Verlet Swing

They just don't make game like this very often. You don't have to wait a minute while a bunch of companies scroll past. You don't have wait in absurdly long loading screens. You don't go through two hours of tutorials just to learn how to play. You boot up the game, and all of the mechanics speak for themselves. This game is 100% gameplay, where you spiderman your way around trippy 3D obstacle courses trying to maximize your momentum to see the big number in the corner of the screen go up. The feeling of going fast in this game and swinging around tight corners narrowly evading death is top tier. It gets really hard in the last dozen or so levels and I couldn't even beat them. If you like platformers and need to kill an afternoon, this is the perfect game.

Have you ever wanted to play a game where you kind of feel like Spider-Man? Do you like games that test your wits and speed? Well Verlet Swing might be the game for you. I have put in just about eight hours into this game, and I can’t help but feel that I can’t get those hours back. I won’t spoil too much in this intro and as usual I will tell you what the pros and cons are and then give my final thoughts at the end. Pros: Simple gameplay Great music Creative level design Plenty of levels Cons: A little too challenging Level design gets too complicated Motion sickness inducing Wonky momentum Music can be weary on the ears A Little Too Challenging The game does a great job at showing amazing levels that are fun and enjoyable. Once you get towards the last 20 levels is when it starts getting out of hand. The levels become extremely difficult, to the point that it becomes unenjoyable. I am not so arrogant to understand that games do need to have challenges. It’s what keeps the players engaged and coming back for more. But this; this game made it very unbearable. For the first 80 levels, the music was engaging, and the levels presented some challenges but it was still enjoyable. A…

Generally a bit too difficult later in but otherwise a fine time burner.

simple, but very fun. I bought it on sale - as long as you know all you'll be doing is swinging it's pretty great. Reminds me of Monkey Ball honestly (but instead of a monkey in a ball you're a void swinging around ... they're just both movement time trial pseudo-platformers)

There's a glitch in this game where, if you bob the camera along with the thing you're swinging on, you'll swing a tad bit faster. If you want to get a perfect ratings on all the levels, you need to master that glitch. Many levels are impossible to get a perfect rating on unless you use the glitch. Getting good at using a glitch is not enjoyable. It's very bothersome to think that the devs behind this didn't think to check if you could get perfect ratings without cheating. If you don't care about getting perfect ratings on all the levels, though, the game is very good.

ITS PEAK