Silence (video game)

Silence: The Whispered World 2 is the sequel to The Whispered World, and is also a point-and-click adventure game. It was developed by Daedalic Entertainment.[1] It was released on November 15, 2016. It came out for PS4, PC, Xbox One, macOS and Linux.[2]

Silence: The Whispered World 2
Developer(s)Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher(s)Daedalic Entertainment
Designer(s)Marco Hüllen
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Release
  • WW: November 15, 2016
Genre(s)Point-and-click adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Silence is controlled via a point-and-click interface.

Plot

It follows a young girl, Renie, who is lost in a magical realm between life and death. Her older brother Noah then sets out to rescue her.[3]

Development

Silence was developed by Daedalic Entertainment, creator of the original Whispered World.

Reception

Domestic

International

It received 75/100 as a score on Metacritic, out of 29 critics.[7]

GameSpot said it was a "quiet puzzler," and liked it. It got 7 out of 10 from GameSpot, which really praised the hand-painted backdrops and interactivity. The review did criticize that there were not many challenging puzzles, and that some neat characters were removed from the game too quickly.[11] Kotaku also thought it was pretty and had nice characters. It also thought the puzzles were more streamlined and intuitive than the one before.[12]

See also

References
  1. Fahmy, Albaraa (January 23, 2015). "Adventure game Silence: The Whispered World 2 heading to PS4". DigitalSpy.
  2. Matulef, Jeffrey. "The Whispered World sequel Silence is out now on PS4 and PC". Eurogamer.net.
  3. Chalk, Andy (September 5, 2016). "Silence, formerly The Whispered World 2, is coming in November". PCGamer.
  4. Wöbbeking, Jan (November 16, 2016). "Test: Silence". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on November 19, 2016.
  5. Halley, Dimitry (November 3, 2016). "Ein neuer Adventure-Meilenstein". GameStar (in German). Archived from the original on November 6, 2016.
  6. Weiss, Stefan (November 1, 2016). "Silence: The Whispered World 2 im Test: Taugt die cineastische Inszenierung einer märchenhaften Geschichte auch für eingefleischte Adventure-Profis?". PC Games (in German). Archived from the original on November 15, 2019.
  7. "Silence: The Whispered World 2 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  8. "Silence for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  9. "Silence: The Whispered World 2 for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  10. "Silence for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  11. Johnson, Leif (December 8, 2016). "A quiet puzzler". Gamespot.
  12. Fahey, Mike (November 16, 2016). "Silence Is A Beautiful Adventure That Begins In A Dark Place". Kotaku.
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