Silence: The Whispered World 2

This point-and-click adventure game combines a touching story with stunning visuals. While its short playtime may leave you wanting more, the blend of fairy-tale imagination and harsh reality creates a subtle and lasting impression.

Silence is a pretty good point and click adventure game and a good sequel to the whispering world, so now the story, in a war-torn country two siblings Noah and Renie try to live their lives as normally as possible despite a war raging and being orphaned, Noah the eldest sibling is dedicated to protecting his little sister so when air raids start happening he immediately takes her to the bunker.
Soon they are safe and Noah to distract his little sister from the grim reality outside he tells her a story about a world called Silence, a beautiful far away Kingdom, a world between life and death, but after the bunker collapses both him and his sister wake up in Silence, Noah vows to protect Renie and get them home, but by doing so may reveal some painful truths.
So then the likes, the story is very good it has a sort of storybook kind of feel to it with its world and characters and it even has an evil queen like classic fairy tales, it also has very good themes of responsibility, protecting the ones you love and growing up.
It also had some pretty heartfelt and emotional moments that almost made me teary eyed, I especially love that flying scene in chapter 3 it was both beautiful and heartfelt, there's also some pretty good twists and turns that were quite surprising. Also this game is a sequel to the whispering world but if you're wondering do you have to play the first game in order to get the story for this game, not really other than a few slight references to the first game the story does a good job in summarizing the first game’s story.
The gameplay is good, it's your standard point and click game you know solve some puzzles, pick up items that sort of thing but one key element that makes the gameplay stand out is Spot. Spot is this cute little caterpillar creature that has the ability to change his shape, like he can flatten himself and become a bridge or become big so you can bounce on him, he was an interesting concept with a versatile set of powers that made you think how to use him. Also the gameplay is a good Improvement of the gameplay of the first game.
The graphics is really good has a claymation/story book kind of look and feel to it, the claymation aspect with its characters and creature designs combined with the background that looks/feels hand drawn, both complement each other very well with its colors, designs and just the overall look, it's a huge improvement over the graphics of the first game and I like the first games graphics.
The levels are all very good quite diverse with breathtaking locations that not only makes you just want to stop and stare and would make good wallpaper, it's just begging to be explored.
The characters are okay and a bit of a mixed bag I like Renie she was quite adorable how she cares about everyone, but she can be a little bit frustrating but I guess that's with all kid characters. Noah was nice you definitely felt for him as he struggled to protect his sister in a strange world, I think my favorite character has to be Janus he has this sort of cool wise Mentor feel to him, but was quite funny at times.
My least favorite character has to be Kyra she could come off as being a real jerk especially later down the line, don't get me wrong I definitely understand why she's doing what she's doing near the end of the game, but in the beginning she was unnecessarily a jackass. The monsters in the game The Seekers are really good they have a nice design that reminds me of No Face from Spirited Away.
The music is fantastic with plenty of great tracks that really captures the mood of the game. The voice acting for the most part was pretty good, I will say the only problem with it was Renie's voice for the most part she has an American accent, but then in certain segments she suddenly develops a British accent it could be a bit jarring and definitely noticeable.
So then the dislikes, some of the achievements for the game are a real pain, probably the worst two are Sherlock Holmes were you have to finish the game without using the snoopkey and fine listener were you have to finish the game without skipping a text.
The Sherlock Holmes achievement was a pain because I accidentally used the snoopkey and since there's no manual saving I had to restart the game, then there’s fine listener is bugged because I definitely didn't skip anything in my first playthrough, even though you can't really skip cutscenes and stuff.
But I was able to get the achievement on my second playthrough I just didn't touch any buttons when a cutscene or an animation was happening, also using a controller helped. Also there's no manual save which would have been real helpful in getting those achievements, finally the game ends on a cliffhanger, the game has two endings but each ending ends on a cliffhanger that to my knowledge hasn't been resolved yet.
Okay now that I'm finished with that, Silence is a pretty good point and click adventure game and a good sequel to the whispering world, it has a very good story, good gameplay and really good graphics, so I definitely recommend getting this game but I do recommend having a bit of patience when trying to get all the achievements.

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Having just played The Whispering World, this was quite a trip, in good and bad ways.
The Good: The backgrounds and art are incredible, a leap forward in 3D and parallax, with detail but also a slight watercolor style that reminds me of the show Arcane. The puzzles are overall much easier, which is okay with me. Renie's voice and dialogue is good, it reminds me of Greg in Over the Garden Wall. Music is still good, and the addition of darker wartime irl deaths is bold.
The Bad: While there is some humor, I feel it has lost quite a lot of it as well as the charm, wackiness, and satirical edge of the first one. The graphics are leaps ahead and full 3D, but character-wise not quite good enough to match the expressive 2D animation of the first one.(something many adventure game series suffered when they went to 3D) The voices don't have near as much charm and quirkiness, sounding more like generic boring hero-y ones.(except Renie) The biggest issue is how short the game is- the world looks vast and detailed, but we hardly get any time in it.(and I'm sure some connecting things got cut just out of time/resources)
I still feel like it's a game worth playing. Hopefully someday the story might continue, maybe more old-school with less fancy graphics and more dialogue and writing.

I don't really like point and click adventure games. All the ones i have played i got them in bundles with other games. I mean, they remind me a lot of exams where they give you a problem and they expect you to find the correct-fixed solution. This one i liked.
The story isn't something special; don't expect much plot-wise. Graphics are not good but they have that cartoonish fairy tale style so they fit their purpose. Sound ok, nothing grand.
It's a fairy tale. It has some smart and funny scenes, liking magic mushrooms and stuff and the riddles aren't hard so it flows vary nice. Small in duration but dense in joyful moments if you find it cheap it will give you 5+ hours of good time.

Silence. A grim fairytale in a colorful package.
Liked this game a lot. Beautiful gfx and matching music. The characters are very likable with good animations and excellent voice overs.
Most of the puzzles are quite easy, so don't expect too much of a challenge there. Besides the usual point'n click actions, there's also a few balancing minigames, but they aren't hard either.
It's not a long game though. Can be finished in one evening, although that assumes you're not stuck on some of the puzzles and not trying out every funny or useless thing there's to do. Multiple full playthroughs required to get all achievements.

Fairly short, but nice art and bittersweet story. Unfortunately, there are enough references to A Whispered World that you'd want to play that game first, but I'm not sure it's good enough to justify playing both.

This game is a true unique fantasy story. Even though the ending that I got was really sad, I loved the game.
The Good
The art for the game is really good.
The game told a unique story. At the end of the game you have a choice for what ending you’d get. After you get it and the game brings you back to the menu, you can just load up your last save and see the other ending which is cool. The problem that I have with the other ending, is that it leaves me with more questions. The other ending is sad too though, if you've seen the sad ending.
I liked the music.
It was a fairly easy game.
I thought that the voice acting was good. I thought the Renie voice was cute. Like, it’s just nice to actually play a game where the child is voice by an actual child.
The Bad
I hated the controls for the mouse. There was one part at the beginning where you had to balance the dude on something and I wasn’t able to do it. The devs expect you to have a large table/area surface to even do the balancing minigame. It was stupid. I had to then use a controller.
The game can softlock you in many areas. By softlock, I mean getting stuck. The creature blocked me from moving and I couldn’t go back. Luckily, you can reload from your last checkpoint.
You can’t skip the long cutscenes.
The hint icon color is too hard to see. And not only that, it’s small.
Conclusion
The game was great because of its art and story. It felt like a high production point and click adventure game. And to be honest, I hate point and click puzzle games where you have to find the correct sequence to progress. But I loved the game, it’s true.