| Deleted User | I've finished the Moment of Silence this week. I must say I am dissapointed, but at the same time I found a lot to like in this game.
B+
Originally Posted By lambo (17 MAY 2005 2:27am)
It's games like this that don't do anything for encouraging non-adventure game players to embrace these games.
I think you are right on with this. I liked the game, but I cannot recommend it to anyone I can think of, but me.
+ I like the box presentation (the first time I like a box cover from TAC, maybe a little too much of "award winning" crap but realy neat).
+ The music: bravo! dramatic, dead serious, this reminds me of the good'ol time when music was important in games.
+ The dialogues: lots and lots of GOOD dialogues -except for one or two characters. This is really the highlight of the game. Peter Wright is a likeable character with internal conflicts; he's not a smartass, arrogant bastard(à la Black Mirror) or dumb as hell like too many adv character. Excellent voice-acting.
+ The story is totally gripping, post 9/11 paranoid delirium-style. There is not enough of these kind of realistic sci-fi stories in games nowadays. Not really original, but different from the load of fantasy-themed games.
+ The few cutscenes/moving angles were absolutely great, the only other game to have done that was Blade Runner I think. They should have made more of these transitions. The cutscenes are great to.
+ The lenght was great, I think I've played for 25 hours (or more)
But,
- Incredibly difficult to move Peter around
- Horrible pathfinding
- The need to search for all the angles in a room is really frustrating.
- Some parts were incredibly difficult (impossible?) to solve, I used the Universal Hint System MANY times -and I NEVER do. With that much of gameplay, why make it that difficult?
- a few bugs
It really could have been a masterpiece. This one is infinitely better than Mystery of the Druids, so I guess the next one from House of Tales WILL be pretty excellent.
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