Swagman (1997)
Genres:Adventure, Puzzle
Story:That Swagman sure has a lot of nerve! He's another evil, demented fellow who's planning to take over the world for his own personal gain. And this guy means business. You see, he's basically a boogie-man who has the power to entrap people in their own nightmares forever. Fortunately, there are two brave souls out there ready to fight Swagman face to face. Their names are Zac and Hannah, two 8 year old twins.
Swagman is a combination of the platform and adventure genre. While in the "Real World", the game is adventure-like; find and collect items and/or keys to open certain doors. When you enter the dream sequences, called the Territories, the game becomes a platform game. The combination of genres and the whole real world/dream world is a neat idea and throw in some nice, cartoonish and highly colorful graphics and you've got a nifty little game.Show more
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One of my favourite games of all time, this was criminally under-appreciated when it was released.
The atmosphere was like nothing else I'd played before, or have played since. The soundtrack (one of my favourite OSTs of all time, by the wonderful Nathan McCree) was absolutely perfect, evoking some of Danny Elfman's score work for Tim Burton.
And that's appropriate because, visually, this game just drips that cartoonish-horror aesthetic that Burton is known for. As with the music, the visuals don't come across as an attempt to imitate Burton's work, but are clearly inspired by them.
Also worth noting, it made use of 3D polygons to create some visual affects and dramatic moments that, while nothing exciting today, were genuinely jaw-dropping at the time.
It's not a perfect game (what is?) but it is unique, and has more character than most games, both of the time and today.
Swagman is also a but tricky to getting running via emulation, and original copies (especially the Sega Saturn version) tend to go for pretty high prices.
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