The Next Big Thing
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Developers | |
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Péndulo Studios | |
Publishers | |
Focus Home Interactive | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 21, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) | April 21, 2011 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Series | Hollywood Monsters |
Hollywood Monsters | |
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Hollywood Monsters | 1997 |
The Next Big Thing (Hollywood Monsters 2) | 2011 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | English version. SecuROM 8 and SecuROM PA DRM. | |||
Retail | German version. SecuROM 8 DRM. | |||
Retail | Russian version. StarForce 5 DRM. | |||
Retail | Polish version. | |||
Amazon.com | SecuROM PA DRM. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) | SecuROM PA DRM. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\58570\remote\ |
Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/58570/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Configuration file is encrypted.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\58570\remote\ |
Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/58570/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Anamorphic 16:9 | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Internal render resolution is locked at 1920x1080, which is then scaled to the selected output resolution using nearest neighbor. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Limited to 60 fps. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Only master volume. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Retail version, download. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2, Vista SP1 or 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel/AMD 2.0 GHz equivalent | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) / 2 GB (Vista/7) | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X800 Intel GMA 3000 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel/AMD, 2 GHz or better | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X800 Intel GMA 3000 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/58570/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (58570) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.