My husband and son like this game alot. Just wished more than 1 player can play it at a time.

Don't know why it's taken me so long to do a review on this particular game, but here goes:

Whilst there are issues with the AI and issuing commands to your team members, overall this is a great game.

It's not the same tactical shooter that some of the previous Rainbow Six games have been, but graphically it is one of the great Xbox games.

This is a great game for those who just want to get in and start shooting and blowing things up, the tactical part can be thin in many areas, but a few areas lend themselves to good planning and execution.

I've played the game through two times, but never finished it. The last mission is the only one I didn't like.

*minor spoiler alert*

The final mission seems to me to be more of something I would expect to find in Splinter Cell rather than a tactical shooter and doesn't do it as well as Splinter Cell.

Overall this is one of the better games on Xbox and is highly recommended.

A lot like Ubi's other tactical shooter franchise (Ghost Recon) except for whatever reason, they employ native voice actors throughout this franchise's history (they also sound French or German in this one)...goofy. "Roger...Open UND clear" Playable on the 360. If you have Vegas, give it a try, it ain't bad.

This game is extremely linear.

Clear out a room, move to the next, kill people, move to the next. Occasionally rescue a hostage that has very poor AI and likes to get shot, or defuse a bomb that is in a room previously filled with very stupid terrorists.

The obstacles are static, the enemies are always in the same place, and the only 'strategy' involved is the fact that you can only save twice per level. Talk about realistic, I bet lots of military people wish THEY had a save and a load function (you don't get to save in game in the original Rainbow Six games, which is a good thing). Oh well.

In one level, after clearing your way to a hostage, making as much noise as you like with no repercussions, you take the hostage, who you cannot tell to NOT follow you, to a very large open area. In this area there is another stupid hostage and the only way to move them around is to actually walk into them and push them (a grueling process). You have to wait in this large open area until an evac comes.

Here's a smart idea, let's sit in a big open area while terrorists come at us from every angle while we wait for a helicopter...when we could just go back the way we came, since our cars are outside. The sarcasm should be obvious.

I'm not even going to talk about the next level, which is worse. There are no choices in this game, other than that of weapons, and there is no strategy. I would recommend Rainbow Six (original) for PC, as well as Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear. These games allow you to choose your team(s) of up to 8 men and women, from snipers to demolition experts, to scouts, and designate them on 1 to 4 teams.

In Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear, there is a very detailed plannig phase, where you have a 3D blueprint of your next mission's location, and you can set the path for your teams to follow, via waypoints. There is also a great multiplayer system, where you can compete, or you can co-operate and play the any part of the campaign.


Long story short: Rainbow Six 3 is crap, and I'd think Tom Clancy would be ashamed to have his name on it. The original is greater by far, as is Rogue Spear. As well, as with any first person shooter, the PC version is better.

Being a big fan of tactical games, Rainbow Six 3 was on my to-get list and just recently I picked up my copy. I had a blast with it and still play it despite the fact that I beat it several times. The weapons were veryy accurate in terms of practicality and functionality; I was very pleased that Ubi Soft actually got the technical information of the actual weapons and implimented them correctly instead of making a messed-up array of weapons like the RCP-90 in Golden Eye (Great weapon for a great game).

The graphics are not bad given the time of RBS3's release. Nothing special about them, but they arn't lacking soo much that one begins to notice it. However, the AI is seriously lacking on both the terrorists and your fellow team mates. When you give Zulu (Attack on your command) commands, they can get stuck in corners walk into the given area and get killed in the process. It's really annoying to move them out of your way too. Several times when clearing rooms they'll either jump out in front of me and take a few rounds to the back or they'll stop in the doorway and start shooting like it was a carnival game.

The terrorist AI is also lacking. I could take out someone with a loud .40 S&W handgun and the nearby terrorist will just scratch his head wondering if it was a firearm or if his stomache just made a noise. Other times the terrorist will try to roll away to safety and instead roll towards you and shoot you while rolling... it's really weird.

What also makes me mad is the fact that you need XBox Live in order to do Co-Op. I'm sorry, but I don't feel like paying money in order to play Co-Op. I think it's rediculous and a money-making scheme dreamed by Tom Clancy or Bill Gates. I was escatic to play Conflict: Desert Storm on Co-Op, why can't other games be the same.

Lastly, I hate it when you can only control yourself and not others, much less give individual orders. It takes away from the controlability from the game, thereby being at the mercy of the AI... and we know how much I love the AI.

But nonetheless, I loved playing this game. My favorite thing to do it use phosphorous on the terrorist and watch them burst into flames. It's a really fun game, but these small errors really do add up to a big deal. However, it is still worth getting.