Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the App Store…
Humanity just barely made it out alive after the gaming nightmare of Flappy Bird descended upon us earlier this year. Dong Nguyen, Flappy Bird’s creator, took the game down after only a brief time in the App Store because its runaway success was ruining his life. But now he’s back with a game that looks surprisingly similar to the original. The difference is, Swing Copters is even harder.
You’re in control–vaguely–of a pint-sized pilot that wants to fly through griders because, eh, reasons. You tap the screen to make it change directions as it floats upward, ever upward. In this respect, Swing Copters is a lot like Flappy Bird turned 90 degrees. The tough part is that you have inertia–a lot of it. It’s tough to decide when it a good time to switch directions. It’s even tougher when you factor in the hit boxes, which are as big as a hippo.
The hit boxes would be easier to deal with if not for the truly heinous part of Swing Copters: the hammers. Every girder has two hammers swinging in time under it, making the margin for error virtually nil. All told, it’s easier to get an asexual to perform oral sex on you than get multiple points in Swing Copters, and not nearly as much fun.
That said, Swing Copters still falls in Nguyen’s oeuvre of “so-frustrating-I-can’t-stop” games that get their claws into our brains and never leave. So we here at Bolt3 beg you: Don’t download Swing Copters. If you download it, don’t play it. If you play it, for God’s sake, lock yourself in a panic room and wait for help to arrive so you don’t infect anyone else.
And while you’re playing, you can get help from the Internet. We recommend Swing Copters Cheats. Happy flapping, addicts.
