''Swing Copters'' is a 2014

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video game released for

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and

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on August 21, 2014. It was developed by Vietnamese video game developer

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, best known for ''

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'' (2013). The player controls a character wearing a helmet with helicopter rotors, and the player changes the direction of the character by tapping the screen.

Gameplay

The easy-to-learn-but-hard-to-master gameplay consists of the player's tapping the screen to change the direction of the character. The game has a comparable

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system and is similar to ''

'', but it is even more difficult to control the rapid, horizontal movements of the protagonist. If a player touches an obstacle,

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Reception

''Swing Copters'' received generally "mixed or average" reviews, holding a

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score of 56/100.

Sequel

A sequel, titled ''Swing Copters 2'', was released worldwide on December 16, 2015.

References

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