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''The Unfinished Swan'' is a first person puzzle platformer created by Creator/GiantSparrow, released on October 2012. Initially released exclusively for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, it was eventually released onto PC via {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} and Epic Games Store in September 2020.

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''The Unfinished Swan'' is a first person puzzle platformer created by Creator/GiantSparrow, released on October 2012. Initially released exclusively for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 Platform/PlayStation3, Platform/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Platform/PlayStationVita through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, Platform/PlayStationNetwork, it was eventually released onto PC via {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} {{Platform/Steam}} and Epic Games Store in September 2020.
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* NintendoHard: According to WordOfGod, [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/jun/07/unfinished-swan-games-preview?newsfeed=true "It can be super hard, yeah"]].
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[spoiler:The night level, where you're suddenly dropped into a pitch-black forest filled to the brim with spider-like creatures that want to eat you. [[NothingIsScarier And you can't see anything.]]]]

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* SurpriseCreepy: SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: [[spoiler:The night level, where you're suddenly dropped into a pitch-black forest filled to the brim with spider-like creatures that want to eat you. [[NothingIsScarier And you can't see anything.]]]]

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''The Unfinished Swan'' is a first person puzzle platformer created by Creator/GiantSparrow, released on October 2012. Initially released exclusively for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, it was eventually released onto PC via {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} and Epic Games Store in September 2020.

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''The Unfinished Swan'' is a first person puzzle platformer created by Creator/GiantSparrow, released on October 2012. Initially released exclusively for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, it was eventually released onto PC via {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} and Epic Games Store in September 2020.



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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist

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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWristDeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Mess up and fall in a pit? No problem, you'll just respawn!



* FirstPersonGhost: You can't see anything of Monroe's body during gameplay. Near the end, a mirror reveals that Monroe is [[spoiler: a [[MediumBlending 2D painted character]] rather than a 3D model.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you look through a certain telescope in the city, [[spoiler: you can see the king resting in the same place where you meet him at the end of the game.]]

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* FirstPersonGhost: You can't see anything of Monroe's body during gameplay. Near the end, a mirror reveals that Monroe is [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:a [[MediumBlending 2D painted character]] rather than a 3D model.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you look through a certain telescope in the city, [[spoiler: you [[spoiler:you can see the king resting in the same place where you meet him at the end of the game.]]



* MediumBlending: [[spoiler: When you find a mirror near the end, Monroe is revealed to be a 2D painting instead of a 3D model. The same is true of the King during a brief sequence where you play as him.]]

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* MediumBlending: [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When you find a mirror near the end, Monroe is revealed to be a 2D painting instead of a 3D model. The same is true of the King during a brief sequence where you play as him.]]
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* LazyBum: The giant has been stated to have been the "laziest giant ever lived". Because the people of the King's city left, they no longer badger him for help, which also makes him the "happiest" giant. When you first find him, he's sleeping within the now-abondoned kingdom. He does, however, wave at Monroe once he leaves.

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* LazyBum: The giant has been stated to have been the "laziest giant ever lived". Because the people of the King's city left, they no longer badger him for help, which also makes him the "happiest" giant. When you first find him, he's sleeping within the now-abondoned now-abandoned kingdom. He does, however, wave at Monroe once he leaves.
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* ShoutOut: In one of the later levels, looking through a telescope and zooming all the way in reveals an EasterEgg nod to ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'', another PSN indie darling.

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* ShoutOut: In one of the later levels, looking through a telescope and zooming all the way in reveals an EasterEgg nod to ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'', ''VideoGame/Journey2012'', another PSN indie darling.
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* ScrewYourself: Unfortunately, while the king was painting himself a wife, the text under it that says "He had created a female version of himself. The King was in love" seems to suggest this trope. Though technically, they both don't look too similar to one another. But what makes this all the more disturbing is later, [[spoiler: you realize that the boy you play as... IS TECHNICALLY THEIR INBRED SON!]]
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* AlienKudzu: The vines from the City segment of the game, although not from outer space, evidently behaved like this and helped render the city uninhabitable. Subverted for Monroe, who actually benefits from their rapid growth into climbable surface-coatings and bridges.
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''The Unfinished Swan'' is a first person puzzle platformer created by Creator/GiantSparrow. Initially released exclusively for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, it was eventually released onto PC via {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} in September 2020.

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''The Unfinished Swan'' is a first person puzzle platformer created by Creator/GiantSparrow. Creator/GiantSparrow, released on October 2012. Initially released exclusively for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, it was eventually released onto PC via {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} and Epic Games Store in September 2020.
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''The Unfinished Swan'' is a first person puzzle platformer created by
by Creator/GiantSparrow. Initially released exclusively for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, it was eventually released onto PC via {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} in September 2020.

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''The Unfinished Swan'' is a first person puzzle platformer created by
by Creator/GiantSparrow. Initially released exclusively for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, it was eventually released onto PC via {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} in September 2020.
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Was recently released on Steam.


''The Unfinished Swan'' is a download exclusive title for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita by Creator/GiantSparrow, available through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork.

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''The Unfinished Swan'' is a download exclusive title first person puzzle platformer created by
by Creator/GiantSparrow. Initially released exclusively
for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita by Creator/GiantSparrow, available through the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork.
UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, it was eventually released onto PC via {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} in September 2020.

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In it, you play as Monroe, a young boy who has chased [[TheNamesake a swan missing part of its neck]] into a strange, surreal world with huge swaths of unfinished white space. Using globs of black paint to splatter and reveal your surroundings, you must make your way ever forward hunting the titular swan.

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In it, you play as Monroe, a young boy who whose mother has chased recently died, leaving behind hundreds of paintings she made but never finished. The orphanage allowed him to take one of these paintings; he chooses one of [[TheNamesake a swan missing part of its neck]] into neck]]. One night, he finds the swan has gone missing, and chases it through a door he has never seen before and enter a strange, surreal world with huge swaths of unfinished white space. Using globs of black paint to splatter and reveal your surroundings, you must make your way ever forward hunting the titular swan.
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* SuperDrowningSkills: Munroe has them. In most cases, simply touching the surface of water leads to [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist a quick gaspy coughy revival]] wherever you were before you fell in.

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* SuperDrowningSkills: Munroe Monroe has them. In most cases, simply touching the surface of water leads to [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist a quick gaspy coughy revival]] wherever you were before you fell in.
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* WhiteVoidRoom: The game starts you in a completely featureless white level which you navigate and gradually reveal by splattering with globs of black paint. When you get past the beginning the levels get more visible, but the game always likes messing with the player like this, and it's all part of the artist/gimmicky nature of the game.
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* LazyBum: The giant has been stated to have been the "laziest giant ever lived". Because the people of the King's city left, he's become the happiest giant. When you first find him, he's sleeping within the now-abondoned kingdom.

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* LazyBum: The giant has been stated to have been the "laziest giant ever lived". Because the people of the King's city left, he's become they no longer badger him for help, which also makes him the happiest "happiest" giant. When you first find him, he's sleeping within the now-abondoned kingdom. He does, however, wave at Monroe once he leaves.

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