Full Release (1.0 Jan 19 2024 Game Version)

This is an interesting case.
This game at its core, without looking at game play is awesome. HOWEVER the second you get to the game mechanics and the actual game play this review quickly falls flat.

For starters currently ALL the enemy AI are T-1000's nanosecond response times that doesn't make sense at all for a lot of your enemies either being cracked out junkies, common crooks, or Gangbangers. They should not for any reason act like a SEAL team 6 Operative.
Even the Enemies that are actually trained have NO REASON to be Terminators.
Yes, after a while you do come to understand the AI and how they work but even than it can be a serious challenge to consistently use that to your advantage.

At the time of writing this Review I have completed the achievement "Medal of Valor" and let me tell you, this challenge is the most Unfair bullshi I have ever seen, it is GRUELING to complete and also has RNG elements since the AI sometimes take the "Easy Way Out" or kill their own, the game punishes you for this. Oh you think your fine if you just Incapacitate a Suspect and dont kill them? Think again guess who just lost their S Rank run and have to try again, that's right You.

(I also ran into a serious bug on Hide and Seek that required me to replay it 80 TIMES before it actually let me report a Soft Objective to finally get my S Rank)

The movement in this game also feels really clunky and unresponsive at times especially when your rolling doors or corners. I never really know if I'm behind the corner and in cover or if im out in the open unless I physically walk into the wall. Along with this doors are a pain because if any AI is behind that door they will just keep closing it on you, forcing you to Kick/Knock it or Blow it with C2, however BOTH OF THESE tactics run a chance of killing whoever is on the otherside.

The community of Ready or Not is made of either Newborns or actual Idiots. 99% of the time if you try to find a public game people will either Kill Civs on Purpose, Kill Players on Purpose, Try to S Rank when using Lethal, Gassing out their ENTIRE team because they didnt say anything, Sit in the lobby and waste your time not picking a mission, this list can keep going however I mentally can not handle how stupid this playerbase is.

Multiplayer the other 1% of the time however is absolutely amazing and goes really smoothly, or smoothly enough to be enjoyable.

So in the grand scheme of things of if this game is worth it or not.
No, at this point in time the game is not worth the money and you would be better off spending it on something else


HOME INVASION DLC:
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This was released on 7/23/24 and it came with 3 new maps and 3 new weapons

The Maps were Dorms, Narcos, and Lawmaker along with Respective Achivements.
The New weapons were 2 Primaries and a New Secondary those being DM4 PDW, MP17 PDW, and 509 Pistol

After using all 3 Weapons through the DLC I have noticed the DM4 PDW is atrocious and close to unusable with its strange recoil. The Mp17 PDW is cool but not great, it does handle better in then the ladder, and as for the pistol its very forgettable and honestly out preformed by a lot of the base game Sidearms.

The Missions:
Dorms is a rundown dormitory and has TONS of holes in the wall AI love to squeeze through and shoot you through, the map design is cool but not great it feels like a lot like a scrapped map that was used to save time. Really open but isnt to awful

Lawmaker is cool, its a VERY nice house that was invaded by Violent Activists, The design is solid and the layout isnt confusing and pretty easy to transverse. Thats were the upsides end, the AI will hold weird corners on the Stairways and will kill your entire team through the floor based off that angle.

Narcos is the worst of the three and just is not worth playing to me.
The map is a weird layout and the AI will often hold a corner just enough so you cant see them but enough to be able to kill you through it

4/10

Design is great, gameplay is awful