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More Action=More Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In Urban Operations, a Rogue Spear type gameplay style, which I think is the most addictive out of all expansion packs, packs the most value out of every PC shooter I've played. The Urban Operations' mission level in the Subway (don't ride it; just the station) in London is definitely a thrill to experience, because you can either take the escalator or the back stairway, and kill terrorists the way you want. I love the Instabul level, rain and thunder, with a small canal running through, with terrorists hiding in the underground docks.

What is there not to like about this game? Well, when you beat the addictive 5 missions, you can go to the new Custom Mission and set the terrorist level to 50 max, which is non-stop action when you order frags to ambush about 10 terrorists. This game also gives you "Underwater Habitat" to destroy 50 terrorists, with the wildlife in the deep bottom sea, in the submarine! Sounds like it too!

Not to mention, you also have 3 new weapons--two of which are machine guns and a sniper rifle--I highly recommend that rifle above all others--precise accuracy and it is silent.

Like I said, more action=more fun. If you think Rogue Spear is addictive, wait until Urban Operations; you'll playing this game forever! I play it all the time so get this game now!

Great Expansion to a Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My first encounter with Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series was the Rogue Spear demo. It was, at the time, the best game I'd ever played, and I found myself playing and replaying the demo mission -- rescuing hostages in the museum of art -- again and again till I knew where every terrorist, civilian and doorway was and could get them out with my eyes closed. In fact, I think I did a couple of times :) .
A couple of months later I decided to finally get myself the full game. I got the Platinum Pack edition, with the Urban Operations expansion pack included. I didn't know much about it at the time, but it turned out to be a great surprise. It comes with ten missions. Five are all new, and a bit tougher than the standard Rogue Spear ones. The other five are Classic missions from the original Rainbow Six, and are maybe a bit easier. There are also a few new weapons and some other little improvements.
The biggest and most exciting thing about Urban Ops, though, (or UO as I have come to call it), is the new Mod system. It gives you a convenient way to install modifications made by fellow players, available for free download on the Internet. Some of these mods are of professional quality and will have you playing the game for years.
While UO is a fantastic single-player game, it really stands out in multiplayer -- which is why it's still so popular online, even with new games with much better graphics coming out by the dozen.
In short, this expansion is easily worth the [money] it costs. I mean, would you rather go out and watch a couple of movies or buy something that'll keep you awake till 1 AM every day for the next three years?

Good FPS, but......

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is definitely a great upgrade from Rogue Spear, there's no arguing that. I mean, this game is very realistic down to the enemies panicking and running away, like real ones might. Then why 4 stars? Because if only I could figure out those callsigns. Even with the guide book I got, I still am clueless and there by resort to completing the missions with one man and no set floor plan. If they had made it simpler, then maybe there would be 5 stars in its future.

But, I'm not going to waste this time complaining. Besides thatm this game has realistic gun fire, muzzle flashes, enemy reactions, rate-of-fire of every gun, accuracy of each one and my god the list goes on..... This game is very much worth the money and should be bought by any die hard FPS player.

good game but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is really good but the only down side is the price. it's a rip off. i got the rogue spear platinum pack for $[money] and it came with rogue spear, mission pack urban ops, and the rogue spear(also featuring the urban ops) strategy guide. all of this for only $[money], even if u do have regular rogue spear, still buy it and give it to a friend or if u lose ur copy just keep it for safe keeping, or sell it. but i repeat, buy the platinum pack.

Good Job Redstorm

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is like Roguespear II... It has some really good levels, I dont even know where to begin on this. This is the add on to get for rogue spear. Just Trust me, if you liked rogue spear, you will love this one. Its a good game, and you will love the mod compatibiblty.

Good buy-good fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was very pleased that Urban Ops is a very entertaining expansion. It's strength is the flexible single player. The new missions are cool and challenging. The addition of a silenced sniper rifle is welcome, I had many problems with sniper rifles that are too loud to be effective in some situations. In the new campaign the tangos are dressed in plain cloths, making them harder to tell from innocent common folk. On more than one occasion I was caught off guard when that peaceful man on the corner turned around with a AK-47! Also that the maps are populated with people other than your teams and the tangos is a nice touch. The custom mission option is fun for some quick action and the old R6 missions are nice to see again with graphics.

The only thing negative I have to say is that the game is really a just rehash of Rogue Spear and Rainbow Six. This might seem obvious but simply that a few new light machine guns can't help the overly "been there, done that" feeling of many of the maps.

Urban Ops...Raises the bar

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When Urban Ops first came out, like every other Rainbow 6, release I jumped all over it...and I was not dissapointed. The game play is so much better than the original Rainbow 6, and with the new maps and options its a few steps above Rogue Spear...which wasn't any easy task. And after buying Covert Ops, I'm still playing Urban Ops online, on my network, and just for fun. The AI is great, and the custom missions allow for a lot of flexability. Another Homerun for RedStorm, and Tom Clancy.

You gotta try this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

You have to try this game, out, for all of you that have rogue spear this is the greatest edition. Tons of new maps, 4 new guns, and new suits (like the green bio-hazard uniform). This game is better (and harder) than ever. Taking place in London, Venice, Turkey, and Hong Kong, are only a few places the new maps are located in, mean while you must operate, in densely poplulated areas, with innocent bystanders. I was WOWED when i first played it. Oh, by the way, for all you programmers out there, the game does come back with a RSE (Rogue Spear Editor) but changed the name to UOE (Urban Operations Editor) of course, where you can edit levels, guns, and even soldiers and terrorists. Definitly worth the money if you already have "Rogue Spear"

NO URBAN OPERATION IN UK........!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: September 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Having spent a LONG while awaiting urban operations to come to the UK,5 months and we're STILL waiting!!!!!,a great number of UK retail stores have or did advertise the release as the 1st of september however after contacting RSE Ltd I was to learn that no one there has any information on when or IF urban op's will be released in the UK!,I've considered ordering a copy from the states but with shipping and inport duty the game in efect will double in price,but with no UK release in sight it's starting to look like the only option "ok,thats all for now"

GREAT ADD-ON! JUST A LITTLE TOO FEW MISSIONS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is really a good add-on if you have already played Rouge Spear many times. Even if it adds some missions (I love the subway station one! ) and new weapons it is still the same game as Rouge. So if you have still to finish the missions in the basic game or you simply enjoy playing online, then stick with the basic and don't bother buying this title.

The major shorfall is in the number of missions (5 completely new plus 5 missions from the classic Rainbow Six). The point is that I believe an add on should give you more in order to be a very good deal. Anyway, the pack also includes a few new maps that you can use either in multiplayer or in solo games while playing in the "lone wolf", "terr. hunt" etc mode. These are good, but again they don't really add a lot to the gaming experience.

The new WEAPONS that are added are nice to fire but not really useful in the scenarios themselves. You can have much more from this point of view by downloading the NATO mods from the net.

My suggestion? If you are a R6 hard core fan (like I am) and you can't wait for new missions and maps, then buy it instantly! If you are not really that interested in the game than keep playing Rouge Spear for a little more, and then if the interest in this title arises again, then go ahead and buy it.

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