Review: Fade To Silence (Steam)

Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.

Pros:

• Nice graphics.
• 10831mb download size.
• Graphics-Gamma, Resolution, Full screen, AA, Shadow/texture/visual effect/foliage/cloth quality and view distance.
• Invert axis for both pad and mouse.
• Controller support.
• Rebind keyboard.
• Two difficulties-Exploration-infinite live, Survival-limited lives and harder enemies.
• 3rd person view.
• Action survival gameplay.
• Steam achievements.
• When you get game over (survival) you can spend earned boons for permanent unlocks/buffs for future runs.
• Base building-rebuild your base, recruit and assign followers to jobs like collecting resources.
• Followers-all unique, can have one assigned to you and have an AI partner or invite a friend to take over.
• Atmosphere-the game is full of dread, fear, and helpfulness.
• Snow-the true enemy of the game, the cold will slowly kill you off but at any point, a storm can strike and cause whiteouts, you must take cover or die quickly.
• Food/cold/stamina system in play.
• Resource zones-discover them and do an action in them to open them up.
• Play how you want.
• Map and compass for navigation and you can place markers.
• Stash-central storage.
• Eldritch horror elements.
• Can ride on a Wolf powered sleigh!
• Crafting-can craft on the go with an ever-growing tree of things to craft from medicine to temporary tents, weapons, and tools.
• Dark souls like combat in that you learn enemy patterns, manage stamina.
• Day/night cycle.
• Interesting world.
• Dark vision-can temporary see enemies, resources and any points of interest.
• Altars-cause enemies to spawn. You can cleanse these altars to clear them out.

Cons:

• No v-sync option.
• Only one control layout.
• No actual pause button.
• The tutorial is sporadic, slow and unhelpful
• It feels random as to when you get any tutorial tip.
• Slowdown and judders.
• Nothing is properly explained.
• You just get chucked into a world with little guidance or reasoning.
• Hard to get going due to a punishing food/gear resource farming.
• Stamina is way too quick to deplete, a roll in combat and you are done!
• Combat is slow and chugs along.
• Interactions are slow, hold to interact on some whilst on others you can press a button.
• Some weak voice acting.
• The constant need to monitor the ever decreasing levels.
• Having to constantly coop up when in a storm.