Software:The Swindle (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Size Five Games |
| Publisher(s) | Size Five Games |
| Platform(s) | Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Wii U Nintendo Switch |
| Release | Windows, OS X, PS3, PS4, PSV 28 July 2015 Xbox One 31 July 2015 Wii U 10 September 2015 |
| Genre(s) | Action, stealth |
The Swindle is a stealth action game developed by Size Five Games. The game was released for Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, and Wii U in 2015.
The game received generally positive reception, with critics praising the game's setting and tense gameplay.
Gameplay
The game takes place over 100 days. Each day a thief is sent on a heist to a part of London. The thief can search the region for money, avoiding or destroying a variety of guard robots patrolling the grounds. The thief can employ a variety of tools to destroy walls and other obstacles, hack computers for additional funds, or bug locations to turn them into income streams.
Other gameplay elements include perma-death, as a thief can die in a variety of ways, or become stuck and eliminated with a suicide pill to avoid capture, and the player assumes another thief on the following night.
Plot
Set in a steampunk variation of London, The Swindle follows a group of thieves who are attempting to hijack an AI being developed by Scotland Yard. If the AI is completed, the thieves' exploits will be at an end.
Reception
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Jordan Erica Webber of PC Gamer rated the game 80/100, calling the game's interface "streamlined and readable" and the game itself "immensely satisfying".[7]
Zack Furniss of Destructoid rated the game 75/100, calling it "a festival of moments, of anecdotes filled with failures and smiles", but criticized the game for having potential bugs and exploits, as well as a "weird bloom effect" and "wonky" collision.[8]
James Cunningham of Hardcore Gamer rated the game 70/100, calling the controls "troubling" and a "work in progress", but saying it was "awfully close to being excellent" due to the variety of enemies, art style and large amount of tools at the player's disposal.[9]
References
- ↑ "The Swindle for PC Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-swindle/critic-reviews/?platform=pc.
- ↑ "The Swindle for PlayStation 4 Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-swindle/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4.
- ↑ "The Swindle for Wii U Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-swindle/critic-reviews/?platform=wii-u.
- ↑ "The Swindle for PS Vita Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-swindle/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-vita.
- ↑ "The Swindle for Nintendo Switch Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-swindle/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch.
- ↑ "The Swindle Reviews". OpenCritic. https://opencritic.com/game/1499/the-swindle.
- ↑ "The Swindle review". pcgamer. http://www.pcgamer.com/the-swindle-review/.
- ↑ "Review: The Swindle". https://www.destructoid.com/review-the-swindle-296795.phtml.
- ↑ "Review: The Swindle | Hardcore Gamer". 12 August 2015. http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2015/08/12/review-the-swindle/161574/.
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