The Fun Is Also Hidden | 1 Moment Of Time: Silentville Game Review

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@KimSokolArt 8 ай бұрын

I’m so glad Larry gets to be Larry again. I missed the Larryverse.

@IcyXzavien 8 ай бұрын

Ah yes this game has what point and click fans call "Moon Logic," aka where the solution to a puzzle doesn't use conventional logic to solve it, but instead a very convoluted use of an object or series of events to solve said problem.

@TomaszRyszkowski 8 ай бұрын

Hah where does this name come from?

@IcyXzavien 8 ай бұрын

From the word lunacy.

@iconica9516 8 ай бұрын

I didn't think it was that bad until I saw it holy crap that sucks

@Graeldon 7 ай бұрын

Hope you won't mind if I borrow Moon Logic for a future video

@IcyXzavien 7 ай бұрын

I don't mind since I didn't create it. It is just a term a community has made as a shorthand for a common trope in the genre.

@Fupicat 8 ай бұрын

OH MY GOD that vine puzzle is unbelievable JFJFHFHBFB

@Yusis-o7d 8 ай бұрын

Ah yes, the infamous vine trimming seasons. Can't imagine how my parents trimmed their grape vine before I was around and helped them set up the mirrors. Stellar job as always!

@flibflob2785 8 ай бұрын

What I learned from watching all Graeldon Reviews is that what makes or breaks a game is its settings menu

@Graeldon 7 ай бұрын

Settings menus tell you a lot about what you're about to experience

@Goldom 8 ай бұрын

As a bit of a one-time HOG addict, these games are all identical with identical puzzles, but are a great way to 100% a game in under 2 hours when you just wanna turn off your brain. And they sometimes have unintentionally hilarious writing - my favorite line from one was on a recipe for cooking chicken, step 1 was "remember that it is a bird." Wanna know something really weird though? Every one of these has that "custom cursor" option, but unchecking it doesn't actually disable the custom cursor - it just makes it smaller and more responsive. It's bizarre.

@leev444 8 ай бұрын

this game is 1000% much older. the only walkthrough available online is from 2012, so at least that. but also it says 2014 in the credits? idk, sometimes while shoveling old games onto steam people forget to adjust the year it was released in. also no matter what I have to appreciate that they added those bars to the sides so that your computer doesn't go "3:4???? absolutely NOT"

@Manectrix2000 8 ай бұрын

This really seems like the game needed more time in the oven. Not sure if there were any testers besides the devs. If there were any 3rd party testers, maybe the light puzzle could have been redesigned. Or a voiceover of the player character could play showing that whatever you used is an incorrect item. Using the vine/light puzzle as an example. (Using the scissors) Larry: No, these vines are too thick for these scissors to cut. (Using the matches) Larry: I don’t think I can create a strong enough flame with these. I think more prompts like that could have improved the experience a bit. Doesn’t change how the visuals are, but the play experience could improve the game a bit.

@presola 8 ай бұрын

It's just a run of the mill hidden object game, looks and plays just like the other 32768 of 'em. There's so many of them, that I find it actually surprising this is the first one you came across in the series.

@shinyagumon7015 8 ай бұрын

This game is from 2016? It looks like a bargain bin PC game from 2003, like that distinct use of low-poly, plastic-like textures is so emblematic of the era. I don't mind the art style, but they don't really do much to stand out from their competition, which sucks because the use of time loops honestly sounds really interesting.

@TheFrozenMoogle 8 ай бұрын

Its actually from 2014, but was posted to steam in 2016. Not that excuses the art.

@TheRealVenusian 8 ай бұрын

The vine puzzle scene was the highest-pitched I’ve ever heard your voice. I think this man is starting to break.

@Koisheep 8 ай бұрын

it only took 63 games

@Graeldon 7 ай бұрын

The decent into madness is only just beginning

@zelenpixel 8 ай бұрын

my mom plays these kinds of games ALL the time.. usually all sharing the same engine and devs, these seem to be a lot more polished though this looks kind of charming though visually. i like the rendered backgrounds here and there, i just like old 3d renders

@Graeldon 7 ай бұрын

Old school 3D renders have a certain charm to them

@isenokami7810 8 ай бұрын

“Somehow our I Spy prowess will break this town free of the time bubble?” I mean, the old I Spy games made it make some sense how I Spying across random parts of a port town helped you find hidden pirate treasure and stuff like that, so I buy it. And damn, now I’m just nostalgic for old PC games I’ll likely never be able to play again…

@TheTNTPVP 8 ай бұрын

I think the developer was in a time loop, because this looks like a 90s PC game.

@mikeosredkar8804 8 ай бұрын

In my restless dreams, I see that town....Silent...ville?

@ShintarufromdA 8 ай бұрын

As someone who adores point-and-click hidden-object games: This looks like negative fun.

@horrorsage1346 8 ай бұрын

I found the hidden graeldon video. I give it an awesome/10

@esupton783 Ай бұрын

I take that the aging and the vines on the train are hinting that this isn't really the first time loop you live, but the one you succeed in breaking

@RoamerTummy 8 ай бұрын

As someone who's played a lot of hidden object games, you do describe like a good majority of them (like actual hundreds) just by describing this game's mechanics and flaws, so you're in a treat when you get to more of these games lol

@loviebeest 3 ай бұрын

Exactly! When he described the backtracking i was like: "well, that just sounds like a normal HOG"

@ZellyTheFangirl 8 ай бұрын

Oh those talking animations are *special* special. And that vine puzzle may be right up there with the banana/knife fishing pole from ye olde Pursuit flash game.

@MarsRedPlanet1914 8 ай бұрын

found then all, the cockroach was very sneaky

@Graeldon 7 ай бұрын

Well done!

@mr.shplorb662 8 ай бұрын

Are all the larrys canonically the same larry?

@ZellyTheFangirl 8 ай бұрын

I like to think of them as more of a subspecies of protagonist. All Larrys are larrys, but not all larrys are Larrys.

@alexjoana3081 8 ай бұрын

I used to play the heck out of these kinds of games when I was younger, although I have no memory of ever playing this one. There may be a few that I have played that you will one day end up playing, but it might be a few years before that. Sorry for a lack of comments from me recently, I have been keeping up with your vids! Hopefully we have a few good games coming up. (I have doubts for next week's though)

@halmoser Ай бұрын

OHHHH JUST REALIZED YOUR GONNA PLAY NANCY DREW (in a few years) YES OH BOY CANT WAIT

@Graeldon Ай бұрын

If you check my live streams, I actually played a Nancy Drew game fairly recently as it was a community suggestion! That said, it was only for 30 mins and it was a bit of a struggle

@katiehill7552 8 ай бұрын

waiter!! more Graeldon videos please!!

@GreiH 8 ай бұрын

Ngl, I almost put a game from this genre on the stream sheet this month lol

@ThatOneShortieHo 8 ай бұрын

It looks like that one detective point and click hidden objects game i had on my DS Like, genuinely same vibe there based on memory of playing it

@Treekyboi 8 ай бұрын

I cant believe this game is an Isakai 🤣 i honestly love games like this but only when they work

@guillermostreiger2307 5 ай бұрын

How is this an isekai?

@Treekyboi 5 ай бұрын

@@guillermostreiger2307 does Isakai not mean going to a different world? I thought they got teleported to a different world in this game so i just put two and two together

@guillermostreiger2307 5 ай бұрын

@@Treekyboi tecnically i dont think this counts as one? This is more like going to a haunted town, an isekai usually requires a full world change or something equivalent, like being trapped in a virtual world, like sao, or waking up in a future so different that it counts as a different world, which i guess would make futurama an isekai?

@wienerbrod9119 8 ай бұрын

That vine puzzle sounds like something right out of Mystery of the druids holy shit

@CoolMagmar 8 ай бұрын

I still don't know what is more weird the fact someone came out with that vine puzzle or that someone solved vine puzzle, yeah I know have hints but men wtf!?

@Graeldon 7 ай бұрын

I actually managed to solve the sequence without hints too. It wasn't worth it.

@midori_the_eldritch 8 ай бұрын

Adding in information to revel the reason people are "dissapering" from the loop being them 1 by 1 getting pulled out just before it started, and being able to see how much time has passed, but not remember it, and eather escaping aged, or failing to perform the ritual correctly leading them to dissappear would have solved it. Or just say it rubbed up against reality and he got pulled in and the time oddness aged him and the coppy of the train

@AkorBestoff 8 ай бұрын

0:28 Graeldon just used a Minion Meme 💀or better said Tai xD Also i love Angry Graeldon.

@TomaszRyszkowski 8 ай бұрын

Anything wrong with minion memes?

@AkorBestoff 8 ай бұрын

@@TomaszRyszkowski Flashback of My Grandpa Showing me Daily Minion Memes you awakend a long forgotten fear in me

@wafffls 8 ай бұрын

great video!

@Graeldon 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@hamburgerbroz6439 2 ай бұрын

found all the items ^_^ the sinking ships were a great touch

@blacklight683 2 ай бұрын

Honestly it sounded so promising but your constant roasting made it obviously they did not capitalize on it

@50bottlesofpinklemonade 8 ай бұрын

Is this "time bubble" some kind of trope im not aware of? Guardian Tales has a chapter with a plot exactly like Silentville's. But i doubt the devs of that game have ever played this...

@Highretrogamelord 4 ай бұрын

Was never fond of Hidden Objects games to be honest. One has to REALLY stand out to win me over. The problem I have with Hidden Objects is that they are "let us make money quick" games that feel way too similar. Well, they always ended up quickly in a bargain bin.

@heraditestreamingarchive1100 7 ай бұрын

Okay yes Larry COULD have set the vines on fire using the match book. That's logical and makes sense. But have you considered that the mirror solution, while more intricate, more time-consuming, less efficient is also...cooler? Checkmate Graeldon.

@kalilak9701 7 ай бұрын

This makes me think we need to hold an intervention for everyone who rated this game good enough for it to pull a "mostly positive" score on steam. ;;;>.>

@NemoracStrebor 8 ай бұрын

I'm curious what happened to the whole "unnamed people will be named after patreon supporters" thing.

@Graeldon 7 ай бұрын

There was a vote held a while back that resulted in the membership benefits changing in favor of sponsored Larry's instead of name changes. People loved Larry too much

@Graeldon 7 ай бұрын

There was a vote held a while back that resulted in the membership benefits changing in favor of sponsored Larry's instead of name changes. People loved Larry too much

@NemoracStrebor 7 ай бұрын

I see. I do admit I like Larry too.