Silence: The Whispered World 2

Silence, like The Whispered World before it, is a compensatory fairy-tale and, like all compensatory fairy-tales, has a strong undertone of tragedy beneath its colourful, happy-go-lucky fantasy. A powerful and well played metaphor for the tragedy underlining the gleeful world of Silence is Sadwick, “the tragic clown”, “the clown that never laughed”, The Whispered World’s depressive protagonist and also a central character in Silence. But, unlike in the first game, which had to carefully and subtly build up for the big reveal at the end, here the story’s compensatory nature is made explicit from the very beginning and the fact that you know it and the game doesn’t have to restrain itself in order to conceal it makes it ten times better and allows for some moments of unbridled creativity and adventure game design brilliance that aren’t usually possible when the developers constrain themselves, confining their creativity within the boundaries of building a “proper” story. Although it has its share of plot twists and big reveals, the story in Silence is only sketched in thin lines and the developers’ imagination runs freely, creating many memorable moments of pure adventure happiness. Like, for example, the episode with the psychedelic flowers or when Rennie dives among the clouds with moth Spot at her side, which is so gratuitous and surreal, so out of context and unrelated to the already darkening plot that you immediately sense it for what it is: the last moment of serene, overplayed happiness, before the unavoidable tragedy sets in. A moment of pure joy, when you know tragedy is closer than ever, you feel it lurking in the background, you’re aware that the game is softening a terrible blow which you are already beginning to feel in your stomach, but you’re happy all the same. You’re flying with Spot through the clouds and you’re unreservedly happy for that fleeting moment, you wish for it to last a little bit longer and you’re grateful that the game offered it to you before dragging you through the bitter ending.

I loved Silence for many reasons, but I especially loved it for that moment which is one of the finest adventure games can craft and offer these days.

not every game has to be fast.. this game is nice and slow

I've enjoyed playing this game just, It's too short. Amazing graphics and acting...
Puzzles...? Puzzles? It had puzzles!? No real challenge.
At the very end was left with so many questions about the characters. SAD! This game has so much potential...

This is the first point & click adventure game I've enjoyed enough to finish in a long time. This game features a captivating story and some great animations to accompany it. The point & click puzzles are very light and serve more as a means to keep you engaged as the story is told rather than the primary mechanic to keep you engaged. I personally really enjoyed that I didn't have to spend hours clicking on every item in a scene to hear some trite dialog and instead was able to keep the story moving rather quickly. Many point & click fans may find this to be a detriment, though, as there really aren't any meaningful or difficult puzzles.
Big aspect I did not appreciate is an unnecessary use of profanity throughout the game.

I would recommend it if you want an easy and cute game, but don't expect too much !
++ Beautiful graphics
++ Renie and Spot are cool
+ Good narration and main characters expressions
--- Everything is way too slow, sometimes it makes you feel asleep !
-- The side characters are insignificant ectoplasms
- Cool background with lots of side stories that could be told, yet the game itself feels empty
- Too easy
- The music is too discrete

This game is a sequel so make sure you play through the Whispered World first!

A great story, followed by a stunning visuals and alongside an amazing soundtracks.