<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2011	O
comedy	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Spanish	O
company	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Focus	O
Home	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
alternate-history	O
1940s	O
Hollywood	O
where	O
real	O
monsters	O
portray	O
themselves	O
in	O
monster	O
movies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
began	O
developing	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
in	O
the	O
late	O
2000s	O
,	O
after	O
years	O
of	O
fan	O
requests	O
in	O
Southern	O
Europe	O
for	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
planned	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
a	O
remake	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
design	O
flaws	O
—	O
and	O
what	O
the	O
developers	O
retrospectively	O
called	O
its	O
"	O
male	O
chauvinist	O
"	O
outlook	O
—	O
necessitated	O
an	O
overhaul	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
bomb	O
upon	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
for	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
performance	O
hurt	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
business	O
relationships	O
and	O
forced	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
rethink	O
its	O
style	O
;	O
Pendulo	O
moved	O
away	O
from	O
comedy	O
to	O
create	O
Yesterday	B-Application
,	O
its	O
first	O
fully	O
dramatic	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Things	I-Application
later	O
port	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
saw	O
more	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
but	O
earned	O
moderate	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
2D	O
environment	O
and	O
controlled	O
with	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
advances	O
the	O
plot	O
by	O
exploring	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
,	O
speaking	O
with	O
non-player	O
characters	O
via	O
dialogue	B-Application
trees	I-Application
,	O
collecting	O
items	O
and	O
solving	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
features	O
three	O
difficulty	O
modes	O
:	O
the	O
lowest	O
offers	O
a	O
hint	O
system	O
and	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
highlight	O
all	O
interactive	O
hotspots	B-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
screen	O
;	O
the	O
middle	O
difficulty	O
omits	O
the	O
hint	O
system	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
highest	O
omits	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
Hollywood	O
during	O
an	O
alternate-history	O
1940s	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
real	O
monsters	O
act	O
in	O
monster	O
movies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
borrows	O
its	O
premise	O
and	O
multiple	O
plot	O
elements	O
from	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
Quill	O
news	O
agency	O
and	O
large	O
sections	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
's	O
first	O
chapter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liz	O
and	O
Dan	O
fill	O
the	O
roles	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
protagonists	O
Sue	O
Bergman	O
and	O
Ron	O
Ashman	O
,	O
while	O
Professor	O
Fly	O
,	O
the	O
Poet	O
of	O
Pain	O
and	O
FitzRandolph	O
respectively	O
replace	O
Dr.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
begins	O
as	O
Liz	O
Allaire	O
and	O
Dan	O
Murray	O
arrive	O
in	O
Hollywood	O
to	O
cover	O
the	O
Horror	O
Movie	O
Awards	O
,	O
which	O
recognize	O
the	O
achievements	O
of	O
monster	O
actors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liz	O
is	O
now	O
his	O
dinner	O
guest	O
on	O
his	O
private	O
zeppelin	B-Application
:	O
she	O
and	O
the	O
Immaterial	O
Man	O
had	O
been	O
imprisoned	O
by	O
the	O
scientist	O
Dr.	O
Zelssius	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
FitzRandolph	O
's	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
began	O
planning	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
in	O
the	O
late	O
2000s	O
,	O
during	O
Runaway	O
:	O
A	O
Twist	O
of	O
Fates	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
initial	O
idea	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
high-definition	O
remake	B-General_Concept
of	O
its	O
1997	O
title	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
hit	O
in	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
home	O
country	O
of	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fan	O
requests	O
for	O
another	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
game	O
had	O
been	O
ongoing	O
for	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
Pendulo	O
had	O
considered	O
the	O
option	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
1998	O
,	O
only	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
evolve	O
into	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Road	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
(	O
2001	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
pressure	O
from	O
fans	O
was	O
a	O
key	O
incentive	O
to	O
make	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
source	O
code	O
and	O
design	O
document	O
were	O
unavailable	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
writer	O
Josué	O
Monchan	O
revisited	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
attempted	O
to	O
"	O
reverse-engineer	O
...	O
the	O
design	O
"	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
two	O
months	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
first	O
major	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
formula	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
chose	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
protagonists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
gradually	O
grew	O
into	O
a	O
reimagining	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
which	O
Latiegui	O
called	O
neither	O
"	O
a	O
second	O
part	O
,	O
nor	O
a	O
remake	B-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monchan	O
co-wrote	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
with	O
project	O
lead	O
Ramón	O
Hernáez	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
wanted	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
"	O
feminist	O
game	O
"	O
;	O
Monchan	O
said	O
that	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
male	O
lead	O
"	O
had	O
80%	O
prominence	O
and	O
she	O
20%	O
...	O
[	O
but	O
now ]	O
she	O
is	O
60%	O
and	O
he	O
is	O
40%	O
,	O
and	O
she	O
is	O
the	O
one	O
who	O
takes	O
action	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
included	O
allusions	O
to	O
film	O
history	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Things	I-Application
script	O
and	O
modeled	O
the	O
cast	O
after	O
celebrities	O
and	O
movie	O
characters	O
,	O
traditions	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
films	O
referenced	O
in	O
the	O
script	O
are	O
Butch	O
Cassidy	O
and	O
the	O
Sundance	O
Kid	O
,	O
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
,	O
Some	O
Like	O
It	O
Hot	O
,	O
Pirates	B-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
Caribbean	I-Device
and	O
American	O
Beauty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Europa	O
Press	O
,	O
Big	O
Albert	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
combining	O
football	O
player	O
Cristiano	O
Ronaldo	O
with	O
Frankenstein	B-Application
's	I-Application
monster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
publication	O
further	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
Poet	O
of	O
Pain	O
"	O
unavoidably	O
recalls	O
"	O
the	B-Application
Goonies	I-Application
character	O
Sloth	O
,	O
and	O
cited	O
FitzRandolph	O
's	O
resemblance	O
to	O
reporter	O
Miguel	O
de	O
la	O
Quadra-Salcedo	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
X-Men	O
character	O
Beast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
designing	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
,	O
Pendulo	O
scrapped	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
inventory	O
system	O
and	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designers	O
also	O
moved	O
away	O
from	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
nonlinear	O
gameplay	O
structure	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
said	O
had	O
caused	O
"	O
stagnation	O
"	O
for	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
nevertheless	O
continued	O
to	O
use	O
what	O
Monchan	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
traditional	O
"	O
adventure	O
game	O
format	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
then-recent	O
competitors	O
such	O
as	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
and	O
L.A.	B-Application
Noire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
lasted	O
roughly	O
18	O
months	O
,	O
having	O
started	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
months	O
of	O
Runaway	O
:	O
A	O
Twist	O
of	O
Fates	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Latiegui	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
12	O
–	O
15	O
people	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
whom	O
had	O
worked	O
at	O
Pendulo	O
since	O
Runaway	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Turtle	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
developed	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
on	O
an	O
upgraded	O
version	O
of	O
A	O
Twist	O
of	O
Fates	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
graphics	O
were	O
a	O
key	O
focus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
billed	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
as	O
the	O
first	O
1080p	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
by	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
and	O
publisher	O
Focus	O
Home	O
Interactive	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
initially	O
lacked	O
a	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
debuted	O
in	O
Germany	O
on	O
February	O
4	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spanish	O
version	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
FX	O
Interactive	O
,	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
lead-up	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Things	I-Application
release	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
did	O
not	O
publicly	O
tie	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
after	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Things	I-Application
release	O
outside	O
Spain	O
,	O
Rafael	O
Latiegui	O
told	O
MeriStation	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
real	O
title	O
"	O
was	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
viable	O
for	O
the	O
international	O
version	O
,	O
he	O
said	O
,	O
because	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
had	O
never	O
been	O
distributed	O
outside	O
Southern	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
renamed	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
2	I-Application
for	O
its	O
launches	O
in	O
Spain	O
and	O
Italy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
and	O
publisher	O
Bulkypix	O
announced	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
had	O
seen	O
success	O
with	O
its	O
first	O
iOS	B-Application
title	O
,	O
Yesterday	B-Application
,	O
earlier	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Things	I-Application
port	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
push	O
by	O
Pendulo	O
to	O
bring	O
its	O
back	O
catalog	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
weather	O
financial	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
earned	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
calculated	O
by	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Germany	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
received	O
largely	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
PC	O
Games	O
Patrick	O
Schmid	O
and	O
GameStars	O
Patrick	O
Lück	O
,	O
while	O
Jan	O
Wöbbeking	O
of	O
4Players	O
was	O
disappointed	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Spain	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
was	O
nominated	O
in	O
four	O
categories	O
,	O
including	O
Best	O
Game	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
2011	O
annual	O
awards	O
held	O
by	O
the	O
Asociación	O
de	O
Desarrolladores	O
de	O
Ocio	O
Interactivo	O
Digital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
four	O
nominations	O
at	O
Spain	O
's	O
National	O
Gamelab	O
Videogame	O
Industry	O
Awards	O
,	O
meanwhile	O
,	O
resulted	O
in	O
four	O
losses	O
to	O
Castlevania	B-Application
:	I-Application
Lords	I-Application
of	I-Application
Shadow	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
characterized	O
reviews	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
port	O
,	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
,	O
as	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Storytelling	O
"	O
prize	O
at	O
the	O
International	O
Mobile	O
Gaming	O
Awards	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Walking	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Wolinsky	O
of	O
TouchArcade	O
praised	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
production	O
values	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
rock-solid	O
and	O
fun	O
adventure	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
found	O
its	O
comedy	O
"	O
hit-or-miss	O
"	O
and	O
encountered	O
crash	B-General_Concept
issues	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
computer	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
HobbyConsolas	O
,	O
David	O
Alonso	O
Hernández	O
hailed	O
the	O
new	O
touchscreen	B-Device
interface	I-Device
as	O
a	O
"	O
great	O
fit	O
"	O
and	O
arguably	O
a	O
better	O
match	O
than	O
traditional	O
point-and-click	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
reviewers	O
saw	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
as	O
a	O
largely	O
missed	O
opportunity	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
interesting	O
premise	O
bogged	O
down	O
by	O
poor	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Josué	O
Monchan	O
of	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
commercially	O
bombed	O
upon	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
for	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
reacted	O
by	O
rethinking	O
its	O
development	O
process	O
and	O
creating	O
its	O
first	O
fully	O
dramatic	O
game	O
,	O
Yesterday	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
computer	O
version	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
,	O
Monchan	O
said	O
that	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Things	I-Application
iOS	B-Application
port	O
saw	O
much	O
greater	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
success	O
was	O
validating	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
creators	O
,	O
Monchan	O
remarked	O
,	O
because	O
it	O
led	O
them	O
to	O
believe	O
that	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Things	I-Application
poor	O
initial	O
sales	O
were	O
caused	O
by	O
business	O
mistakes	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
