PuppetShow: Her Cruel Collection Collector's Edition

Certain things are naturally creepier than others, such as spiders, dark tunnels and abandoned insane asylums, but others should not cause as much fear as they do. Hence, clowns and dolls have a reputation of being the main villains in horror movies, mainly because they look disturbing in other circumstances. On the other hand, it’s understandable in certain conditions.

PuppetShow: Her Cruel Collection is a hidden object game in which your goal is to investigate a series of kidnappings and catch the ones responsible before others are taken as well. If you are a fan of the genre in general, then you should feel right at home with this one as well, because the gameplay mechanics do not differ at all from the hundreds of other HOPAs out there.

The story puts you in the role of a detective who’s investigating a series of kidnappings. You get to choose whether to be a male or a female investigator, which makes the experience slightly customizable. Naturally, there’s a big emphasis on puppets and creepy dolls throughout the story, given the fact that you stumble onto them in a variety of weird places.

Each scene you explore holds a couple of useful objects, and you have to spot them in order to pick them up for later use. On the other hand, you can only interact with items that have a role in future puzzles, which is a bit disappointing, because you never truly feel like you are coming up with solutions on your own. Thankfully, at least the puzzles are somewhat challenging most of the time, so that might take your mind off everything else.

As it’s always the case with games like these, the graphics are mostly hand-drawn and quite colorful, which is not a problem when the artists include so much detail in every scene. On top of that, there are simple animations and particle effects added on top as well, and that makes everything feel much more real. The voice acting and the sound effects give the atmosphere some color too.

Although it’s not as creepy as you might hope if you are looking for a genuinely scary game, PuppetShow: Her Cruel Collection is more than able to provide you with a few hours of fun. On top of that, the puzzles might even cause you to get stuck every once in a while.

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