SWAT 4 Demo

SWAT 4 Demo review in reply, let's hope my Notepad Find/Replace skills didn't jack the formatting!

So whats the take guys? Worth the dl? or nay?

Well it's pretty fun, tho doesn't feel quite as smooth as Rouge Spear... but the additional actions like yelling for suspects to give up really plays out well, as do the dynamic team commands.

Mission objectives may be buggy too in this demo, I think I cleared the entire level, went back through it like 4 times till I just shot a teammate and ended the mission... I saw that all the suspects were neutralized, incapacitated or arrested, and all the reports were made about civilans or whatever except 1... I had completed 'restore order to chaos' but not the other two objectives, so I don't know what the trouble is, I definately cleared the entire level.

But it worked the first time around tho, on normal difficulty... so idk

Quick Review:

OK everybody, I'm happy to report that Irrational has done it! So far I've only played for about 15 minutes, but from what I've seen so far, this IS the next-gen SWAT 3 we were hoping it would be. Hell yes!

It has everything SWAT 3 does and then some. More command options for ordering your two teams around, more style (the Unreal engine really helps get the lighting and effects right), excellent voice acting, and all kinds of really well done tactical animations/maneuvers. Haven't seen a lot of the AI in action yet, but I'm hoping it's just as random and unpredictable as ever--which imho was the best part of SWAT 3.

Bottom line, if you loved SWAT 3, you need to check this out. :)

Pretty impressed with the demo. The screenshots I saw were looking pretty bad so the engine is a nice surprise.

Not sold on the so-called quick action menu though. It sounded good when I was reading the write-ups but now that I have seen it action there is no way it can touch the speed of the old swat 3 interface. Sure the learning curve was brutal in swat 3 but once you knew the keys you could blow through commands way faster than you can with a mouse. They should have at least let you map quick keys to the command menu. The default action bar is a pretty good improvement though.

One thing that seems to be missing though is having the viewport for both teams up at once. I thought in swat 3 you could have a viewport for both blue and red teams, then again it has been a while so maybe I am dreaming that up :)

Awaiting Pie's review. =)

the important thing for me in creating a game that can match the amazingness of swat 3 is the missions. RS had the engine the, physics, cool guns and all that. But i doint want to fight uber terrorists or disarm nukes hidden is secret boat evil bases I wanna fight bank robbers and kidnappers and shoot people in locations that i recognise from day to day.
+ please let the swat 3 levels get ported over pretty please

Really well done from what i've played so far.

mercury is triple fast lately. not that mercury wasn't quick before just faster now. O I'm digging those nice screenies of swat 4.

Wow. Irrational totally rocks.

Look at their track record:

- System Shock II
- Freedom Force
- Tribes: Vengeance (RUINED BY COMMUNITY)
- Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich

How can this game not be good?

How the hell do you end the mission? I guess I don't get it. I arrested everybody, killed anyone that resisted, reported deaths/arrests/civillians, collected all the evidence etc.. and the mission won't end. ?? WTF.

Will the multiplayer have Co-op like Swat 3?

Please post and early review of the demo so the ones with shitty conection (like me) can avoid this if it sucks.....

Am I the only one that was completely unimpressed with this?

Oh well, back to WoW-crack.

Fileplanet has it too
http://www.fileplanet.com/150436/150000/fileinfo/SWAT-4-Singleplayer-Demo

Just completed the mission. This game totally has the Swat3 feel to it. I will be picking this game up on release

I'm a tad underwhelmed by how the multiplayer turned out, but if this single-player demo proves to me that Irrational has retained the spirit of SWAT 3 and modernized it, then they have my money.

Will report back in...

Download in progress!

I wonder how much Red Pop had to pay for product placement. When will it end?