Uncompromised duty, honor and valor.As an LAPD SWAT officer, you must have a deep and abiding reverence for human life and a firm resolve that all possible tactical alternatives be exhausted before employing deadly force. Your fundamental mission is to make Los Angeles a safe haven for all law-abidi...
As an LAPD SWAT officer, you must have a deep and abiding reverence for human life and a firm resolve that all possible tactical alternatives be exhausted before employing deadly force. Your fundamental mission is to make Los Angeles a safe haven for all law-abiding citizens, while keeping the men under your command free from harm.
The Tactical Game of the Year Edition also includes a special Tactics footage shot on location at the famous Blackwater Training Center. Learn about SWAT tactics, history, training and more…all provided by actual SWAT officers.
Authentic SWAT tactics, gear, and weapons with true-to-life ballistics
27 intense missions set in real L.A. locations including the sewer system, the Convention Center, and even the LAX airport
Adaptive A.I. ensure that you’ll never play any scenario the same way twice
"Your review should focus on your in-game experience only. Let the game stand entirely on its own merits.", says GOGs review guidleines.
Nah. Not this time GOG.
After spending 4+ hours trying to get this to work, fixing the DX whatever crash, finding the right codec, avi files, .dlls with the end result of a game that launches, but having to chose playing at 800x600 with +60fps or 1080p+ with less than 30fps....
GOG have dropped the ball on this one. This is something id expect Steam to pull, not GOG.
Save yourself the hassle and move on. This should not be available on the store. It is simply broken.
Reasons why SWAT 3 is better than SWAT 4:
-better squad AI
-non-insane rules of engagement
-better movement (faster walkspeeds, can move and lean at the same time)
-better squad AI
-larger, more complicated levels that feature a wider variety of environments
-more detailed ballistics (in SWAT 4 bullets can only penetrate doors)
-better squad AI
-better squad AI
-doors actually work like they do in the real world
-the command system is much faster once you get the hang of it
-better game balance. there are no OP non-lethal weapons to trivialize the game with
-better squad AI
-better squad AI
-better squad AI
I cannot overstate how good SWAT 3's friendly AI is, and how much it improves the experience. They can handle room clearings just fine, they will actually engage enemies on sight (as opposed to the SWAT 4 officers that prefer to hurl quips instead of bullets), they approach corners properly (this may be the only game with AI that knows how to slice the pie), they will focus on the entry points of a room instead of staring off into space or at walls.
The major downside of SWAT 3 is that it might be a pain in the ass to get running on your computer. I've had computers where it runs just fine with no issues, and others where it requires you to use DGVoodoo. So be prepared to do some tinkering.
First and foremost you should know I was only able to get this title working with a mod and some third party software. The native GOG release of this game did not work for me, and I consulted support before stumbling onto a solution.
In SWAT 3 you will be taking on the role of a SWAT team element leader operating in the city of Los Angeles, and as far as I can tell it’s set around the time the game was launched so 2001.
The meat of the game is in its campaign, of which there are two, the original base game campaign and the GOTY extended campaign. Throughout the main campaign you will be equipping and leading your 5 man team into various scenarios such as: hostage rescue, anti-terrorist operations, and bomb defusal. Unfortunately the customization options are a little lacking and you are only really given a handful of primary weapons to choose from. There are different ammo types that you can bring along, but I found myself often forgetting that this was an options. It’s somewhat hard to really notice a difference in the weapons as recoil is not simulated and there are no first person models of your weapons.
The campaign is rather fun and challenging. Thankfully though there are three difficulty levels you can choose from and you can even adjust the trigger speed of suspects on friendly ai officers.
The ai, while it sometimes stumbles is very good, in fact I’d be willing to say it’s better than a lot of ai in modern games. Your ai teammates will be saving you far more often than getting you killed.
My only real complaint is that some of the maps are really bad, and the gameplay can feel lackluster and repetitive at times.
All in all I’d say I rather enjoyed my time with SWAT 3. There are still those technical issues I mentioned that probably need to be ironed out, but as a complete package I’m not dissapointed I gave this title a shot.
The game is really nice but the older version was better, called "SWAT 3 Elite Edition" with Multiplayer Options. Playing coop in SWAT was one of the best things ever played on a PC.
But the multiplayer died long time ago when Sierra closed the lobby server :_(
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