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Genuinely one of the best games of all time, worth the wait

if I wanted to keep wasting my life on a broken mess I would've just kept playing Dota 2

it is ok

rex im coming for ur rekky

The Novelist unfortunately represents the main issue that afflicts choices-driven games. If it is possible with just a little common sense (i.e. not actively trying to fail) to obtain the best possible scenario che makes all the member of the Novelist's family happy, I really think this game wasn't able to get its point across. What is the purpouse of going through hard and heartbreaking choices, putting someone's interests above the other's if in the end everybody will be able to fullfill themselves?
In the end, while the idea of observing a family from an "outside" point of view could be interesting, the choices you make bare so little value it makes the whole experience extremely bland.

The Swapper follows the trail of the most successful indie games of recent times (Braid, Limbo etc). The Swapper can be described as a metaphysical journey into the realms of mind, set in a dark sci-fi environment. We are undertaking a trip to understand the importance of the "self". This is achieved by challeging the player through puzzles that involves the use of the "Swapper", a device which beholds the power to create clones of itself. While the puzzles get more and more complex and thus bringing out the infinite possibilities that the "Swapper" gives, the game brings us various queries. How can the self be multiplied? Who is the real "self"? Those are some of the questions only the player can answer.
I recommend The Swapper to people who love Braid and similar titles and to every people who are searching for a videogame that can be challeging in a different way.

7,5/10