Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow review:5 stars (TRY IT LIVE) - this game is hardcore if u like the halo style game get this its a must if u got xbox live its worth the 20.00 bucks4 stars (Good Game) - I love to play first person shooters and this is a goodie. It is not much different from the last installment....I do miss the .50 cal sniper rifle. This one has a 2 player option for the campaign missions...very nice addition. The baddies are the mostly the same spots, but if you restart a level...it does change terrorist positions...which increases the frustration level but it also increases the replay level immensely. Halo and other fps makers...take note please try to increase the replay value of your shooters....possibly a random placement of troops when a level is replayed or restarted. A very nice game all in all. 4 stars (Black Arrow continues in the vein of Rainbow Six 3) - If you like first person shooter (FPS) games, then you should appreciate this one. Black Arrow is simply another chapter of Rainbow Six 3, and uses the same mechanics and even the same characters like Ding Chavez, Eddie Price, and so on. The graphics and sounds are really good, and the weapons are realistic too. The game is challenging, and enemies must be killed with head shots (or chest shots, at least).

My biggest complaint with the mechaics of the game is its sluggish feel. Sometimes, it feels as if your character is running in sand, especially when the enemies are firing on you. You can walk off ledges and "jump down", usually at the expense of a life bar, but you still cannot leap up onto anything. I would like to see this aspect added to later versions of the Rainbow Six 3 line since this is possible in many other FPS games. Additionally, your character often gets hung-up on objects in the environment. That means that you can get stuck on a chair that you are trying to walk past, or your gun barrel can block you from passing through a doorway. Also, it takes too long to throw a grenade as you must stop, select it from a weapon menu, and then throw it. All these steps are too tedious and clunky in the heat of battle.

However, this game shines on XBOX Live. I admit that I am a complete addict and have spent far too many hours online gaming into the wee hours of the morning. The maturity level of many of the players online leaves something to be desired, and I have been more than irritated at the occasional foul-mouthed junior high kid talking trash to anyone within earshot, but one quickly learns to build up a thick skin to these minor detractions. The XBOX Live version is so fun because it is challenging and exciting. The game keeps score and posts the results of the match in the "lobbby" at the end. It is very competitive and entertaining to see how one did when the dust settles. It even tracks players' cumulative statistics and ranks them. I honed my skills on Sharpshooter, a free-for-all where everyone is against everyone else. It took a while for me to realize that a head shot is the best way to eliminate a target; speed is important but does not always determine who wins. I then learned to appreciate the other matches such as Total Conquest and Retrieval. You can even create your own team, or clan or crew, as it is sometimes referred to as, and you can design a logo, motto, and brief description. A player's crew is designated by a four letter word or group of symbols in front of the name, and you can set up and challenge other clans by going to a website called "TeamCompete.com" or by just inviting another crew to a match.

In short, while not perfect mechanically, this game rocks! It is extremely challenging, and is a blast to play on XBOX Live. Go out and buy or rent a copy today; you won't be disappointed.
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Features:
Video Games
Xbox (x box)
Microsoft
Action
Adventure
Genre> Action/Adventure
ESRB> M
A series of attempts to kidnap telemetry and rocket scientists pulls Team Rainbow into a spider web of international intrigue
Team Rainbow must stop the terrorists from developing weapons of mass destruction and prevent them from starting a devastating war
The game features a new single-player campaign, new weapons and equipment, Capture the Point and Capture the Flag online multiplayer modes, as well as advance Xbox Live functionality like user-created

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