The Swindle

Replaying The Swindle here on Steam after playing it years ago on the Wii U (yes I played it on the Wii U which had an terribly instable performance), really changed my mind. Now I am an basolute fan of it.
It's actually a very good stealth game with a rogue like mechanic that actually gives you the fear of getting caught. No checkpoints, no retries and 100 days (tries) if you want to get to the good ending. The houses are randomly generated, so you really need to improvise, if you got a bad generated building.
It's all challenging but if you are open for that, you gonna have a great time, also because this game has one of the best soundtracks I have ever listened. They not only sound nice, but also every track has two versions: The undetected and the alerted one. So every mission start with a more calm theme but then gets crazy if you get detected. So you adrenalin not only goes up because you want to steal as much as possible before the police arrives, but also because the music kicks in like it wants to say: "Get the hell out of here as soon as possible!". Still on this day the soundtrack gives me goosebumps.
Besides that I actually like the aesthetic of the game. Thanks to it's simple design, it looks until this day great and it has some sort of a unique setting with the mix of steampunk, cyber-war and British style.
So if you like playing a stealth games with a challenge, The Swindle really is a must play.

this is secretly a rage game. do not expect a calm experience. you die for no reason quite often. fun though

A really compelling core, a game that demands that you get better at it and rewards you for doing so. When it works, it really is something special. It is marred by bugs - you absolutely will die because your input didn't register or something saw you through a wall. But I found the core of the game to be so strong that I was able to look past that.

This game is a lot deeper than it appears, the mechanics feel a little clunky at first but they are very consistent, and there is a lot of strategy in choosing the right upgrades, especially when going for a deathless run. I really enjoyed this game and especially 100%ing it

6/10

I totally understand negative reviews since this game is almost impossible to play with a controller due to all the bugs, some also present while using keyboard, But on the other hand, there is something really satisfying and addictive in the game's main gameplay loop. I don't usually enjoy sneaking in games and prefer a more direct approach, but this one spoke to me. Maybe owning my own secret thief association is what I need.

Th is game is not without issue, but its is really satisfying to actually pull of a successful heist and finish the game.
Late game definitely needs planning, especially the final heist.
This game is brutally hard and one mistake spells the end of the run. The game also has a fail state for play through. Do terrible and you'll need to start from the beginning and work your way up again. As result Each death is felt and can feel devastating especially if you're carrying a lot of money.
At time I was playing most bugs were ironed out, but you can still experience absolute BS death at times. There is a fair amount of learning curve.

Extraction rogue like platformer.
Addicting amazing fun game, got over 100 hours on playstation, its definetly worth a try.