Ready or Not V1.0 is LIVE! Ironman Campaign Part 1 

Big day, my bros. This is the first mission in Commander Mode. My intent was to start an Ironman Save and make this a series. Unfortunately, I selected 'New Game' rather than Single Player>New Game> Ironman. So alas, this video is actually a normal Commander mission. I will however be starting the Ironman mode tonight and picking up on mission 2.

damn it's so much more immersive. They actually feel like real people with the new voice lines and stuff.

Everything feels so fresh and reworked now! I love it!

Them boys are setting the bar WAY too high for indie devs lol. Absolutely incredible.

This game looks completly different from what i've played half a year ago....holy crap

When they said they added 18,000+ voice lines, me and several others were like "hahaha, yeah sure there is..." But, after playing it today, I totally believe that now!

Couldn’t be happier for them. I spent the $150 in 2019 for the pre pre alpha. You’ll be seeing “Thedarkdade” in the game credits. So proud of the devs and for standing der ground.

It's insane how this game evolved. I remember that old pvp matches years ago with nothing in common with swat 4. Happy that they could reverse that situation.

I CAN"T wait. MY GOSH. I legit NEVER thought this would happen. Ok thats a bit dramatic. But I figured it'd be YEARS out with how slow things were going. But CLEARLY they were HARD at work. This is INCREDIBLE.

That cardboard cutout got me at the start I was thinking that dude is super dumb to be standing there while his friend is on his knees. 😅

16:01 that dynamic movement felt so good. It felt like you could really trust him to be covering those angles so you could look another direction. Please do more of this

"capable hands" To quote the great general Zap Branniagan "when I'm in command every mission is a suicide mission!"

Launch day was actually 2am on a thursday for me. Needless to say, I did not regret losing sleep just to play this for a measly couple of hours before I had to immediately rush to the office and I look forward to playing it again as soon as I arrive home later today. Void did a marvelous job with the swat AI. It is everything I have wished for ever since I started playing Raven Shield as a kid decades ago.

I wish you had dived deeper into the attributes for the officers, looking forward to see how much those affect the gameplay!

This is where the fun begins.

I finished the first mission, it was good. They changed the voice actors as well.

Love your gameplay. The AI in my level shoot through walls and fake surrender, pulling knives on my officers. Brutal and unpredictable. The second level was nuts too.

Playing this campaign on iron mode. It answers the IRL question real fast of, "Why didn't you just shoot him in the leg."

That mule kick to the door was beautifully animated!

This looks amazing! I've been waiting for a game like this since the old days of rainbow six and ghost recon. The briefing screens are so nostalgic lol.

I love how when he told the ai to clear the first hallway from the side entrance the ai cleared and then one of them pied around the corner to the second room that was open

There are a few QoL things that if void could patch in by the next update it would be great: first things first it would be great to have the character automatically return to low ready or high ready when you release the ADS button like in ground branch cause it kinda gets tedious after a while where you have to press anything to return to high/low ready, after that it would be adding a dark mode for the apps on your chest rig tablet cause every time you open it you’ll get flash banged and lastly even though the police station is a great area to roam around it’d be cool to have the option to load into a campaign mission straight from the main menu but return to the police station for evaluation after each mission

I was waiting for EXACTLY this. Ever since SWAT 4 and even Rainbow Six Vegas 2. This is so awesome, I can't wait to finally play this for myself.

i was waiting on this one and now that they have a real campaign with stakes I am sold. I loved SWAT 4 and this really feels like the game we all would want as a SWAT 5.

One thing I noticed before, which seems to be the case still hard to tell, is being able to tell who red is vs blue lol. Itd be nice if they had an indicator on them, maybe an option to turn off an on. Like red and blue patches on the back of the headgear or something. Othwrwise, looking forward to playing it tonight. I havent played in a while.

I really like the next mission when you SWAT the streamers house lol - except it's actually a legit SWATing.

I kept telling myself I wouldn’t watch any new RoN gameplay until after I got off work and got to play the new update. Needless to say I’m still at work and watching this video.

Can’t wait for the rest of the series!! Your channel was made for this

Love the move where u bounced a flashbang off your own guys helmet into the room lol

Classic example of how a plan only works until first contact with the enemy... But very well planned, using wedges to control the environment, mirrors under the doors and so on... Well done 🤘🏻

Loved every single second of this, it's a real treat watching you work that squad CPG, great work. Looking forward to more 🔥

Just a note there is a muzzle up option now also not sure if you can do both muzzle down and up or if you have to pick in the settings or something

The ultimate game would be the FPS engine from this game combined with the planning and tactical stuff from Door Kickers 2.

Definitely keep going with the series! I'm a big fan of these types of games since the OG Rainbow Six and SWAT series, but I play mostly SP. Have been waiting to see this kind of SP/Campaign content to decide if it's worth pulling the trigger on. Btw, found your channel through DK2 content, which I love cause it scratches that itch from the planning mode of the first R6 games. Naturally, when I found the mod Nexus for it first thing I did was download the R6 squad :D

Dude. This was like watching you play DK in 4K FPV. Holy shit. I cannot wait to see more.

Looking forward to this series! Best of luck I really hope you get through first try.

Tension ramped up! Love this. Way to work through the problem. Damn good vid! Cheers!

I finished twisted nerve without casualties but me and my squad need some cozy blankets and ice cream now. Great update!

Man that phone call, im nearly cry when hearing his voice, really appreciate their work, so immersive

Amazing! After playing I came right here to see what you had to say about the current build. Even if you die, it would be nice to see a continued story.

Got yourself a new sub! This is great!

Looking great going to have to jump back into it now !

>detrimental effect on their mental state It's not a Swat 5. This is Darkest Dungeon 3 now.

just got done playing for a while this is the biggest jump in quality for this game in years, even more amazing then it was.

Watched this with coffee and glazed donuts and this was awesome. Also experienced nostalgia of me, as a kid in 2004 first reading about SWAT 4 in the magazine, much later be able to play it myself. I poured a lot of hours in this game. Definitely will buy Ready or not for holidays as a gift to myself. Sorry that not through your website - here in Russia it's really hard to pay in western part of internet now.

Sad that the supressed 300 BO isnt silent as it is in real life. One of the only workable calibers that can also be "hollywood quiet"

I have heard about this game a lot before and kinda knew what it was but never bothered to look into it before release, looks really cool!

Pretty dope gameplay man. Good tactics as well. The classic 'flash off the homies head' was legit 😂😂

Absolutely love the tactics, debrief and execution. Loving your content! I'd love to see you do another one but with the background in-game music off to give more of an immersive feel please! Again love the content, keep it up!

I just built my first PC and was wondering if this game would be worth it, but now that it’s fully released i’ll definitely be getting it

This game looks incredible, will defiantly keep up with this playthrough!

I'm so impressed and even more so PROUD of the devs. The SWAT AI feel so real instead of being mindless computers with human bodies that follow you because a program says so. The voice lines, movement and overall tactics like holding their gun on a door when moving is such wonderful details. The issue of Suspect AI being unrealistic in some cases and also having Aimbot later on in the harder levels is still here, but I'm certain the devs will really feel the wonderful emotion that is progress and feedback from a happy community and use it to work hard on the game for very long.

So excited to watch you playing this through, although i wont watch missions I've not played yet! The game is in an incredible place now. So much better than before the update. It is pretty much fully realized now! Did you notice the dead civilian in the restaurant next to the dog is labelled as "Deceased veteran"? His CCW is next to him. Poor guy clearly tried his best. My run ended on mission 3 when I got one shot in the head whilst ascending some stairs. Shows how easily it can all go wrong!

Hey man, I have loved your stuff for years and you and this game were some of the main reasons I got a PC. I was just wondering if you could make the ironman playthrough it's own playlist?

I love the casual conversation between operators. It truly feels like your close to those guys, i would dread playing the game and losing one 🫡 props to the dev team they really went all out.

This looks so sick. I've only got a Series X so I only ever get to watch videos of a lot of these tactical shooters, if this ever comes to console I'll die happy

If you press the "Z" key (if you have it bound correctly. It basically is a quick action for the team that is currently free. Eg I would set Blue to cover in one area. And then to clear the rooms around this area I would use the z command (which in this case would only use Red team) this allows for quicker action and clearing when needed. I would recommend you play around with it as it could help in some cases and it bypasses a lot of the faffing with the Menu system. You can also use this "Z" key to get the AI to handcuffs people and so on. P.S. really good videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on tactics, very interesting.

My squad on ironman got so anxious after gas station and their anxiousness developed fps drops as aside effect.

Ironman should blow up your gaming rig, too. Makes it much more realistic.

I do this in real life and I gotta say I’m impressed how accurate this is. The team actually has brains and flows like a real team and not just idiots waiting to get shot

Can't wait to see more of this!

PLEASE MAKE THIS A FULL SERIES! I LOVE IT!

This game is absolutely incredible now. It really seems that, at last, we have a true successor to SWAT4.

The soundtrack for this mission was sick. Looking forward to the next episode.

Ready or not 1.0 has been incredible for me so far. The devs have put the bar incredibly high for a indie game.

very dope looking forward to more of this

5:01 it’s super cool that they have suspect bios

The gun sounds are so nice with the immersion of the ai now, good job on them

the ost is horrifying in the best way -a musician

I got the game last year and never really played it. Started commander mode yesterday and really like it! Just need to figure out how to keep my team from getting anxious and/or stressed.

Man I have to try this game soon, this looks sick.

Watching this reminds me so much of Socom. I just googled and found out you can use voice commands with the game too. Once my backlog is cleared up, I'm definitely gonna pick this up.

Damn! The game is out and I am traveling for work! Keep the videos coming! I need to quench my thirst!

I’m so happy. It made being a supporter edition holder all the more worth it. I’m happiest with the team AI. I don’t have to micro manage EVERYTHING they do now. Stellar development jump

My god... They Finally made S.W.A.T 5..... I think i'm in love....R.I.P Sierra....

Love the new AI, feels like 3D doorkickers 😂 would love to see a video maybe on how you decide to handle stacks and other tactics as well as reasons behind them.

As someone who grew up with swat 4, I absolutely love Ready or not, the atmosphere, sound design, immersion, everything is so perfect, the AI is incredibly intelligent and reliable for everything, I feel extremely connected to them and responsible for them when they get injured or incapacitated

THANK YOU FOR THIS! I want this game so bad. Huge fan of realistic tactical shooters, but all my friends are CS players so was wondering how the team AI is. Good to see someone playing solo to help with my decision :D

WAIT WHAT I NEVER KNEW IT WASNT RELEASED I THOUGHT IT WAS A RELEASED GAME wait a minute that's where all the new voicelines and maps and hair oh my god I cant believe I never knew this but the game has improved

IDK if you saw but you should look at the unlock requirements for the Gold watch in the character customizations since you're already doing the Ironman run

I’m very glad the taser was moved to a different slot so you can have both a taser and a handgun.

The new update is 🔥! I haven’t found anything I am unhappy with. The AI teammate movement is top notch now compared to what it was. You don’t have to tell them to shield up. They collect evidence and secure suspects and bystanders freely! New maps, with story line and content! It was well worth the wait now that we have seen what they did! I was really getting tired of waiting and was starting to lose hope as other games came out.

Wait you're telling me games actually get released in the final versions now, wild concept

Best thing about this update is the vending machine in the briefing room.

6 min into the video and I'm definitely gonna play this update ASAP & try the ironman

Truly a banger! Loving this game!

That’s it , ladies and gentelmen! We now have in our hands SWAT-5. A long awaited sequel. Perfection

Fucking chills bro. This game has come such a long way 🤘

This is so exciting!

The background sound (hand drumming in something) is Bodies - Drowning Pool

NGL, I thought he was playing with players at first. good job, void!

Dude i remember when you had like 10k subs… now look at you 🔥

Lots of good stuff about the update, currently though the AI will often get themselves killed in an attempt to auto secure suspects, walking into the open to do so

This is Wild🔥

if i ever get a pc im defo getting this

think it would be great if you could have a rotation of officers like in doorkickers 2 where you have a whole unit, but just tone it down to 6 or 8 officers in total that you can swap in or out to replace dead guys or give stressed officers a break

nice video! quick question, how did you disable the information about the points you get when taking suspects into custody, or reporting stuff? I find that much more realistic. I changed that when i ads, the screen wont zoom in because it feels much more immersive and without these points informations it would be much more immersive imo.

Yes, this game will finally give us the Swat 5 we were waiting for 👍

Dude ironman campaign sounds like a good idea

Wooow, I'm getting goosebumps 🤩