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The Next BIG Thing

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4.1/5

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4.1

28 Reviews

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The Next BIG Thing
Description
The Next BIG Thing is the new, hilarious adventure gem from the creators of Runaway. A great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles! Thanks to a production worthy of a great animated movie, an awesome soundtrack, delightful dialogue and a...
Genre:
Adventure - Point-and-click - Puzzle
Tags:
Adventure, 2D, Classic, Puzzle, Great Soundtrack, show 2 more... Point&Click, Logic
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4.1/5

( 28 Reviews )

4.1

28 Reviews

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Product details
2011, Pendulo Studios, ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, Intel/AMD 2.0GHZ equivalent, or higher, 2 GB, 256 MB 100% DirectX 9 compatible...
Time to beat
6 hMain
7 h Main + Sides
7.5 h Completionist
6.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
The Next BIG Thing is the new, hilarious adventure gem from the creators of Runaway. A great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!
Thanks to a production worthy of a great animated movie, an awesome soundtrack, delightful dialogue and a great art style, The Next BIG Thing will make you live an unforgettable adventure which brilliantly takes players across the fantastic movie genres of a totally crazy Hollywood.

Hollywood
What if horror movies' monsters were actually played by real monsters? And what if they were now forced to play in movies for kids, romantic comedies or even musicals? And what would happen if, eventually, they were to rebel?
In that context, Liz Allaire, talented journalist who can't count up to 4, and Dan Murray, a tough macho who can't stand beetles, attend the horror movies award ceremony… there is the starting point of an incredible story, full of twists and turns! Help Liz and Dan solve the numerous mysteries of an amazing adventure that you won't forget any time soon!

Key features:

  • The new adventure game from the creators of the million-copy seller, the "Runaway" saga.
  • Production, graphics, and sound worth a great animation movie.
  • A cast of colorful characters, including some of the most legendary monsters and creatures from fantastic movies that our heroes will encounter during their adventure.
  • Many crazy mysteries, puzzles and situations to solve.

©2011 Pendulo Studios and Focus Home Interactive. Published by Focus Home Interactive. The Next BIG Thing, Pendulo Studios and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pendulo Studios. Focus, Focus Home Interactive and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Focus Home Interactive. All rights reserved. All other names, trademarks and logos are property of their respective owners.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
6 hMain
7 h Main + Sides
7.5 h Completionist
6.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Adventure - Point-and-click - Puzzle
Tags:
Adventure, 2D, Classic, Puzzle, Great Soundtrack, show 2 more... Point&Click, Logic
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2011-04-21T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Pendulo Studios / Focus Entertainment
Size:
4.5 GB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (Mild Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, Alcohol and Tobacco Reference)
Game features
Cloud saves
Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
français
audio
text
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Edited on: November 23, 2025

Posted on: May 17, 2025

Seb-gog

Verified owner

Games: 197 Reviews: 82

Annoying characters, bad sound quality

I didn't stand more than 20 minutes of this - sound quality of the voices are very bad! Harsh and distorted, not pleasant to listen to. And the main characters are very annoying, doesn't make me want to spend hours exploring their story. Just my take on it, after 20 minutes - glad most others seem to enjoy it though.

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Posted on: December 10, 2021

GOG_SCX

Verified owner

Games: 88 Reviews: 20

Too short

Adventure from the same house as Runaway and it shows. The style is the same. Unfortunately, I didn't particularly like the puzzles, there was a lot of trial and error. The game is also far too short. It ran flawlessly on my small Win10 notebook, except for one bug regarding the car right at the beginning, where the game hung up every time a certain action was performed, so that a complete Windows restart was necessary. I can recommend it at a special offer price.

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Posted on: September 5, 2019

aaron2005

Verified owner

Games: 1870 Reviews: 5

No german language

Too bad I just bought it before I realized, it has no german language >_> Its an adventure and it is a pain to play these kind of games in englisch. Specially when there IS a german version out there on steam.

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Posted on: September 4, 2019

magikyr

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 11

WARNING!!

Steam have this game with Russ, English, German, French Audio & Text Gog Only Englisch & France here you get only the half

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