as the game's organization and flow to an extent.

The Big Button Pads are actually well-made little devices that aren't fully utilized in Scene It?. Besides a small handful of buzz-in type of questions, the big button itself is not used as much as you'd expect except for occasional menu navigation. The big button doubles as a giant d-pad interestingly, but unfortunately (for me at least) it doesn't light up. Most of the time when playing you'll just use the smaller buttons for selecting a multiple-choice answer. The controllers are just screaming for a more frantic game show-style title like Sony's "Buzz" series (of which a review coming soon). The game also comes stocked with AA batteries along with a special USB receiver required by the pads. The $59 package is actually a nice deal considering everything it comes with.

Scene It? for the Xbox 360 is obviously a step up from the less functional DVD version, although it shares one problem in particular: somewhat limited appeal. If you have friends or family who are not that into movies, or they just don't know (or care) that much about movies, they may get bored after a few rounds. There is no TV content whatsoever. The pace is also on the slow side, with a regular game sucking up 20-30 minutes depending on the amount of players, and sometimes several minutes dedicated to just watching movie clips. The game surprisingly has some long load times here and there which also bogs it down.

Like the original, "Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action" is a blast, especially with the right crowd. Here's hoping that Microsoft has some additional, general trivia-style titles lined up so everyone can get in on the action.