Silverfall

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 12 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

3
Average:

2
Bad:

6

Pros:

Neat setting; steampunk enemies; choice between being a hippy or a cyborg.
Thumbs up to the two path choices Nature vs.Technology, Dozens of skill combinations to experiment with, Decent storyline, Nice visual style

Cons:

A litany of inane quirks; terrible beginning; annoying minimap; teeters between too easy and too hard.

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Last revision on February 7, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Neat setting; steampunk enemies; choice between being a hippy or a cyborg
Thumbs up to the two path choices Nature vs.Technology, Dozens of skill combinations to experiment with, Decent storyline, Nice visual style

Reviewers Didn't Like

A litany of inane quirks; terrible beginning; annoying minimap; teeters between too easy and too hard

Expert reviews and ratings

Silverfall is a title that had some potential, but suffers from a lack of quality control and an abundance of poor development decisions. There really isn’t any reason to get the game, so save your money for PC upgrades so you can actually support...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on May 04, 2007

Imitation has often been called the sincerest form of flattery, but that rule should have been discredited long...

By GamePro on April 17, 2007

Acquiring more powerful items has some sort of mystic connection to the human spirit, it seems. For whatever reason, fans of action-RPGs will subject themselves to thoughtless, repetitive activities for hours at a time only to get another point of...

By IGN Gear on April 04, 2007

I sat down to play Silverfall with a head full of fond memories of Diablo, Dungeon Siege and various other hack-and-slash RPGs. Despite being quite a generic game, Silverfall has some interesting new ideas. The world of Silverfall uses both magic and...

By DarkZero on April 04, 2007

Spec: Role-Playing, 1-8 Players, Teen By cnet on April 03, 2007

Dear Mr Silverfall...

By Play TM on March 31, 2007

Playing through one campaign of Silverfall, a French-made Diablo-clone that has a twist of Arcanum, reminded me of getting through a viewing of Equilibrium. That is, they both have boring-bordering-on-terrible beginnings, but once you make your way...

By GameSpy on March 30, 2007

Outcasts … refugees … struggling to find a safe haven and answers to what unleashed the evil and what happened to the lone archmage that stayed behind to protect the path of those who fled. Silverfall, which generally falls into the hack...

By GameZone on March 28, 2007

Great graphics and potential but not quite ready for general...

By V3.co.uk on March 27, 2007

Jessica Simpson might seem to be an irrelevant reference, were talking about a game in which you slaughter monsters over and over again after all, and Jessica Simpson slaughters nothing but lyrics to well known songs, however there IS a connection...

By Strategy Informer on March 27, 2007

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