The Moment of Silence (Windows)

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Description

The year is 2044, and the world has become a globalized, industrialized place where online communication often replaces other forms of socializing and where each citizen can be easily found with tracking devices. Peter Wright is an employee in a New York advertising agency whose family was killed in a terrorist attack. One night he witnesses his neighbor being taken away by a SWAT team. The neighbor's wife asks Peter to find out what happened to her husband, and Peter begins to realize that the authorities are following an unknown agenda he must reveal at all costs.

The Moment of Silence is a traditional puzzle-solving adventure game. The player navigates the protagonist through pre-rendered locations with frequently changing, fixed camera angles. Most of the puzzles either involve gathering information by talking to characters and exploring dialogue trees, or manipulating inventory items and using them on objects in the scenery.

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Alternate Titles

• "寂静时刻" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Момент Истины" -- Russian spelling
• "MoS" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Cougar
• Gameplay feature: Scuba diving / Snorkeling
• Setting: City - New York

User Reviews

Inadequate path finding tarnishes an otherwise good game	Jeanne (76182)
Has good moments... but overall not very satisfying	Unicorn Lynx (181391)
For a newer adventure game, AMAZING!	matt cohen (12)

Critic Reviews

Adventure Lantern	Mar, 2006	93 out of 100	93
Adventure Advocate	Apr 09, 2005		90
eXp.de - Extreme Players	Oct 04, 2004	8.7 out of 10	87
Adventure Europe	Apr 29, 2005	80 out of 100	80
JeuxVideoPC.com	Dec 10, 2004	16 out of 20	80
GameStar (Germany)	Oct, 2004	80 out of 100	80
Armchair Empire, The	Mar 11, 2005	7.8 out of 10	78
Jeuxvideo.com	Nov 19, 2004	14 out of 20	70
Przygodówki.pl	May 10, 2007	7 out of 10	70
GameSpot	Nov 19, 2005	6.4 out of 10	64

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Trivia

The game was obviously influenced by George Orwell's famous novel "1984". Beside the similarity in stories, there are also direct references. One of them is the password for Oswald's computer (this is not a spoiler, since you don't have to remember this password and it is used automatically in a cut scene): the password is "doublethink", one of the cardinal aspects of the future "Ingsoc" society as depicted in Orwell's book.

Related Web Sites

• The Moment of Silence (official website)
• Hints for Moment of Silence (These excellent question and answer type hints provide nudges towards the final solutions.)
• MaGtRo's Walkthrough (Full Solution on gamesover.com)
• The Moment of Silence (archived) (Official Web Site)