The Swapper was short - under 8 hours played for me - but it was absolutely packed with quality. The claymation visuals are the initial, obvious selling point, and they work incredibly well, but other things stick with me more. The soundtrack was beautiful, matched by the punchy sound design. The puzzles were a little mind-bending, in a good way, but not impossible (although sometimes very hard). What really got me, though, was the writing. You do certain things throughout the game, repeatedly, but you don't really think about the implications until the game slowly makes the truth dawn on you. The game meditates on identity, alien life, death, morality, companionship, and more. It really made me change my mind about "art" games, and I still count this one of my favorite games of all time more than three years after release. I still think about it from time to time; it blew my mind that hard. I encourage you to try it too.

The Swapper was short - under 8 hours played for me - but it was absolutely packed with quality. The claymation visuals are the initial, obvious selling point, and they work incredibly well, but other things stick with me more. The soundtrack was beautiful, matched by the punchy sound design. The puzzles were a little mind-bending, in a good way, but not impossible (although sometimes very hard). What really got me, though, was the writing. You do certain things throughout the game, repeatedly, but you don't really think about the implications until the game slowly makes the truth dawn on you. The game meditates on identity, alien life, death, morality, companionship, and more. It really made me change my mind about "art" games, and I still count this one of my favorite games of all time more than three years after release. I still think about it from time to time; it blew my mind that hard. I encourage you to try it too.