Shooter thrills

Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow

Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow
XBox
Classification – MA 15+
http://www.xbox.com.au

I’ll start off with stating that this is the best, live-enabled, first-person shooter I’ve ever played. It chews up Ghost Recon in the game set-up and leaves it wallowing in the waste of “those games” I’ll never play again.

Bent on seizing control of the oil-rich region around the Black Sea, an international cabal of renegade military officers launches a series of kidnapping attempts on telemetry and rocket scientists. Team Rainbow finds itself smack in the middle of this web of international intrigue, with deception and conspiracy topping the menu. Improved, smarter AI with terrorists (Tangos) calling for backup when they are out-numbered and using hostages as human shields. Plus, these guys are fully funded – they have tons of RPGs and grenades and they are more than happy to use them. There is a stack of exciting new features including:

• Lone Rush: The player must complete objectives with the clock ticking.
• Total Conquest: Teams battle to capture and hold designated points on the map
• Retrieval: Teams must race to the centre to take possession of the special object,and defend it as they carry it back to their compound.

• In-game player competitions: Created by users.
• Message friends while playing: Uses MSN Messenger.
• New clan features: Includes clan statistics and competitions and clan visual differentiation.
• Online storage: Allows for players to share personal artwork (like arm patches), rosters, and friends lists.
• New tactics for online multiplayers: Provides private team lobbies where players can use a planning interface to develop strategies before online matches begin.

This title was released in August and is a bargain at $49.95.

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