Hello Puppets: Midnight Show

I really wanted to like this game, I absoloutely adored the first one, and the lore is amazing but in my time with this game I've had to reset my PC 3 times due to visual bugs, deal with minigames that don't explain themselves, and essentially have been playing a glorified collectathon. Not to mention the repeat games, the puzzles are far from unique and apppear to be recycled between the areas. It's a shame, and by the look of this games discussion board the devs have abandoned the game and don't play on fixing the various bugs. Play the first game, watch a lets play on this one

Unfortunately I couldn't take much of the game. Get caught on nothing constantly and the game just felt kind of one-note which is a shame because the VR game felt pretty fun. This isn't it though.

While I enjoy the style of this game (the voice acting was superb!) - I ultimately cannot recommend it for the bugs and controls itself. Some bugs I encountered only two hours in (two Nick Nack levels, one Daisy Danger level, one Riley Ruckus level): 1. Stuck being crouched and unable to stand back up - I did ultimately manage to fix this by running about the room for a bit, but it continued to happen consistently. 2. Attempting to unlock a chest with a padlock only to get interrupted by a puppet at the closet door, which led to the UI of the lock being stuck on my screen and merging with the hiding minigame UI. 3. Getting stuck in a locker and unable to move or leave it (had to reload the entire level). 4. Unable to put any gold coins into the collectible machine and instead receiving the noise notification that I had none (I had three). 5. Subtitles cutting out before the voice acting is done/subtitles not working despite being turned on. Needless to say, I requested a refund.

The Voice Actors hard carried this unfinished show, two years later it still feels like a beta with the amount of rough edges I encountered throughout my runs. Still a decent experience if you enjoyed the first game like I do.

I've completed the game and honestly, it's pretty good. The only gripe I have is the hiding system, you press random letters to stay hidden. It never felt responsive and was overly complicated- but unique enough that it was engaging nonetheless. Great voice acting and animations, you can see the studio overreaching a bit but that's ok. The story kept my interest to the end, and left me replaying the game to get more lore. The puppets aren't the only monsters on this stage...

good