Review of The Silent Sky by MoonBird

I so wanted to like this game. I really did. But it was impossible. Really was.

1. The real drag starts right from the opening screen. You are forced to hover and search the hidden menu items from the screen. I think that the developer thought it would be fun. Well it’s bloody seriously NOT.

2. The game doesn’t stretch to full screen properly, it leaves two thick bars on both sides of the screen.

3. Hotspots lack names. In the beginning, when there was need to put on some clothes, I clicked the shoes. The character blurts out: “I’ll want to put on some clothes first” ... well okay, I’m sorry as heck that I didn’t know that shoes are not clothes, and even if I’d been able to foresee that, I couldn’t tell if I was clicking the shoes or the shirt, ‘cause I didn’t know where the hotstpot changes to another.

4. Voice acting was almost inaudible and the sound effects really loud, and there was no setting to adjust their volume separately.

5. When I finally decided to stand up from the bed, there was 3 or 4 hints as to what to do next. Like… seriously. I’m not 4 years old and I’m trying to play adventure game here. There’s no need to hold my hand so tightly. And the next hints just came…. one… after….another…. ...and I couldn’t know if the character was done talking or not.

That was the time I hit the quit button and ran away from this game. I just couldn’t take any more.

On top of that, it costs over 10€ and it’s only part 1. I don’t even want to know how short it is for the price, but I really doubt that it justifies the expensive price tag.