Silent Storm

List Price: $19.99

Features:

• Pick your team from a pool of mercenaries and equip them with more than 75 authentic WWII weapons -- then go deep inside enemy territory for dangerous missions
• Non-linear campaign structure allows you to tackle missions any way you like
• Choose the best men and live out your favorite WWII movies - Blow up a depot wall, sneak up on enemy officers, take out snipers and more
• Exciting 3D tactical game combines role-playing and turn-based strategy, for a fully immersive gaming experience -- you'll practically feel the bullets fly past you!

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

this game has the works [Posted on 2004-07-17]
i thought silant storm was a great game, not only were the graphics amazing but the way it is played is great as well.
You can destroy anything i mean anything if a doors locked shoot it if somethings in you'r way shoot it.

you can also make you'r own characters... their faces,voice,body all and all i gave this game a five out of five for great everything.

Best new turn-based tactical game out there [Posted on 2004-12-17]
Silent Storm is not an innovative game. It borrows all its elements from its predecessors - X-Com, Fall-Out BOS and the late UFO. What makes S2 such a great game is its level of execution. Putting it simply - it's very well done. It is very easy to learn but still has nice depth of play. The AI is nice if not very creative. The verity of environments and equipment is good. But most important, the graphics and sound are superb. This game offers loads of fun to all you frustrated turn-based fans (I know you're out there) and gives new hope to this flickering genre.
You can choose to play either the allies campaign or the axis campaign. The story line is okay but doesn't really matter. This game is about squad based tactics. So if you loved BOS, this game is definitely for you. You manage a squad of up to 6 soldiers with some level of specialization. The game starts real-time and moves to turn based once combat is initiated. Except for your hero, the rest of the squad is replaceable, although this is somewhat problematic as the pool of recruits does not grow (or improve) as you gain experience.
The environment is beautifully detailed and completely destructible (yeah baby!). This feature alone opens a whole new set of possible tactical solutions to some otherwise tight spots. The excellent sound also helps understand what's going on and anticipate enemy activity. These add up to an extremely immersive gaming experience.
The two elements missing from this game are the economic factor (you get all your equipment for free on top of being able to loot the levels) and base building (notice I'm actually wishing for a WWII style x-com...). Nevertheless, this is still a great game and I can't wait for the release of the sequel - Silent Storm Sentinels (S3)

Not my favorite [Posted on 2005-02-04]
Silent Storm is a fairly good game but as others have said there's quite a few bugs. I put up with the bugs in Sacred because I loved the game but this Encore game is not my favorite.

dont buy this game [Posted on 2005-03-11]
I tossed this game in the trash can...very boring...silly may be a better word.

Awesome! But some flaws... [Posted on 2006-02-25]
I saw this game at a local store for $20 and after looking at the box I had to buy this game.

When I installed this game I was blown away. The graphics are still beautiful despite the age of the game, it is fully 3d, there are destructible environments, tons of weapons, and an rpg element (your characters gain levels and you can choose some skills).

This is a turn based strategy game with some real time parts (when no enemies see you or are near you can walk around freely so that the things move along quickly).

There are a lot of missions which, sadly can be incredibly frustrating at times. There are even random encounters, which are pretty exciting at first. Unfortunately the main missions and the random encounters lose their appeal after a short while.

There is hardly any replay value for this game--even playing as the axis instead of the allies gets boring quickly as some of the levels turn out to be the same--except you are attacking a base instead of defending.

Combat can be pretty fun, although most of the times it seems a little lame (after the initial fun wears off). Why? Usually combat means standing as far away as possible and firing my rifles at enemies who are firing their rifles at me. (I give each of my characters a rifle and a machine gun and grenades of course, which essentially makes them ready for every situation).

I'll admit that being able to destroy everything in this game is fun, but at times it just gets annoying. In some levels there are explosive barrels lying around everywhere and if you hit them or if your character throws a grenade in the wrong place it can seriously screw you over. I'm not talking about dying but finding out after 20+ minutes of playing that the area you need to go to is now inaccessible because of the explosive barrels or grenade blew up the path. This has happened frequently. In one case I had to pick up some scienties lying around somewhere but the grenades had blown up so much of the building I couldn't even reach him. This was after 30 minutes of fighting and sweating. Obviously it isn't fun to restart.

Looting is probably one of the most exciting parts of the game. Picking up new useful weapons from your foes is just as fun as playing an rpg and digging through treasure chests.

One problem involving the loot though, is that when you kill someone and the items fall, it can sometimes take minutes for the items to fall on the ground properly. What I mean is that the item has to travel from the character to the ground. Sometimes this doesn't happen properly. I've seen rifles spinning around on the ground for several minutes (and you have to wait while this happens). I've also seen items fall through the ground and disappear. Strange.

If this game were multiplayer it would probably be the most played game in the world. Sadly it doesn't look like there will ever be a multiplayer version of this game. I would love to play against people online.

One last note: if you are expecting only to use authentic weapons, then you will be disappointed. There are some "experimental" weapons included in this game, such as lazers and battle armor. I think they are intereting weapons and they are fun to use, but wish they hadn't been included.

Overall, this is a great game and you should try it out.

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