The Silent Age is a point and click puzzle adventure game that follows an interesting story line and interesting concept, along side beautiful vector graphics and sound quality. It is a PC port of a mobile game, but it doesn't feel like it is.

• Interesting Story - Without spoiling anything, the story is about a Randy Marsh lookalike named Joe and he is your average janitor at a shady homeland security company. A series of events puts him in the place of being able to jump through time and... saaave da wuuurld!. Even if the story is a little far fetched, it is nicely presented to the player and has a certain depth and complexity to it. However, I don't get the ending. It's a paradox of casuality.
  
  
• Chapter Select - There are 10 chapters to play, and you can choose to replay any unlocked chapter at any given time. Excellent if you have a favorite level or missed an achievement or want to do a speed run.
  
  
• Nice Graphics and Sound - The graphics aren't detailed, and they resemble something you would find in a Flash game, but they do look nice and I love the overall look of the game. Sound quality is also good, even if Joe's voice actor plays it a little too worried and confused.
  
  
• Automatic Item Discard - The games makes it easy for you by removing items once their use has been fulfilled instead of cluttering your inventory. Also, has quite the humor when you try out insanely stupid interaction possibilities.
  
  
• Achievements - The achievements are both easy to make, and are mainly concerned on the story line. If you are creative and figure out the clues in the name, you will be able to get all 24 achievements in a single run. This is an enjoyable "Perfect Game" for the achievement hunters.

• Linear - The puzzles are too linear to pose a real challenge and it could have been much more complicated than simply two time instances. Often, you get the solution because there aren't really that many things to interact with, as you only access the required items in the order they need to be used (mostly).
  
  
• Paradoxes! - Because of the very nature of time-traveling (which is one way only -> to the future), even if said time machine worked both ways, paradoxes form galore. I won't spoil anything, but will include a spoiler tag text in the comments of this review, if interested.
  
  
• Short - The game takes only about 4 hours to very casually go through it, and because the levels are so easy and linear, unless you've missed an achievement, or want to pay closer attention to the story, there aren't any incentives to replay it.

This is a great point and click puzzled with a decent story that is sure to get your attention for a few hours. Very pleasant to the eyes, ears and brain, along with the great achievement system makes this a solid choice if you're into science fiction and puzzle games.

[table][tr][td][b]Note:[/b] This game was provided to me for free for review purposes.[/td][/tr][/table] [h1]Overview[/h1] [i]The Silent Age[/i] is a point and click puzzle adventure game that follows an interesting story line and interesting concept, along side beautiful vector graphics and sound quality. It is a PC port of a mobile game, but it doesn't feel like it is. [h1]The Pros:[/h1] [list] [*][b]Interesting Story[/b] - Without spoiling anything, the story is about a Randy Marsh lookalike named Joe and he is your average janitor at a shady homeland security company. A series of events puts him in the place of being able to jump through time and... [i]saaave da wuuurld![/i]. Even if the story is a little far fetched, it is nicely presented to the player and has a certain depth and complexity to it. However, [spoiler]I don't get the ending. It's a paradox of casuality.[/spoiler] [*][b]Chapter Select[/b] - There are 10 chapters to play, and you can choose to replay any unlocked chapter at any given time. Excellent if you have a favorite level or missed an achievement or want to do a speed run. [*][b]Nice Graphics and Sound[/b] - The graphics aren't detailed, and they resemble something you would find in a Flash game, but they do look nice and I love the overall look of the game. Sound quality is also good, even if Joe's voice actor plays it a little too worried and confused. [*][b]Automatic Item Discard[/b] - The games makes it easy for you by removing items once their use has been fulfilled instead of cluttering your inventory. Also, has quite the humor when you try out insanely stupid interaction possibilities. [*][b]Achievements[/b] - The achievements are both easy to make, and are mainly concerned on the story line. If you are creative and figure out the clues in the name, you will be able to get all 24 achievements in a single run. This is an enjoyable "Perfect Game" for the achievement hunters. [/list] [h1]The Cons:[/h1] [list] [*][b]Linear[/b] - The puzzles are too linear to pose a real challenge and it could have been much more complicated than simply two time instances. Often, you get the solution because there aren't really that many things to interact with, as you only access the required items in the order they need to be used (mostly). [*][b]Paradoxes![/b] - Because of the very nature of time-traveling (which is one way only -> to the future), even if said time machine worked both ways, paradoxes form galore. I won't spoil anything, but will include a spoiler tag text in the comments of this review, if interested. [*][b]Short[/b] - The game takes only about 4 hours to very casually go through it, and because the levels are so easy and linear, unless you've missed an achievement, or want to pay closer attention to the story, there aren't any incentives to replay it. [/list] [h1]Conclusion[/h1] This is a great point and click puzzled with a decent story that is sure to get your attention for a few hours. Very pleasant to the eyes, ears and brain, along with the great achievement system makes this a solid choice if you're into science fiction and puzzle games. [table][tr][td][i]If you liked this review or want to see more of my recommended games, you can view my reviews [url=http://gtm.you1.cn/groups/jads_list/discussions/2/]here[/url], and be sure to follow our curator group: [url=http://gtm.you1.cn/groups/Original_Curators_Group#curation]Follow Original Curator Group[/url][/i][/td][/tr][/table]