The Whispered World
The beautiful adventure game The Whispered World whisks the player away to a fascinating fantasy world. Sadwick is a young clown but often far from cheerful. One night, a strange blue creature speaks to him in…
The Whispered World is an adventure developed by Daedalic Entertainment, released 28 August 2009 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Whispered World is
The Whispered World is an adventure game developed by Daedalic Entertainment and released in 2009. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Visionaire.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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 the land is already breaking apart and that the Asgil, a hideous horde of underground creatures, are surrounding Corona. He tells Sadwick that he has been unsuccessfully seeking…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Whispered World holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 14.8 hrs.
What it launched against
The Whispered World launched on 28 August 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version and Wolfenstein. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version, Wolfenstein.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Whispered World yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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