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About
Point-and-click quest
The game is a typical representative of the point-and-click puzzle genre, developed and released in two episodes by the independent Danish studio House on Fire. The game uses the Unity graphics engine and was ported directly to several platforms. Including mobile devices running Android and iOS. The game also was released on Kindle Fire. The first episode was released in 2012, two years later, gamers were able to try out the second and last episode of the game.
The plot
The game takes place in 1972 and in 2012. The player takes control of the main character named Joe. After serving in the US Army, the protagonist changes several workplaces and eventually turns out to be a cleaner in the fictional multimillion corporation Archon. The employer turns out to be unclean, and Joe soon finds traces of blood that lead to test labs. To prevent the tragedy, which he involuntarily became a witness to, Joe is forced to use the time machine and correct mistakes of the past.
The plot
The main gameplay is tied to the solution of the puzzles of different complexity, scattered in ten story chapters. The part of them uses the plot “device” - the ability of the hero to travel in time. In the PC version, all game dialogs are voiced, the ability to use UltraHD textures is added, and for the version on Steam more than 20 achievements are available and the ability to save the game in the cloud.
System requirements for Android
Varies with device
System requirements for macOS
Minimum:
- OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later
- Processor: 2 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256MB Nvidia GeForce 9400m
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Mouse
Recommended:
- OS: Yosemite 10.10.3 or later
- Processor: 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2048 MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Mouse
System requirements for PC
Minimum:
- OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Mouse
Recommended:
- OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3 or newer
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel i3 or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2048 MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Mouse
System requirements for iOS
iPad 2 Wifi, iPad 2 3G, iPhone 4S, iPad Third Gen, iPad Third Gen 4G, iPhone 5, iPod Touch Fifth Gen, iPad Fourth Gen, iPad Fourth Gen 4G, iPad Mini, iPad Mini 4G, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad Air Cellular, iPad Mini Retina, iPad Mini Retina Cellular, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 Cellular, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 3 Cellular, iPod Touch Sixth Gen, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Mini 4, iPad Mini 4 Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro Cellular, iPad Pro 9.7, iPad Pro 9.7 Cellular, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPad 6 1 1, iPad 6 1 2, iPad 7 1, iPad 7 2, iPad 7 3, iPad 7 4, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 7 5, iPad 7 6, iPhone X S, iPhone X S Max, iPhone X R, iPad 8 1 2, iPad 8 3 4, iPad 8 5 6, iPad 8 7 8, iPad Mini 5, iPad Mini 5 Cellular, iPad Air 3, iPad Air 3 Cellular, iPod Touch Seventh Gen, iPhone 1 1, iPhone 1 1 Pro, iPad Seventh Gen, iPad Seventh Gen Cellular, iPhone 1 1 Pro Max, iPhone SE Second Gen, iPad Pro Second Gen, iPad Pro Second Gen Cellular, iPad Pro Fourth Gen, iPad Pro Fourth Gen Cellular, iPhone 1 2 Mini, iPhone 1 2, iPhone 1 2 Pro, iPhone 1 2 Pro Max, iPad Air 4, iPad Air 4 Cellular, iPad Eighth Gen, iPad Eighth Gen Cellular
System requirements for PS Vita
Last Modified: Feb 26, 2024
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The Silent Age reviews and comments
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Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
After spending a relaxing Evening playing the Game, I would also like to express my Opinion-in my first Review.
What is it all About?
You are Caretaker Joe who is promoted on a Working Day in 1972. Unfortunately, the Promotion of the Company Archon looks like that although he is allowed to do the Work of his Colleague Frank right away, he does not automatically get more Coal. Beautiful Crap! As if that were not enough, Joe discovers a few drops of Blood at his first Checkpoint, then a full-blown pool of blood And then comes across their Polluter, who is shot at in a mysterious Laboratory, quite quickly. As if the Boss wasn't scaring you enough anyway, this Unknown sends you on a very crazy Journey. Now you are already in the middle of the Story and probably one of the few Gentlemen of Creation who still wear Batting Pants in 2012.
The Puzzles ... ... All of them are kept quite simple and once you have played a classic Point-and-click adventure, they can be easily solvable. It gets really tricky in hardly any Place, but the Game is therefore just right after a stressful day of work, study or School. There is actually no Place where frustration occurs and you have the Main Story in about 3-4 Hours through.
The Gameplay ... Is used to. Collect Items, combine them with other Items, open Doors, solve puzzles. No big Surprises, but no coarser logical Carvers either. There is little spoken overall, but the Conversations are all linear, "Behind you, a three-headed Monkey!" So there is no ...;)
The technical Implementation ... ... White to please. No Crashes during the Game, Graphics and Sound are good to very good for an Indi-name and appropriate to the Theme. The German Translation has a few Spelling Mistakes in it and the Font might be a bit smoother. On 1680x1050 it seemed at least somewhat pixelated, which is not very pleasant in the Long run.
Is it Worth buying?
At a £9.99s Steam price, I'd probably say ' Jein ' Due to the Brevity of the Game. If the Game is in Sale for a few Euros to have you access absolutely without hesitation. It gave Me a nice Evening with 4 Hours of best Entertainment. This is not done by many Movies for this Prize and I have already finished PC or Console Games unnerved for a much higher Price after a shorter time.
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Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
The story is awesome - and has captivated me from the beginning to the end. What a cool idea, casual guy on top of that. Have been looking for years for a successor of Police Quest and Space Quest from the 90s - and finally found. More of that!!! Was worth every penny or significantly cheaper than before at disk times :-))
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Microsoft from Italian
Microsoft from Italian
I really enjoyed this game for the story's storyline. The puzzles are simple and quite intuitive once you understand the mechanism of the game. The first episode made me passionate and so I bought the second one: for the short duration of the latter I was a little disappointed in relation to the price. Cmq worth 4 stars!
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Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
I was already tied to the game after the first 1/4 hour and this always animated to solve the next riddle. I also found the difficulty right. If games are even heavier or more complex than this, I lose as a casual player at some point the desire if you can not get ahead in any places at all. Fortunately, this was not the case here. Spa and excitement from beginning to end. Great class and buy recommendation for the second paid part!
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Microsoft from French
Microsoft from French
Scenario already seen with riddles too simple, however, the real 'of this game is crazy of all points of view and the gameplay quite interesting although basic. Big negative point all the same, it takes about 20 minutes of gameplay for the first chapter is free and then pay the sum of 5 to be able to have access to the second chapter that seems to be longer ... in any case I do not think that justifies such a price!
Bitterness quite disappointing because of this last point but note that even though this game is very good!
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Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
The free episode just makes you want more, because the money for the 2nd episode I would consider as well laid out. The protagonist grew very close to my heart after a brief period of discovery and repeatedly caused me to be worried about his life during the game. The other characters are, if usually just touched briefly, consistent and fit together with the music and the speakers in the overall picture. The story is surprising and in my opinion succeeded, at least with me the tension has always been maintained.
The only drawback, and therefore only 4 stars: the puzzles are in places extremely simple and predictable, I had expected especially in the 2nd episode trickier puzzles.