Finished Swap-Force

On 01/08/2020 at 04:15 PM by KnightDriver

I got through the main campaign of Skylanders: Swap-Force the other day. This is now my second completed game of 2020. Of course, I’m not done with it yet.

I played the campaign on Hard difficulty, which may have been a mistake because it made me quite annoyed in the last few boss fights. But overall it was good because a little challenge kept me more interested. Not to say the game isn’t interesting, but it is Diablo-lite and designed mainly for kids. Puzzles are pretty easy except maybe one or two of the lock puzzles. These task you with getting two different colored gelatinous cubes together on a grid with different obstacles and pickups. I liked those.

Battles are what really tasked me late in the game. On hard difficulty you take a lot of damage that is hard to avoid. At one point, in order to avoid replaying a level, I had eleven Skylanders lined up (I have all 16 Swap-Force figures). I used a rule I applied when I was just using Magna Charge and Boom Jet: if both get knocked down, I grab a new one. By the final boss, I had eleven Skylanders lined up ready to go. It was fun to see all their different abilities. However, some of them weren’t leveled very high, so they didn’t stay in very long. I’d usually end up with my highest level figure, Magna Charge, finishing a level.

There are challenge stages, bonus levels and survival arenas to do, but I may take a break to work on the Xbox Rewards Quests for the month. I downloaded Paranormal 2 to fulfill two quests: one for achievements in an ID@Xbox game and another for playing anything new. Witcher 3 is on the list too as is Minecraft; although, I can’t get several achievements in Minecraft for the Quest because I only have one left. It’s fun to go for the quests. I make back a little bit of money and it forces me to try new games.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

01/08/2020 at 04:24 PM

Witcher 3 is gigantic, man. Watched my brother play a lot of it.

KnightDriver

01/08/2020 at 04:41 PM

I started it earlier this year but stopped. I forget why, but it's great and I know I'll get more out of it this time.

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

01/08/2020 at 04:35 PM

Be ready to put in some good hours into Witcher 3 if it starts growing on you.

01/08/2020 at 04:40 PM

I played several hours earlier this year. I think I'll start over again.
I'm sort of scared to start it because there's so much content. I may approach it trying to focus on the main story and try and avoid side quests. I'll probably get side tracked, though.

goaztecs

01/15/2020 at 12:18 PM

The description of the boss battle where you had the figures lined up kinda reminds me of Injustice on Android where I would swipe out of a fight with one character to another who had their special ready. A lot of fun but can get difficult as the game gets harder. Glad you finished the main story.

01/15/2020 at 04:38 PM

Skylanders would have you switching characters every few minutes if you listened to them. Every level has loads of different sections that have benefits towards only one element type. I try to stick with one character as long as possible. Even when there is a special location in a level that can only be accessed by one type of figure, I don't swap out. Swap-Force is even crazier with the swapable characters. Half a character can be swapped for another half a character to make a weird combination character. Some areas require two different element types for one figure. I'll do those later on.

PixlBit