Abstract: Published April 27th 2011. Written by Thomas McDermott. Swarm positions you as the minder of fifty easily replaceable blue-ish things called Swarmites – whose lives you can callously end in multiple adorably sadistic ways. It’s not a game that treats d...
Abstract: Swarm’s greatest strength is its tongue-in-cheek approach to death. It can be very satisfying to kill off a chunk of the swarm at once, and the death medals are a great way to encourage replays. The score requirements, however, are not, and ma..
Abstract: Swarm, 50 little Swarmites that do your biding, even if that means jump into a laser fence, get blown to pieces or fried in a fire. Yes folks, you have to kill your little dudes in this puzzle platform title from Hothead and UTV. The story goes that th...
Abstract: I have a love/hate thing going on when it comes to games that rely almost entirely on collection or high scoring as their main gameplay hook. I have a hard time mustering up the motivation to play something that has no definitive beginning, middle, and...
Abstract: The plot in Swarm is very thin and neither helps nor hinders the game—it’s simply there to give this download a loose narrative. A giant blue creature known as Momma lands on a crumbling planet and releases 50 blue creatures called Swarmites from its ...
When you combine engaging and unique gameplay with Swarm’s pleasant (but dark) aesthetics and whimsical nature, what you have is a great downloadable game. There’s a good deal of content here, and it’s all nestled in a polished package. I like games th...
Abstract: There are few games I've played in recent memory that tackle their subject matter with such nihilistic glee the way that Swarm does. Rockstar's original Manhunt presented murder as a conceptual snuff film in a similar way, and the indie flash game Ever...
Abstract: Swarm is kind of like Mario—if you were controlling around 50 Marios at once who were constantly being burned, impaled, electrocuted, or murdered in some other brutal fashion. It's a difficult platformer with the structure of an arcade game and a Pix...
