The hurling of water to create vines, moving a glowing orb for protection, building platforms - it might all sound like a jumble of incomplete thoughts now, but those eureka moments are the heart of the game and it would do me no good to spoil them for you here. The true beauty of the game is that each chapter of the storybook brings a new gameplay element or environment into view that has little to nothing to do with black paint. It's breathtaking and intriguing, but it's just the beginning of what The Unfinished Swan has to show us. Each blob brings definition - a wall here, a stump there, a hallway over yonder - and slowly but surely sets Monroe down a path of discovery. Dropped into a completely white world, you hurl black paint to bring your surroundings to life from the first-person perspective. Now, if you've seen or heard about The Unfinished Swan, what comes next might sound like all the game is - but don't be fooled.

Monroe leaps into the blank canvas, and the game is afoot. The orphanage would only allow him to keep one, and it's on a seemingly ordinary night that he awakes to find the unfinished swan he chose missing from the painting itself. A pleasant-voiced woman tells us the tale of the orphan Monroe, whose mother's passing left him with a wealth of her unfinished paintings. This is about meditating with serene music and watching as the story unfolds. This isn't like playing one of the dozens of other games grasping for your attention as the holiday season ramps up. Playing it is more akin to turning the pages of a worn Golden Book of your favorite childhood stories. Play 'Unflinching simplicity' defines The Unfinished Swan.

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