Moment Of Silence | 
 enlarge | From: Dreamcatcher Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 7851
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.1
MPN: moment
Model: moment
UPC: 625904452504
EAN: 0625904452504
ASIN: B0007W65FA
Release Date: February 23, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Absolutely unique, highly immersive espionage thriller story | | • | Pre-rendered backgrounds with spectacular scenes and actions | | • | Reminiscent of The Longest Journey | | • | Multiple choice dialogues | | • | 35+ true-to-life 3D characters with strong biographical background to interact with |
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Product Description
The Moment of Silence is a classic point-and-click 3rd person adventure game set in New York City in 2044. Players step into the role of Peter Wright, an advertising executive currently heading up the Government's 'Freedom of Speech' campaign. When a heavily armed SWAT team storms his neighbor's apartment, Peter must uncover the truth behind his mysterious disappearance as he becomes drawn into the deceptive worlds of corruption and power. Fascinating, well researched visions of the near future 75 locations, designed by award-winning CG artists and more than 500 interactive screens 30 minutes of full screen video Lip synchronization using phonetic voice analysis Motion captured animation with real-time facial expressions System requirements - Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP, 800 MHz Pentium 3 or Equivalent, 256 MB RAM, 24x CD-ROM Drive, 3.4 GB Hard Disk Space for Full Installation, 64 MB DirectX 8.1 Compatible 3D Video Card, DirectX Compatible Sound Card and Speakers, Keyboard and Mouse, DirectX 8.1 or Higher
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 A Game For Intelligent Adults July 24, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"The Moment Of Silence" is best regarded as a literary adventure game with its emphasis on plot, character, and dialogue. The opening cut sequence is the best of any game I have played with the possible exception of "Indigo Prophecy." Peter is just an ordinary guy. He simply starts out to obtain some information to help a neighbor. From the cut scene, of course, we know that this is a conspiracy game. Peter does not believe in conspiracies. He believes that conspiracy people are paranoid. When he finally understands, he acts!
This is a game of many long dialogues. The dialogues serve the purposes of advancing the plot, defining character, and providing clues and "triggers." If you skip throught the dialogues, you will miss "triggers" that will prevent you from completing the game. Do exhaust the dialogue in the antique shop. It is very poignant.
Of course, there are no puzzles to slow the game down. The game picks up momentum, and you would not want to waste time solving some dumb slider, color, or sound puzzles. Rather, there are problems to be solved. These problems can be solved with game knowledge, logic, and what is at hand.
The voice acting is superb, certainly of movie quality. The voices of the individual characters are distinct and exactly the voices that you expect them to have. Between the voices and the dialogues, you will remember every character in the game.
The graphics are generally excellent. Certainly there are some repeated stock scenes but no more than you would expect in a game of this complexity.
Finally, the game has a great wow finish. This is a game that you will long remember.
 Very good adventure game December 8, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a good adventure game that hardcore adventure fans will very much enjoy. It has it's flaws but the interesting story makes up for it's shortcomings. The voiceover work is good, the graphics are presented nice and the story is intriguing - you WILL want to find out what happens next. That's why it got such good reviews from the press, it deserved them. I hope they make a sequel. This game is much better than Keepsake or Black Mirror, but I would not rank it up as high as Syberia or Longest Journey.
 house of tales bungles again October 9, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
yes these are the guys responsible for that appalling druids game that came out a few years ago (avoid at all costs). This time they actually came out with a 4 star level game except...it crashed halfway through (the prison scene for who is playing the game) and there is no way out.
Judging by the forums quite a few people are experiencing the same problem. I tried reinstalling the game and using savegames from hepful fellow players but to no avail. The support level is appalling (no contact on the HP!).
This is the last game I buy from these guys, perhaps you should think twice before buying the mos
 Not bad April 20, 2006
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
While definitly failing at the usual failings of adventure games (pacing, voice acting, gameplay) this game somehow managed to keep me intruiged a fair amount of time..Perhaps it was due to it's futuristic urban settings and big brother plot, but the game did have some interesting ideas and locations, definitly not the steaming pile of dung some make it out to be, but definitly not in that rare catagory of excellent adventure games either.
Moment of Silence by Sara March 16, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Moment of Silence played on my Windows XP, Radeon 9600, Sound Blaster Live without a hitch. The puzzles were well intergrated with the story. The voice acting was excellent. The plot was dialogue led but still there were a lot of things to do and lots of places to go. The action took you from New York to the Bermuda Triangle to the North Pole while investigating a future-tech government [or do I mean alien?] conspiracy. I found it to be exciting with a great ending. My only complaint was that it was too back and "forthing", to the park, to the kiosk, to Manhatten, to the Kiosk, to the airport, back to Manhatten, back to the airport, and so on. Get it and you'll see, but it's worth it. I give a B+.
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