![]() I am mostly fascinated that the developers made this, made a vast shell of a world-and not as a walking simulator. And with the demo ending at unlocking airships, maybe travel will get friendlier in the full game? (I ache for supernatural powers of leaping and gliding.) Halfway through the demo, I didn't think I'd be looking forward to the full game, but I am. I like that objectives are quietly contained within letters we find, with no quest list or makers. I want to reach actual cities, not just the outskirts available in the demo. I like the look of the world, somewhere between Bloodborne's Yharnham, Dishonored's Dunwall, and Warhammer 40K's whole deal. While I assume our man is dead or dying or it's a dream, I am still curious about what's going on in the world he perceives-whatever that world is, whatever he is. And the aggressive level-of-detail pop-in is unfortunate in a game that's so much about slowly approaching giant things. Also the floaty camera movement is weird. This misguided moment of exploration took several whole minutes while I muttered about how ridiculous this was. Though the fence looked to have enough space for a person to squeeze through, I had to loop all the way back round. Rather than again struggle with finnicky movement to scale a bumpy ramp leading to the other side of a broken raised walkway, I figured I could likely just walk on the grass and find another way into the tower where my goal lay. At one point I missed an item I needed, and had to turn back, then return. The only 'puzzle' in the demo is finding fuses to fix a lift. But the pace and distance can get frustrating in a game that needs you to complete objectives to advance the plot. As a fan of walking simulators, I do find that freedom quite satisfying. At this point, I've seen no suggestion that the game rewards this in any way beyond the satisfaction of doing it. You can also run into the woods towards distant vast buildings where grow mere pixels taller as you hold W for minutes. (Speaking of: I was curious about how slowly the pedals turn, so I ran the numbers and our man pedals full-pelt at a knee-annhilating 24rpm.) But you can, if you want, scale 34 floors of a spiral staircase up a spire rather than take the lift. Even the 'quike' four-wheeled bicycles you can ride around some places are slow. You walk slowly, you jump lowly, and the distances are farly. A game for fans of looking up at big things.Įxploration is slow. I've little interest in the whole 'I love my missing wife' thing but I like the mood. It does feel a bit like a Kafka or Borges story to me, with our man increasingly lost and confused in a surreal city he no longer recognises, tormented by strangers who either know everything about him or don't even recognise his presence, and caught in events he doesn't understand. No, I don't think it's Attack On Titan, though I would be delighted by that twist. Something happened, and the cities now stand empty, forbidden, forgotten, fabled. Our fella is returning home after 17 years on the trail of his missing wife. It's a mighty impressive look, and and absolutely the reason I tried the demo. The Silent Swan is set around two cities within a vast wall.
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