When comparing The Silent Age vs Hyper Rift, 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 Hyper Rift is ranked 17th. 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 Visual representation of the story
There is a graphical view above the text story area that allows for some interaction as well as a visual representation of what is happening in the story.
Pro 14 different endings
There is a total of 14 different endings to be found in Hyper Rift, making for a good amount of play time for those that want to find them all.
Pro Single in-app purchase to remove advertisements
Keeping the game fully playable for free users as well as singular priced for paid users is refreshing to see in the in numerous app purchase fueled Play Store.
Pro Good Rift experience
Pro Original unpredictable story
The story in Hyper Rift has quite a few plot twists that keep the game fresh and engaging.
Pro Puzzle elements to the gameplay
There are a few puzzle sections in the game that are all logic based, meaning no randomness to them. There are clues on how to solve them as well as direct answers scattered around each level, so for those that do get stuck, don't worry as there may be something up ahead that helps solve it.
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 Does not properly scale
Hyper Rift does not properly scale on all devices leaving large black bars on each side of the game.
Con Only one save slot
There is only one save slot in the game meaning each playthrough will have to e done one after the other instead of simultaneously.