sic-disaster 311 Posted May 4, 2017 Seeing the teaser trailer immediately had me excited, and I had to do a video on it. This game seems ripe with potential! Quote Ready or Not is a tactical first person shooter which places you in the boots of an elite SWAT team, tasked with diffusing hostile situations in intense, claustrophobic environments. It’s set in a nondescript modern America, where an income disparity between the classes have become unsustainable and the country has been plunged into havoc. Bring order to chaos with up to 8 players in cooperative play, battle enemy squads in a close player-vs-player environment, or command AI in a striking single-player mode. Ready Or Not has been in development since June 2016, and includes an array of unique features. Today, we’re going to run through some of the already included features we’re most excited about. Current features include: Incremental lean system Our most prominent feature involves the players ability to maneuver around obstacles, opening up infinite possibilities regarding tactical positions. Players can duck under low cover to avoid oncoming fire, or peak above high cover in order to spot and return fire upon the enemy. The assigned keys can be tapped in any order to “peek”. On top of this, we have also included a classic quick-lean system seen in many shooters. Incremental Door control system This gameplay feature allows for doors of multiple types such as sliding, swinging, and revolving doors, to be manipulated by the mouse wheel at any time. Provided the door is unlocked, players can interact and incrementally move them. Modular speed control Our final mouse-wheel-based feature involves the control of the player’s speed by scrolling up or down. This allows for precise movement in a close-quarters environment, which may mean the difference between life and death in a hostile situation. This, of course, can be re-bound to suit our users needs. Simulated and detailed third person inventory In a real life situation, each item has its place in a loadout. We wanted to ensure this level of replication, so we included detailed animations and systems which show your teammates exactly what you’re doing. Magazines, grenades, and items are retrieved and returned to their specific pouches, with the pouch flaps opening and closing in synchronicity with the players reload or draw, respectively. Convex collision armour, allowing for precise protection Armour collision in Ready or Not is calculated based on the mesh coverage on the player, allowing for accurate levels of realistic ballistic protection. Projectile dynamics, bullets penetrate, ricochet, and deteriorate Rounds have realistic range, drag, and tumble velocity. Calibers and ammunition types affect how far and how well a projectiles penetrate and exit. All rounds have the ability to ricochet based on surface materials and angle of impact, and deflection has recently been included as a feature. Less-than-lethal rounds will be unlikely to penetrate, but can sometimes still kill depending on proximity and impact area. Responsive damage system and effects If a player is shot in the legs, movement is slowed down based on the level of damage. Arm damage will decrease accuracy and increase draw times. Head damage, provided it is survived, can intermittently “haze” the players vision. This is all shown via a passive (read: hidden unless needed) indicator at the bottom of the screen. Visceral gore Deaths need to be impactful to the end user and we’re committed to providing an experience like no other. If characters in the game are hit, parallax bullet holes spawn on flesh, and blood will then seep out into surrounding fabrics. A gory bullet hole also becomes an emitter, as individuals who knock their wounds onto objects create a small splatter, based on bone velocity. In the future, we plan to implement an entire bodily destruction system. Highly detailed weapons, characters and environments As seen in our gallery and teaser, Ready or Not’s assets aren’t camera-shy. A realistic and high-detail representation of all assets is necessary in immersing the player in our world. Weapon edges are smooth and seamless, environmental detail is minute. Massive selection of items As of pre-alpha, we currently have over 30+ items in total, with plans to greatly expand this selection monthly. Concerns may arise over balance issues, but each item will have its place and value considered in order to avoid having duplicate functioning (but visually different) gear. These items include weapons, devices, grenades, and deployable items (read: items that can be selected in our planning phase) Fully supported competitive servers based on Amazon Gamelift API Ready or Not features a fully competitive set of gamemodes to test your mettle against other squads in PvP. However, players can still host listen servers and play with custom game rules. Plans to support squad competitive play Create a squad with up to ten friends for PvP and Coop. Work as small groups to reap squad rewards, and compete in yearly leader-board competitions to earn unique skins. A passive pointscore system allows players to work together to level and earn more squad points, opening up options in a mission’s planning phase. Tactical Analysis All missions begin with a tactical analysis and planning phase, currently allowing teams to shut off power grids, blockade entrances, create or choose new entry points, and spawn unique devices including ballistic shields, heavy rams, and telescopic ladders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
negah 26 Posted May 4, 2017 Looks very promising. I hope they will include more missions like at the beginning of SWAT3 where there are only one or a couple lightly armed suspects. SWAT 4 had only the one such mission with the serial murderer (the best mission IMO). Daytime scenarios are welcome too, missed them in SWAT 4. Also any chances for ballistic shields? BTW, it would be great if this will actually be released some day... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
froggyluv 2130 Posted May 4, 2017 If the AI does anything even remotely interesting this game will be aces. Love everything about it really - very polished looking and I do like me some realistic gore. Weird theme tho -financial disparity leads to what? Some Purge like nation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laqueesha 474 Posted May 4, 2017 Looks good. I hope this will keep SWAT 4's insistence on life-saving, where you have to take the suspects in alive. That's what I liked about the SWAT games, and it's what set the SWAT series apart from other FPS games, where you just kill everybody indiscriminately without penatly. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonci87 163 Posted May 4, 2017 I so hope this will be good, with good AI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kernriver 4 Posted May 12, 2017 Interesting. I'll keep my eye on this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sic-disaster 311 Posted July 5, 2017 New blog with a new trailer too! Blog here (includes trailer): http://voidinteractive.net/developer-blog-02-an-era-approaches/ Decided to do a video on it, which includes the trailer at the start as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janez 507 Posted December 25, 2021 So this seems to be in early access now and will stay that way for approximately 12 months according to their Steam store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144200/Ready_or_Not/ Official website: https://voidinteractive.net/ From couple of vids I've seen so far, this looks like straight up modern SWAT, callouts and everything. Naturally, I will wait until retail release but it appears to play great, I like. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
britforce 9 Posted December 25, 2021 Well thought out game where your squad ai is concerned. Friendly ai is good, moves well, easy to get orders done. Enemy ai on the other hand are not so good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JdB 151 Posted January 4, 2022 On 12/25/2021 at 11:04 AM, Janez said: So this seems to be in early access now and will stay that way for approximately 12 months according to their Steam store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144200/Ready_or_Not/ Official website: https://voidinteractive.net/ From couple of vids I've seen so far, this looks like straight up modern SWAT, callouts and everything. Naturally, I will wait until retail release but it appears to play great, I like. The command UI and options for doors are exactly the same as for SWAT4, except for new things like kicking in doors. Better copy something that works than come up with something crappy I guess 😛 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janez 507 Posted December 12, 2023 Just came across this on YT, apparently this game's getting some welcome updates across the board. After years of very questionable game (maybe not only games) releases, I gotto say, I love the art style. May not have the best fidelity ever in terms of pixel count but it looks amazing, just the way it should be. I've hopped back into The Division 2 lately and I caught myself observing the other day; what more do you need? I play with most settings on low to preserve my components and it's just beautiful. EDIT: apparently this was 1.0 release of the game so it is now officially out of early access according to their Steam page. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
