{"id":19137,"date":"2019-06-24T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19137"},"modified":"2019-06-18T01:51:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T01:51:21","slug":"verlet-swing-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/24\/verlet-swing-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Verlet Swing (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Verlet Swing is a first person 3-D obstacle course game where you use an imaginary hookshot to swing from objects to reach a goal.\u00a0 You mustn\u2019t touch the ground or hit a wall, though!\u00a0 It\u2019s available to download on all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

To extend your grapple, just hold down the R trigger button.\u00a0 You\u2019ll latch onto an object if there is one in front of you, and then you\u2019ll start swinging.\u00a0 Release the button to let go.\u00a0 Move the left stick to control how you fall a bit, and the right stick moves the camera around.\u00a0 And that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

But even though the controls are simple, the game sure isn\u2019t!\u00a0 The first-person perspective makes perspective hard to tell and sometimes you can hit things without seeing them.\u00a0 The game utilizes a lot of physics and momentum that takes some getting used to as well.\u00a0 A reticule will tell you when you can grapple something, but it\u2019s hard to see so the best thing to do is just know to grapple onto small orbs and most large lightly colored objects.\u00a0 The trial and error is a bit frustrating, but I think that\u2019s just part of the experience.<\/p>\n

There are tons of levels and challenges to tackle, and I loved the Salvador Dali style graphics.\u00a0 That\u2019s what sold me on reviewing the game in the first place.\u00a0 But I think only super pro gamers who aren\u2019t easily frustrated will really enjoy this game.<\/p>\n

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If you hit a wall or the ground, the screen just goes static-ey for a second, so nothing really violent here.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers might get frustrated at the high difficulty, though.\u00a0 Verlet Swing is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verlet Swing is a first person 3-D obstacle course game where you use an imaginary hookshot to swing from objects to reach a goal.\u00a0 You mustn\u2019t touch the ground or hit a wall, though!\u00a0 It\u2019s available to download on all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here. To extend your grapple, just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19139,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19137\/revisions\/19139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}