This is all about to change.One morning while tending the floors, Joe is suddenly confronted by a mysterious dying man who is seemingly appearing out of nowhere. In fact, the only thing remotely remarkable about him is exactly how much he conforms to the median of the hypothetical everyman, and up until this point, Joe’s life hasn’t exactly been biography material. Average height, average weight, average IQ. It’s been like this for years, going from one soul-devouring job to the next.Our protagonist is Joe in more than just name. Working a dead-end attendant job making sure the building is as spotless as the suits walking the halls. All the winds of change are doing here is blowing leaves all over Joe’s newly-swept floor. The winds of change are certainly blowing over the country.Somewhere in the big city, in a tall, faceless government building someone left a window open. Environmentalists, the female liberties movement, and on the dance floors an entirely different kind of movement is overtaking the underground clubs. Meanwhile the Cold War is more than lukewarm and a real one is going on overseas. Flipflops, English leather and bandanas are the height of fashion. Environmentalists, the female liberties movement, and on the dance floors an entirely It’s 1972. Great music, great visuals & a great interface/controls means any iOS gamer should look at picking this up. The flipping between time periods is great with the future being a really interesting proposition. This is a great modern point & click that gets so much right & adds some interesting ideas. I also think the game should have ended slightly earlier, it would have been a more ‘downer’ of an ending but it would have felt more…right then the one we do get. Sometimes more is required but the logic is easy to work out & you never get that feeling of satisfaction that should come from completing a tricky puzzle. While they are often clever & varied they rarely task the brain & often just require switching between the time periods, finding a few items to pick up & use on whatever you need to get past. 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. (Episode 1 of The Silent Age is free…it comprises of the first 5 chapters of the game.
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