![]() It’s not all great though….the biggest problem facing The Silent Age is the ease of the puzzles. What you see in the future is limited but the feeling of death & emptiness is enhanced by the excellent music & effects. The music though is outstanding with some of the most oppressive & eerie sounds I’ve heard in a game to date. I like the graphics & the interface is top-notch. It has a retro feel about it while appearing quite detailed. What really sells it as well though is the look & music. No delay, no loading screen just a quick flash & you’re in the different time period. The moments when you can be standing in front of a busker in the subway in 1972 & then staring at his charred bones with a crashed train around you are thrilling & I love that the change is instant. You see 2012 is not a good place to be…something has happened between the years & it has left mankind extinct. The device Joe holds can transport Joe through the time periods instantly changing a dusty corridor with no clear exit into a devastated ruin with holes to escape through. That’s your goal but it’s not instantly reachable as interesting puzzles & more stand in your path. He hands you a small device & then dies…. Once Joe finds him he is to tell him not to travel to the future at all as doing so will bring about the end of mankind. ![]() Having been shot this man tells Joe that he is from the future & he needs Joe to find his younger self. It’s inside these labs that he finds a dying man. All that changes though when he is given a minor promotion & given access to the labs to clean them up. Joe is a janitor working for a mysterious corporation & his life is fairly mundane. The Silent Age is a point & click adventure game set in the 1972 & distant future of 2012, it’s all about time travel & with the touch of a button you can swap between the time periods. This pricing is a bit suspect but the game is worth it). Episode 2 is £3.99 & comprises of the last 5 chapters of the game. Even though it can't hold as many bullets as other handguns, the speed at which it can be reloaded makes up for it.(Episode 1 of The Silent Age is free…it comprises of the first 5 chapters of the game. Though the Red9 handgun is the more powerful weapon, the Blacktail outshines it with its fully enhanced Reload Speed and Rate of Fire.
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