Silver
- June 2, 2017
- Spiral House
- 11h median play time
Get on Steam"Silver" is a single-player Fantasy Role Playing game with an ingenious story and wonderful gameplay. As the knight David, embark on a quest to rescue your wife and defeat the corrupt sorcerer Silver. Master swordplay, learn magic, and recruit allies while navigating hostile worlds filled with Silver's minions in your search for 8 lost artifacts. With intuitive controls, good visuals, and a stunning soundtrack, "Silver" offers a beautiful and immersive gaming experience.
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Reviews
- The game features a unique and engaging combat system that utilizes mouse gestures, making battles feel dynamic and interactive.
- The nostalgic aesthetic, combined with beautifully rendered backgrounds and a captivating soundtrack, creates an immersive experience that resonates with players.
- The story, while simple, is enhanced by well-developed characters and voice acting, providing a charming and memorable adventure.
- The game suffers from various bugs and crashes, particularly on modern systems, which can disrupt gameplay and lead to frustration.
- Navigation and quest progression can be confusing due to a lack of clear guidance, often requiring players to consult guides to avoid getting lost.
- The controls can feel clunky and imprecise at times, especially when managing multiple characters in combat, which may detract from the overall experience.
- story101 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 59 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
The story centers around David, a young hero on a quest to rescue his kidnapped wife from the evil sorcerer Silver, while also collecting eight magical orbs tied to elemental forces. While the narrative is often described as generic and cliche, it is complemented by engaging voice acting and a variety of NPCs with their own stories, enhancing the overall experience. Despite its linearity and some repetitive elements, the game offers a nostalgic adventure filled with classic fantasy themes and enjoyable gameplay.
“The game strikes the perfect balance between story progression, combat, and exploration.”
“Your rescue mission is intertwined with a quest to collect eight magical orbs, each tied to an elemental force such as fire, ice, light, and earth. These orbs are thoughtfully placed in thematic locations, and obtaining them requires facing challenging boss fights.”
“The story unfolds before you in voice-acted scenes, and then you play a segment of the game before jumping into another voice-acted story sequence.”
“This story has been told before, and this does little to differentiate itself from other tales.”
“Most of the plot is also dedicated to finding eight mcguffins, and at times it seems like David forgets why he set out in the first place.”
“The story is simple, and dialogue is full of cliches, but that wasn't very important as back then I was blown away with the beautiful pre-rendered environments, great music, and innovative combat and controls.”
- graphics57 mentions
- 32 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are a blend of nostalgic charm and dated design, featuring polygonal 3D characters set against beautifully pre-rendered 2D backgrounds that still evoke a sense of atmosphere. While many players appreciate the artistic style and the game's ability to hold up over time, there are frequent mentions of graphical glitches and issues that detract from the experience. Overall, the visuals are considered decent for their era, though they may not meet modern standards, and the combination of aesthetics and gameplay remains enjoyable for fans of retro gaming.
“This is one of the best games I've ever played in my life, absolutely encompasses everything good from retro gaming. The aesthetic is purely golden, and the writing and atmospheric design is timeless. The early 3D rendered backgrounds create this massive and expansive magical medieval world.”
“Despite the dated graphics, the combination of polygonal 3D characters against pre-rendered 2D backgrounds remains visually captivating.”
“The graphics combine nicely drawn 2D sets and backgrounds with the 3D characters and items.”
“It can easily lead to glitches in sound or graphics, it can cause crashes, and the intro, which is 5+ minutes long and very atmospheric, becomes a mess.”
“The linux-native version of Silver suffers from a very distracting graphical glitch during combat.”
“Besides this, the constant graphics glitches are really annoying to deal with and take away from the gameplay.”
- gameplay45 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 53 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by its unique and intuitive mechanics, particularly the mouse-based combat system that was innovative for its time, despite some clunkiness and minor bugs. While the graphics have aged, the engaging story, immersive atmosphere, and enjoyable combat mechanics continue to resonate with players, making it a nostalgic experience worth revisiting. Overall, it remains a fun and imaginative adventure, appealing to both new players and those seeking a trip down memory lane.
“The control system is intuitive, avoiding typical point-and-click mechanics for a more elaborate combat system.”
“The lore is simple yet interesting, the gameplay is intuitive and the fighting system feels like you're actually hacking a sword as you move your mouse.”
“Can really recommend this game to new users, as it has an interesting enough story to keep you hooked while the gameplay is a unique experience and, in my opinion, the real gem of this game.”
“To spice things up a bit, melee fighting involves holding down the ctrl key and swiping the mouse in four directions, but the most powerful move for the sword is the thrust (ctrl + forward swipe) which can be spammed, so there is little point to this mechanic.”
“Even though neither the story nor the gameplay has aged well compared to similar modern games, Silver is still fun for the most part before the repetitiveness sets in.”
“Besides this, the constant graphics glitches are really annoying to deal with and take away from the gameplay.”
- music39 mentions
- 62 % positive mentions
- 31 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely praised for its ability to enhance the atmosphere and immerse players, with many reviewers highlighting its nostalgic and beautiful soundtrack that complements the visuals perfectly. While some mention occasional issues with repetition or glitches, the overall sentiment is that the music remains a standout feature, contributing significantly to the game's charm and emotional impact. Many players fondly recall the music as a key element of their gaming experience, making it a memorable aspect of the title.
“The music deserves a special mention, as it complements the game's atmosphere perfectly, contributing to its immersive quality.”
“The landscapes are beautiful, the characters are the good kind of cliché and the soundtrack brings back so many memories, of sitting through whole nights playing this with my cousins on my vacations when I was around 10.”
“The music really makes it timeless to play again, the score is quite original and makes memorable moments.”
“The music is repetitive and uninspiring; bosses that are easier than regular enemies, the list goes on and on.”
“And the background music was all glitchy and cut off.”
“This is on top of the title video becoming about 15 seconds out of sync (audio behind video) with sound breaks by the end of the clip, and then the music randomly stopping during the initial battle tutorial.”
- atmosphere15 mentions
- 80 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its immersive quality, combining stunning retro aesthetics with evocative music and sound design that enhances the magical medieval world. While the early 3D rendered backgrounds and character designs evoke nostalgia, the atmospheric elements, including voice acting and narrative pacing, contribute to a captivating experience, despite occasional technical glitches. Overall, the game successfully creates a charming and engaging atmosphere that resonates with players.
“This is one of the best games I've ever played in my life, absolutely encompasses everything good from retro gaming. The aesthetic is purely golden, and the writing and atmospheric design is timeless. The early 3D rendered backgrounds create this massive and expansive magical medieval world.”
“The music deserves a special mention, as it complements the game's atmosphere perfectly, contributing to its immersive quality.”
“Cheesy but fun dialogues with fully voice acting, innovative combat swiping the screen for different moves, superb backgrounds and music soundtrack, plenty of items, potions, magic, weapons and skills to keep you entertained, cool boss fights and companions, and just simply one of the most captivating atmospheric games I personally experienced.”
“The OST has a lot of somber songs, but it also has room for some more magical ones when it is a better fit for the atmosphere of the area.”
“The sound and the atmosphere during the boss fights... everything just feels like a 5 plus.”
“The game has a very charming feel to it based on atmosphere and art style, although the story and dialogue are as cheesy as it gets (especially for a 90s game).”
- stability12 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 83 % negative mentions
The game's stability is a mixed bag, with users reporting frequent glitches in sound and graphics, as well as crashes, particularly before save points. While some patches have improved performance, many players still encounter persistent bugs that detract from the overall experience, especially during combat and in camera angles. Despite these issues, some users note that the updated version runs well on modern hardware, with minimal load times and fewer glitches.
“Apart from these issues, the game runs great, even if you play on weak hardware.”
“It runs great on my machine, with no load times to mention and so far no glitches at all.”
“It can easily lead to glitches in sound or graphics, it can cause crashes, and the intro, which is 5+ minutes long and very atmospheric, becomes a mess.”
“Occasional glitches and bugs, particularly crashes before save points, can be frustrating.”
“Playing through it again was very nostalgic...however....this game is a buggy mess.”
- humor7 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is praised for its humor, featuring a funny control scheme, hilarious voice acting, and witty dialogue that enhances the overall experience. Players appreciate the comedic interactions between characters, which contribute to the game's charm and entertainment value.
“The voice acting is hilarious and a bunch of fun but also good if sometimes goofy.”
“A funny sidenote; at one point during the game the game really reminded me of a Game of Thrones character.”
“It's funny, has great dialogue and good voice acting.”
- replayability6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The game is often compared to Final Fantasy VII, with some reviewers noting it has greater replayability despite its age. However, many players feel that the lack of significant changes in the story and limited combat styles diminish its overall replay value, making it less appealing for multiple playthroughs.
“People say it's a Final Fantasy VII clone, but other than the similar visual limitations of the time, this game is far superior and far more replayable.”
“Nevertheless, time has not been so kind to it, but despite that, it still holds firm as one of the better RPGs of the 90s and it has replay value if you give it time.”
“Great game, low replayability, although nothing's preventing you from trying different combat styles in as many playthroughs.”
“Due to this, the game lacks replayability.”
“- not particularly replayable.”
- grinding5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- -40 % neutral mentions
- 80 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be somewhat tedious, particularly due to enemies fleeing and the need to clear areas to progress. While some appreciate the nostalgia and efficient grinding paths, others express frustration with repetitive boss fights and enemy respawns, suggesting that it can detract from the overall experience.
“You'll need a second life for grinding.”
“Grinding in this game is incredibly rewarding and keeps you engaged.”
“The grind is satisfying and offers a real sense of progression.”
“The journey does get a bit tedious towards the end, as areas have to be cleared to proceed, and at times the game starts spawning enemies out of thin air.”
“It's not worth the frustration of replaying tediously drawn-out boss fights.”
“It gets a bit tedious when enemies keep running away, and when your horizontal attacks keep turning you away from the ones you are fighting, but it is manageable.”
- optimization4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The optimization of the game is mixed, with reports of crashes during boss fights and sound desynchronization in cutscenes. While the port is generally solid, issues like video stuttering and inconsistent voice acting quality detract from the overall experience.
“An old game and mostly solid port for the PC, with my only two issues being two crashes after I lost to two different bosses and the intro cutscene's sound stuttering enough for it to desynchronize with the movie.”
“There's also the aforementioned video stuttering, but I think it's Bink video, and no matter which computer I've used, that has never worked well for me.”
- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Many users feel that the emotional impact of the game is diminished by the protagonist's lackluster and uninspired performance, which detracts from otherwise poignant scenes.
