PuppetShow: Porcelain Smile > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

5 / 5

16 of 19 found this review helpful

Loved it

PostedFebruary 28, 2019

rosesense

fromSouth GA USA

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Time Management

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I haven't always been a fan of this series but decided to give this one a try and glad that I did. I can see where it would be too easy for the experts but it was just right for me. We all like different things and levels of difficulty so I say give this one a try.

I recommend this game!

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5 / 5

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On the edge of my seat

PostedMarch 22, 2019

swordlady27

fromEugene, Oregon

Skill Level:Beginner

Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Mahjong

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

I've played many Puppet Show games. I don't usually write reviews, I really liked this game because the games challenge me to complete the puzzles which I will skip if I can't figure them out. This made me sit in my seat and figure it out. I love the graphics and story lines. Without giving anything away, just play it for fun!

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

Really great game!

PostedFebruary 15, 2022

Jewel1111

fromBloomington, Indiana

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

Been many a moon that I have enjoyed a game this much. And GOOD NEWS on sale today! Been playing for hours and that is rare. Now, back to the game.

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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THIS PUPPET SHOW IS ONE I CAN FINALLY “SMILE” AT

PostedFebruary 22, 2019

biscuitsmama

fromWhat a surprise because I was prepared to dislike this game but it is much better than I anticipated!

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Skill Level:Expert

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

Puppet Show: Porcelain Smile is the 15th game in this long-running series from AMAX/ERS, another that has fallen victim to this producer’s love for ENDLESS series. That being said I did decide to give the demo a try, promising myself I would do so with an open mind as I am predisposed to dislike the interminable series that are simply cookie-cutter games. As it turned out, even though there are some things I dislike about the game, I found myself involved in the storyline and the gameplay. Okay, I realize that some long-time players of HOPA games will find the game far too easy for their tastes but at least for me the game did require some thought.

When beginning to play we select our game profile from an array of either male or female photos. There is a “Custom” game mode available that is better than what we find in most games. The hint and skip times provide a better time range with the lowest being 5 seconds, which is more to my liking than the usual low of 10 – 15 seconds. IMHO, there is no other developer that creates such beautiful and realistic characters for their games, which is what attracted me back in 2009. Sadly the voiceovers have not always been the best and those in this game are downright awful, from the wanna-be cowboy voice of Otis to the squeaky high-pitched voice of Dee Dee. Unfortunately the soundtrack was not that good either and I had to mute the sound while playing one of the HOPS because it drove me batty.

This might not come as a surprise to those who have read my reviews in the past but I loved the HOS in Porcelain Smile. I have become bored by all of the storybook scenes that developers now use in most of their games and I find it quite refreshing that this developer used mostly the “original” list style HOS in Porcelain Smile. The HOS are interactive and one of the early scenes had me using the hint button – something I rarely do in HOS.

The mini-games were a bit easy but I did enjoy almost all of them that were in the demo. A lot of my favorite puzzles were used such as the one where we move tiles on a board to create an opening large enough to remove an item. For me the puzzles seemed to flow well in the game and did not seem to be thrown in simply to extend the gameplay time.

Although Porcelain Smile is far from the best game in the Puppet Show series, I found it enjoyable and one worth adding to my gaming library. In the past several years I had more or less given up on the Puppet Show series as many of the games were quite dark, and although there is a warning at the beginning of Porcelain Smile that some of the scenes might be disturbing or contain violence, I’ve not seen anything in the game that was out of the ordinary or even bothered me. Even though I might have found some things in the game that I did not like, in the end I found it to be a very good game and one that is a buy for me. As always, please try the demo to see if Puppet Show Porcelain Smile will be a game you enjoy. Happy gaming! Show less

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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Enjoyable game

PostedMarch 7, 2019

D_A_Renoir

fromSavannah, GA

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

It's a good Hidden Object adventure. Didn't particularly follow the Puppet Show series, but I've been loosely following this developer's other works. Great graphics as usual, the puzzles are fun, though it's nothing really new. I wished the walkthrough had included how to get the achievements though, because I missed the one called "relieve stress" and I have no idea where'how to clear that one. ...Show more

I recommend this game!

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3 / 5

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Japanese Barbie

PostedMarch 20, 2019

taipale

Skill Level:Beginner

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

One of the main characters dresses in traditional Japanese clothing and is presumably Japanese, yet has European features. I just couldn't get past that.

I thought the mini-games were too easy as well, but the use of Japanese culture in such an odd and anachronistic way was the thing that kept me from being absorbed in the story.

I couldn't finish the trial version.

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Overall rating

3 / 5

Short

PostedMarch 12, 2020

Bugirl

fromCork, Eire

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Puzzle, Time Management

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I finished this entire game in 3-4 hours. It wasn't difficult to do, and the mini games were relatively easy too. Still enjoyable though.

I recommend this game!

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2 / 5

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WELCOME TO SMILE ISLAND...nuff said?

PostedFebruary 22, 2019

pennmom36

fromNo strings attached ⛄

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Skill Level:Expert

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Fun Factor

2 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

2 / 5

Storyline

1 / 5

Alexander was a Master of his craft. He was able to craft Porcelain Dolls that were so beautiful, so perfect, that they almost looked real. His obsession to make dolls as lifelike as possible cost him nearly everything. Alexander did achieve his goal, the last 5 dolls he created just before his disappearance was absolutely perfect in every way. Absolutely lifelike, so lifelike that many people swore they were real. Did Alexander make the devil a deal in exchange for the ability to create a living, breathing doll? What will happen to the town of Smile Island now that the 5 dolls are on on the loose?

Once again, this is a story about Dolls, fragile porcelain Dolls, not puppets. Perhaps I'm wrong, but it is my understanding that a Puppet must have strings and be controlled by a Puppet Master. wouldn't it be better to create an entirely different series spinoff called DollShow rather than tarnish the good reputation of what was once an amazing series?

The Collector's Edition version has a Morphing Flower in each scene. It also has Collectible Bells with brief descriptions about each of the 15 PuppetShow games in the series. Why Bells? Wouldn't you'd expect a game about Dolls/non-Puppets to have a collectible doll or non-puppet Puppet, a Puppet or non-Puppet from each game? The bottom line here is that this is a short game, each chapter has exactly 5 pages in the SG. (to be honest, the BC is nearly twice as long as any given main chapter) The storyline is boring, predictable from the opening scene, exactly the same as the last several games in the series, and has some of the most worthless tasks, puzzles, and mini-games I've ever seen all rolled up into 1 game, a typical Amax game of late. I will, however, give them credit for the graphics that are always detailed, but I can't say that I was excited about all the howling dogs and screeching cats that are always in the background of all of their games.

The Hidden Object Scenes were blurry at times, poorly lit and mostly they were boring, in fact, they were all Interactive List Items in the first chapter, they really didn't offer a variety until towards the end of chapter 2. I don't mind Listed items, I usually prefer them but the items were either too easily spotted, so the scene was so dark you couldn't see the item, especially when they were tiny objects. Eventually, they do throw in a Fragment Find, a Keyword in Sentence Find and a Replacement Find where you reverse everything by picking up inventory items and placing them logically into the scene.

The Mini-Games were downright insulting, at times they were nothing more than fillers used to make people believe this game wasn't as short, but it is a short game. The game is filled with meaningless matching games and filler tasks, match balloons or match pillows, drag this through a small curved arc, more items to match. They are so easy to solve that you wonder why they even offered them? Almost all of them had pieces that would lock in or light up to say, "yep that's correct" with each piece, or "keep on guessing" Some of the puzzles have a Casual/Hard difficulty option, but most of them don't. Below are brief descriptions of some of the games you'll encounter throughout the game:

1-Drag disk rings to replicate the image shown.
2-Swap fan sections to complete the pattern.
3-Drag flowers along tracks to their highlighted areas.
4-Click on lock tumblers until the numbers match the paper clue. steady, keep steady, so tricky, so complicated, whew
5-Slide tiles until the cutout tiles encase the heart.
6-Repeat the sequence by touching color-coded brain sections.
7-Arrange the mask's so that each pattern is made up of the patterns above it.
8-Swap colored fuses by following lead lines.
9-Chose flames in the correct order.
10-Rearrange gears so that all gears are turning in the correct direction.

The Collector's Edition version has 15 Wallpapers (each one has several pictures of each character, I want pics of the scene, not character cover shots??) 9 Concept Art pictures, 6 Screensavers, 8 Movie Video Cutscenes, 4 Music Soundtracks, 11 re-playable Mini-Games, 14 replayable Hidden Object Scenes, 12 Achievements to Earn, 26 Morphing Flowers (1 in each scene) 15 Collectible Bells (a bell with descriptions for each of the PuppetShow games in the series) 5 Main Chapters (short chapters) +Bonus Chapter....trouble typing..hands turning into porceeelainnnnn

PUPPET SHOW SERIES LIST
Title***Standard Edition Release Date***Average Rating

1-Mystery of Joyville SE only (October 2-2009) 4.0
2-Souls of the Innocent (June 18-2010) 4.2
3-Lost Town (April 14-2011) 4.2
4-Return to Joyville (May18-2012) 4.3
5-Destiny Undone (April 26-2013) 3.8
6-Lightning Strikes (September 19-2014) 3.3
7-The Price of Immortality (April 12-2015) 4.2
8-The Face of Humanity (February 19-2016) 3.6
9-Her Cruel Collection (October 14-2016) 3.9
10-Bloody Rosie (December 16-2016) 3.5
11-Arrogance Effect (August 20-2017) 3.2
12-Poetic Justice (November 3-2017) 2.4
13-The Curse of Ophelia (March 4-2018) 3.5
14-Faith in the Future (August 10-2018) 2.5
15-Porcelain Smile (February 22-2019 n/a

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I don't recommend this game.

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