SWAT: Global Strike Team (game)

SWAT: Global Strike Team is a tactical first person shooter video game developed by Argonaut Games and published by Argonaut Games and Sierra Entertainment for the Xbox and the PlayStation 2. It was released on October 29 in North America and December 5, 2003 in Europe. While the game retains some of the key tenants of the SWAT franchise, such as it's use of police procedure, Global Strike Team features faster paced, action oriented gameplay as a means of appealing to a wider audience.

SWAT: Global Strike Team is set in a futuristic 2008, where an international SWAT team called the Global Strike Team is deployed to neutralize terrorists and criminals the world over. Over the course of the game's single player campaign, players control a three person squad of SWAT officers consisting of Kincaid, the team commander and main player character; Jackson, a non-playable computer technician and bomb disposal expert; and Lee, a master sniper players control on several occasions. Players can utilize a few different weapons with a number of unlockable upgrades, as well as tactical aids intended to give the player an advantage or encourage suspects to surrender. Like the other games in the SWAT series, players are penalized for shooting hostages or suspects who do not present a threat, and instead places an emphasis on safely arresting hostiles and only using lethal force when needed.

In addition to the single player campaign, SWAT: Global Strike Team also features split screen multiplayer gameplay for two or four players. This includes a cooperative campaign, and several competitive deathmatch modes.

Campaign missions

• LA 2-11
• Dead On Arrival
• Underground Assault
• Kingpin Takedown
• The Paris Transmission
• Rendezvous in Russia
• Rendezvous in Russia 2
• Rendezvous in Russia 3
• Concrete Jungle
• Vertical Strike
• Beneath the City of Angels
• Asylum Siege
• Battle of Berth 201
• Warehouse Showdown
• Operation: Contraband
• Hot Metal Jacket
• Tropical Storm
• Tropical Storm 2
• The Panama Affair
• Ice Station Zemlya
• Ice Station Zemlya 2

Co-op missions

• TLD Takedown
• Hospital Code 3
• The Paris Connection
• Hillside Precinct Wipeout
• When The Music's Over
• Deadly Meat
• Perdition City Blues
• Officer Down!
• Zemlya Dawn
• Zemlya Siege

Multiplayer maps

• Sniper Duel

Weapons

Firearms

• ARGO 56 assault rifle
• AFP 12 shotgun
• SR 2015 sniper rifle
• Machine gun
• Tranquiliser pistol

Grenades

• Concussion
• Flashbang
• EMP
• CS gas

Miscellaneous

• XPV nerve gas
• EMP device
• Explosive bomb
• SAM 4000
• Weapons pod

Characters

SWAT members

• Colonel Ed Lincoln: Overall commander
• Mathias Kincaid: Commander of TAC-3
• Anthony Jackson: Member of TAC-3 and tech expert
• Kana Lee: Member of TAC-3 and sniper support
• Chris O'Neil: Member of TAC-6
• Stacey Rock: Member of TAC-6
• R. Godbolt: Member of TAC-6
• Mike Enoch: Member of TAC-6

Allies

• General Starkey
• Colonel Nelson
• Paolo Hernandez
• Jeremy Thomas: British criminologist
• Jeff Costello: MI5 contact
• Rudi Novotny: Russian contact

Terrorists

• Pierce Carter: Primary antagonist
• Furious Thug: Secondary antagonist
• Deepak Grey: Leader of Dragon Clan
• Wolfgang Schmidt: Head of Omega Cartel
• Commando unit K-2: Elite death squad under Carter's command

Neutral characters

• Courtney Brady: Daughter of Mayor Brady
• Andre Pascal: Drugs scientist
• Vasily: Russian scientist
• Mayor of Denver
• Van Hego

Locations

• TLD Bank
• Fairview Private Hospital
• Queenstown station
• Husserl Building
• Khabarovsk-20
• Star Spire Skyscraper
• Los Angeles sewers
• Abandoned asylum
• Berth 201
• Omega cartel freighter
• Metal foundry
• Tiemplo de Hierro
• Howard AFB
• Pierce Carter's military complex
• Hillside Precinct Police Station
• Fillmore Center Stadium
• Meat packing warehouse
• Perdition City
• SWAT Los Angeles Headquarters

Groups

• TAC-3
• TAC-6
• Omega Cartel
• Dragon Clan
• MI5
• Van Hego
• Spetsnaz
• Navy Special Warfare-6
• GIGN
• British Transport Police
• Special Branch

Events

• TLD Bank Heist

Game mechanics

• Rules of engagement

Trivia

• Interestingly, when the player selects an assault rifle, shotgun or machine gun as their primary weapon, their non-lethal weapon is always a tranquiliser pistol. But when a sniper rifle is their main weapon, they get another sniper rifle that fires non-lethal darts.