Early Access Review
I played both this version of the game and the old early access edition of the game and I can say it is quite fun, most of the fun however comes from actually having friends to play with. If you are not:
A) In the RoN Discord
B) Have a group of friends with the game

Then you will not be having as much of a great time at this moment. I have noticed a few people go into this game alone and found it extremely tough and boring since the constant finding of nothing but bots, for a game being in the state that its in is understandable and thus one must also understand that without others already around to play with, enjoying the game is possible, just not as much.

Anyway, this game can be both fun and annoying. Since it is an Early access, one may find quite a lot of missing features compared to a game like SWAT 4 but it is still in a playable state, more playable than the old early edition of the game anyway.

After doing a few games now with a whole 4-5 man group for the last 3 days, there is many things to note:
Pros:
- Good design
- Generally fun gameplay
- Feels like you actually do need to be quiet sneaky to not mess up
- General slow paced gameplay which adds to the realism of these situations

Cons:
- AI is somewhat intelligent, however, they are also Aim Gods. They will kill you before you can even tell you team you see them or before your character shouts "your" when trying to say "Put your hands up!" or something similar. You will be dead in a timed record of 0.33 seconds
- Some textures are unfinished
- Some maps have so many paths that you will get flanked... constantly and with the current state of the AI, it becomes really annoying.
- Citizens love pairing up with terrorists more than the Swat team? Why are they more scared of swat vs the bad guys?
- C2, Flashbangs, Stingers kill far too easily. Want to clear a room tactically? Well too bad, you just killed 3 civs in the process despite using something which is by all means "Non-lethal" and designed to stun more than kill... but oh well.

Bugs:
- Did you can that on Farmhouse, you can jump near one of the balcony railings and be sent flying at over 10,000 MPH
- No trap on door? Well it will blow up anyway, rare but can happen
- Citizens and Suspects have learnt to teleport
- Suspect sometimes drops their gun into the void
- Door wedges magically disappear
- Breaching shotgun certainly can breach another door you're not aiming at
- Get killed at the start of the round by an enemy who spawned right next to you? Indeed
- Be warned, the suspects do indeed have wallhack and will shoot you through the walls, floors and even across the map.
- Ever want to confiscate your own teams shields? Well guess what... you can.
- Tell your team to move in? Ah... well pathfinding will take them the long way round
- Breach & Clear? No lets breach and then wait 5 seconds to throw the grenade as we get killed... then go in.
- Ever wanted to go to space? Now you can. Be warned that one may send you upwards instantly for no reason
- For the opposite, you can also be sent into the shadow realm know as "Under the map" where you will fall.... till the end of time itself.
- Any friendly with a shield can sometimes literally become GOD and walk past a bunch of enemies without a care.
- We have developed invisible guns
- It seems I left my kevlar in the van, sorry guys.
- Did all the terrorists leave or something? They left all the bombs undefended... wait where is everyone for that matter?

And many more I could list but just a few to mention
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ManonL Nov 7, 2024 @ 1:59am 
Wow,your review is on point! So much info and thought put into it. I'm seriously impressed. Keep it up! 💖👏