Smile for Me has a ’90s pop culture feel. Sort of like something you’d see on Liquid Television. The disturbing parts are upsetting on the scale of a fairy tale, and almost all the parts (hand puppets, taped video, angular sticker-people) hark back to a younger perception of fantasy and reality. It has an unusual vision, and part of the creepiness isn’t that it’s random, but a just-out-of-reach sensation that somehow this all makes sense. That makes exploring, interacting, and understanding the path it’s taking, all the more engaging.
Smile For Me
LimboLane · May 31, 2019
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Smile For Me is an unconventional Point-and-Click Adventure Game that puts you at the center of an abstract world! Nod and shake your head to chat with new friends, and solve their mysteries to cheer them up.
The People are bizarre, the Puzzles are Wack, and the World hides a sinister secret...
Keep Your Chin Up
You may be silent, but you’ve got a lot to say! Nod-and-shake your way through the Habitat, with a host of funky and friendly characters.
A Quaint Cast of Misfits
The Habiticians are full of juicy gossip. Learn their quirks and qualms, and cure them of their blues!
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- I’m equally certain I don’t want to play another one like it ever again. My skin has not stopped crawling since putting down the controller, and I know there are some key moments from Smile for Me that will randomly haunt me for years to come. For a game that isn’t scary, Smile for Me is incredibly creepy in all the right ways; with that being said, it’s somehow still alluring — even welcoming.
- 8.5Smile For Me is not going to be for everyone. It’s a little disturbing and nauseating, and occasionally its puzzles are just too complicated for their own good. It feels almost like an experimental title, though that ends up giving it a lot of its charm and heart. This game may have a very particular vibe, but I was fully caught up in it from the jump, and it left me grinning ear-to-ear.
- Smile For Me combines an engaging story with fresh gameplay ideas, a relatable and quick-witted cast of characters, and an impressive sense of style in a memorable experience that is worth any adventure gamer’s time.
- 9.0It’s dark and twisted, without ever venturing into scary territory, while the tales of woe are increasingly intriguing. The puzzling aspects are the icing on the cake with a variety of excellent problems to solve that really make you pay attention and use your brain.
- Silly, surreal, unsettling, and quietly effective at delivering its message. Smile For Me's abstract nature can be a barrier, but breaking through it will allow you to experience a very distinct adventure.
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