Moment Of Silence

by DreamCatcher Games

Product Features

• Absolutely unique, highly immersive espionage thriller story
• Pre-rendered backgrounds with spectacular scenes and actions
• Reminiscent of The Longest Journey
• Multiple choice dialogues
• 35+ true-to-life 3D characters with strong biographical background to interact with

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007W65FA
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: February 23, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,931 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Moment of Silence is a classic point-and-click third-person adventure game set in New York City in 2044. Players step into the role of Peter Wright, an advertising executive currently heading up the Government's Freedom of Speech campaign. When a heavily armed SWAT team storms his neighbor’s apartment, Peter must uncover the truth behind his mysterious disappearance as he becomes drawn into the deceptive worlds of corruption and power.

The Moment of Silence marries fully-rendered, animated backdrops with a traditional and intuitive adventure interface, resulting in one of the best-looking examples of adventure gaming in today’s market. The game mixes real-world locations with fictitious environments to create immersive and incredibly varied worlds.

The Moment of Silence offers more than eight hours of professional voice talent for heart-pounding drama that sounds as good as it looks. Traditional adventure puzzles are fused with dialogue choices and moments of high drama, putting the game on par with some of cinema's greatest thrillers, where action sequences are integrated to create a constantly challenging adventure.

Features:

• Absolutely unique, highly immersive espionage thriller story
• Pre-rendered backgrounds with spectacular scenes and actions
• Reminiscent of The Longest Journey
• Multiple choice dialogues
• 35+ true-to-life 3D characters with strong biographical background to interact with
• Fascinating, well-researched visions of the near future
• 75 locations, designed by award-winning CG artists and more than 500 interactive screens
• 30 minutes of full screen video
• Lip synchronization using phonetic voice analysis
• Motion-captured animation with real-time facial expressions

Product Description

The Moment of Silence is a classic point-and-click 3rd person adventure game set in New York City in 2044. Players step into the role of Peter Wright, an advertising executive currently heading up the Government's 'Freedom of Speech' campaign. When a heavily armed SWAT team storms his neighbor's apartment, Peter must uncover the truth behind his mysterious disappearance as he becomes drawn into the deceptive worlds of corruption and power. Fascinating, well researched visions of the near future 75 locations, designed by award-winning CG artists and more than 500 interactive screens 30 minutes of full screen video Lip synchronization using phonetic voice analysis Motion captured animation with real-time facial expressions System requirements - Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP, 800 MHz Pentium 3 or Equivalent, 256 MB RAM, 24x CD-ROM Drive, 3.4 GB Hard Disk Space for Full Installation, 64 MB DirectX 8.1 Compatible 3D Video Card, DirectX Compatible Sound Card and Speakers, Keyboard and Mouse, DirectX 8.1 or Higher

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for adventure game fans!, July 21, 2005

By 

Mary (Germany) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Moment Of Silence (CD-ROM)

The Moment of Silence is a classic adventure game. 'Classic' meaning for me, believable characters, gorgeous graphics, logically implemented and solvable puzzles (which recommends the game to both practised adventure gamers and beginners) and above all a great and intriguiging story which makes you ponder whether something like that could be more than fiction. And believe me, you will remember this game every time when reading news about privacy and security issues in our everday life. Although the story is set in 2044 the reality created is tangible already. So if you enjoy books like '1984', 'Fahrenheit 451' etc. 'Moment of Silence' will be right up your alley. The story unfolds while you slip into the role of Peter Wright and slowly discover that the world you live in is not at all what you thought it was. This game has got all it would take to become a great movie.

I also think the 'reminiscence to The Longest Journey' which is my favourite game is a tad misleading. If you expect a fantasy story set in the future with mythical creatures and magic you will be disappointed. But if you expect a hero you can identify with, beautiful and detailed graphics, a soundtrack you'll want to listen to long after the game is over, good voice-acting and dialogues which do not only help solving the puzzles but add more depth to the story - then what are you waiting for? Grab it and get started - you won't leave your computer until you helped Peter Wright solve the mystery of his neighbour's disappearance. At least I didn't and I liked this game so much that after I played the german version I later also played the english one just because I wanted to see for myself whether the quality of the latter matches the original - and it does! :-)

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Moment of Silence by Sara, March 15, 2006

By 

Sara Louise - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Moment Of Silence (CD-ROM)

Moment of Silence played on my Windows XP, Radeon 9600, Sound Blaster Live without a hitch. The puzzles were well intergrated with the story. The voice acting was excellent. The plot was dialogue led but still there were a lot of things to do and lots of places to go. The action took you from New York to the Bermuda Triangle to the North Pole while investigating a future-tech government [or do I mean alien?] conspiracy. I found it to be exciting with a great ending. My only complaint was that it was too back and "forthing", to the park, to the kiosk, to Manhatten, to the Kiosk, to the airport, back to Manhatten, back to the airport, and so on. Get it and you'll see, but it's worth it. I give a B+.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Game For Intelligent Adults, July 23, 2007

By 

Robert S. Nevin - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Moment Of Silence (CD-ROM)

"The Moment Of Silence" is best regarded as a literary adventure game with its emphasis on plot, character, and dialogue. The opening cut sequence is the best of any game I have played with the possible exception of "Indigo Prophecy." Peter is just an ordinary guy. He simply starts out to obtain some information to help a neighbor. From the cut scene, of course, we know that this is a conspiracy game. Peter does not believe in conspiracies. He believes that conspiracy people are paranoid. When he finally understands, he acts!

This is a game of many long dialogues. The dialogues serve the purposes of advancing the plot, defining character, and providing clues and "triggers." If you skip throught the dialogues, you will miss "triggers" that will prevent you from completing the game. Do exhaust the dialogue in the antique shop. It is very poignant.

Of course, there are no puzzles to slow the game down. The game picks up momentum, and you would not want to waste time solving some dumb slider, color, or sound puzzles. Rather, there are problems to be solved. These problems can be solved with game knowledge, logic, and what is at hand.

The voice acting is superb, certainly of movie quality. The voices of the individual characters are distinct and exactly the voices that you expect them to have. Between the voices and the dialogues, you will remember every character in the game.

The graphics are generally excellent. Certainly there are some repeated stock scenes but no more than you would expect in a game of this complexity.

Finally, the game has a great wow finish. This is a game that you will long remember.