<s>
The	B-Application
Moment	I-Application
of	I-Application
Silence	I-Application
is	O
an	O
investigative	O
thriller	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
in	O
2004	O
by	O
German	O
developer	O
House	O
of	O
Tales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Looking	O
out	O
through	O
the	O
peephole	O
in	O
his	O
apartment	O
door	O
,	O
he	O
sees	O
a	O
SWAT	B-Application
team	O
storm	O
the	O
apartment	O
of	O
his	O
next	O
door	O
neighbor	O
and	O
carry	O
out	O
a	O
middle-aged	O
man	O
,	O
much	O
to	O
the	O
pain	O
and	O
anguish	O
of	O
his	O
wife	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
removes	O
a	O
tracking	O
implant	O
he	O
is	O
surgically	O
installed	B-Application
with	O
and	O
escapes	O
by	O
swimming	O
to	O
shore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
controversy	O
in	O
the	O
European	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
involved	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
StarForce	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
software	O
,	O
which	O
covertly	O
installed	B-Application
itself	O
on	O
the	O
computers	O
of	O
users	O
who	O
installed	B-Application
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
sometimes	O
caused	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
system	O
to	O
crash	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
become	O
unresponsive	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
copying	O
software	O
on	O
that	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
DRM-free	O
in	O
2015	O
with	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
support	O
on	O
the	O
GOG.com	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Kellner	O
of	O
German	O
publisher	O
DTP	O
Entertainment	O
reported	O
that	O
The	B-Application
Moment	I-Application
of	I-Application
Silence	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
in	O
his	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Black	I-Application
Mirror	I-Application
and	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Case	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Silver	I-Application
Earring	I-Application
,	O
it	O
contributed	O
to	O
DTP	O
's	O
large-scale	O
growth	O
during	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Moment	I-Application
of	I-Application
Silence	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
