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RVS still rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Even after the years sense its release, it is still a number one game in the rainbow six line up. From the planning of the single play missions to the online ownage ubi know what they were doing and did it right.
Tight controls, the best graphices of its day, and a nice list of real weapons from 92sf pistal to the m60e4 light machinegun make it the winner it is.

Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Over all this game is really good. The best features are being able to completley custimize your team, and create a plan of attack. The terriost are dumber on easy and smarter on hard, but they are always fun to shoot at. The game is really realistic in that, if you get hit hard you either die or are injured and when you are injured the next shot will kill you and while you are injured you can't run and shooting isn't as acurite. You do have a lot of people (team members) that you can become once dead. There are a lot of different tatical aspects too.

Cons, This game does have a few cons though, first you can't jump which does elimnate the stupid bunyy hopping shooting fanatics on multyplayer, but you can't clear opsticals or do some other stuff. The planing stage is also kinda difficult to do so it is exicuted perfectly, (luckly the computer has a alread set plan for most levels) and lastly some of the explosives either need a really well cordinted plan or they don't make any sense.

over all this is a sweet game and i would recomend it.

The New Generation of Rainbow Six!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 28 / 37
Date: December 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Raven Shield is going to be the next best one-person shooter game when it comes out and this review will show you why!

FEATURES:

-57 guns from the old Rainbow Six games and a lot of new ones like the heavy machine gun RPD. There are 12 pistols, 14 sub-machine guns, 3 shotguns, 16 assault rifles, 5 sniper rifles, and 5 heavy machine guns. You can customize any of these guns by adding a mini scope or silence suppressor to it. Also the sounds of the guns are more varied so unlike in other Rainbow Six games where all the guns had around the same sound you almost will never hear that in Raven Shield.

-Amazing all new Next Generation Unreal Graphics give the game a Ghost Recon look but with Rainbow Six levels and gameplay. These graphics will be unmatched by any other game when it comes out. The Uniforms are unbelievably detailed with pistol holsters, frags hanging off belts, and the microphones positioned in front of the mouth.

-New camera view which is like Counterstrike and Medal of Honor where you can see the gun and not just the crosshairs. The only disadvantage of this new view is that the gun obstructs the view of some of the screen especially with all of the add-ons. The Red Storm designers are considering multiple views so the one you see in the Demo is not final.

-There are 15 single player maps and 6 multiplayer maps. If you have played any other Rainbow Six games this is usually the set number of maps for them. The single player maps are supposed to be much harder then any other Rainbow Six game because the AI's have actually become a challenge. Unlike the other Rainbow Six games where you could be standing right behind an AI for an hour and he wouldn't notice you.

GAME OVERVIEW:

-To make Raven Shield have a Ghost Recon feel Red Storm Designers let you assume all three positions in Raven Shield. Standing, Kneeling, and lying down . In the lying down position when using certain sniper and heavy machine guns you will even set up a tripod. When you switch from your primary you will actually put it in a pocket on your back and when you switch from a pistol you put it in a holster.

-A huge jump from other Rainbow Six games to Raven Shield is that there is now no more F1 view. This makes the game a lot more realistic and challenging then having a cheap view where you can peek around corners without exposing yourself.

-To all those Frag lovers out there, frag grenades in Raven Shield seem to have no power compared to other Rainbow Six games. You can throw a grenade into a small room with an enemy in it and easily still not kill him. But don't get me wrong, Frags still get the job done. Flashbangs on the other hand have dramatically improved. A flashbang easily covers the whole room and when it blows up your screen freezes and slowly in a 30 second period goes back to normal. The little bar that shows how far you are throwing your grenade or flashbang is gone so it makes throwing frags and flashbangs a little harder.

-The heart beat sensors have also improved greatly. You usually don't have a map somewhere on your screen where the enemy players show up like in other Rainbow six games. So now when you pull up the heart beat sensors they go up to your eyes and you look threw a whitish screen with crosshairs. When an enemy is near a white circle comes up on the screen and a beeping noise occurs. The faster the beeping noise, the closer your opponent is to you. Heat Seeking has also been added to the game and can be used by snipers with certain equipment. Nightvision is also a lot more realistic in Raven Shield then other Rainbow Six games. Unfortunately this makes it not as good as it used to be and almost totally unnecessary to use.

STRATEGIES:

-Take full advantage of the new Heart Beat sensor and small automatic sidearms. In my opinion the most effective all around gun is the MPA4 with a scope add on. Try to avoid using silenced suppressors because it may aggravate you how many times you have to shoot your enemy to decease him.

-The heavy machine guns may seem like a planted camper weapon but let me tell you. If you are assaulting in a small highway and encounter an enemy at close range. The extremely inaccurate 100 rounds will easily find its target and desolate your enemy. Not to mention the surrounding environment.

CONCLUSION:

-Raven Shield is a whole new type of one-person shooter game starting with the incredible graphics to the awesome selection of weapons. I am bad with the W=forward and S=backward controls but with a few days of practice you may find yourself on the top 100 list. Raven Shield in stores February 2002 no true Rainbow Six fan can miss this....

It is going to be great.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: January 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My rating is only a prediction based on magazines and beta versions but I think this game is going to be a hit. It uses the Unreal II engine to provide amazing graphics. You can see the wrinkles in their uniforms. Also the AI is improved significantly. Your teamates don't get their asses blown off anymore. The controls are a little simpler and the planning phase is also less complex. The sounds are very realistic because Red Storm got their hands on all the guns used in this game (except the fictional ones) and fired each one to record their actual sound. If you are into the Rainbow Six Series, or just enjoy blowing the stuffing out of terrorists--This game is a must.

Great Game! A MUST for all Tom Clancy or FPS Fans!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game blows all other rainbow six games by FAR. This one has some of the best FPS AI I have encountered. They pin you down, take cover, plan ahead, and many more things. The graphics are downright great. Your gun fires and all of the peices move just like a real gun. any attachment to your gun will appear on-screen with you, which is a nice little graphical feature. The gore is in the right place. There isnt much except blood splatters on the wall when bullets penetrate your target. The levels are well thought out and fun to play in. There are lots of interactive elements such as glass, barrels of explosive stuff and a few other cool things. The team playing and planning on this game is the main focus. You must coordinate all of your teams to work in unison and clear the stage together as many points in the game are guarded by two or more differnt lines of fire. The campaign is fun to play and is a pretty good storyline, not that it really matters. You will be focusing on blowing terrorists away steathily and so precisely that you get the feel of being in the game as a professional anti-terrorist operative. It is really fun to run and whack all of the terrorists with your MP5-SD. Don't think that you can just run and gun in this game though, the terrorist reaction time is quick. The difficulty levels are vastly different. Elite can get your team killed in a hurry, but recruit will allow players to get the feel of the game while still having a challenge. The weapon selection is much larger than in the other rainbow six games too. You get plenty of cool weapons, and most all of them can be silenced which adds a degree of customizability. Smoke grenades and Flashbangs are to be used much more in this game. Terrorists will no longer fire right through smoke. You can use it for cover and use thermalscopes to snipe them. You can use tear gas to make them scatter too, but without a mask you will be affected too. The effects of all of the grenades are graphically impressive too. Your vision becomes blurred and delayed with gas, and an image is burned on your retinas when you see a flash. Your ears will ring like in real life on the game when loud noises are close to you (grenades and explosions only). The only thing i can complain about is that you go to like 2 or 3 stages twice in the same campaign. There is a variation in each however. Like changing from day/night or unlocking new parts of it. This game also has infinite replay value as you can adjust difficulty level and number of operatives. The only thing more rewarding than clearing a stage on elite level is clearing it with only one player. The game engine that it runs on (unreal I think?) is AWESOME. The ragdoll physics are so awesome. You can shoot people and they dont fall down in a pre-animated way, they fall up agaist walls and objects like in real life. Making people fall down stairs and ledges is ultra-rewarding. You should not be distracted too easily with the awesome graphics however, the terrorists aren't brain-dead this time and will kik your booty if you jack around. So buy this game and feel what it is like to be an anti terrorist operative!

P.S. I cannot reveiw the online play because my area has no highspeed internet and its unplayable with dialup. But I hear it is just as fun as rogue spear (which i played like 2 years in a row online every chance i got)

P.P.S You better have a nice computer for the graphics to be good if you buy the computer version.

I give it 10+/10

Best Realism, Best game period.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing the Rainbow Six series of games since they first came out. And I love EACH ONE. But this one is by far the best since the Original. The Graphics are AMAZING thanks to the Unreal Engine. I got the Multiplayer demo, and I must say im HOOKED. A real adrenaline rush. Nothing like having bullets whiz by your head, hearing the sound of the crack's when the bullets hit the wall. Teamwork is essential to winning.

Best game period.

If you buy one game this year...make it Raven Shield

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been a big fan of Rainbow Six ever since reading the book. Raven Shield had lot to live up to based on the amazing quality of the first two titles in the series. It has met all expectations and exceeded them. The unreal engine makes all the difference in this game. Sounds, sights, lighting, and weapon details are phenominal.

True, there's not a lot different to the basics of the game. As in the first title, you pick you team, equip them, plan your mission, and then execute. The difference is in how much the realism and detail has been increased. For example, you now have the ability to cuff tangos who give up the fight. Weapons can be given different modificatios. Weapon inventory is enhanced. And even though it may be petty...this is just a pretty game to watch. When I play a game I want to be immersed in it. I want to forget reality for a time and take on the role of someone else. Raven Shield delivers. Turn down the lights, turn up the volume, and you will become a counter-terrorist operative such as the world has never seen.

Gotta love it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I own all the Rainbow Six games and all mission packs. Red Storm does a magnificent job with their games. I think Raven Shield is a very good update from Rogue Spear. The weapon choice is great, while allowing you to put a silencer, large ammunition cartridge, or a scope on almost any gun. The AI is very good in this game, which is a major update from Rogue Spear. The men don't get caught on corners and follow your every order. The graphics in this game are also amazing. I thought the graphics in Ghost Recon were outstanding, but Raven Shield topped them.

This is one game I know I will play for years. Thank you Red Storm.

Surpasses my love of Counter-Strike

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Yes, i know, the games aren't very much alike, but a FPS is a FPS, and Raven Shield surpasses the experience of Counter-Strike. From the single player perspective, I'm not one to talk, check out another review. But what I am able to talk about is the multiplayer. Cooperative Terrorist Hunt and Missions online, pure bliss. it's amazing how the computer Terrorists manage to be in a different place most of the time, or react differently, preventing repetition. Controls are very easy to get used to, making it easy to be in the top 3 on your first day of playing. The guns and extra weapons are increbily real, and the fluid motion of opening doors with the mouse wheel is very realistic, being able to slightly open a door and take out the terrorist guarding the area. The only problem is that the computer AI doesn't notice a firefight in the next room, and doesn't get ready to shoot when smoke from a smoke grenade is flooding a door. Overall though, A FANTASTIC GAME.

Mulitplayer is the basis of this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I cant stress that enough. The single player campaign is just filler for what is offered when you play online. I havent even played 5 whole missions in single player even though i have owned this game for months. The sinlge player game is fun, but can be tedious when trying to coordinate a mission plan that wont kill your team AI. They tend to get themselves shot when you arent managing them directly.
The multiplayer part of this game is so addictive, its insane. THis is some of the best cooperative play I have ever experienced. Of course a deathmatch or team-deathmatch style is offered, cooperative is my favorite. There are other game types as well, including hostage resues, bomb disarmings, and escorts where the other team has to prevent a pilots escape and sometimes YOU are the pilot. All in all, taking out terrorists with online pals is the most rewarding. The game has an excellent interface that automatically downloads new maps, textures, and sounds when you join a new server that is playing a new map. Its so easy to use.
If youre not into multiplayer or have a bad internet connection, perhaps this title isnt for you. If you think you will really enjoy the single player game or have tried the multiplayer demo and loved it, get this game. Take out some tangos with some friends online. Dont have any friends online? You end up making pals when you join the same couple servers every day and keep seeing the same people. Its very social and ther are rarely any creeps playing cooperatively.

I would have given a 4 and a half because the single player isnt quite as engrossing as the mulitplayer.

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