 [Larger view] | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
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 Good Fun | |
| This has to be the second best PC game out there. First being Rainbow Six two Rogue Spear. But thats a whole other review. If you are like me you are completly sick of stupid fist person shooters like Doom with stupid fake guns and so unrealistic where you can run into a room with guns blazin and kill 67 people and get hit like 30 times and not die. I think that is lame and takes no skill what so ever. Well you are in for a treat with the Rainbow Six series. In R6 you have to carfully pick your team of specailsts and give them their state of the art new real wepons. You have to pick the right wepon for the right job. Like if you need stealth then you would pick a silenced mp5 9mm. Then you plan your way through the blueprints of the compound and get ready to take down some terrorists. You are goin to have to forget all the things you have learned in Doom. In R6 you have to take down the terrorists one by one and try not to attract attention so they kill hostages or send 5 people after you. And trust me, when 5 fanatical terrorists are rushing toward you with their AK-47s shooting in all directions your team will go down. And if you get hit in the arm, your aim is horrible. If you get hit in the leg, you are as slow as a old snail. And if you get hit in the chest or the head, mmm lets just say you wont have to worrie about aiming or moving. Those are some of the reasons why you have to run out today and get Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear TODAY! | |
| Needs hardware, but rules supreme. | |
| Rainbow Six is loosely based around the Tom Clancy novel with the same name. In the game, you lead a team of elite counter terrorism troopers to take down "tangos" or terrorists in a variety of locations. Pros: Comprehensive and fully realized, the presentation is close to flawless. The game allows you to pick team members, their gear, their strategy and combat plans, and then lets you lead them into combat. An excellent idea, and the strategy parts of the game can take an our to plan out before you even enter the mission. The missions can be very hard, just because one hit kills. If you get hit at close range, your guy is dead for the rest of the campaign. Thus you must move silently and stealthily to take out terrorists before they see you, or it's gonna be a can-you-shoot-faster-and-better-than-him contest. And one error and it's game over. Cons: Graphics are not very spectacular unless you have a serious processer (ie, Pentium II, above 233 mhz) and some serious 3D hardware (OpenGL, Voodoo II, ATI RAGE, etc). Otherwise, get ready to groan as your spiffy Pentium 366 is only able to run R6 in 320x240 resolution which doesn't look great. Also, your team of crack commandos seem brainless as they run around in circles getting shot, just because they don't understand the concept of backing you up. And you can't peek around corners, so one hit kills can become very adrenaline pumping. Overall: A very solid buy. If you don't mind bad graphics, I'd seriously fork out the cash for the CPU and 3D gear. multiplayer can be a blast to play, single-player will keep you interested for a very long time, and the game just rocks. It may not seem impressive in this review, but the basic gameplay works fine and remains being insanely fun. Buy it. | |
 Yard Sale Deal | |
| I picked this up at a yard sale along with the expansion pack (eagle watch) and the hint book. All 3 items are now bundled as a "gold edition". While it is a few years old, I was quickly amazed by how the real the scenarios were set up. The game itself plays like Thief, that is, hiding and sneaking and taking your shots when you can. If you are used to playing Doom/Quake/Unreal style of combat games and want fast and furios non-stop blowup action this game is not for you. You may have to sit and wait a minute or two for a guard to complete his patrol to line up a shot 50 yards away, only to miss him by inches. The overall graphics and sound are good for the date of this game. There isn't any theme music or background music. If you are near the ocean, that's what you hear... the waves. If you are in a dam, you will hear the deafening turbines spinning, and not the guard sneaking up on you from behind. Well thought out and well executed. As I write this, Rainbow Six 3 has been released and I am looking forward to Rogue Spear and other missions. My only serious complaint of this game is that, on occasion, the A.I. will do some strange things with the targets (like run into a corner and stand silently, instead of fleeing or firing back) Also, from time to time should you fail to meet and objective the mission will end suddenly and you may not understand why you failed the mission. The game simply will inform you that you did not complete a given task. (frusturating) |
