Silent Hope

Marvelous Inc. · Oct 3, 2023

Everyone10+

About

One day, a terrible calamity struck a peaceful kingdom. In the chaos that followed, the people began to deceive and backstab each other. Their King used his powerful magic to steal away people’s ability to speak and hurled himself into the Abyss. His daughter, the Princess, cried an endless flood of tears until they encased her in a giant crystal teardrop. Many years after these events faded to memory, seven rainbow-colored lights flew from the Abyss. These rays of hope appeared before the Princess manifesting themselves as seven heroes, ready to answer the Princess' call for help. Why did the King abandon his daughter and his people? And why did he steal their ability to speak?

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PC

Critic 7.3 (2 critics) · Gamer 4.5

Nintendo Switch

Critic 7.3 (16 critics) · No ratings yet

Critic reviews

Switchaboo
Bruno César Monteiro Cordeiro Silva · Oct 19, 2023
5.0
I don’t feel like it’s a bad game. It’s pretty, pleasantly inoffensive and accessible to all. But the only urge I have to play it again is because I feel upset that these cuties are all so forgettable and keep asking myself if there’s maybe something more that it can offer, even though I know the answer. I want to like it just because I have no reason to hate it, and I don’t think that’s a good place for a game to fall in.
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Hardcore Gamer
Jeremy Peeples · Oct 09, 2023
9.0
Silent Hope is an outstanding dungeon crawler and one of the few on the market that are easy to recommend for players either burned by prior games or who are completely new to the genre.
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3rd-strike.com
SebastiaanRaats · Oct 03, 2023
6.7
Fans of the Rune Factory series and anyone looking to dip their toe into the dungeon-crawling RPG genre will find plenty to like with Silent Hope.
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Way Too Many Games
FerniWrites · Oct 03, 2023
8.0
Yes, Silent Hope isn’t profound, but what it does manage is being stupid fun. The loot grind, when paired with a silky combat system, makes for an enjoyable romp of treasure hunting. Sure, it’s not going to win Game of the Year Awards and won’t redefine Action RPGs, but it accomplishes something I think is more important. It’s a bloody good adventure and has a concept that I hunger to see honed and improved upon for a possible sequel.
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TheGamer
GABRIELLE CASTANIA · Oct 03, 2023
9.0
It’s remarkably easy to tell yourself you’ll do just one more expedition, only to balk when the Princess tells you how long you were down in the Abyss. I caught myself desperate to push on just a little further, to level up just one more time before I went back to Base Camp, leading to late nights that I’m not upset to have spent grinding my way to prowess and power.
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Video Chums
Mary Billington · Sep 27, 2023
6.8
Silent Hope is a challenging dungeon crawler with familiar sights from Rune Factory sprinkled in and there's definitely some fun to be had for those looking for a more action-packed adventure that's set in the same universe. However, the unbalanced heroes and mandatory grinding will certainly put off many players.
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