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13.8 hrs last two weeks / 179.5 hrs on record (70.4 hrs at review time)
Posted: 31 May, 2023 @ 9:08pm

Early Access Review
Reminiscent of what Rainbow Six is supposed to be, SWAT 4 with a spice of Condemned in there makes for a game that has an atmosphere of increasing tension. It really hammers in the 'response' part of things, on arrival to most maps you'll happen across many really well laid out atrocities. If you just look around in some of these places, it's an interesting little silent narrative which makes me curious what the members of your unit will say in response to in the future?

Alot of what made SWAT 4 really neat was how your team and TOC responded to the scenes being reported. Early access presents a game without much interactions especially in the way of AI and their environment, but it's a pretty dope package all around. I played Rainbow Six Gold/3 and Vegas 1/2 for maybe a tenth of my lifespan, just running maps and the what would be terrorist hunt/guerilla mode for Ghost Recon kinda became my co-op staple. This is as close to that as things get, 9 to 5 wanted to be police Counter strike, Ground Branch wants to be a beta for Arma... Zero Hour feels weird but seems alright, you'd be one of the only people on it.

It's neat to see a rise in this vein of game, I don't see anything remotely approaching this game's quality and content. Mods with dozens of incredible maps, reshades, uniforms, better AI, can't wait for the AI to improve honestly. You get bodyblocked often, sometimes trapped between them. Learning to use 'cover' and such is helpful but phew do they love to huddle. Superb game even as it is in 2022/2023, was too happy to see the amount of things it has on the Nexus. The maps on offer are a real treat. Stay off the tracks in any metro/subway place though, and don't tell AI to apprehend anyone on the tracks.

Anyway, fabulous thing. Mods or not, co-op or not, Ready or Not. It's pretty good. ^---^
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