Hire thieves for your dirty work, reap the rewards in The Swindle
Heists can be exhausting – all those break-ins to plan, bags of money to haul and the mounting stress of getting caught, not to mention the extensive leg work involved. Thankfully, the recently-relaunched The Swindle instead lets you coach hired men through your master plans, and should your wit lead to their demise, well ... at least you didn't learn your shortcomings firsthand.
Any cash your goons escape with can be spent on upgrades (which stick with you beyond a thief's eventual death), but The Swindle's lucrative structures are procedurally generated, so you'll never know a route like the back of your hand. There aren't random perks or chance-based rewards though, so you'll need to get by on your hacking, thieving and whacking skills rather than luck.
The Swindle is planning a break-in within early 2015, and while platforms have not been announced yet, Size Five Games' Dan Marshall notes that "PC is a good bet" and that he's talking to Sony about PlayStation's platforms, including the Vita.
Marshall once described The Swindle's physics-based platforming as "Deus Ex meets Sonic the Hedgehog." The project was eventually canceled due to Marshall feeling its elements "didn't hold together properly," but after tinkering with a procedurally-generated reboot earlier this year, Marshall decided to give The Swindle another chance.
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