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The Next Big Thing

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The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing cover
Developers
Péndulo Studios
Publishers
Focus Home Interactive
FX Interactive
Release dates
Windows April 21, 2011
macOS (OS X) April 21, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 75
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Contemporary
Series Hollywood Monsters
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Hollywood Monsters
Hollywood Monsters 1997
The Next Big Thing (Hollywood Monsters 2) 2011
Known as "Hollywood Monsters 2" in FX Interactive retail version, in Spain and Italy. Collector's edition disc includes Hollywood Monsters.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Requires online activation
English version. SecuROM 8 and SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
German version. SecuROM 8 DRM.
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Russian version. StarForce 5 DRM.
Windows
Retail
DRM-free
Polish version.
Windows
Retail
DRM-free
Known as "Hollywood Monsters 2". Spanish & Italian version
Windows
Amazon.com
Requires online activation
SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate (unavailable)
Requires online activation
SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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Windows
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\58570\remote\
Windows %PROGRAMDATA%\Pendulo Studios\HM2\ps.config[2][Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/58570/pfx/[Note 2]
Configuration file is encrypted.
FX Interactive "Hollywood Monsters 2" version configuration file is not encrypted.

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\58570\remote\
Windows %PROGRAMDATA%\Pendulo Studios\HM2\SAVEGAME[3][Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/58570/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

External video settings.
External video settings.
In-game general settings integrated into menu. Available are master volume and subtitles on/off.
In-game general settings integrated into menu. Available are master volume and subtitles on/off.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Static aspect 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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Only master volume.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release.
Italian
Aka Hollywood Monsters 2. Retail Only.
Russian
Retail and Steam only.
Spanish
Aka Hollywood Monsters 2. Retail only. Translation for digital releases.

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
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)
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. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/58570/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (58570) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022
  2. Verified by User:LukasThyWalls on 2022-07-30
    With FX Interactive's Hollywood Monsters 2 version
  3. Verified by User:LukasThyWalls on 2022-07-30
    FX Interactive's Hollywood monsters 2 Version