Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3

"First Person Shooting at its Finest.....almost"

Well 20 hours later and over 400 kills, with plenty more deaths, I am here to review the newest first person shooter on Xbox. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3, released by UbiSoft is quite possibly one of the best games for Xbox and Xbox live at this time, until Halo 2 comes out.

Gameplay: 10/10
The single player game is outstanding alone, completely worth the $50 price right there. As in every Tom Clancy game out there, you are a Special Op trying to prevent terrorists from completing tasks. The game play itself is very responsive and tight. At times it feels slow, especially on the stealthy missions, where gunfire means an absolute failure. Yet overall the game play is above par.

Graphics: 10/10
The graphics are well above standard here, in a few levels sometimes one terrorist may look a bit blocky, but not enough of an issue to bring down the score at all. The times where you can even see the mouths moving is very fluid, and everything in a map fits in its own world of perfection.

Music: 10/10
The music in the game, although barely noticeable, is exceptional. When you notice the music it really sets up the mood for the whole mission. During the stealth missions the music at first was mellow then quietly dissipated making it fell like you needed to be extra quiet.

Online Play: 10/10
This is where the heart and soul of Rainbow Six is. Rainbow Six is by far the best online game for any system available. There are 14 maps (I believe) available, with 5 different game types. The game types are Co-op, Terrorist Hunt, Team Survival, Survival, and Sharpshooter. There are also made up games such as North Hollywood Shootout, President, Braveheart, Stoner War, and London Fog. There are countless hours wasted playing this game online.

Replayability: 10/10
Playing this game online leads to a great amount of replay ability. When you get killed you don't mind, yet is always anticipating the next round so you can get revenge for the past. Even without Live this game has a great amount of replayability.

Buy or Rent?
Buy, if you rent this game it'd be a waste or $8 to buy this game, if you save that $8 you'd only need $46.11 more to purchase this game. You’d be stupid to rent this game.

Overall 10/10
In conclusion, this game is the best game available for Xbox right now. Everyone who owns a box should own this.

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 01/15/04