Bookmark
Silent Nights: The Pianist Collector's Edition 
Exclusive
$ 13.99 USD or 2 credits
Save your sister and uncover the secrets of an ancient organization in Silent Nights: The Pianist! You and your sister, Yvette, come from a long line of gifted musicians. When you arrive to accompany her at a vocal concert in your hometown, you discover she has been abducted by a mysterious group with plans to use her talent for a dire purpose. Explore hidden object scenes and get to the bottom of things before your sister’s voice is silenced forever in Silent Nights: The Pianist!
This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won’t find in the standard version. As a bonus, Collector's Edition purchases count toward three stamps on your Monthly Game Club Punch Card!
The Collector’s Edition includes:
- Bonus gameplay
- Integrated Strategy Guide
- Wallpapers
Click images to enlarge
Game System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP/Vista/Win7/8
- CPU: 2.0 GHz
- RAM: 512 MB
- DirectX: 9.0
- Hard Drive: 485 MB
Game Manager System Requirements:
- Browser: Internet Explorer 7 or later
Buy this game Get 3 punches
The Big Fish Guarantee:
- Quality tested and virus free.
- No ads, no adware, no spyware.
Your Security and Privacy are important to us! Privacy Policy
Recently Viewed Games
Reviews at a Glance
Silent Nights: The Pianist Collector's Edition
0 out of 5 (0 ReviewsReview)
Average Rating:
Customer Reviews
Silent Nights: The Pianist Collector's Edition
109
109
good not great
Not a bad game. Not hard and the HOS are ok. Good graphics and music is really good to keep you startled at times. Has a good flow. I just got bored real fast.
May 17, 2013
The Pianist Plays Detective?
The year is 1946. The location is post war France. The wide screen artwork is rife with the aftermath of war. You are a pianist, meeting your sister, a noted singer, to accompany her in concert. But, you arrive to find she is missing. You go searching for her and discover she has been kidnapped by villains with a sinister plan to ? well, I shan't ruin the story.
The game play is presented in a 2 mode HOPA (expert has sparkles only for H0 scenes, slower hint recharge.) H0s are interactive. Puzzles have interest but are not difficult. IMHO too much direction is given to guide you through tasks to leave much challenge in the adventure. The story takes the game along, but one disturbing truth (?) is revealed but left unanswered. This in no way suggests a sequel, but I had hoped it would be clarified. The core story has a satisfactory conclusion.
CE bonus content includes wall papers -- hardly bright and cheerful; nicely presented concept art; music featuring the piano, cannot be saved; the strategy guide -- well done, but does not follow your progress; and a bonus chapter.
The bonus chapter follows your sister's experiences while you are looking for her. It is not essential to the core story. You revisit some areas including H0 scenes where you are asked to find many of the same objects. There are puzzles -- two are fairly interesting, There are two new areas to explore. It is as well done as the core game, but, to repeat, not essential to the main story. It is fairly short.
I'm pokey, but I finished the main game in a full evening's time. I would say there is no more than 5 hours total for the average player. In total this is an okay game -- nothing extraordinary -- on par with so many "same old, same old" games we've seen. The setting is somber and realistic -- odd to play a game with such a back drop whether or not the story told could be real. At the same time, the setting does set it apart from all the games that are pure fantasy or horror.
Certainly demo the game. If it appeals to you, the SE will provide substantial enough game play. 3.5 stars.
June 14, 2012
WAT TOO SHORT!!
I was loving this game and was absolutely shocked to come to the end so quickly! I've paid 10.80 for a CE which i expect to be over 2 hours long!!! Even if it war a standard game i'd complain it was too short for the price. How can that be a CE? Completed it in 2 hours flat! Apart from that it was a superb storyline with great graphics and mini games. Just a shame :-(
June 6, 2012
Great Idea, Mixed Execution
I'd rate this game higher if I had purchased the standard edition, but as a CE the bar needs to be raised in order for a great score. As it stands, the game experience itself is enjoyable enough and does have a few appreciated innovations, but the story falls apart and there's not enough to distinguish it from the rest.
The story starts out in a very interesting way. You're trying to rescue your sister from a sinister group, and the baddies keep setting up roadblocks to prevent it. I liked the art very much. Both HO and regular scenes look great, and I also appreciated using appropriate objects in a lot of those scenes (finding musical items, for example). Music is above average and voice acting is also quite good.
As to the music element, I wish it had been fleshed out more. Some of the puzzles have a musical theme, but there's not a whole lot of distinction from other games out there. I'd have expected more when you put "Pianist" in the title.
I liked the way the HO scenes were handled. There were just enough of them and the extra work you had to do to get some items made it more interesting to me. The rest of the game is decent. Not as much backtracking as other games and enough inventory to keep you moving.
I thought the game was paced well until the end, which felt forced and anti-climactic. I also didn't like the bonus game, which did give you an alternate viewpoint but kept you bottled up in previously explored areas and was far too short. If you're shelling out the cash for a collector's edition, you should be getting a better experience. I think the creators needed a bit more time to truly flesh out their ideas.
All in all, this game has an interesting plot and does a lot of things right. I'm sure the standard edition would score higher for me. While I appreciate the little touches and overall pace of the game, the devil is in the details and they weren't entirely successful here.
May 15, 2012
Silent Nights: The Pianist Collector's Edition
II just finished playing Silent Nights - The
Pianist Collector's Edition by Dark Blue Games.
It was very user friendly and I enjoyed it more than I have enjoyed a game for a long time. It flowed really well, the puzzles were not impossible to solve and I liked that Inventory was visible at the top of the screen for a change and not hidden at the bottom. Help and the Strategy Guide were also at the top of the screen. I didn't have to use the Guide very often but when I did, it was always where I'd last accessed it, rather than having to go all through chapter selection etc. There were lots of HOS and they were well
done. It's too bad Big Fish doesn't give us the name of the developer when we're selecting a game, because some are so much better than others. I do recommend this game. The only negative thing is that it left a poor homeless guy bleeding to death in the basement.....the story never got back to him.
April 25, 2012
Interesting game with great sound
Played demo and it had great sound and glad there were plenty of hints if needed.
Just wish there were some different story lines, but that is my only complaint.
March 28, 2012
Silent Night The Pianist CE
Finally, A HO game worth the money. I played it til the end. The story line was okay, and I liked the fact you didn't have to jump from scene to scene to find the stuff you needed to complete a task.
March 26, 2012
Enjoyed the mini - games
I thoroughly enjoyed playing this game because of the different types of mini-games one has to solve. Some were "No Brainers", but I still enjoyed the variety. Unusual, but different storyline. I recommend this, especially to those who are beginners or nonexperts needing a challenge.
March 20, 2012
Very Good Game
I like the game. The objects in the HO scenes are clear and not too hard to find. The puzzles aren't too difficult. I wish the Strategy Guide kept it's place, but that's not a deal breaker for me. I also like the interactive aspect within the HO scenes. A lot of games require you to use an object within the scene to find another, but in this one, you sometimes need to use more than one. I also love World War II history, so I really like the environments in this game.
March 17, 2012
I liked it
It played well easy moving , it did hesitate some between scenes, other than that, hints were good, mini games good, and it had a flow to it.
March 16, 2012
The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
