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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 16.5 hrs on record
Posted: 8 Oct, 2015 @ 7:07pm

I really liked this game, it's chock full of character, humour and charm.

Good Points:
  • The characters are really well animated, despite not having moving faces or even hands these characters can display a wide range of emotions very well.
  • Great sound effects, the impact sounds are well mastered and have bite. Also while there is no voice acting in the game there are sounds from certain dolls that are particularly amusing.
  • Great soundtrack, the music is really pleasant and really helps to set you in the world of the game. It's quite twee in places but it really suites the silent film aesthetic this game goes for, especially during the cutscenes.
  • There are many characters and they all feel unique. In a game where nearly every character is also a collectible you get to really appreciate all the work that went into designing them all.
  • Some great humour, there's plenty of slapstick and a fair bit of toilet humour as well but I like that kind of thing. Letting rip an enormous fart in a crowd and hearing everyone comically screaming in disgust and running away never gets old for me.
  • There's loads to unlock in the game and loads of extra challenges to complete. While I'm sure it is possible to storm through this game in a few hours, if you just choose the straightforward solutions to puzzles so that you can complete the story, the real meat of this game comes in the extras. Going through the game and unlocking everything, doing every challenge and finding every unique character takes quite a bit longer.

Bad Points:
  • Player movement feels quite stiff and lacks a proper feeling of momentum. Wierdly it takes a while to get up to speed but when you stop walking you just stop dead, changing direction is also very sluggish.
  • Stacking into one particular doll in a crowd can be a pain because many of them may be highlighted but you don't know which one you'll end up stacking into.
  • Sometimes the solutions to certain puzzles can be really obtuse and just downright unintuitive. There are also a couple of puzzles where 2 different solutions were pretty much the same in effect and some others which were very different but end up just counting as just one in the stats.
  • The sound in the game can be glitchy, though this may just be me. There will be certain times where every sound effect except the music and background ambience will just stop or be replaced by crackling and pops in my headphones. This only happens quite rarely though.
  • Getting around some of the later levels can feel like a chore. When you're trying to complete a level 100% you will quite often have to find a specific character to accomplish this, it can mean trekking halfway across the map to find them and then bring them to where you need them.

While it may seem that there are more bad points than good points I can assure you that the good easily outweigh the bad, this game is totally worth your time and money.
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