SWAT 4: Gold Edition

SWAT 4 is still one of the best games I've ever played and I've played easily over 1,000 games with countless hours. SWAT 4 still holds up as a great tactical shooter with a near endless challenge per map (enemy locations change each time). Back in the day it was a great online game but too bad it's inactive. The single player is still top tier. I highly recommend, don't even wait for a sale, it's worth every penny.

nothing beats the original

As someone that played SWAT III - Close Quarters Battle, I can surely say that SWAT IV is a downgrade of such greate game. The Officers AI is poor, they don't have the same independance that SWAT III Officers had. The criminals seem more intelligent than my own AI companions. The score requirements for each difficulty, although is something nice, it prevents the player to have a full experience. The best way to have 100 points on Elite Difficulty is by having all your loadout as Pacifist with Pepper Gun, Taser or other Less Lethal weapons/bullets as one reaction out of time would count as "unauthorized use of lethal force". Yeah, because the criminal pointing a AK on me, hitting my legs, arms, torso and as I take him out the game subtracts 10 points is very fair. Why the Lead and his Officers are so glass-like that even a shot taken from the weakest weapon in the game instakill them?

Ready or Not's Father. A little rough on the edges, but still a hella a fine game. Looking forward to enjoy multiplayer as well.

This game, despite the its age, keeps its class, not because of its outdated graphics but because of how it manages to immerse you in the action, with those interactive menus that revolutionised the industry back in 2005.