History Trivia / SWAT4

** ''SWAT 4'' was initially previewed ''SWAT: Urban Justice'', set in LA during the 225th anniversary, where there would be an all out war by the police against three criminal street gangs, it would feature full on character customization including female operatives. After the initial reveal, the game fell into DevelopmentHell and was eventually cancelled in favor of the more down-to-earth Irrational's game.

** ''SWAT 4'' was initially ''SWAT: Urban Justice'', set in LA during an all out war with the police against 3 criminal street gangs, it would feature full on character customization including female operatives. After the initial reveal, the game fell into DevelopmentHell and was eventually cancelled in favor of Irrational's game.

* TheOtherDarrin: While most of the main voice cast reprised their roles in ''The Stetchkov Syndicate'', the [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection TOC operator]] was voiced by a new actor, not Nate Wells.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen : [[http://irrationalgames.com/insider/irrational-behavior/introducing-irrational-behavior/ Sometime]] [[http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/01/12/irrational-reveals-canceled-zombie-game-division-9/ in late 2005]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyRlau2WwXY and early 2006]], Creator/IrrationalGames used the existing ''SWAT 4'' engine and assets as a proof-of-concept basis for their next game project, preemptively titled ''Division 9''. It was supposed to be a SurvivalHorror shooter with a squad-based nature (much like SWAT 4) and set in... a noirish city after a mysterious ZombieApocalypse. The project was eventually scrapped in favour of concentrating on ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}''. Three years later, Valve published [[VideoGame/Left4Dead a game with the same basic idea]]. Makes you wonder if ''Division 9'' would've been similarly successful 4 years ago...
** SWAT 4 was originally previewed as SWAT: Urban Justice, set in LA and featuring all out war with the police against 3 criminal street gangs, it would feature full on character customization including female operative, among many other features... Until Irrational decides to developer a more "down to earth" police simulation game set in a more vague setting and with pre-determined character personality that we got. Several in game props such as arcade machines shows this title as an in-joke.

** SWAT 4 was originally previewed as SWAT: Urban Justice, set in LA and featuring all out war with the police against 3 criminal street gangs, it will feature full on character customization among many other features... Until Irrational decides to developer a more "down to earth" police simulation game set in a more vague setting that we got. Several in game props such as arcade machines shows this title as an in-joke.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Both the credits and some of the {{In Joke}}s present in the game point to former {{Creator/Looking Glass Studios}}' employees who had worked on the game, even though some of them aren't regular staff members of {{Creator/Irrational Games}}. Eric Brosius (composer for the ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' games) is one such example.
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** [[VideoGame/{{Thief}} Keeper Artemus]] apparently dropped his old job in order to work as the Fairview TOC operator. [[spoiler:Nate Wells (Artemus) is among the many former employees of {{Creator/Looking Glass Studios}} that work for {{Creator/Irrational Games}} and had worked on the ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' series prior to ''{{SWAT 4}}''.]]
** The Team Leader ("[[OnlyKnownByHisNickname Boss]]") is voiced by [[Characters/NinjaGaiden Justin Gross]].
** Girard is voiced by NolanNorth.
** Fields is voiced by Chris Edgerly (Cid in ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'').
*** On the topic of Final Fantasy, Reynolds is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Galenth Dysley]]
** Andrew Taronne, Allen Kruse and various suspects are voiced by FredTatasciore.
** [[ArmsDealer Hadeon Koshka]], [[CowardlyLion Gary Altman]] and the operator of the Highground squad are voiced by [[Characters/VampireTheMasqueradeRedemption Nicholas Guest]].
** Both {{Upper Class Twit}}s appearing in the campaign - Warren Rooney and James Bettencourt Jr. - are voiced by Andy Milder ([[Series/CriminalMinds Cy Bradstone]] and [[Series/TheMentalist Leopold Sheck]]).
** Melinda Klein and various female characters are voiced by [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2 Jenna Lamia]].

** Both {{Upper Class Twit}}s appearing in the campaign - Warren Rooney and James Bettencourt Jr. - are voiced by Andy Milder ([[Series/CriminalMinds Cy Bradstone]] and [[TheMentalist Leopold Sheck]]).

** Melinda Klein and various female characters are voiced by [[NeverwinterNights2 Jenna Lamia]].

** Fields is voiced by Chris Edgerly (Cid in ''FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'').

* HeyItsThatGuy: Both the credits and some of the {{In Joke}}s present in the game point to former {{Creator/Looking Glass Studios}}' employees who had worked on the game, even though some of them aren't regular staff members of {{Creator/Irrational Games}}. Eric Brosius (composer for the ''{{Thief}}'' games) is one such example.

** [[{{Thief}} Keeper Artemus]] apparently dropped his old job in order to work as the Fairview TOC operator. [[spoiler:Nate Wells (Artemus) is among the many former employees of {{Creator/Looking Glass Studios}} that work for {{Creator/Irrational Games}} and had worked on the ''{{Thief}}'' series prior to ''{{SWAT 4}}''.]]

** Both {{Upper Class Twit}}s appearing in the campaign - Warren Rooney and James Bettencourt Jr. - are voiced by Andy Milder ([[CriminalMinds Cy Bradstone]] and [[TheMentalist Leopold Sheck]]).

** The Team Leader ("Boss") is voiced by [[Characters/NinjaGaiden Justin Gross]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: Both the credits and some of the {{In Joke}}s present in the game point to former {{Creator/Looking Glass Studios}}' employees who had worked on the game, even though some of them aren't regular staff members of {{Creator/IrrationalGames}}. Eric Brosius (composer for the ''{{Thief}}'' games) is one such example.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen : [[http://irrationalgames.com/insider/irrational-behavior/introducing-irrational-behavior/ Sometime]] [[http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/01/12/irrational-reveals-canceled-zombie-game-division-9/ in late 2005]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyRlau2WwXY and early 2006]], Creator/IrrationalGames used the existing ''SWAT 4'' engine and assets as a proof-of-concept basis for their next game project, preemptively titled ''Division 9''. It was supposed to be a SurvivalHorror shooter with a squad-based nature (much like SWAT 4) and set in... a noirish city after a mysterious ZombieApocalypse. The project was eventually scrapped in favour of concentrating on ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}''. Three years later, Valve published [[VideoGame/Left4Dead a game with the same basic idea]]. Makes you wonder if ''Division 9'' would've been similarly successful 4 years ago...

* TheOtherDarrin: While most of the main voice cast returns in the ''Stetchkov Syndicate'', the [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection TOC operator]] is voiced by a new actor, not Nate Wells.

** Melinda Klein and various female characters are voiced by [[NeverwinterNights2 Jenna Lamia]].