Hollywood Mogul 4

I bought this game and it's the best bang for the buck I've spent on a video game in a long time. I'm still getting used to the new interface, but HM4 does everything its predecessors did and MORE! I love the fact that we can now make Limited Series, season by season. The actual process of making the films is more in-depth and trickier than early versions of the game too. It's all text-based, but the screens are still fun to look at and interact with. There is literally no deeper or more fun moviemaking sim out there. Welcome back, Hollywood Mogul...and here's hoping there will be many more! <3

I can see how this game could be difficult for some people but honestly as long as you don't over spend early and you hit your first major success you can kind of just cruise. I was expecting to fail and restart my first time through but it was actually really easy. All my time is from my first play through and I don't see much point in additional play throughs. While it is nice that it could be a heavily moded game it is still really rough for the price tag and simplicity of game play. Edit: so I jumped straight to the hardest difficulty and it really just feels more tedious not better. I am trying to decide if it is any more fun and so far I am unsure. Also I cannot consistently find the option for CGI I know I have seen it but I can't find it again. Also this game would be more interesting if you played through the decades starting in say the 60's or 70's because I think technology evolution would be a much appreciated depth this game needs as well as some way to find popular trends. Also negotiating distribution rights for films after release would be satisfying as well. It is kind of odd how in depth the making of the movie goes but not the business side of it which is arguably the more important side of the business financially. If you make a cheap flop maybe it becomes a hit later in life when released for home release or streaming rights.

Not enough to do, very shallow game.

Severe disappointment. There's nothing new in version 4. It's almost identical to the previous ones. Not worth the price at all. Just play the previous versions themselves.

Aside from the inclusion of TV shows, this just kinda feels like a step down from the last game

As someone who has never played any other games in the series, I won't lie, it took me a while to understand what was going on. I understand the UI complaints, however, it is very easy to navigate once you know the system, and anytime I thought "Crap, why isn't it letting me do this?" I've been quickly able to find the answer of forgetting to lock in a show runner or forgetting to hire the director. I also really like the fact that you're able to produce TV shows as well, and hope it gets expanded a bit with the rest of the game. I would love to see network deals and multi-season orders or making pilots before being able to make the show itself. The fun of the game is all imagination, and I love that. I like too how its not just "Big Stats = automatic success" so I end up making things I actually think about rather than just spitting out randomized products with big stats like other tycoon games. I've had low-budget movies with more success than blockbusters at times which I think is great to make the game a bit more challenging. Where other management games usually turn into money printers quickly, this takes a lot more time with loans and successes/failures to get to that point - at least for me. I logged into my discord for the first time in years to look at the discord link in the game and find some real celebrity databases. For me, this really heightened the experience to mix real movie stars in with the "standard" characters and i recommend it. (Lorenzo Buzzard will always be my award show darling though, no matter how many celebrities are added) On the other hand, there are definitely some weird quirks and bugs. One personal gripe I have is salary for 1 movie is the same as the salary per episode of a TV show, making some TV budgets insane. I get it- you're not gonna see Timothy Chalamet on ABC at 8pm Thursdays, so it should be prohibitive for SOME, but I still think it needs some balance. The vast majority of actors are barely hitting more than 300k per episode, and even movie stars barely get more than 1.5 mill per episode. I'd like to see a movie contract vs TV contract distinction when hiring or something like that (I will add the caveat of saying this may be the addition of the celebrity database more than the game itself). There are times when overall talent ratings don't show for writers or directors, and sometimes the critic screen shows up and its just blank or missing info. Scrolling through the lists can be tedious and finding specific people/projects should be easier than it is. You can also save your original ideas in a database but there's no easy way to delete and manage them in game that I'm aware of, leading it to be a cluttered mess when you want to use a past New Idea filled with projects I mistakenly clicked yes on to add to the database. Small annoyances like this are sprinkled throughout but are usually just that - small annoyances. As far as depth goes, I think there could definitely be more involved to the game like actor management, better contract negotiations, more specifics with tech used, expanded marketing and press junket management all would be cool additions that expand game play. All that said, I have great fun with the game. I tried to stop playing until the next major update but find myself coming back. Its really the only Movie/TV show tycoon game that properly scratches the itch for me. I'd say if you're on the fence, wait until you see what the next update brings as it looks like it should be a major one. Otherwise, I really love the game as one of my first "text/spreadsheet" games and personally recommend it as a management/tycoon addict

Finally, Hollywood Mogul makes its long awaited return! An excellent sim with great depth.

This is a fun game. this fills a place that not other game has reached (maybe because this is the 3rd game i have played in this series) It isnt supposed to be a 3d graphical mastery game, that will make your eyes bleed. You can make movie universes, franchises and limited TV runs. People are making there own talent files, to bring something else into the game. This is the type of game, you can play in small sessions, or in huge day long sessions. I am so glad this game is a thing. The owner is very active on the forums, and discord. and active in solving any issues that come up with in the game

This game Is awesome and addictive, the fact that it's just a basic UI with no sound doesn't really make it boring or anything (at least for me) because the game is actually more streamlined than the previous iterations while still having the same depth and much more. Probably the best movie making tycoon game available at the moment, would definitely raccomend.

The game is an enhanced version of its predecessor, offering the possibility of creating franchises and TV series. The developer is always open to suggestions and is very fast in solving bugs