SWAT4 review at GameSpy (4.5/5)

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I'm hot for this one.

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/swat-4/599416p1.html

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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:41:12 GMT, "Jonah Falcon"
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>I'm hot for this one.
>
>http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/swat-4/599416p1.html

Single player demo was great, looks like a winner.

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"Johnny Bravo" <baawa_knight@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:41:12 GMT, "Jonah Falcon"
> <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm hot for this one.
>>
>>http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/swat-4/599416p1.html
>
> Single player demo was great, looks like a winner.
>

I don't mind there's no bots in MP. On a game of this scale, bots could be
misused as cannon fodder.

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"Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I don't mind there's no bots in MP. On a game of this scale, bots could be
> misused as cannon fodder.

There were bots in the original, at least for the co-op mode... did they
ditch the co-op mode?

 

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"Magnulus" <magnulus@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> "Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>> I don't mind there's no bots in MP. On a game of this scale, bots could
>> be
>> misused as cannon fodder.
>
> There were bots in the original, at least for the co-op mode... did they
> ditch the co-op mode?

Nope. You can only have humans now, that's all.

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Yup, looking forward to this game more than Chaos Theory even. Swat4
demo really impressed me.

Jonah Falcon wrote:

> I'm hot for this one.
>
> http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/swat-4/599416p1.html
>
> Jonah Falcon
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Magnulus wrote:
> "Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:ynm2e.8440$z.1460@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>> I don't mind there's no bots in MP. On a game of this scale, bots
>> could be misused as cannon fodder.
>
> There were bots in the original, at least for the co-op mode... did
> they ditch the co-op mode?

No, it has full 2-5 person coop support for every mission. Great stuff.

I wish they implemented ironsights, but that's my only -ve on a great little
game (that and some faster way of getting your team to throw emergency
flashbangs than rightclick->scrollscroll->deploy->flashbang)

 

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mr bernard langham wrote:

> I wish they implemented ironsights, but that's my only -ve on a great
> little game (that and some faster way of getting your team to throw
> emergency flashbangs than rightclick->scrollscroll->deploy->flashbang)

Voice recognition for simple commands like that would
be _great_.

P.

 

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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:56:25 +0100, "Paul Moloney"
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>Voice recognition for simple commands like that would
>be _great_.

Indeed, I had been hoping to use my MS Gamevoice controller for that,
but unless I am missing something, SWAT 4 doesn't seem to have
keystrokes for the squad controls :-(
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try 'classic setup' maybe

"Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost.> escribió en el mensaje
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> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:56:25 +0100, "Paul Moloney"
> <paul_moloney@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Voice recognition for simple commands like that would
>>be _great_.
>
> Indeed, I had been hoping to use my MS Gamevoice controller for that,
> but unless I am missing something, SWAT 4 doesn't seem to have
> keystrokes for the squad controls :-(
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Andrew wrote:

> Indeed, I had been hoping to use my MS Gamevoice controller for that,
> but unless I am missing something, SWAT 4 doesn't seem to have
> keystrokes for the squad controls :-(

Hmm, a thought; are there any Windows utilities that
enable you to link a voice command to a system-wide
hot key? That way, you could use voice commands in
_any_ game.

*thinks more*

That would _ROCK_.

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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:41:47 +0100, "Paul Moloney"
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>Hmm, a thought; are there any Windows utilities that
>enable you to link a voice command to a system-wide
>hot key? That way, you could use voice commands in
>_any_ game.

Gamevoice allows you to program a single keystroke or a whole set of
keystrokes to a vocal command, and works really well, but is no good
if a game doesn't have the appropriate keystrokes to map to.
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Paul Moloney follows himself up:

>> Indeed, I had been hoping to use my MS Gamevoice controller for that,
>> but unless I am missing something, SWAT 4 doesn't seem to have
>> keystrokes for the squad controls :-(

> Hmm, a thought; are there any Windows utilities that
> enable you to link a voice command to a system-wide
> hot key? That way, you could use voice commands in
> _any_ game.
>
> *thinks more*
>
> That would _ROCK_.

Actually, Andrew, I did a quick read of GameVoice. It seems that
the unit itself does none of the processing. Does that mean
the GameVoice software would work with any USB headset?
Is it purchasable by itself?

P.

 

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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:15:50 +0100, "Paul Moloney"
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>Actually, Andrew, I did a quick read of GameVoice. It seems that
>the unit itself does none of the processing. Does that mean
>the GameVoice software would work with any USB headset?
>Is it purchasable by itself?

It works with any headset, but you plug the headset into a USB based
controller. The useful parts of the Gamevoice software need the
controller to be plugged in to run. It is a great shame MS
discontinued the product, it has a lot of potential.
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