History VideoGame / SWAT3

* ChristmasRushed: It was originally supposed to suffer this. Thankfully, it was averted and the game was released a few months later, with the dev team being glad they released a highly praised singleplayer game. They followed it up soon with an expansion that added multiplayer and several other features that had to be temporarily scrapped for the first release (even with the development time prolonged and the original Christmas release date cancelled, the game still needed a lot of work and beta-testing to reach the level of quality the devs had intended from the very start).

For the series that this game descended from, see ''PoliceQuest''.

* NextSundayAD: The game was published in 1999, but the campaign is set in 2005. Some minor glimpses into the future include the signing of a global nuclear weapons ban treaty (which the campaign's main StoryArc revolves around) and the fact that the in-game {{HUD}} of you and your squad is supposed to be a helmet-mounted digital readout (in the vein of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Helmet-mounted_display_system F-35's pilot helmet]], just simpler). Since it's a late 90s portrayal of the [[TurnOfTheMillenium 2000s]], there is some very minor amount of {{Zeerust}} in the ideas presented. Other than that, there aren't many futuristic elements in the game.

** Even Sierra themselves made some mods for the game after it was released; a lot of them consisted of adding terrorist-only weapons to the player's arsenal.

* GenreShift: As already mentioned, this was the first game in the ''VideoGame/{{SWAT}}'' series to be a full-fledged {{FPS}}. It proved even more succesful than the first two games and helped cement the notion of tactical squad-based [=FPSes=] as a viable subgenre.

* {{HUD}}: Being a realistic squad-based tactical shooter, the HUD in this game is very minimalist. The most you get is a crosshair evoking your gun's ironsights, the actual crosshair on its optics, or an image of whatever equipment you're using; a silhouette of yourself showing whether you're in stealth or dynamic mode; a meter indicating injuries if you get non-fatally shot; a panel in the upper left showing what number keys to press for different communications; and other, optional panels giving a view of what one or more of your teammates are looking at.

* NextSundayAD: The game was published in 1999, but the campaign is set in 2005. Some minor glimpses into the future include the signing of a global nuclear weapons ban treaty (which the campaign's main StoryArc revolves around) and the fact that the in-game {{HUD}} of you and your squad is supposed to be a helmet-mounted digital readout (in the vein of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Helmet-mounted_display_system F-35's pilot helmet]], just simpler). Since it's a late 90s portrayal of the [[TheNewTens 2000s]], there is some very minor amount of {{Zeerust}} in the ideas presented. Other than that, there aren't many futuristic elements in the game.

!!''SWAT 3'' contains examples of these tropes:

* FirstPersonGhost: Applies to the squad leader, of course.

* GenrePopularizer: Along with the original ''{{VideoGame/Rainbow Six}}'' game, it greatly helped to popularize squad-based tactical shooters.
* GenreShift: As already mentioned, this was the first game in the ''VideoGame/{{SWAT}}'' series to be a full-fledged {{FPS}}. It proved even more succesful than the first two games and helped cement the notion of tactical squad-based {{FPS}}es as a viable subgenre.
* ChristmasRushed: It was originally supposed to suffer this. Thankfully, it was averted and the game was released a few months later, with the dev team being glad they released a highly praised singleplayer game. They followed it up soon with an expansion that added multiplayer and several other features that had to be temporarily scrapped for the first release (even with the development time prolonged and the original Christmas release date cancelled, the game still needed a lot of work and beta-testing to reach the level of quality the devs had intended from the very start).

* NextSundayAD: The game was published in 1999, but the campaign is set in 2005. Some minor glimpses into the future include the signing of a global nuclear weapons treaty (which the campaign's main StoryArc revolves around) and the fact that the in-game {{HUD}} of you and your squad is supposed to be a helmet-mounted digital readout (in the vein of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Helmet-mounted_display_system F-35's pilot helmet]], just simpler). Since it's a late 90s portrayal of the [[TheNewTens 2000s]], there is some very minor amount of {{Zeerust}} in the ideas presented. Other than that, there aren't many futuristic elements in the game.

* GenreShift: As already mentioned, this was the first game in the ''SWAT'' series to be a full-fledged {{FPS}}. It proved even more succesful than the first two games and helped cement the notion of tactical squad-based {{FPS}}es as a viable subgenre.

* NextSundayAD: The game was published in 1999, but the campaign is set in 2005. Some minor glimpses into the future include the signing of a global nuclear weapons treaty (which the campaign's main StoryArc revolves around) and the fact that the in-game {{HUD}} of you and your squad is supposed to be a helmet-mounted digital readout (in the vein of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Helmet-mounted_display_system F-35's pilot helmet]], just simpler). Since it's a late 90s portrayal of the [[TheNewTens 2000s]], there is some very minor amount of {{Zeerust}} in the ideas presented. Other than that, there aren't many futuristic elements in the game.

* ChristmasRushed: It was originally supposed to suffer this. Thankfully, it was averted and the game was released a few months later, with the dev team being glad they released a highly praised singleplayer game. They followed it up soon with an expansion that added multiplayer and several other features they had to temporarily scrap for the first release (even with the development time prolonged and the original Christmas release date cancelled, the game still needed a lot of work and beta-testing to reach the level of quality the devs had intended from the very start).

''SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle'' was the third installment in {{Creator/Sierra}}'s ''SWAT'' series, the more action-themed spinoff of their previous ''{{VideoGame/Police Quest}}'' series. Developed by the Sierra Northwest studio and published in 1999, this game was in many ways a milestone in the series: The first ''SWAT'' game to be a Squad-based Tactical {{FPS}}, the last ''SWAT'' game to be set in Los Angeles and be developed by an in-house studio of Sierra, and one of the more succesful and acclaimed tactical shooters of the late 90s (bare in mind that the subgenre was basically brand new back then).

''SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle'' was the third installment in {{Creator/Sierra}}'s ''SWAT'' series, the more actioned-themed spinoff of their previous ''{{VideoGame/Police Quest}}'' series. Developed by the Sierra Northwest studio and published in 1999, this game was in many ways a milestone in the series: The first ''SWAT'' game to be a Squad-based Tactical {{FPS}}, the last ''SWAT'' game to be set in Los Angeles and be developed by an in-house studio of Sierra, and one of the more succesful and acclaimed tactical shooters of the late 90s (bare in mind that the subgenre was basically brand new back then).

* {{Deconstruction}}: It has become a tradition in the ''SWAT'' series that a good action game doesn't necessarily have to involve purely shooting people in the face, and this installment is no exception. Adherence to procedure, protocol and less violent solutions of hostage situations is paramount throughout the game.

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* UpdatedRerelease: ''Close Quarters Battle'' was rereleased with new content as ''SWAT 3: Elite Edition'' and again with more content as ''SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition'', however both were made available as patches for older versions (although only people who bought TGotYE were able to get the disc featuring videos of Blackwater demonstrating tactics).

* NextSundayAD: The game was published in 1999, but the campaign is set in 2005. Some minor glimpses into the future include the signing of a global nuclear weapons treaty (which the campaign's main StoryArc revolves around) and the fact that the in-game {{HUD}} of you and your squad is supposed to be a helmet-mounted digital readout (in the vein of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Helmet-mounted_display_system F-35's pilot helmet]], just simpler). Since it's a late 90s portrayal of the [[TheNewTens 2000s]], there is some very minor {{Zeerust}} to the ideas presented. Other than that, there aren't many futuristic elements in the game.

* NextSundayAD: The game was published in 1999, but the campaign is set in 2005. Some minor glimpses into the future include the signing of a global nuclear weapons treaty (which the campaign's main StoryArc revolves around) and the fact that the in-game {{HUD}} of you and your squad is supposed to be a helmet-mounted digital readout (in the vein of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#Helmet-mounted_display_system F-35's pilot helmet]], just simpler). Since it's a late 90s portrayal of the 2010s, there is some very minor {{Zeerust}} to the ideas presented. Other than that, there aren't many futuristic elements in the game.

* GenrePopularizer: Along with the original ''{{Rainbow Six}}'', it greatly helped to popularize squad-based tactical shooters.

* SWATTeam

''SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle'' was the third installment in {{Creator/Sierra}}'s ''SWAT'' series, the more actioned-themed spinoff of their previous ''{{VideoGame/Police Quest}}'' series. Developed by the Sierra Northwest studio and published in 1999, this game was in many ways a milestone in the series: The first ''SWAT'' game to be a Squad-Based Tactical {{FPS}}, the last ''SWAT'' game to be set in Los Angeles and be developed by an in-house studio of Sierra, and one of the more succesful and acclaimed tactical shooters of the late 90s (bare in mind that the subgenre was basically brand new back then).