The steam page makes it seem that this was made more out of contempt for COD rather than passion for something more tactical, which is always a good sign
They did the cod trash talking too much . Speaking of cod trash talking if Glenn Morshewer doesn't get typecasted as a secret service agent I will be disappointed. Also Uncle Woods break dancing in a wheel chair. Those 300 gb download !
The rotating logo was seen in Rainbow Six Rogue Spear (1999) long before CoD. That's appropriate, as the Game was heavily sold as a throwback to old school R6, as Ubisoft was (is) dropping the ball with the franchise as a methodical tactical shooter. The regenerating health dig in particular is aimed Squarely at the Vegas titles. Kickstarter was really new back then, and the project recieved some big name endorsements that lent it legitimacy. Even when the alpha dropped, and sucked, we still believed "hey this is still in the early stages, maybe it just needs to be refined." It wasn't until they announced they were abandoning the title, and in the same breath asking "hey, come support our NEW tactical shooter project" that the scam became apparent. Fool me twice, shame on me and all that. RoN has a lot of things on SWAT4, but is let down by the AI and truly weird decisions like all doors opening away, no matter what side they're opened from.
@@Tuulos It's really telling that it's been so long since the last "real" Rainbow Six game that people don't even make the connection anymore. "Oh, it was supposed to be like SWAT 4?" No, it wasn't.
I helped fund this game. It was a disappointment, but here's the thing. The Kickstarter only raised enough to get the game to an alpha state and buy time for Serellan to find a publisher. The eventual publisher, 505 Games, basically forced them to rush it out the door on PC and Xbox 360 at the same time inside of one year. The sad part is that it was actually the best deal that Serellan could make at the time, because most other publishers wanted to change the project's vibe entirely, or even turn it into a free to play mobile game because that was an exploding market at the time. Epsilon, the eventual sort-of sequel, was given to backers of Takedown for free and was making strides towards including the features we all wanted, like the pre-mission planning phase and team based door breach tactics, but Serellan went insolvent before they could get the game finished. Calling it a rugpull and a scam just was not, and is not, accurate. Serellan was dealt a bad hand by the publishers of the time. I feel like the game tried to be made too early. If they'd waited for the indie explosion of more recent years and for free Unreal engine licensing to attempt a tactical shooter revival, they would have had much better tools to work with and an early access model to continue to raise capital to finish the game. Unfortunately, they were shipping on UE3 and that required much of the kickstarter fund JUST for licensing costs. And before someone calls me a shill, I made this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-98wvdWHcmJc.html I was not happy with how the game turned out. But I am not blind to the difficulties of game development, particularly at the time the game was produced.
@@fearingalma1550 I also helped fund the game (I still have the embroidered patch, even!) And if they planned to give Epsilon to Takedown backers, they didn't communicate it very well, because this is the first I'm hearing about it.
@@jarvy251 I have the Epsilon EA build somehow, though I don't remember ever buying it. Maybe there was a redemption process? It was so long ago I don't really remember...
Swat 4 with the first responders mod is one of if not the best tactical shooter games ever made. Ready or not is fantastic but only if you download a shit load of mods.
god i miss swat 4 lol i got it from GOG and you can still play multi but you have to launch from a bowser but it works if you find 1 full as unless you were around gaming then swat 4 is hard to get other then GOG or internet archive
@@unknown-and-known The AI in SWAT4 is leagues better, characters have body language that will signal what sort of response you should use if you're attentive. The maps have a ton of variety from long to short (instead of just tiny conveneince store and MASSIVE LABYRINTHS) with different suspect types that will behave to a police response differently - Mobsters counting cash behind a retaurant are much more likely to surrender than a paramilitary group storming a hospital. They're not all just kamikaze john wicks that will pull an infinite number of guns or knives if you stop watching them for a millisecond, or headshot your entire teams as they sprint sideways. On the flip side, if you don't police up weapons, an unarmed wandering suspect WILL pick that AK up off the ground if you didn't take it away first.
Oh man, I remember getting scammed by Serellan. They actually repeated the scam TWICE with their next game called Epsilon, which was also an unfinished mess. Epsilon was so bad it had to be taken off the Steam store page.
If you like SWAT 4 have you tried Konami's "The Regiment" from 2005 I think? It's like SWAT 4 on crack and expects you to complete missions as the SAS in their actual time, brutal difficulty, with some interesting level design.
just for clarification, in america the game was published by some unknown (encore inc, mostly known for hidden object bargain bin games), and was known as terror strike: close quarters combat
Now let's be fair, the part at 17:31 where he opens a door and is just immediately dead, is the most realistic moment ever seen in FPS gaming. That's what a _real_ modern military realism shooter should play like. Open a door, see nothing, and then just ragdolled by some douchebag behind a crate with a scoped assault rifle half a mile away. Oh fine, a sniper rifle. If there was ever any honor in warfare (which in itself is extremely doubtful), we've certainly taken the last of it out by now...
I mean it's so tactical that obeshoes reloaded all his magazines in the first 3 rooms and still had ammo. Like it didn't even do the SOCOM mag retention where you just cycle through your partial mags.
(2:10 - 2:30) SWAT 4 being better than Ready or Not is a no contest imo. SWAT 4 is not only an actual complete product but its AI don't rapidly switch from being horrendous to interesting and varied every few updates... and beyond that you can actually *move* if you need to in that game, like SWAT officers find themselves needing to do in operations. SWAT 4, especially with Elite Force, is the GOAT!!!!
@@ThatsJustMidI wouldn’t say it’s a hot take since before siege, R6 was more akin to this game than siege, which i really do miss, and i suppose is the reason we have games like ready or not now.
I bought this game and fully expected something from it I was absolutely swindled and from that day, I won’t ever trust anyone or anything again. I even question my dog.
It is an unpopular opinion to say that swat four is better than ready or not but it’s in no way wrong. the lack of focus on developing anything substantial with the AI was severely disappointing
Next, try out the same devs follow up game Epsilon. Futuristic swat 4 wannabe. I believe it released with only 1 level before they cut and run leaving it in early access.
this is like that kid that cracked fps creator back in the day, making a whatever game and trying to get people to buy it, but with a budget from some poor schmucks on the internet
This game is also on the Xbox 360 Marketplace, I remember trying a demo for it a long time ago. Thankfully, it will not escape the purge, though surprisingly, neither with COD Classic :S
Swat 4 is one of the greatest first person games ever made. I wouldnt trust anyone claiming to make swat 4. Even ready or not doesnt come close ... Its damn close but still needs more time in the oven. Swat 4 is a mad scientists lab converted to make heroine. And damn that black tar is good especially with the fan favorite mod first responders
Him reloading after every bullet was getting to me at first seeing it was supposed to he a mag based system. However seeing that it was completely broken made it hilarious.
A friend of mine bought a 4-pack when it was available. We were really looking forward I remember and when we played it we were like "wut"? But in contrary to the friend who bought it and felt scammed. We were kinda having fun with the trash factor. "Let's see how far we get this time" BOOM dead or when I discovered metal grids can be shot through just on the upper side not on the bottom side. Also the translation errors in the German version were just so stupid "Try to refresh yourself". So we kinda had fun with it but it is not only a scam it is a total piece of garbage and the developers should be ashamed to compare their work to the tacticshooters of old.
One of the things swat 4 has done better than ready or not is controlling my team by looking into their cam. I was so pissed that I couldn't give command through my teams web cam from afar.
I actually backed this because they talked a great game, and even got some major RU-vidrs fooled. I seem to remember that TotalBiscuit was very keen on the idea. I think I've never actually played it because it turned out to be such a piece of shit.
The reticle of a holographic sight is only visible when looking straight down the sight. If you change the angle of the sight even a little bit the reticle disappears because it's no longer pointed precisely what you're looking at and it's a sight meant to help you precisely aim your gun. The sight in the game looks like a plane of glass with a red circle and dot painted on it. I think I'm gonna have a stroke because this is making me fucking angry.
Honestly, it doesn't look half bad as a standalone game. Were it not for the Kickstart scam of over 100K and the fact this released on 2014 with plenty of other engines to use, it'd be a pretty nifty 'I'm bored' shooter for a few bucks.
Does anyone remember when Corridor Digital/NODE got invited to an actual SWAT team training as part of the promotion for this game? WHERE THE HECK ARE THEY GOT THE MONEY OR EVEN CONNECTION TO DO THAT!?
That M4 reload on the roof was stupid. You still had two thirds of a mag but somehow your bolt locks to the rear when you swap magazines so that you can smack the release. Painful to watch.
This seems to be more a og rainbow six or ghost recon style game, ngl for 2013 that game looks solid in this category. Not by graphics just by the whole vibe.
i like ready or not but there are several things that prevent me from playing it regularly - the ai is not conducive to the slow tactical gameplay that prefers nonlethal takedowns, they are unfeeling terminators who know your position at all times, don't move or perform any action besides aiming at doors (until you enter at which point they will shoot and move with perfect accuracy across the entire level), and worst of all have the ability to resist surrender despite systems telling them to do so - weird matchmaking that has you just quickplay and pray you get an open session that's good (and preferably doesn't have someone teamkilling), rather than a server browser - a slow and annoying lobby that requires trudging around a large building to switch loadouts and ready up to start a game if there is one primary element that would get me to play more, it would be more player health, or perhaps the ability to be down-but-not-out and revived by teammates, as well as healing or armor refilling. this is really a crutch for the wonkafied ai, but i have found it to be ridiculous even with mods, so if i had to choose between better ai (which will probably never happen) or rebalanced health, i go with health.
@@capitchaI mean, if implemented properly, they could work in a tactical shooter setting: - There could be difficulty settings where the easier difficulties have the enemy do less damage while harder ones deal a lot of damage. - There's a small percentage of you triggering the downed mechanic when you're shot. This can sometimes be very helpful if it also comes with the ability to drag your wounded teammates out of gunfire.
@@mercenarydelta7351 It would make no sense to reduce damage in easier difficulties because damage is based off of caliber, not by the weapon stat. If you want easier difficulties it would be better to reduce AI reaction times and firing accuracy, and possibly increased likelihood to surrender. If you really still want something about health, you could just give enemies smaller caliber weapons.
SWAT4 is leagues better then RoN RoN has great framework, but even after its 1.0 release the modding community is what is saving the game. All they did was slap a 1.0 onto there beta build and now are charging us for the “DLC” which should’ve already been included with a 1.0 release
I am still let down this game sucked as a backer. I had fun on the forums interacting with Christian Allen though, he's definitely a good guy in the gaming world
Waiting for all the QDSS community to defend our beloved "Prendi Giù Sciabola Rossa". Between a "corrispondere iniziare", an "ngulo a mammita", an "GRANATA!" we shall rise. Bisogna esportare il verbo di Fedez e Synergo
I thought this was supposed to be more like a successor to Rainbow Six rather than SWAT? Either way, me and my mates bought it knowing it was kinda garbage because we really desperately wanted more terrorist hunt. It kept us busy for a bit despite all of its many shortcomings
