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(More customer reviews)I bought this game because I was relatively satisfied with the first rainbow six 3 game on XBOX.This one for the most part does not disappoint, however there are a few flaws that make this game not worthy of a 5 star rating.
Black Arrow plays almost exactly like the first RS3 on XBOX.Even the characters are the same guys, you are Ding Chavez and your teammates are Dieter Weber, Eddie Price and Louis Louiselle.All of the weapons are the same except there is no .50 caliber sniper riffle, it has been replaced with a sniper rifle that uses 7.62mm shells which still gets the job done, but just doesn't have the powerful sound as the .50 cal.The first thing you will notice different about this game are the levels.Each level has been beautifully done complete with better lighting, graphics and attention to detail.Just imagine playing the levels in Splinter Cell 2 as a FPS.The storyline while a bit better than the first seems to jump around a lot, still lacks depth.The enemies are much smarter and will constantly throw grenades at you, call for backup and even rush you when they know you are reloading.This makes the game challenging and fun however the fine line between challenging and frustrating is often crossed in this game.
One thing you will immediately notice is that RS6:BA still uses the painfully annoying limited save system which I wish they get rid of.If you are playing veteran difficulty you are only allotted 2 saves per mission (you were given 3 in the previous game).You will often have to complete 2 tasks before your first save to help spread your saves out.This results in restarting levels over and over and over and over and over and over again, and I am not exaggerating one bit.Be prepared to restart levels anywhere from 20 - 25 times before you are familiar with the layout and cheap enemies hiding in impossible places and literally coming out of nowhere.While terrorists are smarter they are also very cheesy, I have noticed that the CPU randomly places enemies in different spots when you are not looking.I have actually seen a terrorists drop out of the sky on a balcony to try to get a cheesy kill on you.I have also noticed that if you have your team with you more terrorists will randomly appear than if you're by yourself.Levels are also filled with "trigger points" meaning that a room can be totally clear at one moment but if you cross a certain point, the room is filled with enemies magically appearing behind crates and coming out of doors and windows.The fun factor of this game is hurt greatly because of this.You spend entire missions creeping through trying to guess where the next enemy will randomly appear and trying to set off the trigger point and run for cover before you are shot up. Another thing I found very frustrating about this game is that certain terrorists never seem to die no matter how many times you shoot them, I have put at least 15 shells from an M16 into the back of a enemy and he still runs away like nothing hit him.On another occasion I have hit an enemy in the head two and three times and even saw blood splatter, but yet the enemy is still alive and fires back like nothing happened.I am sorry but even a grazed bullet to the head should a least stun you.As bad as all these things are, I think the most frustrating aspect of this game is the almost comical stupidity of your teammates.These guys are supposed to be the best however, they will die at a moments notice if you leave them alone for even a few seconds, you have to cover your own (...) and protect them because they are flat out idiots.You tell them to throw a grenade at a spot and instead of throwing the grenade from where they are standing, they will first run to the spot you tell them to throw the grenade, then throw it.Needless to say terrorists waiting around the corner usually kill them. You tell them to hold their position they wont stand where you tell them to, instead, these guys will just go to the nearest opening and give up the entire team's cover by firing at enemies.To make matters even worse, they will stand there and let the enemies pummel them with bullets.My 3 year old knows that if something is hurting him, he will most away from the source of the pain, however your dumb teammates will just complain "I'm hit!!" or "Taking fire!" while their life bar gets shorter and shorter.They will continue to stand there until the enemy is dead or he is dead.The latter usually is the outcome. Another thing that is funny is how three guys with automatic weapons have trouble even taking out one enemy.I have seen an enemy armed only with a pistol, wipe out my 3 teammates without taking one hit.The last words of my teammates as they fall to the ground are "Taking fire!!"As long as you don't depend on your teammates, you should be fine.I usually tell my team to hold while I go alone and clear out the area to make it "safe" for my team.Kind of defeats the purpose of a squad-based shooter, don't you think?To me it seems that your teammates are even dumber than they were in the previous RS.Combine the stupidity of your teammates with the fact that the voice recognition command system only works 80% of the time makes the teammate portion of this game the most frustrating.
I have already beaten the game on veteran after having it for only a week, but I probally won't go back and play it on Elite, because the only difference between the different difficulties is the number of saves you get per level.Recruit you get 3, veteran you get 2 and elite you get 1.Not worth playing again on elite because of the maddening frustration factor.
I haven't played multiplayer on this game and don't plan to anytime soon.XBOX live is becoming filled with immature stupid kids and cheaters who ruin the experience.This review is based on the single player alone. Though the missions are done a lot better this time around, the constant need to have to restart missions, cheap enemies and stupid teammates, outweigh the improvements which is why this game gets the same 4 star rating that I gave the first RS.
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Take control of Ding Chavez, leader of the world's premier anti-terrorist unit. A Russian group has decided to start a war to restore the former Soviet Union to its previous glory. They've kidnapped rocket scientists to obtain their devastating technologies, and Team Rainbow has to stop them. Enter Black Arrow's new, private team lobbies for new tactics and develop strategies before online matches begin
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