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Action/Strategy minus the strategy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is extremely linear.

Clear out a room, move to the next, kill people, move to the next. Occasionally rescue a hostage that has very poor AI and likes to get shot, or defuse a bomb that is in a room previously filled with very stupid terrorists.

The obstacles are static, the enemies are always in the same place, and the only 'strategy' involved is the fact that you can only save twice per level. Talk about realistic, I bet lots of military people wish THEY had a save and a load function (you don't get to save in game in the original Rainbow Six games, which is a good thing). Oh well.

In one level, after clearing your way to a hostage, making as much noise as you like with no repercussions, you take the hostage, who you cannot tell to NOT follow you, to a very large open area. In this area there is another stupid hostage and the only way to move them around is to actually walk into them and push them (a grueling process). You have to wait in this large open area until an evac comes.

Here's a smart idea, let's sit in a big open area while terrorists come at us from every angle while we wait for a helicopter...when we could just go back the way we came, since our cars are outside. The sarcasm should be obvious.

I'm not even going to talk about the next level, which is worse. There are no choices in this game, other than that of weapons, and there is no strategy. I would recommend Rainbow Six (original) for PC, as well as Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear. These games allow you to choose your team(s) of up to 8 men and women, from snipers to demolition experts, to scouts, and designate them on 1 to 4 teams.

In Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear, there is a very detailed plannig phase, where you have a 3D blueprint of your next mission's location, and you can set the path for your teams to follow, via waypoints. There is also a great multiplayer system, where you can compete, or you can co-operate and play the any part of the campaign.

Long story short: Rainbow Six 3 is crap, and I'd think Tom Clancy would be ashamed to have his name on it. The original is greater by far, as is Rogue Spear. As well, as with any first person shooter, the PC version is better.

Roger, moving now!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: November 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

man, these people are slow. they say "roger, mooning now" even if they walk a couple of steps. there are too many stupid mexicans going around saying "POLICIA. POLICIA" they all even look the same, except wearing different clothes. the only best part about this game is when I am in GOD mode.

Don't buy this game!! Buy HALO 2 or HALO!!!!!!!!

NOT AS GOOD AS I HAD HOPED

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: May 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game was not any good at all. You were the leader in command of your own little anti-terrorist group. The game had many complicated commands that you would definitely need to use on a regular basis. It was not a game that you could flow smoothly through and definitely not a game that you cold beat in one day. Also the graphics were not especially good. This game is ment for very serious gamers who are willing to devote alot of their time into playin this game. NOT FOR CHILDREN!

Not really my taste.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game expecting a Ghost Recon type game with better graphics and more options. I find; however, that it is not much like Ghost Recon at all. GR requires tremendous patience, and success is largely based on equipping your team properly, and mostly positioning them in strategic locations. With GR you can move almost anywhere you want, and attack targets from any angle. In Ghost Recon you can control any player, but in RB63 you are stuck with Domingo Chavez.

I find that RB63 is more of a shoot e'm up type. Enemies appear seemingly out of nowhere, and you have to shoot quickly. The choices of where to go in this game are much more limited, you pretty much just follow down the assembly line and shoot who pops up. In Ghost Recon one enemy bullet can often kill you, but RB63 is more of a health meter type game.

As for the graphics, I was sorely disappointed. Neither enemies nor your team look very real, and they all move with a skittish, too-fast shamble that looks really odd. Play Ghost Recon, look through your rifle scope, and study the detail on your fellow soldiers. You will see camo patterns, triggers, boot laces, CamelBak, etc. Try that on RB63 and you will see a black, shifting mass with a play-doh face.

I do like the huge weapon selection, and is something I wish Ghost Recon had more of.

My final summation. Maybe it is a fun game, but it's not what I was hoping for.

Old game...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I played the initial Rainbow Six on PC 5 years ago when it first came out and I loved it.

I bought an XBOX last week just to play RS3 thinking there would be a lot of improvement, more dynamic environment, new scenarios over the Original RS. I was wrong.

Same old, same old, but without some of the most interesting PC features:
1) No 3rd person view (ARRRGH!!!!)
2) No Planning phase.
3) Can't pause and save your game (this one is unbelievable!...what is the XBOX Hard Disk for??)

4) No dynamic environment (no interacting vehicule or helicopters. All these are bitmaps image which don't move at all, just like in the 5 year-old original RS).

For people looking for a new creative and innovative game from the original RS, my friends you will be disappointed. Stay away from RS3 since it's old stuff repackaged with a new title, slightly better graphics and slightly different levels. Besides that, it's all the same. I wanted a game that would surprise me with new clever ideas, but that did not happen.

For people who never played that type of Strategy/Action game game before, RS3 is probably a good game to start with.

I wish the voice commands worked properly.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Gameplay is good but the voice commands only fuction about 80% of the time; very annoying. I had to give up on the voice commands and use the buttons.

Splinter Cell is better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i'll make it short. i just played splinter cell before i played Rainbow Six 3. This game just has basic shoot the bad guy stratagy. too basic. splinter cell goes in much deeper, using wall bombs, spying, real effects, hiding in the dark ALOT more!

This games has glitches!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After reaching the Import/Export level in this games expect to start getting restarts in this and all future levels. Check out any of the forums devoted to this game and you will see that this is a common problem. Some people relate it to using the night/thermal vision and advocate not using it. Sorry, that's not acceptable. UbiSoft coming out with some kind of fix would be acceptable but as I've already become frustrated enough, it will be too late for me. I'm going to trade RS6 3 in tomorrow for Max Payne 2.

Sorry Tom CLancy!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

With the everpopular Tom Clancy's games getting better and better in previous years, you have to ask yourself "what happened here?" Now i was a huge Tom Clancy fan ever since the very first rainbow six for Nintendo 64, and still to this day won't second guess a Tom Clancy game. However this game falls short in my expectations due to lack of Split-screen multiplayer, and missing single player experiences. Now I understand that with the internet now available for all major consoles, developers are really pushing for internet gaming, but for those of us that don't have DSL or Cable in order to play this game online, there is no split-screen multiplayer for us. No more good old days like the first Rainbow Six or even Ghost Reacon (2-players or more) where we could sit down with a friend and storm through a thrilling campaign. Not only is there no split-screen multiplayer, the single player game is clearly lacking. With the previous Clancy games based on stealth this one seems to forget that whole idea entirely. There is no sneaking around in this game. Enemies will see you through thick smoke or even across dark rooms without even moving. The sadest part about this game is that the game relys on scripted sequences. What I mean by that is everytime you play the same level the enemies will pop out through the same spots and blow up the same doors. In one level you will always be rushed in the meat packing plant and can't avoid the situation at all. Now it is still an ok game, with great visuals and sounds and at first play you will be blown away. However this is still not your typical clancy game, you can't be stealthy and you can't gather a bunch of friends and play unless you have online. It seems developers were so excited about getting this game out for Christmas they missed a few basic steps. So.... the question is do you really want a mediocre first person shooter!

Just OK

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Speaking for single player mode only... While not terrible, I wouldn't say it's great by any means. This is supposed to be a covert action type of game, yet there's nothing covert about it. Most of the time, the terrorists always seem to be camping for you. Then other times, they're incredibly stupid, and will walk right out in front of you after you just got done shooting at them, like they had some sort of short term memory loss. As far as I can tell, it makes no difference how stealthy you try to be... Using suppressed weapons is pointless, because the bad guys will see you just as much, and they will still react the same. This forces you to go blowing through each level using nothing but firepower, which no covert team would ever do behind enemy lines, unless all else failed. Unlike Splinter Cell (the ultimate spec ops game), you never see the bad guys engaged in any kind of real human activities. 90% of the time, they are either standing in one place, mumbling the same 6-8 things, or shooting at you. I find this very unrealistic, as you would not find people being at attention 100% of the time. The beauty of Splinter Cell is how human it is, and how it makes you think. It also heightens your senses with excellent music and sound effects. Though Rainbow is supposedly built around the SC engine, you would never know. There's some mediocre strategy movements you can make with your team, but that's about the most intellectual stimulation you will get with this. In the end, Rainbow becomes a fairly decent target shooting game.

If you just want to shoot at people... Go for it. If you want to have to use your brain, this isn't the game.

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