Songs of Silence is beautiful and I have to say it right away because the artwork in this game is one of those that stands out and even if you don’t play the game and see it online, you’ll know the title. The characters, enemies, maps and interface are all very well done and make the game very unique, it even reminds me of the excellent “The Banner Saga” trilogy, but without… I’ll get to that later.

Dynamic Battles and Multiplayer Adventures in Songs of Silence

The game is complete with a campaign, battles and multiplayer for those who want to venture further into the battle system. It’s important to say that it has automatic battles but with features so that you can control your units on the fly and change the strategy in real time.

Explore, Expand, Extract, and Exterminate—Without Diplomacy

In the Songs of Silence campaign you follow Lorelei, a survivor of a kingdom that has just fallen to the forces of Purgatory, creatures created after the separation of the worlds of light and darkness, who continue to dominate the 1000 Kingdoms. Of course, with Purgatory’s growing and constant domination, other factions would come into conflict in search of power over what remains of the world.

The campaign is an important point for learning the game’s mechanics, of which there are many. The tutorial is effective but could be better implemented to warn you about the effects of the cards and how the battle system can be influenced by them. As I said earlier, in combat the game has automatic battles where units act according to their type, but the cards come in as a device for the player to control certain courses to increase the chances of victory and minimize damage and spend fewer resources. Personally, I don’t like this type of gameplay, as the game doesn’t have any diplomacy or trading options, so all that’s left to do is go off to war with the most varied characters in the game.

The advantage of this system is that in very easy battles, the player doesn’t have to worry about commanding units, but it’s a double-edged sword when the game’s AI starts doing strange things in crucial battles, even using the cards.

The cards function as actions that can range from calling new units onto the field, healing and reviving units, moving your commander to some part of the field, among other actions. On PC, the effects of the cards should be much more intuitive than the console version, since seeing the effect of the cards requires an additional button to display the text that says what the card does. I understand that the game’s choices have facilitated the release of this type of game for consoles where the controls have to fit on a joystick that has limited controls compared to a traditional keyboard, but there are certain quality of life improvements that could make the experience easier and more enjoyable.

Songs of Silence Console Experience Needs More Tweaking

When playing Songs of Silence on a PS5, initially everything seems to work as it should, but there are times when it’s a bit confusing to know if the cursor is exactly where you want to use the action and you’re left depending on the game’s feature of pulling to the desired item. Being able to navigate the squares on the battlefield with the digital directional pad is also a feature that would help speed up organizing the units on the field, as the analogue sometimes seems a bit sensitive and imprecise for this activity.

It also happened that the game crashed once in the middle of a campaign, but thanks to the game’s autosave feature I didn’t lose much progress, but it’s one of the things that could be observed with the version.

Streaming Songs of Silence Can Be Challenging

4X games are usually games where matches last many minutes and depending on the player can last hours and can be difficult to stream to your viewers without some additional interaction with your audience. Of course, initially the art, music and gameplay can entertain, but after long hours it can bore the audience.

It’s important to say that the game only has English audio, but has localized text and subtitles for several languages.

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Songs of Silence (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One) - 2024

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Summary

Songs of Silence is beautiful and has a story that is not new but is enjoyable to follow. The battle system and the lack of diplomacy and trade options may be a problem for some players. I recommend it for fans of the 4X genre, but for new players it can be a game without much action.