Review V1CGaming 3/5 · Dec 1, 2023 Completed
The only setback - the game is not particularly long.
It's hard to do time travel right, making it complex enough to be interesting but without completely breaking causality between events. The Silent Age certainly doesn't make it too complex, and in fact doesn't make anything about itself too complex at all. It's a very straight-forward adventure with straight-forward puzzles and a just-clever-enough story, It may err on the side …
It's hard to do time travel right, making it complex enough to be interesting but without completely breaking causality between events. The Silent Age certainly doesn't make it too complex, and in fact doesn't make anything about itself too complex at all. It's a very straight-forward adventure with straight-forward puzzles and a just-clever-enough story, It may err on the side of simplicity, but there's enough going on to keep it from getting boring.
The game looks about as clean and simple as it plays, with untextured shapes and bold colors painting the world in stark contrasts. The sound design is fine as well, but ironically is the only place the game doesn't go hard on the 70's themes as every other aspect will remind you constantly of lava lamps and the Cold War. What The Silent Age lacks in subtlety and depth it makes up for in playability and quality, so if you're here for a steady, entertaining tale you're sure to get it.
