A bar at the top of the screen indicates which actors are up next – some may need onions to improve their acting, others might be hungry and demand a burger, and Rosie is the person to answer all those demands in time. There are hair styling stations, make-up stations and fitting rooms, where Rosie prepares actors accordingly for the scene. The tasks Rosie has to perform are quite diverse, and Soap Opera Dash does an excellent job in creating a convincing atmosphere of a set from a TV show. For each successful action you earn points that you need to fulfill the (expert) goal for each level.

Characters, color-matching and chaining bonuses are taken over from former dash titles, while mini-games at certain stations and dragging characters from one station to another is reminiscent of Sally’s Spa and the like. In each level the player has to create a varying number of scenes. The game can be described as an interesting mixture of the traditional dash formula and the Sally’s-series.

The storyline of the game is very complicated and would make for a good script on its own. As actors, she hires well-known DinerTown characters such as Flo from Diner Dash and Quinn from Wedding Dash, as well as her high school crush Simon. Rosie is writing scripts, and when she loses her job she quickly decides to create her own soap opera. Soap Opera Dash features 50 levels in which the player follows Rosie, another character from DinerTown who has been fleshed out into the star of her own game. While the game’s theme is charming and a nice variation for the dash franchise, there are some shortcomings that prevent it from being a top-notch experience. And this is exactly the kind of experience Soap Opera Dash, the newest release by Playfirst, tries to provide. However I admit that it is quite fascinating to imagine what must be going on behind the scenes. I have to confess that soap operas are not exactly my cup of tea. Soap Opera Dash is an entertaining new instalment in the Dash franchise

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