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A Nice Advancement in the Rainbow Series!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: September 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was somewhat surprised how much I am enjoying this game. I own the previous installment Rainbow Six 3 and Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow. They are both very well put together games, but the a.i. intelligence was lacking. When I first put this game in and one of the first things they did was set a trap for me and my team I knew I had a keeper... Everything about this game is an improvement, the graphics, the sounds, the a.i., the gameplay. You name it, it's better! Even though I haven't been able to play on live as I have for the previous ones I have heard it is also way better... PICK THIS GAME UP! You will not be dissapointed.

THIS GAME ROCKS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: September 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've had this game for 3 days now and i'm addicted. There are a few flaws with the multiplayer but there is a patch coming. I think the singleplayer A.I. could use some work but other than that it was great. I must say the graphics were amazing too. The guns weren't very balanced though.

Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: February 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome. Tom Clancy has done it again. There are a few problems with enemy AI, and controlling the guns but it's still a fun game. You just need to learn how to understand Tom Clancy and you can learn to like this game even more.

Very good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I don't personally play this game, but my fiance loves it. The game was in excellent condition and got here in plenty of time for christmas.

^^Lockdown^^

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Overall, this game is pretty good. It is different in some means by the fact that you get like 3-4 shots and you are out. You can't find that too often anymore. The realism is back in this game. Although if you are one of those Rainbow freaks... Then you might be a little sad. I was sort of impressed with the game play, but of course the graphics were not the best. The guns have more realistic recoil when fired.
The Graphics were great compared to the other rainbow six games. None of the Rainbow games have the best graphics until this one. I am not sure why this is. They have never really been my favorite. But that should not stop you from enjoying the game. I do think that the story is really cool. It starts with a theft of an illegally produced deadly artificial virus. And it is very cool. The Guns are ok. The only bad thing really is the AI. They are extremely stupid. As they should be. But how stupid. They should be able to not shoot at you.
I have experience times when my guys shoot randomly when no enemy is in sight. It is pretty funny. But it is still sad at the same time. The PEC is a good idea. The PEC mode adds extra competitiveness to the online experience. Get ready to fly through the missions with a bunch of the teammates and the original. Chavez, Weber, and Price. The ragdoll effect is a great creation. I like shooting someone at close range and seeing them cartwheel over, or watching people slump over rails and balconies.
Overall, I would have to say that for $19.99 you can't really go wrong. I would consider buying it. Even if you don't want to buy it. Then you should rent it. It is not a waste of time. It is one of the best rainbow games out there. And you have to love voice commands. But remember, Enunciate you words well. Or a open, frag, and clear can turn into a Open , flash, and clear: Screwing your eyesight for a few seconds.

very good single and on-line experience

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love this R six lockdown . better than the other R six games .I play on line and is a lot of fun the only problem on line is you have to wait sometimes up 10 minutes to star the section . but still is good .single player a very good playability. this game is ok. for commando .

What went wrong?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of the Rainbow series, and the first Rainbow 6 for the xbox is one of my favourite games, so i was excited to hear about a new one coming out that allowed you to do such things as customize your teammates and other cool things. How wrong i was!
So much has changed from the previous games, that the only similarities are the characters from the Rainbow series, everything else is different.
The POV has changed so that everything is through goggles, this is not a big deal like all the reviews make it out to be, the outline of the goggles do not get in the way of any of the view, but when you get shot bullet holes appear in the googles glass obscuring all the view. I do not know what kind of goggles these are, but if the person was shot 3-4 times in the eye making these holes they would probably be dead.
The gun selection has been severly limited, and although the names are different from the other Rainbow games they are just different varients and that is why the names are different. It did seem that they took away all the popular guns, like the G3A3, M16,M60 and others, and added many smaller machine pistols. I can not speak for other people but i would rather be killing people with a huge assault rifle than with a gun the size of my hand. You can only use a sniper rifle when the game lets you and the are next to no guns with scopes or silencers(the ones that do have them would definitly not in real life). All the gun sight systems are left to the stock option of needle and hole sighting, which is not typical of any special forces when they have red dots, scopes and lasers. This does get annoying when lining up a target because most of the gun gets in the way when looking at an enemy.
The controls have been drastically switched around, which seems to be for no reason since no new button options were added making the relayout a pointless joke. The way they have changed the button configuration has made it awkward for old Rainbow player, the left trigger used to be for changing weapons, now it throws grenades(real nice when im surrounded by my teammates and i frag them on accident)It seems that the games controls have been made very similar to Halo and other FPS games, just so that those people can get into it quicker.
The graphics are in my opinion the biggest let down, they arent as good as the others, which is a shame because the others were quite good. The guns do not look realistic and instead look almost cartoon like, the scopes on the very few guns that have them do not reflect light or interact with the environment in any way. Every enemy is one of about 3-4 designs, and the environment is nothing special.
The AI of both the team mates and the enemies is disgusting, i dont understand how other reviewers can say that they are intelligent or that they set up traps because the most i have seen them do is miss constantly with their guns only a few feet away from me. The enemy are almost as stupid as your own team mates who in every gun fight hide and switch to the hold option, causing you to go off without knowing that they are at the beginning of the map and you are at the end.
The game would be semi decent if it were not the sequel to the other excellent Rainbow games, and its expectation of being better or at least the same smashed. The game is far too easy, but i have found many glitches that have stopped me from progressing. On the fifth level a door jamned and the only way i managed to get through was by constantly running at it until i fell through it. Other things like terrorists managing to shoot me whilst they are in the reload sequence(impossible) and the heart beat moniter only sometimes working properly have all dampened the game.
The reviews that have given it a low score are from people who have played the other Rainbows, like good games, or expect better from xbox. The reviews that give it a good score are from people that are into quick fast paced games, that sacrafice quality and realism for a game that can be beaten quickly and easily.
I would recommend renting it because there are a few fun aspects to it, but not enough to actually wish you had bought it.

Idiotic

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Here is why Rainbow 6 LOCKDOWN is not worth the money; quick and simple

1. Its too easy - even on "Elite" level, you can push through it, stand in front of people firing at you and nothing happens.
2. To unlock levels in multi-player you have to beat them first on single player.
3. The guns look like cartoons.

Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike was much much better.

Trash-- not worth the money

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, this game has so few pros, that ill start with them--
-- Decent Graphics
--Good weapon selection
-- OK rag doll physics

The cons, however, are what make the game. The biggest problem is the game is obviously intended to be a tactical shooter, but is actually a run and gun. You have all the tools a tactical shooter requires-- special grenades, advanced team commands, decent weapons. but after the first level you'll learn that the AI is mind-numbingly stupid, and you really need no tactics. They have ridiculously bad aim, and you can walk straight into a room full of them without consequence. there are no tools that let you take cover effectively (like in a later installment, Rainbow Six: Vegas). It isnt satisfying taking out enemies, mainly because they fall too easy (im not talking about one bullet kills, thats fine. Im talking about the fact that they run out into the open and just stand there, not returning fire). The environments are dull and boring (seriously, who sets a level in a parking garage?) and your team mates are almost as stupid as the enemy. There is a fairly large selection of weapons-- the problem is, most of them are the same.
Overall, not a very satisfying, or good, gaming experience.

-- he who has no name

They destroyed the series!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I don't know hwat happened to ubisoft with this game, but it is no a rainbow six game, there are no tactics involved, it isn't realistic at all and has lost its appeal completly. buy it only if you are looking for another underaverage FPS

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