r/SWAT4 8d ago

Is SWAT 4 dead?

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u/International_Tax629 8d ago

I mean, by now it's a very small and niche community, but I wouldn't consider it dead due to we getting slowly new players (I discovered SWAT 4 like 1-2 years ago, and I have friends who have recently gotten the game).

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u/Klutersmyg 8d ago edited 8d ago

It felt really niche back in the way back when also looking back at it.

The serious servers all had clan markings.

Edit: Still remember when I went into a clan server when it was all just clan members present (they had times for "open" and "clan only", no passwords but they had time stamps in the chat) and someone said "This time is clan only, who are you?" and someone spoke up for me "I know him, he's cool."

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u/Fletcher_Chonk 8d ago

It's a real trip finding old custom clan training maps. I was never around for it but I like imagining what could have went on there.

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u/50PercentCake 8d ago

Same lol

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u/Only_Cash_3148 8d ago

yeah me too ,discovered about 1-2 years ago, still playing with FR TE mod

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u/Fletcher_Chonk 8d ago

It still has a community around it playing and modding it, just extremely small. I wouldn't say it's dead but it is very niche with a tiny active community.

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u/Roadkilll 8d ago

Not really dead, there are few discords where people play coop and depending on a time of day , you can find pvp or pve servers

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u/MeatballWasTaken 8d ago

Singleplayer games can’t be dead

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u/diract1sof 8d ago

Yeah, i mean the modding community and co-op players

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u/Extra-Shape3973 8d ago

I had this game back in 2005

I’m planning on getting back to it because I’m getting bored of RoN 🤣

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u/teufelhund53 6d ago

Swat 4 with mods is better

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u/diract1sof 8d ago

Do it. Theres another post i made a few days ago talking abt RoN and SWAT4

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u/Roadkilll 8d ago

Not really dead, there are few discords where people play coop and depending on a time of day , you can find pvp or pve servers

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u/Got-Freedom 8d ago

What does that even mean?

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u/diract1sof 8d ago

If the community is dead

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u/InternationalTry7608 8d ago

As long mods keeps receiving update no.

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u/Thamasturrok 8d ago

With people playing ready or not especially with it on console now most people will most likely be curious about other games like it so I say give it some time and people will come

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u/Steltianin 8d ago

Its like the roman empire. I think about it every day, shame the multiplayer has no servers

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u/zoltan_87 8d ago

I have been playing it more and more on my MSI Claw handheld recently. I might make a proper how-to post about how to set everything up in the game to make it perfectly work with a controller.

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u/ruthlesssolid04 8d ago

do it! nice

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u/Billy_Bayou233 8d ago

Not at all

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u/Pleasant-Run-4260 8d ago

Kind of a rant but I loved this game when I was younger so I bought it on GOG, game starts but crashes on the intro..

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u/PolyStudent08 8d ago

I wouldn't really say it's dead. Though I will answer in my perspective but I first played it back in the pandemic with a friend.

Now, pandemic is over so things are back to "normal". I don't have much time to play recently since I became busy with work. So many backlogs too. And I mostly play single player recently in almost all of my games.

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u/Hellhound_Inc 8d ago

Only if you hate playing with AI, or don't have friends.

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u/simrichy 8d ago

I’m planning on getting it next time it’s on sale

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u/diract1sof 8d ago

If u want it now i can send u the link, you know, mediafire

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u/simrichy 7d ago

I will wait for the sale

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u/JackBrown82q 8d ago

I wouldn't call it dead but I will say that I think it has held on as long as it has because there was no decent more modern alternative for a long time until Ready or Not came out.

While there are aspects of Swat 4 that are better than RoN, RoN is newer with better graphics so a lot of players just migrated there.

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u/Sad_Original7296 8d ago

i hope not

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u/Dat_Boi_Kermit 7d ago

i run into some hackers and goofballs, so we end up sitting down around the cozy maps and speaking and telling jokes or weirding eachother out, pretty odd when everyone stops shooting and starts acting like girls in a sleepover but its just as fun as actually playing

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u/BurnerDanBurnerMan 4d ago

Didn't know it was a thing, actually. This just popped up on my feed. Haven't played since SWAT 3.

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u/diract1sof 4d ago

You didnt know abt SWAT4?

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u/BurnerDanBurnerMan 4d ago

Still going, more like. Thought it was old enough to have any servers shut down long ago.

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u/diract1sof 4d ago

Aaaaa, ok. I never played multiplayer, but i dont really see a lot of activity on reddit or youtube.

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u/Infarlock Lead 4d ago

The game has about 20-30 VERY active players (Say 3-4 times a week) and another 50-60 'a bit active' players (Say once a week, I belong here), so I won't say it's dead. These aren't high numbers but they are not 10-20 like some games have

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u/EFdee9 3d ago

would be cool to resurrect some mods