Lead the world’s deadliest counter-terrorist force.
- NA release: 15th June 2004
- EU release: 25th June 2004
- JP release: N/A
- Developer: Ubisoft Shanghai
- Publisher: Ubisoft
- NGC Magazine: 65%
- Mods Used: Widescreen Hack
One thing that made the original Rainbow Six games so unique was planning the missions, setting routes around the areas for multiple teams. Only three main games in, though, and that aspect has been dropped completely. Instead of carefully planning missions in buildings that you could roam around freely, you have linear corridors where you only really decide what you’re going to do for the next room.
And, really, there aren’t that many tactics involved. When you approach a door, you can open it, order your team to throw a flash bang or order them to throw a grenade. Sometimes you encounter two doors to the same room and can get your team to open it at the same time as you. Riveting.
What doesn’t help that, even with everything on full sensitivity, aiming and movement is immensely sluggish, so shooting isn’t even that much fun, and the biggest danger is enemies shooting hostages, which only happens on occasion. The most amusing thing is that you “rescue” hostages by handcuffing them and throwing them to the ground, with the exact same animation that you perform when arresting terrorists that surrender.
Poor
After everyone telling us how great this is supposed to be, we’re left wondering what on earth all the fuss is about.
Geraint Evans, NGC Magazine #96
Remake or remaster?
A collection would be good.
Official Ways to get the game
Rainbow Six 3 is available on PC.
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