games website "Trader" detailed review: creative wonderful worth playing

Game Name: Trader

English name: The Swapper

Game type: Adventure Puzzle (AVG) game

Game production: Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo Castellano

Game Publishing: Facepalm Games        

Game platform: PC

Release date: May 30, 2013

The official website: http://facepalmgames.com/the-swapper

Suitable for people: puzzle game lovers, science fiction game lovers

"Trader" as an adventure decryption game, and many of this type of game quietly appeared in front of people, and it is interesting that many of these small games without too much noise can always get a good evaluation, such as "Limbo" and "Time and Space fantasy" and other games, as for this game in the decryption game occupy what position, please check with the author.

Screen: 9

The overall style of the game screen is dark, giving people a very depressed feeling, in addition to the occasional lights in the screen, only the lighting of the role controlled by the player, the large dark part of the screen makes the game atmosphere with a hint of thriller taste, but in fact the main content of the game is all decryption.

The game uses a 2D engine to build, the delicate texture will be a unique style of the future space station depiction quite appealing, and according to the progress of the game, you can also see more strange scenery.

It is worth mentioning that some of the scenes in the game give the feeling of being in a model, and in fact the game does adopt this approach. The background of the game is mostly built with clay and everyday materials, which makes the game unique in terms of visual performance.

The game has a relatively good light and shadow performance, the effect of the light shining on the surrounding objects is excellent, you can see the particles scattered under the light. As far as an adventure decryption game is concerned, this game is superior in the picture, and the acceptance of too depressing and dark style depends on the player.

Sound effects: 8

The music in the game is almost negligible, except for a BGM in the selection menu, the only thing the player can hear in the game is pedaling footsteps and some special effects.

Especially when the character controlled by the player is killed by various methods, the gentle click is so weak. Although the player's demand for sound effects is not high for this small decryption game, such a simple effect makes this game in the process of experiencing the fun lack of a few points.

Content: 9

As an adventure decryption game, this game has great innovations in puzzle Settings and decryption methods, among which the biggest selling point is that players need to constantly clone their own controlled characters to solve the puzzle.

The key to all of this is the initial purchase of the item named "Swapper", here referred to as the clone gun, the operation of the clone gun is very simple, the mouse controls the direction, the right button can release a clone of your character, and the left button can transfer the control role to another targeted character.

There will be a game slowdown effect when cloning, as long as the proper use of the puzzle can be uncovered.

The puzzle setting of the game is very interesting, the main puzzle faced by the player in the game is to collect the ball through the organ, unlock the content of the organ to promote the opening of the organ, but will set a variety of light to hinder the effect of the clone gun.

The player can also use the clone gun to reach some inaccessible places, such as the ability to use continuous cloning, before the clone fell using the slow effect and transfer function to send the player higher ground, etc.

Although the puzzles encountered by the author in the experience of the game did not trouble too much time, but the clever design can be said to play the clone gun this setting incisively and vividly, and it is still quite a sense of accomplishment when the puzzle is successfully solved.

In the game, players clone their own bodies by constantly copying, constantly transforming in the clone, the real protagonist is only one, and most of those clones are crushed to death or ash out of the sky after completing the mission.

I mean, it's just a game, but it's kind of brutal to watch those clones get killed in one click, and killing yourself is murder or suicide, I don't know?

The story flow of the game is mainly based on the exploration of text messages on the terminal and the triggering of text and dialogue in certain scenes, the story of the game takes place in the future space age, a space station full of darkness and puzzles.

As the story continues to advance, players who have studied science fiction should be able to find content with a smile, and the plot of the game is not as optional as plain water, carefully appreciate the general feeling, here it is not shameful to reveal the plot, leaving you players to taste.

In SUMMARY:

"Trader" and many decryption games, small capacity, but full of creativity, the picture expression is exquisite and delicate. Especially through the continuous cloning of their own this decryption setting is very wonderful, it can be said that the whole game has risen to a height, may not be able to reach those who have been word-of-mouth decryption of the good work, but it is enough for fans to spend four hours to experience the unique style of the space station trip.