Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

"This Game rocks Hard."

Ok well I will start off by saying that this is my first review I have posted here so if I make some mistakes gimme a break.

First I would like to say that, I went out and bought this game, I didn't know what it was about except the fact that it was a Strategy/Shooter type of game. a friend of mine played the game on PC and said it wasn't the best but I decided to give it a go.

Ok First For Graphics
8/10
The graphics in the game are good enough quoting my friend Robert playing it now "they are above goldeneye's graphics". i will say they aren't the most spectacular graphics in the world, but they suit the game pretty well...with only one thing pissing me off, and that is the fact that the wounds do not look as real as they could.

Sound
9/10
I love the sound in this game. The shots from the different types of gun, be it a shotgun or a M16. You can tell the difference between pretty much all the types of guns, except when they use a silencer and then they sound pretty much the same, although you cannot hear the noise that loud, just a soft "putt" noise. The noise of the guards dying and the comments you hear throughout the game, such as "watch your fire" all suit this game perfectly.

Playability
8/10
This is one part of the game that did disapoint me, a lot of the missions are the same, Rescue Hostages, Defuse bomb and so forth. There weren't enough weapons in the game in my opinion with only a small amount of weapons (Primary = Only 6 weapons and the Secondary 3 guns available in silenced or normal). Ok now that I have the bad points over, The playability of the game is so realistic it is not funny, with everything from overfiring and shooting the hostages (It was an Accident...I promise..hehe) to trying to get 100% accuracy. Another bad point to this part is that, no matter where you shoot someone it will always affect the same. That is the only unrealistic part, and that is if you shoot someone in a weak spot (ie head or heart) it will only effect them like a normal bullet shot.

Fun Factor
10/10!!

No offence to people out there but this is MY opinion. The fun factor in this game absolutely rocks so hard. There is a lot to do, although there isn;t that many options. One of my favorite things to do, is actually something rather sick, and that is killing all the bad guys, putting my other men and the hostages (if any) in one room and then executing them by sniping them or something. I love trying to beat the different levels as quick as I can too, I have beaten the first level in 47 seconds and the second in 1:26 seconds.

All in All I think this game kicks ass, worth your money...well it was worth mine anyways.

Overall Rating
9/10. If you like shooters and strategy like games...go buy it.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 12/06/99, Updated 01/13/01