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Police Quest: SWAT Kicks in GOG's Door

by Alice O'Connor, Feb 10, 2011 7:00am PST

Related Topics – Good Old Games, PC

After re-releasing Sierra's Police Quest series last month, digital distributor Good Old Games today added the first two games from the series' SWAT sim spin-offs.

Police Quest: SWAT and Police Quest: SWAT 2 are offered in a handy, DRM-free, $9.99 bundle. While the first game took an FMV-heavy, adventure game-ish approach to simulating SWAT missions, the second became more of a top-down tactical game.

Police Quest: SWAT and its sequel.

Starting with SWAT 3, the series shifted to a conventional first-person shooter perspective while keeping the sim style. Fingers crossed that we'll see those next.

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By: Bull x Show Full Post

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I think it's time for a complete playthrough of the PQ series. I just wish the first GOG PQ collection had both versions of PQ1.

I bought SWAT 1 and 2 on eBay a few years ago but never played them. I think I'll rebuy them on GoG for the convenience.

Feb 10, 2011 7:26am PST

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I think it's time for a complete playthrough of the PQ series. I just wish the first GOG PQ collection ha... : Bull
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  I never knew there were two versions, what's the difference? : one random winner
  - Sierra made a few remakes of games in the early 90s. So there's versions of Police Quest, Space Quest, K... : Mecha Tofu Pirate

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SWAT 2! Be still, my heart.

Feb 10, 2011 7:41am PST

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SWAT 2! Be still, my heart. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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  I loved SWAT 2 but I could never figure out how to play as the terrorists... it's crazy they had a whole ... : Tchest
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    You had to beat the SWAT missions before you unlocked the terrorist missions. If I remember right, you co... : unholydonuts
    - And they were goddamned impossible. : greasyjohn

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Sigh.

Remember when Cops were kick ass in games and film?

Now they just serve as annoyances in open world games and bad buddy cop movies staring old action stars.

I heard max payne isn't even a cop anymore in 3. It better not be die hard 3...

Feb 10, 2011 1:40pm PST

Sigh. Remember when Cops were kick ass in games and film? Now they just serve as annoyances in ope... : chickdigger802

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Do these games run on Windows 7? Or do you need Windows XP to run the GOG games?

Feb 10, 2011 7:42am PST

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Do these games run on Windows 7? Or do you need Windows XP to run the GOG games? : 3dchipset
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- They will run in windows 7. 64 bit even. : baron calamity
- FTFA: # Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit) : deadearth
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  Yeah, GOG games run pretty much everywhere... that's what they specialize in. They take care of the mess... : Gwyndion
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    Great! Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't sure if you had to download these games and run through com... : 3dchipset
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      Yeah they do all that legwork for you. : Schnapple
      
      It's what makes the business model work really, also, it makes them super awesome. : one random winner

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I can't speak for any game in the SWAT series other than SWAT 4, but I came in to recommend that people check it out. It can be very accurately described as a thinking man's first person shooter, I would say.

Much of the game consists of being presented with situations, getting limited information about them (via something like a snake cam), and formulating a plan based on what you know. Sometimes it turns out incredibly well, making you feel like a bad ass. Sometimes the game laughs at your attempts to best it. But either way, if you're a fan of FPSs in the vain of Rainbow Six Vegas, or even if you're not, it's worth a shot.

Feb 10, 2011 11:16am PST

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I can't speak for any game in the SWAT series other than SWAT 4, but I came in to recommend that people c... : passingstranger
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- swat 3 and 4 were great. Swat 1 was more like a puzzle game though and just ended up being an exercise in... : DarkDeus

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Police Quest: Swat was so damn hard. I never actually beat the game because if you didn't do everything perfectly it would fail the mission : (

Feb 10, 2011 8:22am PST

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Police Quest: Swat was so damn hard. I never actually beat the game because if you didn't do everything p... : DarkDeus
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  This a million times over. Even doing the sniper training was like a fucking heroic feat. I got to ... : icedcool
  - There were only 3 or 4 missions. Technically 4, because you can do the third mission two ways: as an elem... : unholydonuts

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A called shot results in HEAD. BODY MASS.

Feb 10, 2011 7:35am PST

A called shot results in HEAD. BODY MASS. : Donborvio