Customer Reviews

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

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 has a very bad rap among hard core rainbow six players and critics, but I thought it was a pretty good game. I guess it wasn't tatical or realistic enough for them, but since I played rainbow six 3, and rainbow six 3 black arrow, and both of those games had me being a "lone wolf" going up against a bunch of terrorists during an entire level, what's realistic or tatical about that? Who the heck goes on terrorist missions all by themselves? (maybe just batman, but he's freekin BATMAN!). I thought these games were supposed to be mainly about commanding an elite squad of people and using team play to get the job done. At least when I went on a lone wolf mission in this game, it made sense. I had to rescue a team mate and I started off the mission by myself, but I wasn't really alone. After I rescued my team mate, there was now two of us to go on the mission. Then we hooked up with the rest of the team and all four of us completed the mission. In R6 Black Arrow, the very last mission had me being a lone wolf and it sucked. I really hated the lone wolf missions in these games (I can do lone wolf missions in Splinter Cell or Metal Gear games). Overall though, R6 Lock Down is a pretty cool game. Although it's old, it's still fun to play.

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

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.

I disagree with the critics. This game sucks. For one, every single time you tell your team to move out to a position, they never regroup no matter how many commands you ordered for them to regroup. Second, there are very few weapons, unlike Rainbow Six Black Arrow. Third, your men can't do anything! They die with a few shots and they hide behind a corner every time you are near a terrorist/mercenary. I highly recommend for you to not buy this game, and go out and buy a great game like Socom 3: U.S. Navy Seals.

Rainbow Six Lockdown is set up to be a squad based tactical shooter, where you and your team breach doors, rescue hostages, and take down the bad guys.

You have up to four team members at a time, and you issue fairly straightforward commands to them. They are fairly mindless and sometimes stand stupidly while being fired on. It's not so bad, though - the enemy does the exact same thing. Both of you are dealing with not-so-bright comrades so it all evens out.

Really, the thing to remember in single player is that it is all a training mode for multi-player. You always get far better challenges playing against live humans than against computer-driven drones. So consider this your training grounds to get used to the commands.

The graphics are reasonably good, with some rag-doll physics and details in the environment. Certainly not the best game on the XBox in terms of graphics, but not the worst either. The sound falls into the same middle-of-the-road category.

On one hand the game is a bit challenging - you can't survive infinite hits with a gun before you go down. It is much more realistic than many games in that sense. On the other hand, once you get even a basic grasp of how the tactics work, you should be able to rip through many of the missions without any need for cover or caution. The enemy is fairly clueless and you can usually kill them long before they start to take action.

The voice commands are a fun addition if you enunciate clearly. You can shout out orders (or just "go! go! go!" for doing the current default) and see your teammates run and respond appropriately. It does add to the realism, if your house-mates don't mind you shouting at 2am!

Certainly in modern times there are better graphics and better gameplay out there, but this is still worth looking into if you're a Rainbow / Tom Clancy fan and want to round out your collection.

Bought this for my husband for Christmas. He has pretty much all of the series except for Rainbow Six Vegas, he said it is so addicted. He really like the game.

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

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 .

The game's cover says it all. Ugly. The worst cover art I've ever seen for a game. Worst of any of the Tom Clancy series for the xbox. An extreme letdown. It should be noted that, if memory serves, Ubisoft Canada team did this one, not the French (but don't quote me on that). Ubisoft promoted this game by claiming "stunning graphics and ultra-realistic" which is utter nonsense. A huge step downward in visual quality. Also, this is a minor gripe, but the Rainbow Six team is supposed to be a counter-terror unit I thought, and they seem to be fighting in more warlike theaters and army-like battle grounds. Leave that to the Ghost Recon team folks.