Customer Reviews

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

ok I cut my teeth with the PC Rainbow Six back in 1999. In the pc version, you have a lot of freedom to choose your team, where they will enter and exit, what they will do once there etc. Naturally this means a lot of pre-planning before you actually start the mission. The PS 2 version of things is definitely geared more towards action and less towards planning and stealth. That's not necessarily bad, but if you are a fan of the PC version of Rogue Spear or Raven Shield, please understand that this game is lot more like Soldier of Fortune - a very linear shooter with the emphasis on action. R6 vets will recognize a lot of the maps - most of them are modified versions of the maps found in Raven Shield.

Still I enjoyed this game. In this game you can do a few things which you can't do (or do easily) in the pc version. For example, using zulu go codes, you can leave your team while you go and do something else. This is especially fun if you want to set up an attack from more than one side of a room. Unfortunately, since the game is very linear and you don't have a map, you don't get to do this a whole lot, and usually you can tell when the map wants you to do it that way (two doors side by side). And since you don't plan stuff out in advance, you can simply back up and retreat if things go wrong. You character can take up to 4 shots in the game - the PC R6 is one shot, one kill unless the enemy is very far away.

It's fun to drop this in for some old school shooter action with realistic weapons and maps. Just don't expect the same experience as the PC version.

You know what? I love the first person shooter games and I am a big fan of the Bond games. For some reason I love the sound of a loading gun and this is the satisfaction I have been waiting for in a game. This is one of the best first person shooters......well.......one of the BEST GAMES I have played.

First of all I like the weapin choice. You can really customize what you are fighting with. You have a primary, secondary, high explosive and covert weapons to chose from. Some of those missions I will tell you...they were really hard. the best thing in the game was what you could do with your team-mates. You could tell them what to do and they were the ones who made the mission that much easier. There is a window that popps up when you want them to interact with the environment, like doors and so on. I have to give this game a 5 out of 5 because first of all the graphics are incredable, it is a challenge, it makes you think, and it is just another fine product of the Tom Clancy mind!!

Rainbow Six 3 for the PS2 is quite a good looking game and plays generally quite well, with a decent interface and controls.

But I feel it has a significant problem. Let me make this clear: a friend and I purchased this game for the 2-player, splitscreen coop mode. Like Ghost Recon PS2, this mode is implemented extremely poorly. You can only play splitscreen on missions you have finished in campaign mode first. You cannot save after splitscreen missions. You can't progress beyond the first coop mission without running through more campaign missions.

Let's think about this. The game forces you to play through the game one player in order to play two player..at which point one of the players has to go through all the missions again in two player mode. To me, this is like forcing somebody to play through the game in order to get the sound working. Coop is an important feature that was mentioned over and over in advertising but does not really exist in a usable form.

Just wanted to blow off some steam and warn everyone: Do NOT buy this game for two player splitscren mode.

besides the few minor things that bug me its a great tactical fps, the deaths are sometimes very unrealistic, and sometimes enemies shoot running with 1 hand with an ak but that doesnt make it unplayable just kinda funny and weird. you can pick your equipment and order your 3 man squad squad, also there is no sprint but there is a peek feautre to look around things

This game has action strategy and tons of shooting. You play as Ding who is a american leader of team rainbow. There are 15 missions. I am on the 5 or 6 mission. In the game you get to tell your guys to do. I like how your guys really help you in the game. When there was a terrorist who kept killing the hostage, I told my guys to go and kill him and they did with speed and strategy. I love how hard and smart the A.I. are. they will one hand a machine gun and do anything to kill you. You have to be smart and order quick instructions to your teammates. If you tell themto do nothing at all then you will preety much lose the mission. So ovveral you really have to communicate. Now there is a mode where you do your own mission,"AKA custom mission". It is where you chose a map that you have unlocked and you chose a game type such as practice mission or terrorist hunt Wich is really fun! you chose you weapon, and also you start out with all the guns from the start, there are 30 guns. So any way you chose your weapon and then you and your team hunt terrorist! Now 2 player is fun it is the same as custom mission just it is just you and your friend. Online looks fun but I have never tried it. Overal great game for people who like tactics and shooting.

This game is great, if you like squad based tactics, this is your game. Well worth the money.

i just got back from the store where i bought it i just bought it because i like the rainbow six series especially rogue spear and urban ops...i am Very Impressed with it and it is an awsome game, i would reccomend it to people that play games online a lot especially rainbow six series, you have a lot of weapons to choose from or you can download lots of mods online.

Having been a fan of the PC-based Rainbow Six series, and seeing the dismal ports on PSX and N64, I was somewhat apprehensive about this title. However, I was pleasntly surprised. So, without further delay, here is my breakdown of this game.
CONCEPT: Lead a 4-man CT (counter-terrorism) team in a variety of missions, including sweep and clear, bomb disposal, and hostage rescue, with a WIDE selection of weapons and gear to assist you.
GRAPHICS: Weapon detail is excellent. You can actually "see" the "correct" way to reload the various rifles and pistols in the game. The night and thermal vision modes look very sweet and are actually very useful. Environments are great as well, although tangos look a bit redundant after a while (they either wear leisure suits or Hawaiian shirts. Kinda like blowing away John Travolta or Jimmy Buffett...).
SOUND: The weapon's sounds are very authentic. You can tell the difference between an M-4 and an AK-47, as well as the other weapons. Radio chatter amongst teammates is also a tad repetitive, as is tango voices (both living and dying). However, a nice feature is the ability to hear radio chatter only through the headset, which adds to the ambiance and realism (especially when playing alone). Environmental sounds are also very realistic.
CONTROLS: Not bad. Tends to be a bit frustrating at first, but you get the hang of it very quickly. Issueing team commands is good either with or without the headset, although without is a bit easier.
OVERALL: A good, solid combat/tactical sim worthy of the "Tom Clancy" title. I think that there are a few issues here and there, like not being able to pick your teammate's weapons and gear, or the sometimes dumb mistakes your teammates can make resulting in their injury or demise. Also, it would have been nice to be able to pick your team from a wider pool of operatives (like the PC versions). If you like this type of game, you will not be disappointed. Replay value is good, as trying missions over again with new weapons and tactics is a blast. Military/weapons buffs (like me) will enjoy the realism and there is no shortage of action for the the shooter-game junkies. OK. This concludes my pre-op briefing. Any questions? No? Then you have the green light for insertion. Good luck!

i've had this game on xbox since it's release & it is fantastic. online. it's even better. the reason i preordered it for ps2 is due to the exclusive stuff for the ps2 version. off line split screen co-op, altered maps from the xbox version, a new map only on the ps2, & live enabled. as of now, it won't support as many as xbox on line. i've seen as many as 12 people in a room (team survival)6 on each team. terrorist hunt is my favorite on line. now matter how many times you do the same map over, it's still a challenge.

If you haven't played the earlier Rainbow Six series, here's a brief rundown: you play as a squad commander, outfit your team of counter terrorist specialists with the proper equipment for the mission (for the record: it doesn't matter one bit which guns you pick), then sneak around buildings/jungles/houses/boats, etc. obliterating a bunch of bad guys. Yeah, super original, but the emphasis is definitely on the word "sneak"-if you go in guns blazing the ornery terrorists will quickly dispatch the weak-ass hostages, causing your mission to fail and you to fling your controller against the couch in disgust. By coordinating your movements with your crack team of operatives (they all have different accents, and it's sometimes fun to blast the French guy in the face just because), you'll be able to simultaneously kick in a door on one side of the room while tossing flash-bangs in from another door; then you can simply go about your business, shooting terrorists in the chest while ducking and taking cover. The graphics are nicely rendered, the AI is pretty smart, and it's tons of fun to peek around a corner and rat-a-tat some fool in the neck who doesn't even know you're there, which really reminds me a lot of my regular life.