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Play Overview
Project Makeover (2019) is a game where you solve puzzles to earn furniture, clothing, haircuts, facials and makeup for virtual characters. To solve the puzzles you switch icons in a grid to match sets of three together, earning points and revealing items of clothing. Once you have completed the life and appearance makeover you move on to the next character.
Although you are given lots of options, the gameplay and choices are relatively linear. There are some items you open like "loot boxes" to discover which rarity you have won. But largely you are working through a standard set of purchases to complete the level.
While the game may appear to younger players the match-3 puzzles soon become challenge to complete without spending money. Also, the makeovers often imply that how we look defines what we can do and how happy we are. For example, you pay to remove glasses and getting high heals helps work advancement.
A series of adverts for the game aim to attract players with shock tactics - waxing armpits, pulling out teeth and shaving off eye-brows. None of these things happen in the game itself. This, combined with the PEGI 3 or App Store 4+ rating to alarm some parents.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Project Makeover 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 2 years ago.
Although you are given lots of options, the gameplay and choices are relatively linear. There are some items you open like "loot boxes" to discover which rarity you have won. But largely you are working through a standard set of purchases to complete the level.
While the game may appear to younger players the match-3 puzzles soon become challenge to complete without spending money. Also, the makeovers often imply that how we look defines what we can do and how happy we are. For example, you pay to remove glasses and getting high heals helps work advancement.
A series of adverts for the game aim to attract players with shock tactics - waxing armpits, pulling out teeth and shaving off eye-brows. None of these things happen in the game itself. This, combined with the PEGI 3 or App Store 4+ rating to alarm some parents.Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Project Makeover 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 2 years ago.
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Play Style
This is a Collecting and Puzzle game. This is a single-player game.
Duration
Play Time: This game will take between 8 hours and 10 hours to complete. Each makeover can take around an hour, depending on how good you are at the puzzles and how much money you spend to continue. Currently there are ten or so chapters, but more are being added over time that will extend the length of the game.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Rated PEGI 3+ and ESRB EVERYONE.
In addition to the official ratings, that don't take body-image into account, parents should know that while the makeover is presented as a positive experience, it focuses on the need to look a certain way (not having glasses or wearing high heals) as being essential.
Costs
Project Makeover
This game is free to play, but there are other costs associated with this game:
- In-Game Loot Boxes: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience. These include in-game purchases of random items (known as 'loot boxes') that offer a chance of getting rare/higher-value items although common/lower-value items are more frequent.
There are three currencies in the game:
- Coins earned by playing the matching games to buy makeover items.
- Cash earned by playing matching game
- Gems hard to earn, and crucial to gain extra goes in the match-3 puzzles if you fail.
You are encouraged to spend real money on Gems. When you have failed five times you have to 20 minutes or spend real money on these Gems.
You can gain boxes to open which grant random items, although these are not purchased with real money.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 20/11/2019, updated in 2020
Price: Free
Out Now: Android and iOS
Players: 1
Genres: Collecting and Puzzle
Accessibility: 0 features documented
Components: 2D Side-On
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