One way in which the game doesn’t stand out, however, and the one aspect it should have done to attain the most important points in my opinion, is in its gameplay.
The game’s visual concept does draw similarities with Dead Space in it’s character designs, but there are plenty more differences to make it stand out in at least this sense. Though it isn’t a survival horror, there is a heightened sense of urgency throughout that perhaps the player will feel in a much more different way than in the likes of Resident Evil or Silent Hill. There is also very effective use of textures such as lighting and shadows to add to the overall atmosphere of the game. There are no graphical glitches, the design of the settings is wonderfully unique and the attention to detail on the developer’s part is staggering. The most praise I can offer this game is in its visuals they are more or less flawless. Me talking about this game in the same breath as the likes of Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night may make the game sound exciting, but even with the inclusion of a semi-open world, it doesn’t even come close to matching the quality of the aforementioned examples. send review true true.The Swapper combines elements of puzzle games and the 2D side scrolling open world aesthetics of a Metroidvania game.
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REVIEW CODE: true true A complimentary code was to Bonus Stage for this review. This will involve a fair amount of reading and exploration – but that in itself is a welcome addition to what is clearly a work of passion and, dare we say it, a game created by a genuine love for gaming. But it does go a long way towards immersing you in the story line. For anyone familiar with games like Dead Space this may not be a wholly novel idea. Terminal logs scattered throughout the ship help you piece the story together step by step. While working our way through The Swapper we were also taken by the rich and engrossing narrative which has clearly been written for an adult audience by Tom Jubert, the writer behind hits including Driver: San Francisco, Faster Than Light, The Talos Principle and Penumbra. The result is an amazing triumph that, if you were to freeze the screen, would not look out-of-place hanging on your wall. All of the in-game environment had originally been cast in clay before being digitally recreated. We have to take our hat off to Facepalm Games for The Swappers distinctive and incredibly detailed art style. Once you’ve solved a puzzle you will be rewarded with an orb that will help you advance to the next level and to yet another seemingly impossible challenge. At that eureka moment you will inevitably realise the answer had been staring you in the face all along. Although the difficulty curve is, at first, fairly gentle, you will find yourself with movements staring at the screen scratching your head until a light comes on. The Swapper’s levels are by far some of the most challenging we’ve faced in a very long time. If anything, it is the disposable nature of the clones that will both unnerve and fascinate gamers. To create life and take it so arbitrarily is an issue that has dogged the cloning debate ever since Hans Adolf Edward Dreisch grew two sea urchins from a single cell in 1885. Instead they mimic the gamers actions and quickly die as soon as they’ve performed their allotted task. Unlike clones depicted in sci-fi movies like The Island, The Swapper’s recreations are incapable of independent thought or movement. On paper it all sounds pretty simple but when you sit down to The Swapper prepare to have your problem solving skills challenged again and again. With these orbs you can then progress to the next area in the game. With these clones you can solve puzzles, traverse otherwise inaccessible areas and retrieve valuable orbs. The cavernous ships many levels are navigated through the use of a special gun that allows you to create clones. We’re never told why he’s been left behind but it’s your job to rescue him. The Swapper is a sci-fi platformer that casts the gamer in the role of a space explorer abandoned on a space station in the furthest reaches of space. With the launch of The Swapper Finnish developer Facepalm Games has made their entrance into the gaming world with a title that announces proudly that there is indeed a new player in town.
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