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15 reviews. Average Rating: 7.6
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Publisher:  Genre: Action
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Mac OS X: 10.2 Mac OS Classic: Not Supported
CPU: G4 @ 733 MHz RAM: 256 MB Hard Disk: 1700 MB Graphics: 32 MB VRAM |
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First of all, what you have going for you. Computer-controlled operatives act very intelligently, and often quickly pick off terrorists that you didn’t even see. They will follow you in a tactical column with the trailing member repeatedly checking your six to prevent those pesky ambushes from behind. That being said, they aren’t quite college material at times. You will have to tell them to fall in behind you fairly frequently. Depending on the layout of a room being breached, they have a tendency to flashbang your team along with any terrorists in the room. Finally although it happens very rarely, three team members can get stuck in a doorway with little hope of escape.
Now, what you are up against. Terrorists also usually act intelligently and are tactically consistent across all difficulties of play. In fact the only difference between the difficulty levels is the amount of time it takes a terrorist to fire their weapon after discovering you and your team. One particular tactic to watch out for is when you don’t take out a terrorist completely silently (either by using an unsilenced weapon or the terrorist has a chance to yell or radio for help), nearby terrorists will quickly come to inspect the situation and can often catch your team in an unsuspecting ambush. It is also semi-common to sneak into a room and catch a terrorist staring inquisitively into a corner of absolutely no consequence.
The only thing missing from a truly rewarding campaign experience is an immersive narrative. R6:RS has a narrative, and it is an improvement over previous versions of R6, but there still isn’t much there to invest yourself in. In typical R6 style, there is an outbreak of seemingly isolated terrorist actions. As business picks up, Rainbow commanders and intel analysts come to suspect that something is fishy and that terrorists’ activities are actually connected. Eventually the evil plot is discovered and Rainbow saves the day. In truth, this is the basic plot of the book Rainbow Six as well. The only difference between the book and the game is the amount of available exposition.
As with most games in the genre, single-player options are only the tip of the iceberg. R6:RS really comes alive in multiplayer modes. As usual, R6:RS may be played over the Internet via GameRanger or over a LAN. Although I haven’t confirmed this, the buzz on the net is that Mac versions of R6:RS do not network with Windows versions because of Microsoft proprietary issues. Adversarial multiplayer scenarios are Survival, Team Survival, Bomb, Hostage, and Pilot. Cooperative scenarios are Mission, Terrorist Hunt, and Hostage Rescue. There are also six multiplayer only maps included with the game that are actually a whole lot of fun.
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