SWAT 3

by Vivendi Universal

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Y2MS
• Item Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 24, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,582 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #45 in Video Games > PC Games > Action > Military & Espionage
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC | Edition: Elite

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When SWAT 3 was first released it faced two major criticisms, namely a short mission list and a lack of multiplayer options. Both of these have been addressed by the SWAT 3: Elite Edition, which sports a total of 21 missions and full multiplayer support for up to five players in deathmatch or cooperative games. Add to this a well-organized mod interface for facilitating further enhancements to the game as they are developed and a fully fledged scenario editor and you can no longer criticize this game for a lack of longevity.

With these issues resolved, you are left with the most impressive portrayal of tactical squad action in the first-person shooter genre to date. Set in the near future in Los Angeles, you are placed at the head of a five-man armed response team of the LAPD. A conference on world peace plays the backdrop to justify all the crazies coming out of the woodwork. This provides you with a stream of linear missions ranging from hostage situations to disarming missiles, all set in real-life locations.

While the likes of Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament offer "all-guns- blazing" action, subtlety is the order of the day in SWAT 3. A single bullet can put you down. With no health pack round the corner to come to your rescue, you need to employ guile and teamwork to survive. Unlike similar games, such as Rainbow Six, the teamwork isn't planned prior to the missions; rather it is managed on the fly with a number-driven tiered command system for your two-man teams. It works beautifully for the most part, and with a scaleable AI, you can ensure both your compatriots and the suspects put up a convincing display. This, combined with superb audio that blends information and suspense through radio chatter, well-modeled graphics, and tense gameplay, makes SWAT 3: Elite Edition a worthy addition to any gamer's collection. --Jason Weston

Product Description

The ultimate 3D squad-based tactical combatsimulationProduct InformationLos Angeles 2005.  In SWAT 3: Elite Edition representatives from around the world converge on LosAngeles to witness the signing of the Untied Nations Nuclear AbolishmentTreaty.  Radical terrorist groups have descended on the city. Responsibility for the delegate's safety lies completely with LAPD's elite SWATunit.  The city's fate is in your hands!Product Features Test your mettle in 21 intense missions - featuring stunning photo realistic locations and filled with more than 150 motion captured characters. Choose to play cooperative and deathmatch games with up to five players via LAN or the Internet. Each mission is based on real L.A. locations including the sewer system the Convention Centre and even the LAX airport control tower. It's up to you and your team to save the lives of the innocent and take the terrorists into custody. Put your imagination to the test - full level editing tools included.Windows Requirements Windows 95 98 Me XP Home Edition Pentium 233 MHz or higher processor 32 MB of RAM minimum 550 MB free Hard Disc space 4X CD-ROM drive 800 x 600 high color Graphics Card Windows compatible Sound Card Mouse Keyboard 

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great game, November 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Swat 3: Elite Edition (CD-ROM)

I used to hold Rainbow 6 and the likes as among the best game of its genre till Swat 3 Elite Edition came out. At last a game that is realistic, where you actually try to arrest bad guys instead of lodging a bullet or two right between their ears. The controls are easy to use, the sound and picture are of really great quality plus the missions are well done. What else could we ask from a game? Buy it now and you won't regret it. Roger that!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swat 3 revisited, November 29, 2001

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William McCurdy (Winthrop, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swat 3: Elite Edition (CD-ROM)

Christmas 1999 - My brother-in-law presents me with Swat 3, the original version. Not a bad game, just short. I thought to myself "This game is DIEING for multi-player", but oh well, I finished it in about a week and kinda forgot about it. Moved on to other drugs like Code Name: Hitman and The Rogue Spear.

Flash forward to Nov 2001 - I'm looking for the NEW game that won't leave me wanting to burn my PC in to a smoldering hunk of metal like World War II On-Line has (...). I buy Operation Flashpoint. Not bad. Kinda buggy, the multi-player is....ok. I'm still craving more. I run across a review of Swat 3-Game of the Year version. "Hmmm" I think to my self "Swat 3 was a good game but "Game of the Year"?!?! What year?". I start looking deeper in to what "Game of the Year" means. Seems that Sierra Studios has updated Swat 3 three times! and since I had the original version I could upgrade for free!!!! So unlike other software manufacturers who charge for relatively small "upgrades", Sierra Studios upgrades (and dramatically changes the game for the better) for free! This game now ROCKS!!! I love FPS games like Rogue Spear and HATE Half Life/Quake/Doom games. I need realism, one bullet to the head and you die. That's a game! With Swat 3 you have that realism. One of my favorite things about this game that I wish other games would incorporate is the way bullets react to solid objects. If I have a M16 and I shoot at a wooden door the bullets would pass right thru and strike whatever was on the other site, but if I fire the same gun at a brick wall, the bullets would not penetrate. It makes it very interesting to hide in a room and to watch the bullets rip thru the wall right next to your head from a fire fight out side! The co-op levels of the game where you have to go in and rescue people or disarm bombs are great. Lots of team work breaching doors, stacking up and rushing in to a dark room after the flash bang goes off! Man! What a good time! But some times I feel just like running around in Man's Chinese Theater and blowing Perps away with a shotgun, and with the Deathmatch/Last Man Standing levels they added you can do it!
So basically if you are looking for an incredible FPS with killer Mulit-player/Deathmatch, this is the game for you. Also since the game is getting old the price should be falling.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ADDICTED to SWAT3, December 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Swat 3: Elite Edition (CD-ROM)

Exciting game for players who wants to fight and use their brain simultaneously. You can be a killer but you must be a good commander too. I've been playing SWAT3 for 6 months and I still feel emotions starting missions.

Do not worry at first time when you are fresh with all the functions, equipment etc. Try them with no purpose to win the mission.

NOW SWAT3 Elite offers new, longer missions and multiplayer functions. So now you can have fun with Real opponents, but remember: Artificial Intellingence works nice either.

If you are going to buy download the demo first and check whether it is GOOD TO BUY for you !

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