UBI Soft Rainbow Six-Lockdown X Box Action Review

ChillyWilly

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Price Paid:  $10.00 from Gameshack

Summary:
I must say this was one of the more dissapointing games from the Tom Clancy universe, I expected better. I am not saying the game is at a total loss, just that it could have been better. I find the Rainbow game series, very interesting, this just isn't. I would say rent this first before purchasing this.

Strengths:
The graphics were not bad, but like I said could hev been better, especially coming from an Xbox game. There were a few tense moments. Basic unit missions, search and rescue, kill all hostiles.

Weaknesses:
I don't want to over do it but same old missions, same type of leveles, weapons sounded weak. The AI was not what expected, your teamates were pretty useless, even same old recyled music. I was dissapointed overal.

mister_dodger

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 0 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
7 votes

Price Paid:  $50.00 from Wal-Mart

Summary:
Tactical 1st person shooters are commonplace among the pc gaming community and now even in the realm of video game console mania. Popular titles such as Rainbow Six 3, Counter Strike, Rainbow 6 Black Arrow, Ghost Recon, and Delta Force are all among the top tier 1st person tactical shooters.

Unfortunately Rainbow 6 Lockdown has missed the mark. Previous Rainbow 6 installments have brought gamers who
enjoy this genre a feeling of actually being in the game while accompishing offline missions with a team of Semi-AI
controlled team-mates or playing online with friends to battle it out with other gamers, providing a challenging but
ultimately rewarding experience. The reward being that this is a thinking persons shooter. You could choose to run out into the middle of any room, balls-to-the-wall, but you'd soon find yourself amongst the dead waiting for your chance to spawn back into the game again. The best course of action was to think before rushing or perhaps look before leaping. The other Rainbow 6 titles definately encouraged gamers to be patient, memorize maps, and think in a tactical manner. Gameplay could be affected simply by choosing a different weapon. Gamers who really enjoyed the game took little things like recoil
and gas masks into account. By the time Rainbow 6: Black Arrow came out, things had only taken a turn for the better. We
were treated to enhanced graphics, crisper and more realistic sound and ultimately a much smoother online gaming experience
with even more maps and game modes to choose from.

Rainbow 6: Lockdown, however, is somewhat of a different story.
Sad to say, this incarnation feels like a totally dumbed down version of Rainbow Six. It seems as though the developers have taken everything that was great about previous Rainbow 6 titles and threw them into the trash to bring a more arcadey, fast paced, and completely unrealistic
shooter.

If that's what you're looking for then I highly recommend that you stick with Halo 2, or even Darkwatch. Those are much
better 1st person shooters. Not only are the other games better, but they at least feel like they were finished. Within my
first hour of playing Lockdown I could tell that this game was far from finished and still contained some serious bugs /
glitches. This game is barely worth a rental.