Cold Silence
Cold Silence
Cold Silence, développé par Half-Face Games et édité par Xitilon, est sorti le 30 mai 2019 sur PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch et Xbox One. Ce jeu d'aventure, d'arcade et de plateforme indépendant, réalisé avec le moteur GameMaker, se présente comme un plateformer horrifique minimaliste centré sur la survie en montagne enneigée. Le joueur incarne Hughes, un explorateur polaire égaré qui trouve une vieille radio diffusant une voix mystérieuse le guidant à travers la région, tandis qu'il doit retrouver les pages de son journal perdues et affronter leurs gardiens, incarnations de ses peurs. L'aventure propose un monde vaste et continu, la collecte d'équipements, des passages secrets, neuf boss uniques, un système de progression par checkpoints rejouables, cinq niveaux de difficulté et des défis supplémentaires, le tout dans un univers enneigé à deux tons où un filtre anti-crénelage peut adoucir le pixel-art. La version Complete Edition inclut le mode Creators Challenge, la location Church of Sorrow avec une quête annexé débloquant le mode Heartblood, ainsi que le filtre xBR. La presse a salué certaines bonnes idées du titre tout en regrettant des défauts d'exécution, et si des joueurs soulignent que le jeu n'est pas aussi mauvais que certaines notes sur les marchés de consoles le laissent penser, d'autres le décrivent simplement comme un plateformer horrifique 2D minimaliste focalisé sur la survie de Hughes dans les montagnes.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Cold Silence on Xbox One has some great ideas, however in much of its execution it does not stick the landing; that is sad because you can see there is a truly great and new kind of experience in the seams of this game. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Cold Silence is a Minimalistic 2D Horror Platformer. You play as Hughes, lost trying to survive the harsh snowy mountains. In an attempt to find rescue, you follow the voice coming from the radios. Three colors are used to depict the despair and dread, as not much can be seen. The game holds 5 Difficulty modes: Easy, Normal, Hard, Extreme, and Lethal. Easy Mode starts you with 10 Hearts, Normal with 5, Hard with 3, and Extreme only one! Lethal removes saves, you return to the very beginning if you die, with one heart. The minimalistic 8bit styling using only 3 colors, attempts to give you the feel of being trapped in a snowstorm, atop a snow-covered mountain and does this well. Each time you find one of the radios, there is a section of reading, then your back to the platforming. There is an achievement for every difficulty, so Achievement hounds be forewarned! The game is a great experience, and platforming fans should enjoy the gameplay. The platforming is challenging, minus the visibility issues, lending to the enjoyment of a few good replays. Hailing back to the games we used to beat in one sitting, then do it again better, and repeat. For its price, it's a phenomenal addition to your Games Library. »
« I'll start out by saying don't go by the reviews you see in console marketplace. It isn't that bad ****. There are people giving it 1 out of 10 because you have to give it permission to your account. Kind of a trend for these cheap indies from some Publishers that they need to scrap. it's really hurting their reviews in Marketplace. It isn't an amazing game don't get me wrong, but it's not as bad as review scores may be reflecting because of this issue. It's certainly worth a play, and will fill a evening quite nicely for people who enjoy simplistic, affordable, horror titles. The games design is made up of just 3 different colors. At times that can make it hard to tell where you can go. That is probably the most difficult thing about "Cold Silence" is figuring out what to do and where to go,or how to defeat the bosses. The puzzle solving isn't really all that challenging, and most the hidden items are usually found just trying to figure out how to get out of areas. The enemies are fairly simple to stop. There are items to find to help on your journey. Boots to help you jump higher, rope, a radio to use on towers to make you able to use them as blocks to jump off of. a shotgun and grenades for blowing holes in barriers. The controls are spot on. I never had a single issue with making jumps or escaping attacks. They are really smooth which will come in hand when trying to jump on different platforms, or escape Boss attacks. I did experience bugs though with falling through the floor. More than once I hate to say. You have to completely start from last save if playing on easy. I'm not sure how this would hurt you on harder difficulties though. Could be more of a issue, as I don't think the levels save or are limited. I enjoyed the music a lot it changes in each area pretty much which is nice after having to play "Aery" where the same song played over and over the entire game. The visuals though aren't much to look at though. I know it is supposed to add to the horror experience of like a white out or what ever, but really just left me wondering if this game would been a lot better with less simplistic backgrounds. As I spent a lot of time missing areas, because it's just hard to tell what is what a lot of the time. For such a simplistic title i'm surprised about how much I have written on this one. I expected this to be a short review, but shows if you really go in depth you can really cover a game no matter how small. I really wanted to think of comparisons on this one, but I really couldn't think of much. Closest I could come up with is like a modern day "Pitfall" except with a lot more depth as there are boss fights, and items that help you complete your journey. The exploration though felt a lot like Pitfall, trying to figure out my way through the caves. Is it for you? I don't know if you like small indies and collect Achievements probably yes. It has some really fun Achievements to figure out. Might be one of the things I enjoyed about it the most. Figuring them out. I think it gives it replay value, and purchase value as well. At 5 dollars it's going to give you a decent evening's worth of fun just trying to get all the Achievements. There is a lot for different deaths, and you get different death screens for each type which is really cool. I think that might have been my favorite part of this game just trying to figure them out or the funny moments like when you get your legs blown off, and the guy on the radio has a pretty hilarious wit to him. It's no question worth your time if you are looking to grab some thing cheap to play one evening. Pros: Really Fun Achievements Smooth controls Cool Death screens Affordable Nice soundtrack Epic Boss battles Cons: Bland to look at, hard tell where you're going at times Glitches Galore Having to give Permission to app Overall: 5.5 Cold Silence isn't a bad game at all. It is actually a fun and affordable experience. You may not play it over and over, but it's going to entertain you for a evening at least. For some of us that is just fine. Some people Don't have time to give a game 60 hours. Some people like a short game they can grab cheap, and 100% it in a night. Cold Silence is fits that crowd really nicely. »
