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. Worth Playing
    68
    The single-player game will last the average gamer no more than 10 hours, after which your only option will be to repeat it in order to improve your score, or find some friends who also have a copy of the game so you can compete in the multiplayer matches.
  2. Games Master UK
    66
    Not the most thrilling experience because going gung-ho means failing. [Dec 2007, p.84]
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  3. Play Magazine
    65
    The slow plodding existence of a SWAT team member isn't ffor everyone. [Nov 2007, p.78]
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  5. Pocket Gamer UK
    60
    Instead of setting its sights on liberty, the game should have perhaps concerned itself with offering a more engaging experience. Still, decent multiplayer and great graphics prevent this from being simply ordinary.
  6. Jolt Online Gaming UK
    58
    Target Liberty has a good atmosphere and the controls have been well thought out, but the story isn’t at all convincing and the gameplay doesn’t have enough merit in the end.
  7. GameSpot
    55
    Target Liberty is too short, too tedious, and too absurd to take seriously.
  8. PSM3 Magazine UK
    52
    SWAT is criminally start/stop. [Dec 2007, p.85]
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  9. Game Informer
    50
    Target Liberty should receive a citation for roughing up the prestigious SWAT franchise. We can only hope the next effort more closely resembles its fantastic predecessors.
  10. GameZone
    50
    A repetitive and flawed experience from start to finish, SWAT: Target Liberty is a disappointing tactical strategy shooter that just doesn’t quite have what it takes to be a fun game.
  11. VideoGamer
    50
    There is something to be gained from Target Liberty, and if you do enjoy the likes of Commandos it may be worth your time. For anyone else though, this sloth of a game will likely be far too lumbering and largely thrill free.
  12. Gaming Nexus
    50
    At its best SWAT: Target Liberty is a messy stealth action game that tries to bite off more than it can chew.
  13. Game Over Online
    50
    Some ideas, such as the skill advancement and cover system, are underdeveloped while others, like the targeting system and overall mission design, are poorly executed. In the end, Target Liberty is more frustrating than engaging, more tedious than fun. That’s never a good thing.
  14. AceGamez
    50
    The story, characters and control system are all lacklustre, and even the sniper mode that regularly pops up for you to save a hostage from the grips of a terrorist is badly designed, as the times are too quick to clear the area and you end up with innocent blood on your hands.
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  15. Maxi Consolas (Portugal)
    50
    The actions you perform on the first level are exactly the same that you use from there on forward. It’s not totally awful but the lack of ambition here is obvious. [Nov 2007]
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#95 Best PSP Game of 2007
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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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