{"id":23984,"date":"2023-11-27T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23984"},"modified":"2023-11-17T13:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T13:29:04","slug":"swapshot-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/27\/swapshot-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Swapshot (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/swap_box-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-23982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SWAP_BOX-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SWAP_BOX-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SWAP_BOX.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>Help a space lady make it to the exit of each level in this hybrid single screen 2D precision platformer mixed with an action puzzle game.\u00a0 Your heroine has a gun that when you hit a box with a bullet, you\u2019ll swap places with it.\u00a0 Use this skill to solve all sorts of puzzles and bypass obstacles in Swapshot, available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>Your character can jump and use the R shoulder button to fire a bullet.\u00a0 You must avoid obstacles like spikes, and if you hit one, you\u2019ll have to start the level over.\u00a0 If you mess up the puzzle, you can also press pause and restart the level, too.\u00a0 When you shoot a bullet and it hits a box, you\u2019ll swap places with the box.\u00a0 You\u2019ll use this skill to solve all sorts of switch based puzzles and the boxes can help you reach higher areas, too.\u00a0 Sometimes you must fire a bullet and quickly run to where you need to be so the box can be where you are at when it gets hit.\u00a0 Brown wooden boxes can be pushed, but purple boxes are stationary.\u00a0 There are around three dozen levels in all.<\/p>\n<p>I did like the puzzle aspect of this game and it kept me interested longer than most precision platformers like this do.\u00a0 But it does have some problems.\u00a0 I wish you had a little bit more control over your jumps.\u00a0 And the game gets really hard about a third of the way through.\u00a0 You have to have pixel perfect positioning in some parts to get your box where you want it to be after you shoot.\u00a0 And the game gives you just enough bullets in each level to solve the puzzles.\u00a0 I kind of wish they would give you a little more sometimes, though.\u00a0 But otherwise, this is one of the better types of games like this that I\u2019ve played in a while.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/swap_screen-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23983\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SWAP_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SWAP_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SWAP_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SWAP_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Swapshot is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 When you hit spikes, you just flash and disappear and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed to play, but younger gamers may get frustrated at the high difficulty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help a space lady make it to the exit of each level in this hybrid single screen 2D precision platformer mixed with an action puzzle game.\u00a0 Your heroine has a 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