Re-release of the groundbreaking series that put players in the heart of a SWAT team.

User Rating: 10 | Police Quest Collection PC
By Lokar | Review Date:
People are used to seeing police work depicted in dramatic and flashy ways on the silver screen and in tv dramas. The original Police Quest was quite a different story: as a computer game, it was unique in that it set the player in the gritty world of a realistic squad, breaking down doors, searching houses and even losing-sometimes quite brutally. My first case was to roust a gun-wielding elderly woman out of her home--and she didn't like me: I was killed when she opened fire.

Ouch.

Don't despair, however: every time you play, pay attention and really work hard, you can improve your chances of success. You get plentiful chances to practice, with no-nonsense, hard-nosed instructors who call you a quitter any time you try to walk out (even if you've reached your goals). The control system is quite challenging. This is no easy, fly-around-the-screen gig; it's as detailed as a flight simulator. And that's good: it shouldn't really be easy, when you think about it.

After that, it's out on the streets, working for justice the hard way.

The return of this landmark series is a great occasion for PC gaming. Add it to your library.

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