Who's got SWAT 4?

[Bob the Insane]

I have SWAT4 and I really enjoy it, never tried the MP however... I perfer my MP fast, loud and not requiring too much investment (i.e BF2)...

It is very similar to RB6:Raven Shield in some ways (unifirms, guns, maps) but different in others (far more restrictive rules of engagement, less variety in environments, command system)...

The SWAT4 context sensitive command system is slightly more user friendly then the RS one in my opinion and very effective for controlling your guys. It only misses the ability to preset some order awaiting your GO code and this is being introduced in the expansion...

One big difference is the rules of engagement and passing a mission. In RS you have a goal and as long as you achieve that goal nothing else matters...

In SWAT4 how you achieve your goal is just as important. Each mission requires a set number of points to gained in order to pass. You get nebulous goals like "bring order to chaos" which basically translates to "bring down all the bad guys"! Now if you capture a bad guys (and remember to report it on the radio) you get max points, if you kill or seriously injure a bad guy you get a lesser number of points. If you shoot a bad guy who is not actually pointing his gun at someone you will lose points (kill him and lose loads of points). When you arrest or kill the bad guys their weapons will be laying around and you need to collect these to gain points. If you find civilians wandering around you need to secure (e.g. cuff) them and report this.

Basically you get points for acting like a cop and lose for acting like you would in RS...

This becomes pretty hard in the later levels where you are facing home grown terrorist types in body armour with gasmasks and assault rifles. The R6 style will get you through the mission fast but you will probably fail unless you succeed in arresting at least a few...

I am really looking forward to the expansion pack, it sounds cool...