- Platform: Windows 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
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The Rainbow Six game franchise gets its name from the Tom Clancy novel of the same name; both the game and the book detail the exploits of an elite international counter-terrorism unit codenamed Rainbow ("Six" is tactical lingo for "leader"). Rainbow Six pioneered a genre known as "squad-based tactical combat," and eschews fast pacing and exotic weapons in favor of methodical gameplay and realistic combat--a single bullet can take down a target. In Raven Shield, the third game in the franchise, the men and women of Rainbow return to thwart the plans of an evil madman out to recover hidden Nazi loot. This barebones plot is merely a tool to link the objective-based missions that are the meat and potatoes of the game.
A standard mission will start you off with a situational briefing and overview of your objectives. After the briefing you'll pick your team of up to eight operatives in as many as three different fire teams, and then outfit them with a wide variety of realistic weaponry. You can choose to map out a mission plan for you and your AI-driven teammates, or you can just drop into the mission and figure things out on the fly. Speaking of AI, this is one of the areas of the game that deserves the most criticism. Despite a largely improved AI that will show enemies using great teamwork or even running away in fear, there are still moments when nearby opponents will walk directly into weapons fire, or even ignore nearby gunplay.
Raven Shield allows for cooperative and competitive online play, but unfortunately there's no mechanism that allows you to play cooperatively with friends through missions in a linear order with the storyline intact. This missing feature aside, cooperative play is still a great feature, and a refreshing break from standard deathmatch play.
There are several significant improvements in Raven Shield, most notably the use of the Unreal graphics engine. It's vastly superior to previous games and provides crisp, clean graphics that are beautiful enough to help suspend disbelief--a feat that's typically more difficult for games with modern settings. Moreover, the inclusion of the Karma "ragdoll" physics engine typically models realistic collapsing animations for fallen enemies, though occasionally there are problems with oddly angled body parts. New controls in Raven Shield such as incremental door-opening and fluid movement controls allow for much stealthier (and thus more fun) movement around the map.
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield is both a hoot and a holler to play, and I highly recommend it to anymore, but especially for anyone who favors realism in games and is tired of fast-paced but mind-numbing first person shooters. --Jon "Safety Monkey" Grover
Pros:
- Squad-based tactical combat a refreshing change from standard FPS fare
- New Unreal engine cranks out terrific graphics
- Lots of cool new features like fluid door-opening and fluid movement
- There is something undeniably fun about yelling "Tango down!" in multiplayer
Cons:
- Rag doll physics are sometimes painfully unrealistic
- Normally great AI is sometimes inexplicably awful
- Cooperative mode doesn't include the planning mode, linear progression, or story offered in single player
Product Description
Command RAINBOW in a race against time, in locations ranging from England, Norway and Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval, to stop a madman and his doomsday plot.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good game,
By J-Rod "J-rod" (Canada) - See all my reviews
Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (CD-ROM)
This is a pretty good game. Considering.alot of people seem to judge a game on how realistic it is, which isn't being realistic. First off, for a computer to be able to compute all the info needed for the game to be really realistic, would be too much - even for modern pcs. (2009). To be able to calculate which bullets could actually penetrate all those different types of woods, car doors, walls, etc would take quite a large computer. Then you have the AI. Even if you only had, say 10 AI, the amount of processing power it would take to give them real, problem solving, sneaking around, shooting and moving, would be again too much for a normal pc. Not only that, even if the game did do all this, it would be sooo slow, it wouldn't be worth playing. Of course, if a game could do all this, and still be decently fast, what would the cost be? Considering all those man hours the programmers put in? People would be complaining that it was more then $20 when realistically, a game that was really that good, and that high end would probably be somewhere like $100. So let's be real. This game is pretty decent. AI move and shoot, they will seek some kind of cover, Yes, the have a really tight accuracy, but it's either that, then having a processor that's the size of your Microwave. Ok, it's not as tactical as the original, but there were alot of potential customers who didn't stay with the first one, because it took too much planning. Several clans I gamed with moved to Ghost Recon when it came out, and dropped Rainbow 6. Some of us don't want (or have the time) to actually dive that deep into the tactics of a game. Otherwise games like Jane's combat simulations, (688i, Sub Command, Fleet command, etc) would have been more popular. The AI are not perfect, but no game AI is. You want really good enemies? Play Paint ball. That's really realistic, and the graphics are WOW! I would say my biggest annoyance is when you get wounded. No matter what part of you char. body was actually shot, Your leg was effected. They could have borrowed an idea from Soldier of Fortune, and had maybe 2 or 5 hit places. Even borrowed from Ghost Recon. You get hit in the arm, your aim is slower. You get wounded in the chest, running is out, or slower. You get hit in the leg, you're limping everywhere. That would be enough, and wouldn't demand much from your pc. Another one is respawning. If you're playing coop, the most respawns you can have is 4. You have to assume other members of your team. So without mods, there's a total of 10 members. You and another person joins you online, then you each get 5. 3 real people playing coop, then you each get 2. 4 =2 each. 5 you're talking one each. So if you die, you're out. I could list all the other peeves, but others here have done that. BTW, one of the highest rated games ever, was DEUS EX. almost 10 years old (as of this posting), and it was one of the best FPS, Tactical, puzzle/story line, changing game ever. (First release was 2000) So, if you're not hardcore, would like a fun shooter, don't want to have to spend hours figuring out tactics or replaying one map to get it right, If you like Close Quarters, with pretty good graphics, good sound, decent AI, this is a pretty good game.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A game that KICKS ASS ... even on a basic level!!,
By Reuben K. "R.K." (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (CD-ROM)
Before you start getting deep into this game, I'd recommend (besides downloading the latest patch from UBI Soft) spending as much time in the training area as possible, because you're going to need every bit of it. Not that the game is hard. It'd be embarassing, though, if you got killed off because you pressed the wrong button. In any case, Raven Shield is (contrary to what the reviewer has written) one of the most realistic combat simulations I've ever come across. Unlike other so-called simulations, you don't just blow the crap out of everything. This game forces you to use your brain. It also doesn't give you a break when playing on the easy level. In short, you have to know what you're doing, and how to do it, or you're toast. With enough training, though, everything else should fall into place. I definately got my money's worth when I purchased this game!! You'll probably find yourself playing Raven Shield for hours & hours at a time. I did. It never gets boring!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
This Rainbow Rocks.,
By Aerohead (Louisiana,USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (CD-ROM)
I mainly i bought this game to play onine with a buddy and boy i'm i glad i did.This one has turned out to be an instant classic.Allthough i'm not a big fan for the single player game mostly because i like to play coop with others.And now that athena sword is out it just breathes new life into to the game.DO yourself and a buddy a favor on this one and get it.
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