As I rewrite this review for the third time, I'm realizing I don't have the energy to write down all my thoughts I have about this game, and there's a lot . This has slowly but surely become one of my favorite games of all time for a numerous amount of reasons, starting from a flawed, but caring development team - to some of its unmatched atmosphere and art design.

I've been patiently waiting, watching, and observing this game get built from the ground up ever since the original reveal trailer almost as decade ago. Its been rebuilt, and remade, and redesigned so many times, but its always kept its unique style. While I wasn't a part of the cool kids club of the Supporter Edition buyers due to lack of funds during that period. I would of purchased it in an instant if I could still.

Void Interactive's decade of work has paid off massively as they've created the best tactical SWAT shooter within the past two decades (since SWAT 4 which released in 2005). While it started as a successor to SWAT 4, it quickly grew into its own thing while still embracing some traditions from its ancestors.

Its uniquely dark and almost cinematic style has quickly made itself known throughout the years, even catching wind of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game journalists trying to shut it down (cough cough Kotaku cough cough). Throughout the game theres always a sense of a foreboding chill creeping down your spine with its haunting and beautiful soundtrack. Oh boy I can talk about the soundtrack for hooouuuurrsss, days maybe. I've found myself talking about it to friends on multiple occasions (don't worry I'm fun at parties). The soundtrack rarely makes you feel bad-ass or heroic, instead making you feel a deep sense of dread, or a somber sadness as you witness the horrors of the crumpling city of Los Suenous. Accompanied by world building that somehow puts SWAT 4 to shame at times, Even 300 hours in I'm still finding new clues and hints throughout the various levels and even the ever-changing police station.

Not including the two DLCs, Ready or Not's main campaign has 5 (8 if you include the Two DLCS) various story lines that slowly unfold throughout the missions:

- The War

- The Exploited

- The Left Behind

- The Decaying City

- The Abducted

While each story line has multiple missions connected to them, they aren't all in order. The story's missions are scattered between each other. One mission you'll be fighting the city's rampant drug problem, the next you'll be discovering a warm trail to a potential human trafficking ring. Be warned as this game does not hold back on its visuals and themes, they're as disgusting as they are real.

The game has a wide range of weapons, equipment, and tacticals at your disposal, allowing for many different changes and levels of experimentation to your arsenal. With that there's an in-depth character customization system with different shirts, pants, belts, vests/rigs, shoes, gloves, wrist accessories, glasses, NVGs, Gas Masks, and specialized tattoos (God I love playing dress-up). Most of these are rewards for beating the various levels with good letter-grades. There's even more customization if you play Co-oP with others, as you can chose the various (there are so many) swat models you'll encounter throughout your story mode, you also get to pick between 13 different voices (my personal favorite addition).

If there's any Digital-Photographers or cinema-nerds out there's looking at this game. You're in luck as there's even a replay system to look over your previously played matches with a free-cam, tonemapping and color values, and even FOV & depth-of-field sliders. Perfect for getting those awesome art pieces and shots for a cool edit.

I could go more in-depth about this game but as of writing this its 2 AM and I guarantee people stopped reading 3 paragraphs ago. This is truly a once in a life time game made by extremely passionate developers, and its only getting better from here.

Please support Void Interactive and purchase Ready or Not, you probably wont regret it.

As I rewrite this review for the third time, I'm realizing I don't have the energy to write down all my thoughts I have about this game, and there's [i] a lot [/i]. This has slowly but surely become one of my favorite games of all time for a numerous amount of reasons, starting from a flawed, but caring development team - to some of its unmatched atmosphere and art design. I've been patiently waiting, watching, and observing this game get built from the ground up ever since the original reveal trailer almost as decade ago. Its been rebuilt, and remade, and redesigned so many times, but its always kept its unique style. While I wasn't a part of the cool kids club of the Supporter Edition buyers due to lack of funds during that period. I would of purchased it in an instant if I could still. Void Interactive's decade of work has paid off massively as they've created the best tactical SWAT shooter within the past two decades (since SWAT 4 which released in 2005). While it started as a successor to SWAT 4, it quickly grew into its own thing while still embracing some traditions from its ancestors. Its uniquely dark and almost cinematic style has quickly made itself known throughout the years, even catching wind of dipshit game journalists trying to shut it down (cough cough Kotaku cough cough). Throughout the game theres always a sense of a foreboding chill creeping down your spine with its haunting and beautiful soundtrack. Oh boy I can talk about the soundtrack for hooouuuurrsss, days maybe. I've found myself talking about it to friends on multiple occasions (don't worry I'm fun at parties). The soundtrack rarely makes you feel bad-ass or heroic, instead making you feel a deep sense of dread, or a somber sadness as you witness the horrors of the crumpling city of Los Suenous. Accompanied by world building that somehow puts SWAT 4 to shame at times, Even 300 hours in I'm still finding new clues and hints throughout the various levels and even the ever-changing police station. Not including the two DLCs, Ready or Not's main campaign has 5 (8 if you include the Two DLCS) various story lines that slowly unfold throughout the missions: - The War - The Exploited - The Left Behind - The Decaying City - The Abducted While each story line has multiple missions connected to them, they aren't all in order. The story's missions are scattered between each other. One mission you'll be fighting the city's rampant drug problem, the next you'll be discovering a warm trail to a potential human trafficking ring. Be warned as this game does not hold back on its visuals and themes, they're as disgusting as they are real. The game has a wide range of weapons, equipment, and tacticals at your disposal, allowing for many different changes and levels of experimentation to your arsenal. With that there's an in-depth character customization system with different shirts, pants, belts, vests/rigs, shoes, gloves, wrist accessories, glasses, NVGs, Gas Masks, and specialized tattoos (God I love playing dress-up). Most of these are rewards for beating the various levels with good letter-grades. There's even more customization if you play Co-oP with others, as you can chose the various (there are so many) swat models you'll encounter throughout your story mode, you also get to pick between 13 different voices (my personal favorite addition). If there's any Digital-Photographers or cinema-nerds out there's looking at this game. You're in luck as there's even a replay system to look over your previously played matches with a free-cam, tonemapping and color values, and even FOV & depth-of-field sliders. Perfect for getting those awesome art pieces and shots for a cool edit. I could go more in-depth about this game but as of writing this its 2 AM and I guarantee people stopped reading 3 paragraphs ago. This is truly a once in a life time game made by extremely passionate developers, and its only getting better from here. Please support Void Interactive and purchase Ready or Not, you probably wont regret it.