SWAT 4: Gold Edition

This game is pretty fun. You can configure your team pretty adequately and the game does not punish you for CPU's causing fatalities. Simply put, if you play this game expecting a serious experience and zero glitches or weird AI decisions, you are going to hate it. If you are in for a hilarious SWAT hijinks such as getting killed by a failed dooring or a round-circling running baddie, you are going love it. The replayability value is high because of things can go easy or super hard depending on enemy positioning and the things they are going to do. Let's get to the meat of what you should do to enhance your experience in case you buy this game. Get a bunch of mods and a major map pack to bulk up the otherwise limited level selection. You can even co-op the expansion missions with some mod or a patch that also lets you use the vastly more fun expansion-provided taser with multiple shots. The expansion maps have somewhat more depth than the one's in the original game. Even if you usually do not like FPS games, worry not as you have three CPU buddies that you can (and SHOULD) do the FPS'ing for you, at least until the baddies injure your last CPU guy and you'll have to dirty your commanding hands. Unlike in Rainbow Six, there is no rush as the terrorists do not usually start killing the hostages. Only in one fan-made map with tons of constantly wailing hostages around the baddies does that consistently happen. Watch some videos about this game. Skip the slow parts to the action. Enjoy the fun of having to shout baddies to drop their weapons to follow the SWAT conduct even though you know from their looks that they are ready to die. Even the seemingly boring parts are fun when you are doing it. Failing is surprisingly fun because you can always pick another map to play and "winning" (reporting children's graves in cultist basement is hardly an accomplishment). This game is FUN in a way that goes beyond the people who like FPS games.

Decisions and planning before going in are important. There are lethal and non lethal options for primary or secondary weapon; and quick but loud, or lengthy but quiet gadget choices for things like lock picking/mini-shotgunning locks. The game rewards preservation of life but there are situations where most if not all enemies will not give up without serious injury or death. Game-play is slow, suspenseful and rewarding. Some levels like the kidnapper level are so suspenseful and tense it felt like I was playing a horror game.

Remember playing this when it came out new, and glad to see it on Gog, thank you for bringing this back!

Fun in co-op, otherwise just lots of RNG action.

I think this is a good game. People should be active and play with other friends or people/ppl. Thanks from developers. They are great!