The Whispered World
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| Developer(s) | Daedalic Entertainment |
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| Designer(s) | Marco Hüllen |
| Composer(s) | Hamburg’s Periscope Studios |
| Engine | Visionaire |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 71.40% |
| Metacritic | 70/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| Adventure Gamers |   |
| Eurogamer | 6/10 |
| GameSpot | 5.5/10 |
| GamingUnion.net | 7/10 |
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| Publication | Award |
| German Game Developer Award 2009 | "Best German Game of the Year" and "Best Story" |
The Whispered World is a traditional-style point-and-click adventure game for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is designed by Marco Hüllen, developed by Daedalic Entertainment, and published by Deep Silver in Europe and by Viva Media in the United States. The four-act game takes place in a fantasy world and features a sad 12-year-old clown as its hero. The graphics are 2D and are all hand-drawn and animated. As of September 2010, the game has a cumulative score of 70/100 and 71% on Metacritic and GameRankings respectively.
The game takes place in Silentia, a dream fantasy world, that is the home of a young, sad circus clown named Sadwick. The story starts as he wakes up in his travelling circus trailer after having experienced a recurring nightmare, where he sees the world falling apart.
Sadwick goes for a walk in a nearby forest and meets Bobby, a Chaski, messenger of the King. Bobby is heading to Corona, the royal castle, to deliver a powerful artefact, the Whispering Stone, to the king. He claims the end of the world is near and that the land is already breaking apart and the Asgil, a hideous horde of underground creatures, are surrounding Corona. He tells Sadwick he has been unsuccessfully seeking an oracle named Shana who may have advice on shortening his trip, and asks Sadwick to help find her. Sadwick believes she could interpret his nightmares and convinces Bobby to give him the Whispering Stone to activate a secret passage that could lead him to Shana. Shortly after Bobby gets scared away and disappears in what Sadwick believes was an Asgil attack. Sadwick manages to locate Shana and finds out that his destiny is to destroy the world.
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