Silent Hope Reviews
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.
Regardless of its outward simplicity and colourful art style, Silent Hope is a really fun, rewarding and likable game.
Silent Hope seems like a simple premise, but it is executed beautifully. The level of challenge is just right, the loot that is picked up with each run gives a very satisfying feeling, and the story is a journey, not only in what happened within this kingdom but also an exploration of mental health and pride. It truly becomes a dungeon crawler with hidden depths as the philosophy behind the story comes into play and the need to know more of what happened drives players to want to keep going and try to get a little further. Silent Hope is truly a well-crafted experience that offers much more than meets the eye.
I’m down for another one of these, especially if I get to keep bludgeoning monsters with a greatsword-sized turnip.
Silent Hope is a charming, short action RPG that will scratch the itch of those looking for a low stakes, loot-based hack-n-slash.
Silent Hope is a simple action RPG that provides plenty of fun even if it doesn't pose a substantial challenge. Paying all playable characters equal attention will lead to redundancy, but shifting your focus to just a few will help the quick combat and hero customization to carry you through.
If Silent Hope's repetitive nature and lack of difficulty don't scare you and you are looking for a quick, addicting single player action RPG, that is pleasing to the eye and ear, look no further.
Silent Hope starts out being a lot of fun, but you quickly see the peak of its potential—then it constantly pushes you down some valleys and into walls.
Silent Hope is an enjoyable and completely functional action RPG that doesn't take itself too seriously. The combat loop is fun, and there are multiple class to try out, and there's something that everyone will enjoy. There's plenty to do outside of the combat and questing, such as cooking and crafting. The game doesn't reinvent the game, but it's a fun game to pick up and play in chucks and has a nice overall challenge.
Silent Hope is a solid action adventure title that is easy to recommend to fans of the Marvelous aesthetic, but may be a hard sell to newcomers.
Ultimately Silent Hope is a refreshing return to form for Marvelous. Cute characters, great voicework, fun (and grindy) beat’em up combat. It’s a distillation of Rune Factory combat with simplified crafting and no conventional farming mechanics (there is a farm though).
Silent Hope is many things, and none of these manage to be combined into a great experience. From the exploration and combat, to the customization of your seven heroes, and the whole crafting business, this just never manages to be any fun. There's no challenge or incentive to keep on playing. You just do whatever is needed to be done, so you can go deeper into the labyrinth. That's. It. A chore, rather than a game.
While stage hazards attempt to mix up the gameplay, they just don't do enough to add the variety I had hoped for; the same can be said of enemies, many of whom are basically palette swaps. Bosses are the highlight, both cinematically and from a combat perspective; I just wish there were more of them. With hours of additional content post-credits thanks to an unlockable hard mode, much like its farming-focused cousins, Silent Hope finds its place in being video gaming comfort food that you can easily dive into at any time, and I am definitely going back for seconds.
Silent Hope is a lenient hack-and-slash title that'll keep you entertained grinding for everything from materials to classes! If dungeon crawlers are your type of game, this one was very fun.
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.
Did you know that vanilla is my favourite ice cream flavour? And even I think that Silent Hope needs more to it. It’s like vanilla without any sugar. It has a good presentation and looks great, but it’s so bland. There is nothing to really sink your teeth in. It’d be perfect as a 5-minute phone game, but that’s not the ballpark that it’s in, being a full release for the Switch. 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.
Silent Hope is a good dungeon-crawler action RPG, but it has gaps and a game loop that can quickly tire the player who prefers more variety than what is offered.
Review in Italian | Read full review
With an addictive gameplay loop, I think Silent Hope is a harmless and perfect recommendation for everyone. And while it doesn't answer the age-old question about the nuances of communication, it at least raises interesting arguments for its meaning within its own medium.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
"Fairytale needs a sequel."
Review in Finnish | Read full review
Silent Hope is a fun, mindless action RPG that mixes dungeon diving, crafting, and a variety of combat playstyle options.