That, in a nutshell, is what The Swapper seems to draw its inspiration from. You know, claustrophobic films set in space where a strange dread hovers over everything, even when it’s not immediately apparent why. The creepy atmosphere, the slow pace, the tense music, the ambiguous story: sure, there are some games that feature all those things, but to really bring them all together, you need to look to the big screen, to films like 2001:A Space Odyssey or, better still, Moon. I was trying to think of what other puzzle-platformers it reminded me of, when the fact was, I needed to think a little more broadly. Not in terms of whether or not I liked it - I was quite sure I loved it before I saw what anyone else had to say - but rather in terms of what to compare it to. I was struggling with getting my mind around The Swapper until I ventured over to Metacritic and found the perfect way to think about it.
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