The Silent Age

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  1. foobar2000
    Sep 9, 2015
    10
    The Silent Age is very good experience, in the vain of point and click puzzle adventure games. While, for the most part, the puzzles are easy, utilizing a pretty cool time travel mechanic, it's the story and writing that really carry this game through. Every time you click on an item,Joe will have something funny to say. If you are looking for a good story to keep you entertained while youThe Silent Age is very good experience, in the vain of point and click puzzle adventure games. While, for the most part, the puzzles are easy, utilizing a pretty cool time travel mechanic, it's the story and writing that really carry this game through. Every time you click on an item,Joe will have something funny to say. If you are looking for a good story to keep you entertained while you sit in a waiting room, or on a train, this game is certainly worth a buy.… Expand
  2. GolovA
    May 8, 2017
    7
    Short but good. Interesting story - though nothing revolutionary. Implements the time-travel mechanic very well. A joyful experience.
    Recommend.
  3. Hoxton
    Sep 13, 2015
    10
    The Silent Age is one of Steam's best new puzzle adventures, combining solid gameplay with a perfect eerie atmosphere to create a truly unique experience. It presents a very interesting interpretation of time travel and even manages to mix the KGB, corporate greed and disco era inside.
  4. Voyou
    Nov 26, 2017
    7
    Short and sweet.

    Truth be told, I had a bad feeling as soon as the game launched, but a few minutes in I changed my mind u-turn style. This simple point n' click is just pleasant to the senses and fun to play. It's immersive, fluid, intuitive. Everything is very clear, from the interactive objects that never require a hot spot key to the objectives, the short inventory and the use of    Short and sweet.

    Truth be told, I had a bad feeling as soon as the game launched, but a few minutes in I changed my mind u-turn style. This simple point n' click is just pleasant to the senses and fun to play. It's immersive, fluid, intuitive. Everything is very clear, from the interactive objects that never require a hot spot key to the objectives, the short inventory and the use of time shift. The story is compelling and humane while not taking itself seriously. Progression is easy, making the story flow, but not to the point of feeling carried by the hand. The pace is just fine.

    This is minimalism done right.    … Expand
  5. fartheststar
    Aug 29, 2015
    7
    Pretty good point and click adventure game. Probably the most interesting aspect of the game is the time jump mechanic that allows you to explore the same locations at different points in time, and jumping back and forth is required to solve some of the puzzles. As with any adventure game there are odd hoops that you just have to jump through a certain way, but that comes with thePretty good point and click adventure game. Probably the most interesting aspect of the game is the time jump mechanic that allows you to explore the same locations at different points in time, and jumping back and forth is required to solve some of the puzzles. As with any adventure game there are odd hoops that you just have to jump through a certain way, but that comes with the territory, and I didn't find it overly detracting from the game. The story is interesting, but I did feel like I was being dragged along for the ride at times - doing things for uncertain reason just because I had to do something to advance the story (lots of "I found a key, lets see what I can do with it") - but again, that's simply the nature of story progression in these type games, so no qualms besides a few confusing moments. The story, without giving too much away, centers around a janitor who is put in the position of saving the world from a future contagion.

    The artwork, atmosphere, and sound effects were good. There's quite a bit of quality narration, supplemented by text. Game has a good humor about itself.

    Overall good game worth a playthrough. Total playtime for me was about 5 hours. If this sounds interesting give it a shot.    … Expand
  6. gojkok
    May 23, 2016
    5
    Interesting graphic, sound is ok and story is awesome. Game is easy, no game i to easy. It's like you are not playing adventure you are manipulating with one or two object on three screens, and when you finish that, again with new object and screens.
  7. Mr_Origami
    Jul 10, 2017
    5
    The Silent Age it's a point and click adventure with interesting ideas under the design and graphic style side. The strongest point is the storytelling but the puzzle development is basically absent. It's just a continuous way of "use object with" from the beginning to the end. No multiple dialogues that unlock situations/clues and that's it.

    It looks more like a linear movie script    The Silent Age it's a point and click adventure with interesting ideas under the design and graphic style side. The strongest point is the storytelling but the puzzle development is basically absent. It's just a continuous way of "use object with" from the beginning to the end. No multiple dialogues that unlock situations/clues and that's it.

    It looks more like a linear movie script recycled for a game (with few obvious adaptations).

    To the youngest that are interested to some considerable point n'click adventures I suggest:

    The Secret of Monkey Island (also, part II and III)
    Day of The Tentacle
    The Dig
    Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers
    Runaway I and II
    I Have no Mouth and I must Scream (tough and amazing, even more deeper than the short novel)
    Leisure Suite Larry series
    Space Quest series
    Beneath a Steel Sky
    Blade Runner (1998, by Westwood Studios)
    Goblins I, II and III    … Expand
  8. bancandrei
    May 1, 2022
    4
    I kept going for the story to get good. It never did, bit it did hook me along till the end. The only good thing about it is that is short and so did not lead me on for too long until not delivering.
  9. hileger
    Dec 18, 2022
    6
    мобильный квест ............................................ простенькие задачки но залипнуть можно
  10. ewenr
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    Watched my daughter play through this game from begining to end and never once wanted to pick up the controller and have a go myself.
  11. phydthekid
    May 27, 2023
    5
    The Silent Age is a point and click adventure that never really surprised me, nor engaged me. The pace is always the same throughout the game. There's no variation in complexity, nor plot twist, it's too flat.
    The writing is decent, but some more effort could be put on that too to make it more entertaining.
    I mean, I played it until the end, but I can't say it was a fun experience. I    The Silent Age is a point and click adventure that never really surprised me, nor engaged me. The pace is always the same throughout the game. There's no variation in complexity, nor plot twist, it's too flat.
    The writing is decent, but some more effort could be put on that too to make it more entertaining.
    I mean, I played it until the end, but I can't say it was a fun experience.
    I liked the basic mechanic of time travel though, very simple and effective. But that's it.    … Expand
  12. yiNXs
    May 21, 2017
    6
    The good: story and atmosphere. Voice acting was also good, for the very little there was, sadly most feedback is through text, combined with an occasional awkward reaction sample. The graphics and gameplay have this typical flash-game-style, meaning it's simple. You only need a mouse with left click capability. Puzzles are quite simple, but the timetravel mechanic, although hardlyThe good: story and atmosphere. Voice acting was also good, for the very little there was, sadly most feedback is through text, combined with an occasional awkward reaction sample. The graphics and gameplay have this typical flash-game-style, meaning it's simple. You only need a mouse with left click capability. Puzzles are quite simple, but the timetravel mechanic, although hardly revolutionary at this point anymore, makes it fun.

    The one issue I have with this game is the ridiculous size. I don't get how the download could be 3.5 gigabytes for a game that's only 3 hours long having just a handful of areas, barely any voice acting and such simple graphics. Using filesystem compression already reduces it to about 900MB, which means they didn't even try. Though even at 900MB, it still seems much too big for a game like this. Disk space or download time may not be an issue for many, but this kind of game could be interesting for people with old systems, which don't always have that kind of space available.

    Anyway, I got it for 99 cents and it was definitely worth the money. I would've felt a bit cheated if I had paid the full 9.99 for it though.    … Expand
  13. ave
    Jul 7, 2017
    7
    Silent Age has a nice mix of common sense / lateral thinking puzzles, spiced up with the time travel mechanics - in direct lineage from Day of the Tentacle (except for comic aesthetics and the absurd tone).
    The story is well written, many plot twists are foreshadowed through environmental storytelling so the end of the story is very satisfying for the observant player.
  14. ozzsoffy
    Mar 31, 2023
    8
    This is a great game, simple point and click avenger game with interesting narrative. the graphics are very basic and adding to the atmosphere of the story. there is an actors voice performance, but not that much, only on main parts. I would prefer a full dub. the chapters are sorts, and relatively easy.
    Very recommended!
  15. Give_em_hell
    Feb 10, 2019
    9
    Great, deep adventure game. Graphics and gameplay are somewhat simplistic but the story is very original with nice occasional humor. Also it's a bit short and needs more voice-acting for better immersion. But overall a great point&click adventure.
  16. horst81230
    Aug 4, 2023
    8
    Good point and click adventure. It is VERY easy, you usually carry only 1-3 items with you. It is also completely linear, so really no way to get stuck. Except maybe the first puzzle, because band-aids don't work that way. Story will keep you hooked and is really well done. I would recommend it for any point and click adventure game fan who needs a quick and short dose.
  17. pcapinheiro
    Aug 11, 2022
    8
    Jogo bem legal.
    Point and click com história bem interessante.
    Não tem muita ação, mas a ambientação e os enigmas são muito bem feitos.
  18. Hayter
    Nov 10, 2019
    8
    Игра очень интересная, проходится за один вечер, простые головоломки и сюжет на 10/10.
    Прекрасный бы вышел фильм на основе сюжета данной игры, остаётся только надеяться на это.
  19. Agathra
    Oct 5, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I picked this up mostly at random during the most recent Steam sale and I quite enjoyed it. I'm not terribly good at puzzle games so there were a couple times where I finally had to give up and go look up what I needed to do - but honestly for me, that's actually pretty good! So I enjoyed a game where if I looked around and thought about it enough, I could figure out what to do with what without needing help. I also really appreciated that it was very spartan with the inventory: you'd find an object, and pretty much all the time, as soon as you used it for something, it was gone. No trying six different items with 10 different objects in each of 5 different rooms - therefore much less immersion breaking when I'd get stuck from time to time! I also quite liked Joe as a main character. He was a little slow but always did his best to do what he thought and hoped was right.

    Graphics were nice and helped demonstrate how having an interesting story can absolutely make up for a lack of 'fancy' in the graphics department - not that the graphics weren't good, in fact they were bright and pretty and I liked the contrast between past and future - but they were definitely of a simplified style, including for example faceless characters - but even so I grew attached to the protagonist, and got very good ideas of the personalities of all the others, just based on the story (oh, and the excellent voice acting! I really liked everyone's voices.)

    Sound was also good, very atmospheric and I never noticed it repeating, which is great as it means it never grated on my nerves but was actively helping enhance the story while I puzzled through it.

    I was very happy with the movement - it's very simple point and click, and unlike (it seems like) a lot of games I've tried lately, it doesn't force a slowed speed on you to stretch out the gameplay (which more often than not succeeds in making the game feel tedious and annoying, NOT "longer and worth more money" as I'm assuming is the hoped for goal of the people doing that??) Double clicking made you run faster. I did have a slight annoyance - clicking through the text, I would accidentally skip over dialogue sometimes if the dialogue was one word and I clicked too fast. I couldn't find any way to replay the dialogue which meant I had to hope I hadn't missed anything - but as I was enjoying the story, even if it wasn't *vital*, I was still frustrated and annoyed when it happened because it was a bit of world building I'd missed.

    The one other complaint I have is that the ending felt both anticlimactic and rushed - I feel like it would have been much better just to have ended it at the point where Joe woke up in the hospital, and just had someone explain what he was, and maybe just have one shot of him on the subway - presumably leaving the hospital and heading into the world. Sometimes it's best to leave the rest up to the imagination of the player, and I think this would have left the end wrapped up enough to feel 'finished' to people who just want an end to their stories, but still open-ended enough for those who enjoy doing so to speculate to their hearts' content as to what happened next.

    All in all, since it was only about 2 minutes or so of gametime combined I didn't fully enjoy, I'd say it's a solid 9/10.    … Expand
  20. BugOnDesk
    Jan 16, 2023
    10
    Until today, the time travel mechanic of The Silent Age is still a mind-blowing method of storytelling in puzzle game design. The developer had good control of the difficulties throughout the entire gameplay. This is a game for everyone.

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  1. CD-Action
    Sep 18, 2015
    55
    Despite simple, even primitive puzzles The Silent Age’s gameplay is frustratingly slow and main character’s speed of a bug crawling through tar does not help. [09/2015, p.65]
  2. Ragequit.gr
    Jun 17, 2015
    84
    Very well written and beautifully presented, House on Fire's debut will absolutely thrill fans of darker, more mature science fiction.
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  3. Multiplayer.it
    Jun 3, 2015
    80
    Rich in style and atmosphere, with a compelling plot and nice minimalist graphics, The Silent Age is a solid attempt at the point-and-click adventure genre.
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