Controlling the Swarm
You can do various things with the swarm like make them spread out or huddle together. You can make them jump, boost their speed and stack them in order to meet certain needs in the game. They can also bash stuff, ride air currents, throw bombs and clog up machines.
Now remember I said Swarm embraces death? Well you can actually kick off a score multiplier by sacrificing one of your swarmites. You obviously need higher scores to pass the levels, grow Momma and open the next level. So why not do it by booting one of your Swarmites off of a level? If you’re standing next to a respawn that you know will boost your Swarm back up to 50, there’s no reason not to knock a few off and grab some extra points, is there? There are also progressive death medals (bronze, silver, gold) that you achieve as you kill off thousands of Swarmites in particular fashions.
Overall, the preview levels we got were quite fun. There was some frustration in the beginning while figuring out the Swarm controls but a quick peek into the help and options filled in the blanks and got me rolling. The game also teaches you some of the moves as you go through the levels so you’re not toally left to your own devices. The graphics and sound on the game are great and the environments are interesting and well detailed. All in all, Swarm looks to be shaping up as a great game to help kick off early 2011.
