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Could you EXECUTE an INNOCENT man? ? THE SILVER CROW | Review - PIEDRA_Adventure_Gaming - 07-28-2026

I got to play The Silver Crow ahead of its July 30th release and put together a full spoiler-free video review.

The premise really caught my attention: it's a point & click set in Franconia in 1582, but instead of playing the usual detective, you're the town executioner. An outcast everyone fears, and precisely for that reason he gets into places nobody else could. It's made entirely by one person, Uwe Sittig, who hadn't released anything since Dirty Split back in 2008.

The review covers narrative, characters, puzzles and art direction, where I'm fairly critical: the backgrounds are AI-generated and the clash with the sprites is very noticeable.

Video is in Spanish with subtitles in several languages.

Anyone planning to pick it up? And what do you make of AI-generated backgrounds in one-person indie projects?




RE: Could you EXECUTE an INNOCENT man? ? THE SILVER CROW | Review - Dryade - 07-29-2026

It's such a shame. That game looked absolutely awesome... until I saw the use of genAI. Sadly, this means I will not buy it. Whether it's committed by 1 person or many, theft is theft, and I cannot in good conscience condone it. I will not go in more details here, there was already a lengthy and fruitful discussion about this subject with Estoria in another thread. But yes, sadly, this means I will pass on this one.


RE: Could you EXECUTE an INNOCENT man? ? THE SILVER CROW | Review - Yanquin - 08-05-2026

(07-28-2026, 11:47 PM)PIEDRA_Adventure_Gaming Wrote: I got to play The Silver Crow ahead of its July 30th release and put together a full spoiler-free video review.
The premise really caught my attention: it's a point & click set in Franconia in 1582, but instead of playing the usual detective, you're the town executioner. An outcast everyone fears, and precisely for that reason he gets into places nobody else could. It's made entirely by one person, Uwe Sittig, who hadn't released anything since Dirty Split back in 2008.
The review covers narrative, characters, puzzles and art direction, where I'm fairly critical: the backgrounds are AI-generated and the clash with the sprites is very noticeable.
Video is in Spanish with subtitles in several languages.
Anyone planning to pick it up? And what do you make of AI-generated backgrounds in one-person indie projects?
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Congratulations on getting the chance to publish this review before the game’s release! The project really does seem unique in terms of its setting. The idea of portraying the executioner as both an outcast and the protagonist is a brilliant concept for a point-and-click adventure.


RE: Could you EXECUTE an INNOCENT man? ? THE SILVER CROW | Review - Johnny Nys - 08-06-2026

Not touching it either.

Kudos to the dev for admitting the AI use, though. But I'm trying to avoid such games.

I think I've reviewed two games that used AI somewhere in their graphics by now? That's enough.