SWAT: Target Liberty

 PSP
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 26
  3. Negative: 11 out of 26
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  1. IGN
    45
    There's certainly room for a tactical isometric shooter, but that game is going to have to be at least half as good as the high water mark set by Killzone: Liberation, and this game doesn't even come close.
  2. PALGN
    45
    Regardless of whether or not it was a good idea to make SWAT: Target Liberty for the PSP, it's quite a poor game either way.
  3. PTGamers
    45
    Target Liberty is far from actual standards on Sony’s handheld... It’s a shame that a franchise like SWAT wasn’t worthy of more thought. It’s short, unappealing and monotonous.
  5. Eurogamer
    40
    There's not much to like about SWAT: Target Liberty. The squad-based mechanic is imbalanced. The levelling-up and weapon selection systems don't have significant effects on how things play out. The plot is silly, the cut-scenes are rubbish and everything's so small it makes your eyes hurt.
  6. GameSpy
    40
    Playing against a pal or three isn't truly any less repetitive and tiresome than the endless sequence of door breaches and fire-and-forget gun battles that define the single-player experience, but it's at least different enough to add some middling interest to a game with little in reserve.
  7. Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    40
    Also, the presentation is a mix of cheesy music, mediocre pre-rendered cutscenes, better in-game cutscenes, and bad voiceovers. [Holiday 2007, p.78]
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  8. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    40
    Lacking the immediacy and fun of Killzone Liberation, this feels criminally outdated. [Christmas 2007, p.109]
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  9. Gamers Europe
    40
    This is a below average, clunky game that I'm knocking an extra few bonus points off of for the sheer stupidity and laziness of the near-bordering-on-racial-profiling plot.
  10. Gamestyle
    40
    Target Liberty is a game so clunky, dated and downright unlovable that between its miserable graphics, woeful presentation and tedious gameplay it feels more like a late-90s budget PC release than a premium PSP game with a price-tag to match, and playing it is as pointless and unrewarding an enterprise as you're likely to get for £30.
  11. GamePro
    20
    Target Liberty will only serve to frustrate even the most die hard of tactical shooter fans.
  12. Play.tm
    20
    This game is quite clearly meant to be a celebration of how "kick-ass" the SWAT teams are, and will probably provide a smattering of enjoyment for the more jingoistic out there. But it really has nothing to offer anyone else - it's just a poor version of Killzone on the PSP. Purchase at your own risk.

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#64 Most Discussed PSP Game of 2007

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User Score
6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. danield80
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. There are 12 missions which are meant to be played with cautious approach. It's repetitive and frustrating.
    In the middle of the twelfth level, the protagonist decides to go full-rambo. The game itself destroys all of its established mechanics. A games that requires you to aim while stationary in cover now wants you to move constantly horizontally in order to not get shot by a sniper while neutralising other enemies. Also, the game leaves you with almost no health and no companions.
    Add to this bad graphics, bad voice-acting, bad animations, same 15 second long bad "music" loop throughout the whole game; loads of 9/11, North Korea and Iraqi terrorist references. And the game barely makes it to 5/10.    … Full Review »
  2. WilliamP.
    Oct 18, 2007
    10
    Lots of little squad command button combos. After I completed the tutorials it got a lot better. The first level is slow, but the later Lots of little squad command button combos. After I completed the tutorials it got a lot better. The first level is slow, but the later levels are really nice and very hard.… Full Review »
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