The Unfinished Swan is an adventure developed by Giant Sparrow, released 23 October 2012 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and iOS. The main story takes about 2.9 hrs to finish.
What The Unfinished Swan is
The Unfinished Swan is an adventure game developed by Giant Sparrow and released in 2012. It was published by Annapurna Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Gamebryo.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Monroe is a young boy whose mother, a painter, has recently passed away, leaving behind hundreds of unfinished works. Allowed to keep only one, he chooses her favorite, a picture of a swan without its neck. One night the swan slips out of the canvas, and Monroe follows it into a strange, entirely white painted world. Armed with his mother's magical paintbrush, he splashes his surroundings into view as he chases the swan and uncovers the remains of a forgotten kingdom.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Unfinished Swan holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 119 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 4.5 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2300 | FX-4350, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7770, 1 GB. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Unfinished Swan launched on 23 October 2012, within three weeks of Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Assassin's Creed III. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Assassin's Creed III.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Unfinished Swan yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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