When comparing The Silent Age vs Botanicula, the Slant community recommends The Silent Age for most people. In the question“What are the best indie Android games?” The Silent Age is ranked 3rd while Botanicula is ranked 10th. 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 Immersive mode
Botanicula utilizes immersive mode which is available on all Android devices that are on 4.4+.
Pro Graphics border on being art
The fantastic visual in the game is remiss of art one would see in a pop art gallery.
Pro Intuitive puzzles
Unlike this studios previous work (Machinarium) the puzzles are intuitive and difficulty ramps up fairly.
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 Buggy and crashes
There are quite a few graphical bugs in the game as well as a lack of stability.