Swordship

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Christian Donlan (Eurogamer)

Brisk, stylish and compulsive, this is everything an arcade game should be.

December 5, 2022 |

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Swordship is a great example of contemporary arcade. It does one thing, it does it well, and it’s incredibly fulfilling, challenging, and exhilarating. Smugglers of the post-climate change future against corporations, pirates at the service of the least, always ready to take risks and with a great sense of entertainment. Great management of the risk / benefit component, precise controls, audiovisual remarkable, with each game over generating more sense of revenge than frustration. A truly remarkable work in its compactness.

December 20, 2022 |

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8.5/10

Stefano Calzati (The Games Machine)

7/10

Richard Seagrave (GameSpew)

Still, if you love arcade-styled games that challenge your skills and draw you in time and time again in order to set a new high-score, Swordship is very much worth playing. It’s a simple concept but one that’s been executed rather well. And it is somewhat fun outwitting your enemies and making them destroy each other as you vie to collect valuable cargo.

December 7, 2022 |

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Christian Donlan (Eurogamer)

Recommended - (Read Review)

Brisk, stylish and compulsive, this is everything an arcade game should be.

Stefano Calzati (The Games Machine)

8.5/10 - (Read Review)

Richard Seagrave (GameSpew)

7/10 - (Read Review)

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Read the Reviews (9 total)

Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
AnaitGames	Víctor Manuel Martínez García	9 / 10	12-13-2022	Digital Kingdom's dodge 'em up is a collection of good ideas and good decisions, an arcade so fluid and intelligent that it almost seems to float.	Read review
Eurogamer	Christian Donlan	Recommended	12-05-2022	Brisk, stylish and compulsive, this is everything an arcade game should be.	Read review
Expansive	Brad Baker	Recommended	12-05-2022	Swordship is definitely a tough game to love at times and it doesn’t go easy on the player from the word go, but if you manage to get through its early challenges, start unlocking better ships and items, the game really opens up and the creativity and quality begins to shine. That, sadly, can be quite a big ask for a game with such hyper-sensitive controls, regular insta-deaths, and enemy frequency and brutality.	Read review
GameSpew	Richard Seagrave	7 / 10	12-07-2022	Still, if you love arcade-styled games that challenge your skills and draw you in time and time again in order to set a new high-score, Swordship is very much worth playing. It’s a simple concept but one that’s been executed rather well. And it is somewhat fun outwitting your enemies and making them destroy each other as you vie to collect valuable cargo.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	7 / 10	12-14-2022	A fantastic mix of endless runner and racing game, which marries the aesthetics of WipEout with the challenge and difficulty of a hardcore roguelike.	Read review
Nintendo Life	Tom Massey	7 / 10	12-05-2022	Swordship is a clever, original, and interesting concept. It looks good, sounds good, and plays well. There’s just that RNG irritant that means, while you can learn enemy behaviours, you sometimes get lost in the fray. Even the camera shifts and the slow down (which can be disabled) can occasionally disorientate you from your position, resulting in sudden death. At the same time, while imperfect, its evolving and increasingly intense nature has major appeal for score hunters. And, when you do grab that container, trip under a set of lasers, detonate three mines sequentially and blow the screen sky-high, it earns itself an action badge of honour.	Read review
NoobFeed	Joshua Burt	80 / 100	12-12-2022	Swordship is a fun and interesting arcade title that flips the genre on its head. Its high intensity dodge ‘em and puzzle-style action creates a fun gameplay loop. The addition of upgrades and difficulty changes adds to the title’s replayability and while the game is somewhat difficult and lacking in accessibility features, the game still manages to be an exceptional example of arcade-like brilliance.	Read review
The Games Machine	Stefano Calzati	8.5 / 10	12-20-2022	Swordship is a great example of contemporary arcade. It does one thing, it does it well, and it's incredibly fulfilling, challenging, and exhilarating. Smugglers of the post-climate change future against corporations, pirates at the service of the least, always ready to take risks and with a great sense of entertainment. Great management of the risk / benefit component, precise controls, audiovisual remarkable, with each game over generating more sense of revenge than frustration. A truly remarkable work in its compactness.	Read review
WellPlayed	Adam Ryan	8 / 10	01-09-2023	Swapping out shooting for dodging, Swordship is a clever score-attack arcade indie title that's as mechanically solid as it is visually striking.	Read review

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The world after global warming. Humanity has taken refuge in three gigantic underwater cities at the bottom of the ocean. Those who are expelled from the cities, for lack of space, barely survive on the burned lands. Meanwhile, the megacities exchange millions of containers loaded with goods every day. At the command of ultra-fast boats, a few inhabitants of the underwater cities started stealing these precious containers, in order to deliver them to the banished. Some are more successful than others.

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