It's hard to make an adventure game that holds up to modern standards. Unlike the golden era for the genre, slapping a few static backgrounds together with a host of clickables and collectables you have to use in bewildering, counter-intuitive combinations simply won't cut it. A successful modern adventure game needs to have some panache, be it good writing, interesting plot, or a unique visual style. The Silent Age manages to get all three of those.

Right up front, the most distinctive thing that sets The Silent Age apart is its unique art style. Mostly composed of borderless shapes of color with just enough detail to convey the intended concepts, the retro-simple presentation looks like it stepped out of generic motivational posters from some equally generic yesteryear. That style helps reinforce the impression of the game's "home" year of 1972, making you feel as though you're controlling a piece of the past. It's also an odd parallel with the low resolution pixel art of classic adventure games: the low-detail presentation leaves it up to the player's imagination - and the game's wonderful text descriptions - to fill in the rest. Overall it's pleasant and effective, helping to set the stage for the game's story.

The story itself is good, nothing groundbreaking for any long-time scifi fan, but a well-constructed, internally consistent time-travel yarn. What really shines in the story is its tone, walking a very fine line between serious and humorous, wobbling into both at times, but never detracting from the overall experience. It's a difficult balance to pull off, but The Silent Age manages it wonderfully, with good dialog and solid voice acting. You aren't going to laugh out loud, but you might have a sensible chuckle here or there.

If there is a bad thing to say about The Silent Age, it's a very conditional "bad" thing, about the puzzles specifically. They aren't bad, or illogical, or tedious, or any of the other traps that adventure games often fall into. On the whole they're reasonably crafted, logically consistent, and satisfying to solve. The only potentially bad thing I can find in them is that they're a touch easy, at least for most fans of adventure games. Admittedly this steers them clear of the other side of that coin, the hamfistedly illogical sequence of actions that some adventure games consider "solutions", but by the same token I didn't ever find myself stuck in this game, even a little. That said, I never found myself bored either, so I'm not going to complain.

So, conclusion time: is it fun? Yes. Is it stylish? Very yes. Did the adventure game loving part of my brain get a happy little thrill playing it? Definitely. This is a solid title that any adventure game fan should consider giving a go, so long as they aren't expecting a series of intense brain teasers.

A point and click game with an awesome sci-fi story; a bit short but worth it.

This is an excellent adventure game! I haven't played such a nice point'n'click for a long time.
Story is interesting, the puzzles are logical, vector-ish graphics and spooky music are very good.
The game mechanic used thoughout the game (no spoilers) is refreshing.
I highly recommend this game.

This was a very enjoyable to play. I always enjoy time-travel based puzzles.

wow. just wow. perfect game! incredible story... just wow... 15/10

A PERSONAL NOTE BEFORE THE GOOD BAD & UGLY!
I have a love/hate relationship with Meridian4 games. Their trailors often leave me wanting more and getting ultimately burned like...I dunno, lets say 40% of the time, cause numbers suck.
But this one... It was a diamond in the rough of Meridian4 games.

HOWS THE GRAPHICS?
The sidecrolling 2 dimentional approach was a good choice for this kind of game. A computer made in the mid to late 90s could prolly even run this game I think. BUT, let it not be said that graphics are all a game needs to be good. If that were the case, then the logic behind loving UNDERTALE and FNAF would be lost.

WHAT ABOUT THE STORY?
Its charming, fun, and well written for an indie game. But that's to be expected for a game that's story driven, right? The writers of this HAD to be a fan of H.G. Wells books, cause thats all I got from this game's plot line, a million and a half nods to H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. (Which if you haven't read that one, you have very little culture, I assure you.)

GAMEPLAY?
Simple, Easy, and Casual are a few words I can say about how this game plays. Be it that it also can be SUPER boring at times. Play time for me (Without trying for 100% on achivements.) is clocked at 4-5 hours worth. To some, maybe that amount of time makes the price tag not worth it, but sales are your friend for that reason.

SO WHATS THE COON'S VERDICT?
It's charming, almost parodical telling of a time travel sci-fi story, mixed with is easy to learn, even easier to master game play style, made for an enjoyable few hours for me. I am not a coon who likes a game that gets heated very easily, or competitive, I like a game that entrances me into its world and keeps me going with its writing. It makes me want to get to the bottom of things, and find the stunning conclusion, instead of repeating the same objectives for a useless goal on an online game along side screaming 10 year olds and trolls.

Pros:

• Charming Story
  
• Easy Gameplay
  
• Fun Style

Cons:

• Its Price V.S. Time Ratio
  
• Story and Gameplay Drags On At Times

Final Score

I Greatly Reccomend The Silent Age!

Side note: Oh my god! I can't believe I forgot one of my favorite details! For an indie game, the voice acting is impecable. Like, SUPER solid! The guys and gals who worked along side this project have some bright futures ahead of them if they aren't on the market for voice acting yet! If any of the voice actors are reading this review (Prolly not but can't help but say.), GO FIND WORK WITH YOUR VOICE, YOU DESERVE IT CAUSE Y'ALL ALL SOUNDED FANTASTIC!

A story unlike any other. I'm not normally all for point and click games, but hell...this is a hell of a game, hell of a narrative, hell of an experience. 10/10.

(By the way it's good as a present for someone ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))

Ok so I just binged an out of the blue amazing game. This is an adventure game where you... holy crap. You know what, I am not going to spoil it. Suffice to say is that it has an awesome mechanic you will discover about 10 minutes in. Because of this mechanic you get to see the scenes differently and interact with things in a unique manner. The visuals are excellent, the voice acting is great, the music is spectacular and the storyline is INCREDIBLY satisfying. Listen stop reading me rambling this, it's a 10 out of 10. Look at my review history, it is very rare that I give out such scores. If you like adventure games, play this - no questions asked.

Little does Joe knows that today is about to take a very dramatic turn. Because he is going to take frank's chair.

This game is really nice for the 2 hours offered. But do not pay more then 1 euro on it.