Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 4.78/10
- Total trophies: 12
- Offline (breakdown): [7 | 4 | 1 ]
- Online (breakdown): 0
- Approximate amount of time to 100%?: 5-8 Hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed?: 1 + Clean up
- Number of missable trophies?: 0 (level select)
- Glitched trophies?: None
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats available
- Online Pass required?: No
Introduction
Swarm is quite an interesting game. You take the role of a large group of little blue creatures called Swarmites. Your objective is to go through levels and collect as many points as possible by picking up point orbs laying around or found by destroying objects. One unique feature about the point system in Swarm is that you gain points by killing your Swarmites, be careful however, because if you kill all of your Swarmites then you have to start over from the latest checkpoint. When you pick up point orbs your multiplier will increase allowing you to rack up some serious points. If you go for a long enough period without picking up point orbs or by not killing Swarmites then your multiplier will end and your current points will be added to your total. Some larger point orbs may require you to have a specific number of Swarmites to step on a pad, or by stacking your Swarmites onto each other to create a tower in order to reach them.
Walkthrough
Consult the Encyclopedia for tips.
Step 1. Completing the Game
When you start the game just mess around a little bit and learn how to control your Swarmites. Some abilities won’t be unlocked such as Stacking your Swarmites and the Smash ability until you complete later levels. The first trophy you will unlock will most likely be the "Sacrificial Lambs" trophy which is unlocked by killing 50 of your Swarmites. Play through the game collecting any of the DNA strands that you come across, most of them are in plain sight so they won’t be hard to find, however you may need one of the abilities that you unlock later to pick up some of the DNA. Try to collect as many of the strands as possible for the "Genetic Blueprint" trophy during this step so as to minimize the amount of levels that you need to replay. As you progress take a look at the list of Death Medals found in the pause menu. Don’t worry too much about the Death Medals on this first playthrough though as you can go back and get anything you may have missed in Step 2. To unlock the first boss level you will need to have completed level 5 and have collected at least 15 DNA strands, once you defeat the boss you will unlock the "King of the Hill" trophy. To unlock the final boss you will need to have completed level 11 and have collected 30 DNA strands, and after defeating the final boss you will unlock the "Hat for Momma" trophy. Before the end of this playthrough you will also unlock "The First Million" trophy through the course of the game.
Trophies you will unlock after completing this step:
Sacrificial Lambs
The First Million
Medals of Honor
King of the Hill
Hat for Momma
Step 2. Collectibles Clean up, Death Medals, and Multiplier Trophies
Now that you’ve completed the game you can go through and collect any DNA strands that you may have missed. Once you’ve collected all 50 strands you will unlock the "Genetic Blueprint" trophy. The next trophy you will be going for is the "Replay" trophy. Start at level 1 and just go through this level as fast as you can and reach the end with a 2X multiplier or higher. Doing this with achieve you the "In A Hurry" trophy. Continue to replay levels 2 and 3 and you will achieve the "Replay" trophy. After that you’ll be focusing on unlocking all of the Death Medals. Follow my Death Medal Guide in the Encyclopedia to help you with any of the difficult Mega Death Medals and Progressive Death Medals. After you unlock all of the Death Medals you will achieve the "Death Becomes You" trophy. Now it’s time to get the multiplier trophies.
Start by going for "The Answer" trophy. While you’re trying to get this trophy you will unlock the "You Are On Fire" trophy if you haven't already. Choose level 8 and play through the level as fast as you can, focusing on getting as many point orbs as you can without losing your multiplier. For a walkthrough on how to get this trophy consult the video I’ve linked in the Trophy Guide. Next up, you’ll be going for the "Multiplicator" trophy. This trophy is similar to "The Answer" except you’re not rushing to the end to finish with a time multiplier. The best level to get this trophy on is level 4. Focus on picking up as many point orbs as possible and building up your multiplier. Kill Swarmites when no point orbs are in reach. For a walkthrough on how to get this trophy consult the video walkthrough I’ve linked in the trophy guide.
Trophies you will unlock after completing this step:
Replay
In A Hurry
You Are On Fire
The Answer
Genetic Blueprint
Multiplicator
Death Becomes You
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