Travel back in time to help stop a terrible fire that started Felicia down her destructive path in PuppetShow: Return to Joyville! This time traveling adventure takes you back to Joyville when Felicia was a small child. With the help of Felicia, try to stop the fire that incinerated her father
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Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/8
- CPU: 1.4 GHz
- RAM: 1024 MB
- DirectX: 9.0
- Hard Drive: 395 MB
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Puppetshow: Return to Joyville is rated
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Rated 5 out of
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Majestyx12 from
Became One of my Favorite Series
This is the 5th one I played recently, starting with The price of immortality and then with 1 through 4. I Love it and want the Collector's Edition. I loved this more than some of the new games that came out in 2017.
Spider boy is only present in a drawing in this one, as we went back in time. It's the 1st time I saw heavy poufy hair puppet from the beginning as she's in the price of immortality also. Felicia is a child in this one.
Got stuck and had to look at walk through because I didn't know I could go right or left on the stage. This one has hint but not much help. The hint doesn't lead you around and no map. Also didn't know I could zoom in on balloon pump. But that one look was all I needed.
Great game. Big Fish has so many great games.
Date published: 2017-05-04
Rated 5 out of
5
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centauri272 from
Another good "PuppetShow"!
This is again a great "PuppetShow". As usual, the graphics are great, as well as the music.
There are 3 game modes; but there are sparkles even in the Hard mode...
The story is great. The mini-games are mostly on the easy side. The HOS are not cluttered.
There is a journal but no map.
The game length is good, for me about 3 1/2 hours.
I recommend this game as well as the others of the series.
Date published: 2013-08-18
Rated 5 out of
5
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swampie from
Felicia is causing trouble again.
Replaying my PuppetShow games. Beautiful artwork from ERS keeps me coming back to this dev.
Date published: 2013-06-18
Rated 5 out of
5
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niamatthews17 from
fun hidden objects game
it was awsome but a little bit hard
Date published: 2013-05-27
Rated 5 out of
5
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JustTheFacts from
About Face For Felicia
GAME COMPLETED SEVERAL TIMES
In a delightful TWIST IN THE TALE, the latest episode in the PuppetShow series sees that evil soul-sucking woman from the last 3 games, Felicia, turning back time to prevent the accident that changed her life, and thereby altering the future for you and all her victims. Of course, to do so, she needs your help. SHOULD WE TRUST HER? Only one way to find out.
So begins the STORY in this game. It is presented in SPECTACULAR HAND DRAWN GRAPHICS with the signature texture and colour of ERS Game Studios. If you are new to the series and/or developer, you are in for a visual treat.
Can’t get quite so glowing about the MUSIC because it is, as always, REPETITIOUS. However, when the music halts for a while you get a DELIIGHTFULLY EERIE SOUND that could have come from the depths of space or time itself. VERY COOL.
The GENERAL GAMEPLAY takes us, for the most part, simply from one HO scene or puzzle to the next. There is not a lot of ADVENTURE.
There is NO MAP, which might have saved quite a lot of running back and forth within the theatre, where little alcoves are around every corner. The HINT IS USELESS outside HOS. The ubiquitous “There’s nothing you can do here.”
The HO SCENES are SLIGHTLY INTERACTIVE LISTS, with ONE exception. (see next para.) We visit each scene twice.
We’ll have to find a name for these silhouette first-one-leads-to-another HOS. I’m gonna call them PROGRESSIVE SILHOUETTE HOS.
So, we have precisely one of those here, the first HO in the game, so I’m guessing this was the first test of what has now become a very popular HO style.
Fewer than the HOS, the PUZZLES are also INTERESTING. More ORIGINAL than I expect from ERS, which means they were, for me, also MORE DIFFICULT than their usual fare. This is no doubt good news to our EXPERT fishies. Not so much for me. I had to skip quite a few.
This series is made to a SPECIFIC FORMULA, for which you either love them or hate them. For me, I love them, and most of all this one. The story was a genuine surprise for me, which is nice, and I like COMFY OLD SLIPPERS.
Date published: 2013-05-08
Rated 5 out of
5
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rugratsinparis01 from
this game is AWESOME!!!!
i got this game and finished it, and it was AWESOME!!!! i had good graphics, GREAT sound quality and the best storyline!!! the thing i liked most was the characters
Date published: 2013-04-03
Rated 5 out of
5
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iskarihome from
great game!
i bought this game a few days ago and it is awesome!
like any other game on the series it has that creepy feeling.
Date published: 2013-02-09
Rated 5 out of
5
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Bogey_2006 from
the series
Finally got all 4 in this series. Never disappointed and it is a series I enjoy replaying every now and then.
Date published: 2013-01-03
Rated 5 out of
5
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Jem_Jerrica_Guy from
I originally thought ERS was making a cheap buck by altering the storyline...
-but I was wrong!
This is the best I've played so far!
Beautiful graphics and it's worth it at the end to see what happens to Felicia.
Date published: 2012-11-25
Rated 5 out of
5
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TnT_TJ from
Puppetmastery - A Guy's Review
*review based on completing the full game in advanced mode*
The 4th one in line in the PuppetShow series continues the story of the others (well, somewhat) and continues to improve in graphics and game play. Especially the latter one.
Seeing that this is a sequel that builds on the previous games this one has a surprising turn of events (I do not want to go into details as it might spoil your experience). That is somewhat cool, but the plot is a bit far fetched and you do not really get any information of how or why this is happening, and if one has played the others one might find a big lack of motivation for the "detective" to help out certain someone. Oh well.
The whole series so far has had a lack of character involvement all together and uses rather thin storytelling. Though, it has improved with each game, and this one being the best in that department.
There is more voice-overs too this time around. And they are rather well executed. The whole game seems more alive than the others.
Graphics is another thing that has improved over the course of this series, and everything is beautifully hand drawn. All through the game it is crisp and clear and neatly colorful. Animations too is an improvement.
What really shines in this game is the improvement in game play. There is still tons of HO scenes (especially towards the end) that you have to visit twice. They are typical clutter scenes, but very charmingly made. It seems less dark this time around, and there are fewer smaller items that caused some problems in its predecessors. Less eye straining in other words. There is more interactivity in them as well. Sometimes very creative, but mostly of the milder variant.
There is also much more puzzles around this time, and quite a bit more adventuring. They have really stepped up in this department. Puzzles are creative and also a fair share harder than in the previous games. All former PuppetShows felt rather easy and I will have to claim this one to be moderate. Big, big plus.
This time you also get to choose from three different difficulty settings. They are:
Casual: Quick recharge of skip/hint and all active zones sparkle.
Advanced: Slower recharge and only sparkles on HO scenes.
Hard: Very slow recharge, only sparkles on HO scenes and black-bar tips disabled.
They have also put in a Journal this time which makes life a little easier while playing, but they still haven't added a map.
Expect some back and forth traveling, but luckily less extreme than "Lost Town".
All in all it is a rather good game. Very enjoyable. I gave it 5 stars, but it is more like 4.5. I gave the previous 2 games 4 stars and this is a solid improvement, so I had to do it. I will recommend this game to anyone who like HO/adventure games. Beginners and experienced players alike. It might not offer the toughest challenges for everyone, but it offers plenty of fun either way. I do recommend to play the games in succession though, to get a more complete experience. Just be warned that the previous games are rather easy and some of them quite short.
Speaking of short. I feel this game could have been a tad bit longer too, though compared to the others it must be considered longer. I did however not like the ending, as it seemed rather short and abrupt. This might have been included in the CE, I don't know. But a conclusive ending should always be included in any SE version as well.
For the guys:
You are only referred to as detective, and I didn't feel any gender bias. Should suit anyone.
TJ
Date published: 2012-11-04