Police Quest: SWAT 2 (Windows)

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Description

Police Quest: SWAT 2 is a real-time tactical game in which you control the actions of a SWAT team on crisis situations. The game is played from a 3/4 isometric view as you control the team members' movements and actions. Play as either the police or the terrorists to achieve your goals.

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Alternate Titles

• "超级特警：霹雳小组2" -- Chinese spelling (Simplified)

Part of the Following Groups

• SWAT series
• Theme: Law enforcement

User Reviews

More of a game than an actual police simulation, which is not necesarilly a bad thing.	Ruben van der Leun (14)
Too far ahead of its time to be fun, even with the simplified procedures	Kasey Chang (4617)	unrated

Critic Reviews

Game Revolution	Aug 01, 1998	A-	91
All Game Guide	1998		90
Gaming Entertainment Monthly	1998	82 out of 100	82
Gamezilla	Aug 05, 1998	69 out of 100	69
PC Player (Germany)	Aug, 1998	66 out of 100	66
GameGenie	1998		60
GameSpot	Aug 13, 1998	5.7 out of 10	57
GameStar (Germany)	Aug, 1998	52 out of 100	52
Computer Games Magazine	Sep 04, 1998		50
PC Action	Aug 19, 1998	50.5 out of 100	50

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Win 3.x	3	Sciere (507957) Jul 25, 2014

Trivia

Cameos

Sonny Bonds, the protagonist of the original Police Quest series, appears in this game as one of the selectable officers you can assign to your SWAT squad.

As in Police Quest: Open Season, game designer Daryl Gates, the former chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department, will show up from time to time to give you some helpful in-game hints.

Coincidence?

One of the key characters in the game is Mayor Preston, the corrupt, arrogant and pompous mayor of Los Angeles, where the game takes place. The designer of the game, Chief Daryl F. Gates, was forced to leave his post of LAPD chief after rows and clashes with Tom Bradley, the real-life mayor of Los Angeles at the time of the infamous LA riots of 1992. It is not known why, however certain posters to this site have believed that Gates' rows with Bradley inspired the Mayor Preston character, and still others believe it's just a coincidence.

Information also contributed by Alan Chan

Related Web Sites

• Police Quest: SWAT 2 (official website)