Silence (video game)

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Silence: The Whispered World 2
Silence The Whispered World 2 (Cover).jpg
Developer(s) Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher(s) Daedalic Entertainment
Designer(s) Marco Hüllen
Composer(s) Tilo Alpermann, Benedict Goebel
Engine Unity
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

Silence, also known as Silence: The Whispered World II, is a 2016 German point-and-click adventure video game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment and the sequel to the 2009 game The Whispered World . It was released on November 15, 2016 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, SteamOS + Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

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. [8]

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. [12] Kotaku also thought it was pretty and had nice characters. It also thought the puzzles were more streamlined and intuitive than the one before. [13]

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