The puzzles were well constructed and logical, but the game is quick to tell you if you have missed something and some of them felt a little too easy. I did find one particular bit of conversation with Dr Lambert in chapter 8 to be very convoluted and unnatural though, it went on far too long and seemed forced, this was especially noticeable as I had enjoyed the dialogue up until that point. The dialogue is well written, it flows well and characters have distinct voices. The voice acting is well done for the most part and there are some really interesting side characters but I found Joe to lack conviction and emotion at times and this made him come across as a bit simple and even underdeveloped as a protagonist. The ambient noises and sound effects were also used really well to keep you grounded in the environment without being distracting.
The audio kept true to the tone of the game but really helped provide a sense of progression and location in a short game with quite small ‘maps’. Each of the 10 chapters had different music, as did a few areas within them, such as a nightclub. With the exception of a couple of slightly clunky-looking animations, the game was very aesthetically pleasing to me and the art style fit well with other aspects of the game for example, when combined with the music, this also served to give the experience something of a film noir feel. I found this provided a high contrast look that pairs well with the minimalistic lines and abundance of silhouettes and shadows.
The game uses a largely muted colour palette with lots of toned down blues and purples but adds splashes of really vibrant bright colours, such as the red of the protagonist, Joe’s jumpsuit. One of my favourite aspects of The Silent Age was its visuals.
THE SILENT AGE GAMEPLAY PART 1 UPDATE
The Silent Age is a single-player experience, played in the third person, traversing time and space solving puzzles and trying to save the world! It is a relatively short game, I completed it and its 24 Steam achievements in seven hours but I was being my usual slow self so it can almost certainly be done more quickly without missing things! 20 Mobile achievements were added to the game in a 2016 update that also included improved graphics for iOS and Android devices. It is set in 1972 and allows you to travel as far into the future as 2012! It is a post-apocalyptic, 2D point-and-click game with themes of time travel, science fiction, and survival.
THE SILENT AGE GAMEPLAY PART 1 PC
The Silent Age was originally released as a mobile game and then revamped for its PC release on Steam in 2015. Available on: Steam, App Store, Google Play
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