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Quick Look: Swarm

Ryan and Alex commit blue suicide en masse in Hothead's latest downloadable.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Mar. 26 2011

Cast: Ryan, Alex

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Swarm

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get you some 

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Edited By MooseyMcMan

Neat. Funny ending. 

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Meatboy if it was in 3D.. and there were 50 meat boyzez.

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Alex ftw

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More Alex. Eat it, haters.

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I've had the same thing happen to me on my Xbox 360 during Saints Row 2. Its not exclusive to Swarm

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Edited By Depth

I love the Ryan+Alex quick look duo.

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Edited By Scooper

Man. So many 360 lockups lately.
 
Swarm looks funny, though. 15 bucks however not so much.

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@SBYM said:
" More Alex. Eat it, haters. "
MOAR ALEX!!!
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in b4 waaaaahlex brigade
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@zyn said:
" @SBYM said:
" More Alex. Eat it, haters. "
MOAR ALEX!!! "
YES!
 
Also, kind of sad the way the QL ended... The main premise of the game is really something unique.
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@Vinchenzo said:
" Ryan AND Alex? The two most annoying fucks. Cannot stand them separately, but together... fuck. "
lol
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@Vinchenzo said:
" Ryan AND Alex? The two most annoying fucks. Cannot stand them separately, but together... fuck. "
Oh, you mean Rylex. The Snark-type Pokemon.
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"Mother creature" or in Japan can be interpreted as, "tentacle".

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@Vinchenzo said:
" Ryan AND Alex? The two most annoying fucks. Cannot stand them separately, but together... fuck. "  
You've offended my family. Prepare to die.
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Reminds me of Wild 9. 
 
Anyone remember that game?

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ALEX NAVARRO ALL UP IN THIS. (I'm not really bothered either way but it's funny how much some users hate him)

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@Zabant:
Vaguely.  It was alright, but it didn't have as much personality as I thought it would, and for a guy with a super-weapon, you were pretty fragile.
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We've had a Swarm QLEX.  
 
Surely time would be better spent looking at other titles? 

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@onlineatron: Yeah because they probably spent the whole day doing this quick look.
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Edited By MJHAYLETT

yaaaa I love it when games freeze/crash a console. No wait I fucking hate it.

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Edited By BoOzak

Game looks alright, kind've reminds me of the early Oddworld games with the whole industrial/killing your own guys vibe it has going. I dont think it's worth 1,200 points though. Might get if it goes on sale..

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The game looks fun ... but not 1200 MS points fun.

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this game does not look very fun.  I can't imagine that it will sell well at $15.  All the environments and objects look very generic.

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@Vinchenzo said:
" Ryan AND Alex? The two most annoying fucks. Cannot stand them separately, but together... fuck. "
There is something fundamentally wrong with the way you live your life.
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@Stupot:  FACE PALM  XD didint want to feel left out 
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dont put that there thats my personal controller !!! XD no I was just putting it on the micrphone .... oh I thought  
LMAO

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Edited By IamTerics

I'd buy it when its on sale. The reception seems to be mixed.

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Edited By JetForceGemini

The game doesn't look that bad. I guess the problem is that it's hard to justify picking up an average looking game when there are so many excellent ones on the market. 

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I found myself yelling "nooooooo!" when that one swarmite didn't quite make the gap. This game looks like a lot of fun, or maybe it's actually more fun to watch than it is to play, I don't know.

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Ryan pulled quite a few Brad's this Quick Look.

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@onlineatron said:
" We've had a Swarm QLEX.   Surely time would be better spent looking at other titles?  "
They tend to hold back criticism when a developer is right there.  I'm glad they revisited it so they could be more honest.
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Twist ending!

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I don't need to play this game, I just want a video of all kinds of death.

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I liked it. Or rather I liked someone else playing it., because my patience would go. But I think it was a better game and a better looking game than ppl. giving it credit for.  Just my opinion.
 
But locking up in the end? And where was Alex heading with the controller..the fish tank?
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I like how Alex is relegated to the "guy who's played it enough to get stroppy with the newcomer's errors" role that many negative Quick Look commenters appear to fall into. Not that I'm in that camp often; I usually give the guys the benefit of the doubt that the games are tougher than they look (especially when you're talking over them).
 
Though tbh my personal preference is either when all parties go in cold, or it's the guy with the experience at the helm. The former because it's amusing chaos and the latter because it's easier for them to demonstrate an in-game feature or quirk when they're in control.

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Don't put the controller on your crotch, Alex!

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Looks like an awesome game.

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too bad, i wanted to see more menu death animations =[

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Looks like a pretty neat game. I'll get it if it ever goes on sale.

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This game is a hate crime against blue creature things.

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@MythDarK: To be fair, most paid members (myself included) seem to think he's a jerk. I know I don't want class warfare in my Giant Bomb.
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also people need to stop giving a shit about users complaining about who's in the video
 
the Giant Bomb cast clearly do not give a fuck
 
neither should you

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The music reminds me of the Vajas song Sparrow of the Wind.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eveNk3o1ME     
 
Something about when the strings are getting plucked in parts of the mx. It hit me around the 11:00 minute mark. Damn these ears

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@Zabant said:
" Reminds me of Wild 9.  Anyone remember that game? "
Fuck yes sir! I still hate myself for trading it in 3rd grade.... 
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Edited By lacke

When I saw the QLEX I had high hopes for this game. Maybe I had too high hopes but now I'm feeling a bit disappointed. It feels like something's missing. Maybe it's the bland art style. I definitely would have wanted a slow motion+zoom in on the last guy who dies when you fail. Then again, Alex said this game is stupid hard in some spots so maybe such a feature would be super annoying when you fail at the same thing the 100th time.

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n ot going t buy this one  

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@gladspooky said:
" also people need to stop giving a shit about users complaining about who's in the video  the Giant Bomb cast clearly do not give a fuck  neither should you "
I think users and GB notice when feedback is more positive because the video comes out better. Not everyone bubbles over with this faux apathy like you kid.
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Game looks great. Will definitely pick it up when it goes on sale.

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@LordCmdrStryker: "We"? "We" don't care about *you* either.