When comparing The Silent Age vs This War of Mine, the Slant community recommends The Silent Age for most people. In the question“What are the best games with rich story for Android?” The Silent Age is ranked 3rd while This War of Mine is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose The Silent Age is:
The Silent Age is a great looking game that uses lighting effects and color to make the game pop.
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Pros
Pro Good use of lighting and art design
The Silent Age is a great looking game that uses lighting effects and color to make the game pop.
Pro Interesting time travel mechanic
The Silent Age uses an interesting time travel mechanic in that the protagonist will jump between 2012 and 1970, which results in environmental changes that the player needs to explore.
Pro Great atmosphere reminiscent of the old Delphine software games
Pro Creates a sense of fear
Through using the use of sound/graphics as well as how pertinent it is to find supplies, going out into the world where almost all interactions are fraught with danger give a real sense of fear as to not get killed by the worlds survivors. Every sound or shadow moving makes for a world that should worry the player and then some.
Pro Realisticly tough decision making
Users must make many choices in game that can result in many realistic consequences. Should the player take a gun out with them to scavenge, what if they run into enemies and didn't bring one? What if they brought the gun but now don't have room in their inventory to collect all the items needed to survive the next day?
Cons
Con Somewhat easy and too short
The few interactive objects a player finds will ultimately be an object that is used in a puzzle, leaving not too much guess work as to how to progress. Chapter 1 is too short to entice you to pay for the rest of the game.
Con Crafting is difficult to grasp
While playing a huge role in the game the mechanics of crafting are not explained that well leaving the player to guess as to what they need to do, which can be frustrating.