Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown

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Your team stalks terror for a living. Now terror is stalking you. You've got cutting-edge weaponry and peerless military training. They've got a man-made virus, capable of killing millions. You have the world's best operatives. They have one of your men hostage. The chips are stacked.

Overview

In the PS2 and XBOX versions of the game, the gameplay is simulated through a visor and as the players health becomes low, cracks will appear in the visor and will limit the players view. New gadgets are also available The original heartbeat sensor has been redesigned and the PS2 has an exclusive motion sensor gadget and the Xbox version has collapsible turrets.

Rainbow Six: Lockdown was the first game in the series to vastly change from mainly realism to become very arcadey in comparison. It was still fairly popular, but resented by many previous Rainbow Six fans, so much so many nicknamed it "Rainbow Six: Letdown".

Graphics

Rainbow Six: Lockdown was the first game in the franchise to feature normal mapping, and specular lighting. Also physics objects.

Gameplay

The gameplay in lockdown ditched the classic Rainbow Six, tactical gameplay and as a result, it made it more of a generic first person shooter.

The player controls Ding Chavez and leads a single squad through all of the missions. The player can issue orders to the squad, such as room clearing commands. The games combat is a lot more forgiving then the other games due to being able to take many shots before dying, enemies can also take many shots before dying. Health is unable to be restored.

Characters

Major General John Terrance Clark
Colonel Alistair Stanley

Team Rainbow

• Team Leader - Domingo "Ding" Chavez
• Sniper - Dieter Weber
• Eddie Price
• Louis Loiselle
• Renee Raymond
• Ayana Yacoby
• Roger McAllen
• Jamal Murad
• Pak Suo-Won
• Annika Lofquist

Story

Lockdown takes place in the year 2009 and follows the counter terrorist group known as "Rainbow". In the game Rainbow is put up against the terrorist organization known as The Global Liberation Front. This terrorist group has a stolen virus known as "The Legion Virus". The virus has a mortality rate of 100% and rainbow must stop the terrorist organization from using this virus on the world.

Equipment

In the PS2 and XBOX versions of the game, the gameplay is simulated through a visor and as the players health becomes low, cracks will appear in the visor and will limit the players view. New gadgets are also available The original heartbeat sensor has been redesigned and the PS2 has an exclusive motion sensor gadget and the Xbox version has collapsible turrets.

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

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A radical new change for the Rainbow Six series, this sequel drops the player into a fictional version of Las Vegas to stop a terrorist plot.

Overview

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (RSV) is the 6 installment in the acclaimed Rainbow Six series. Rainbow Six Vegas was developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft on November 21, 2006. The game focuses on the counterterrorist unit Rainbow Six who have been send to Las Vegas, Nevada to stop terrorist from blowing up casinos and eventually detonating a bomb on the Nevada Dam. RSV was the first Rainbow Six and Xbox 360 game to be featured in the Major League Gaming tournament. CPU (Processor): Pentium 4 3GHz or AMD equivalent. Pistols
The game itself was well received earning many awards which praised it for its tactical gameplay, innovative AI and sharp graphics. Ubisoft has also stated that as of March 31, 2007, it sold over 1.7 million copies.

Plot

Rainbow team in the helicopter

The story follows Rainbow team leader Logan Keller on a mission accompanied by two squad mates, Gabriel Nowak and Kan Akahashi. The mission is in a Mexican border town called San Joshua del Mosquiera in the year 2010. Rainbow's intelligence officer, Joanna Torres, briefs you on your mission; the objective is to arrest Irena Morales, a terrorist ringleader. As Logan and his squad reaches the landing zone, Logan fast-ropes down first, but the helicopter and the rest of the team is forced to retreat as a rocket-propelled grenade narrowly misses them. [The previous paragraph has been modified from its original source, but still closely resembles the original. Further edits would be helpful.]

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Gameplay

Cover system allows Logan to take cover behind walls

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Weapon List

Pistol
Mk. 23
USP40
92FS
Glock 18
Desert Eagle
Raging Bull

SMG

MP5
MP7A1
UMP45
P90
MP9
MAC11

Assault

SCARC-H CQC
M8
AUGA3
G3KA4
552C
G36C
MTAR21
FAMAS
AK47

LMG

MK46
21E
M249SPW
MG36

Shotguns

M3
SPAS12
870MCS
XM26-LSS

Sniper

PSG1
M40A1
SV-98
Scout Tactical

Multiplayer

Character customization

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Expansion packs

Player's Pack Red Edition

The pack includes two new game modes. The first is "Assassination" whereby one team has to protect a VIP armed only with a pistol, whilst the other team needs to assassinate him. The second is Conquest . Three new maps were also included: "Doscala Restaurant," "Marshalling Yard," and "Roof." The maps "Killhouse" and "Border Town" have been redesigned and packaged as two new "redux" maps.

The Player's Pack Black Edition

Features five new maps. "Red Lotus", "Wartown" and "Neon Graveyard" are the three newly featured maps. "Streets: Redux" has been redesigned in a similar fashion to the Redux maps found in the Player's Pack Red Edition, and "Presidio" is a map overhauled and upgraded from Rainbow Six 3.

Both the Red and the Black expansion packs were included in the PS3 version and were released for PC.

Xbox 360 Collector's Edition

A Limited Collector's Edition of the Xbox 360 version has been released. It contains a making-of documentary and a series retrospective. It also features another box art.

PC System Requirements

As displayed on the back cover of the box

• Operating System: Windows XP
• System RAM: 1024MB (1GB).
• GPU (Video Card): (3D Card) 128MB, Shader model 3 and Direct X 9.0c compatible (see supported list*).
• DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c.
• DVD-ROM Drive: 4x.
• Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible.
• HDD (Hard Disc) space: 7GB free space.

*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release (laptop models of these cards are not supported) :

• ATI X1600 / X1800 / X1900
• Nvidia 6600GT / 6800 / 7300 / 7600 / 7800 / 7900

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

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The sequel to Rainbow Six: Vegas returns with a brand new story of terrorist attacks and the Rainbow squad's attempt to stop them.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 was released on the Xbox 360 and PS3 on March 18, 2008, and PC on April 15, 2008 and is developed by Ubisoft Montreal. The game is the second, and the last game in the Vegas series according to Ubisoft. Some of the most notable additions to the game are an option to sprint, bullet penetration, and a persistant rewards system.

Overview

The game starts in 2005, before the events of Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. Playing as Bishop, you take part in a hostage situation during which Rainbow member Gabriel Nowak fires prematurely, resulting in the death of a hostage negotiator. This leads to a disgraced Gabriel Nowak being passed over for promotion. The game then jumps to 2010, where Bishop is now leading his squad against Miguel and Alvarez Cabreros, two human traffickers who have expanded into trafficking biological weapons, which leads to a larger plot to attack Las Vegas. Some of the changes made in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 include the ability to customize your character for both single-player and multiplayer, as well as earn experience points in both. A sprint button has been added, making ducking for cover easier, with the rate of speed and duration of the sprint being based on the amount of armor the player has equipped.

Although strategy is required, battles can be intense.

Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 keeps its gameplay very similar to the original Vegas. Campaign has been slightly eased down in difficulty, but your objectives while be the same things that have been seen in Rainbow Six games for years (rescuing hostages, disarming bombs, etc.). A large difference though is that fact that very little of the game takes place in familar Vegas environments like casinos and flashy streets. Multiplayer adds several new modes like Team Leader and tweaks other mode's setting heavily. Attack and Defend now only allows one respawn unlike the unlimited respawns avaliable in the original Rainbow Six: Vegas' attack and defend, just to name one heavily changed mode. Co-op play has now been reduced to only two players and two AI companions (both controlled by the host player), but cutscenes and story segments can now be seen in co-op unlike the original Rainbow Six: Vegas.

A.C.E.S. System

Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is taking a page from Call of Duty 4's book and added in a persistent rewards system, but unlike Call of Duty 4 all these unlocks and rankings are used in both single and multiplayer. Called the A.C.E.S. system, which stands for Advanced Combat Enhancement Specialization, it gives you three catagories to earn points in: Marksman, Close Quarters, and Assault. Points are earned by doing certain actions that would corespond with a certain play style. For example, pulling off a long-range headshot would net you a marksman point. Gaining points will level you up in a certain category which will then either unlock a weapon or give you an experience bonus. Rewards are staggered so that you will alternate unlocked a weapon or gaining XP for every A.C.E.S. level you advance.

Assault

Gaining assualt points usually relates somehow to using a very aggresive tactics, without worrying about your stealth.

Gain assault points by

• Killing an enemy that is behind cover ( 3 assault points)
• Kill an enemy using C4 ( 3 assault points)
• Kill an enemy that is manning a turret ( 2 assault points)
• Kill an enemy using explosives besides C4 ( 2 assault points)

Close Quarters (CQB)

As the name suggests, Close Quarters rewards you for getting up close and personal with terrorists.

Gain CQB points by

• Killing an enemy using blind fire ( 3 Close Quarters points)
• Killing an enemy that is blinded by a flashband or tear gas grenade ( 3 Close Quarters points)
• Kill an enemy from behind ( 3 Close Quarters points)
• Kill an enemy at close range ( 3 Close Quarters points)

Marksman

Marksman is all about pulling off either very difficult shots or very accurate shots.

Gain marksman points by

• Killing an enemy at long range ( 3 marksman points)
• Killing an enemy that is on a rope ( 3 marksman points)
• Killing an enemy that is in the act of sprinting ( 2 marksman points)
• Killing an enemy while you are on a rope ( 2 marksman points)
• Get a headshot ( 1 marksman point)

Vegas 2 also featured a regular ranking system that allows you to unlocked either new clothing, armor, and camoflauge patterens for your character. There are 21 ranks that originally shipped with the game, from private second-class to elite, but many more ranks were added in the Gift Pack DLC.

DLC

In July, 2008, Ubisoft released a free DLC pack, which they named the Gift Pack. In the pack there were three maps, new gameplay settings, many issues were patched, and new ranks were added. The three new maps were Calypso Casino, CQB Training Dark, and Murdertown Dark. Calypso Casino was the most popular map from Rainbow Six Vegas becuase of its many pathways and three floors. The two other maps are variants on maps already in Vegas 2. The only change is that both maps are now pitch dark, so visibility is greatly reduced. This makes both maps great for Team Deathmatch and Team Leader games. Eighty new A.C.E.S. levels were also added, which brings the total levels up to 100. There are no extra unlocks for these new A.C.E.S. levels, but each level after 20 will give you 5000 experience points. New ranks were also added beyond the Elite, which gives the highest ranking players something new to work for. A mode called High Stakes was also added that makes the game harder.

When activated, High Stakes mode makes these changes

• No radar and enemies do not appear on the tactical map
• No grenade indicator
• Limited HUD
• Health regeneration is disabled
• Camera view is changed so that you must exposed yourself to look around cover
• Aim Assist is always disabled
• When not in cover or looking down your gun's scope/sights your bullet's accuracy will be decreased
• Less ammunition than normal at the start of the game
• Kill Cam is always disabled
• Friendly fire is always on

Things that were tweaked in a patch contained in the Gift Pack

• Icendiary grenades have a longer delay between throwing and exploding
• C4 explodes faster after pressing the detonator
• Sniper rifle damage is slightly increased at longer ranges
• Light Machine Guns now have better accuracy
• Rate of fire was adjusted for some SMGs, assualt rifles, and shotguns
• The time it takes switching between normal view and looking down the scope/iron sights is reduced

Weapons

Sub-Machine Guns

• P5N
• MP9
• M11
• UMP45
• P90
• MP7A1
• SKORPION VZ83
• TYPE 05
• AUG PARA

Light Machine Guns

• K46
• 21E
• MG36
• M249 SPW

Assault Rifles

• 52 COMMANDO
• G36C
• FAMAS
• SCAR-H CQC
• TAR21
• M468
• G3KA4
• AUG A3
• AKS-74U
• M8
• FNC
• L85A2
• AK-47

Sniper Rifles

• SR-25 SD
• SCOUT TACTICAL
• SV-98
• M40A1
• PSG1
• L96 ARCTIC WARFARE

Shotguns

• 870MCS
• SPAS 12
• XM-26 LSS
• 500 TACTICAL
• M3

Pistols

• P99
• USP40
• MK.23
• DESERT EAGLE
• 92FS
• G18
• RAGING BULL

Armor

Customize me please!

You can customize your character with several types of armor. Each piece of armor has two ratings. One for mobility (how fast you can move while wearing it) and protection (its ability to reduce bullet's damage). Usually the best balance can be found by wearing the medium levels of armor that gave you average mobility and average protection. To increase mobility you can sacrifice a piece of armor on any part of you body, and arms and legs can be outfitted with armor individually or as a pair. Its all up to the player.

• Falcon Assault Vest
• Vulture Combat Vest
• Raven Recon Vest
• Goliath Assault Vest
• Titan Combat Vest
• Colossus Recon Vest
• Anaconda Assault Vest

PC System Requirements

As displayed on the back cover of the box

Minimum Requirements

• Operating System: Windows Vista / Windows XP (only).
• CPU (Processor): Pentium 4 3GHz or AMD Athlon 3000.
• RAM: 1GB
• GPU (Video Card): 128MB latest DirectX compliant, Shader 3.0 enabled video card.
• Sound Card: Latest direct X compliant sound card.
• DirectX Version: Latest DirectX 9.0c (included on disc).
• DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM.
• HDD (Hard Disc) space: 7GB free space

Recommended Requirements

• CPU (Processor): Pentium 4 3.5GHz or AMD Athlon 3500.
• RAM: 1GB
• GPU (Video Card): 256MB latest DirectX compliant, Shader 3.0 enabled video card.

Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:

• ATI Radeon X1600-1950 / HD 2000 series, HD 3000 series.
• Nvidia GeForce 6600-6800 / 7 / 8 series.

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath

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Iron is the second expansion pack for the popular PC title Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield.

Iron is the second expansion pack for the popular PC title Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. It was in production for 2 years, before Ubisoft released it as a free to download to Fileplanet subscribers on the 9th June, 2005. The expansion features a new 7 mission campaign, 2 classic missions, 8 new multiplayer maps, and 6 new weapons.

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Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow is the successful expansion to Rainbow Six 3. Multiplayer updates like "Retrieval" and split screen coop play help distinguish Black Arrow from its predecessors.

Multiplayer

Black Arrow's online multiplayer was very popular during its time in the spotlight. Fans of the original Rainbow Six: 3 did not need to worry about the sequel screwing with the simple and satisfying formula. It is because of this that the expansion Black Arrow was not critically acclaimed as its predecessor. However, that did not deter newcoming gamers to the series. Clanmatch functionality and new multiplayer modes were thought of icing on the cake by true fans of the series. Others viewed these add-ons as too simple and rushed. Black Arrow's core fanbase was more than pleased and newcomers were introduced to a great modern military shooter.
The most popular game mode was Team Survival. Red team Vs Green team, each player with only one life and no respawns. The game can hold the standard 16 players, however, (like most games) a full 16 player server is a bit too frentic. In Black Arrow, a max 12 person server was the sweet spot for all maps. The most popular are Cafe, Airport, Back Alleys, Garage, Killhouse, Office Complex, Presidio, and Subway. Some hosts prefer to cycle through these maps occasionally to switch it up a bit. The beuty with Black Arrow is that its community does not feel the need to change maps very frequently. Game rounds are very satisfying and the these maps never get old when playing with entertaining friends and opponents. This game is just one member of a pretty small club that benefits from having voice chat. Infact, hosts boot player who do not have their mic plugged into the controler.
The name of the game is either "rush" or find a sweet spot and camp it out. Thankfully the maps are generally small to medium in size and hosts refrain from puting long round times. The game plays at its best with the following criteria. First and foremost is a "Good" host. These "good" hosts will be stern and inform players to not use tear gas grenades; (it justs hogs up equipment space). A good host will also turn grenade launchers off and and "boot" annoying, and cheating players.

Note:
The original "Rainbow Six: 3," had a glitch called "Open Leaning." This gave the player an invisible wall infront of the player every time he/she leaned. Thankfully, the Black Arrow does not have this glitch but there are still ways to get out of a map and shoot players from long distances.

The most popular gun of choice was the G3A3 or other guns with similar attributes. Experienced players would journey off and use new weapons but a majority of players will usually stick with their favorite automatic rifle. Asking players what the best gun to use, they would generally respond with these, AK47, M16, Famas, G3A3, and MP5.
Secondary weapons should be all grenades or for more experienced players, a couple of remote mines. Grenades are vital for both offensive and defensive tactics.Grenades in Black Arrow can be cooked forever, that is untill upon release. This adds another layer of control fraggin entertainment.
Recently, the Rainbow Six series has drastically changed its presentation by adding new gameplay mechanics. Some like the new gameplay features and have aquired newer generation of gamers, however there is still a large audiance that wants to see a revised version of the previous Rainbow Six titles.

Multiplayer Maps

Garage
Cafe
Presidio
Moroccan Kesba
Ferry Boat
Nuclear Reactor
Old Ruins
Subway Station
Village (Free)
Lockdown Boot Camp (Free)
Killhouse
Petroleum
Winter Lodge
Office Complex
Pumping Station
Winter Base
Harbour Warehouse
Prison
Agora
Airport
Back Alleys
Castle
Hotel
Military Base
Observatory
Peaks
Rocket Facility
Streets of Milan
Winter Lodge

Weapons and Equipment

MAC 11/9
MP5A4
MP5SD5
P90
SR-2
TMP
UMP
AK-47
AUG
FAMAS G2
G36C
G3A3
GALIL ARM
L85A1
M16A2
M4
TAR-21
M249
M60E4
M1
USAS-12
AW COVERT
DRAGUNOV
PSG-1
92FS
D.EAGLE
MAC 11/9 (Secondary: shorter clip)
MK23
SR-2 (Secondary: shorter scope)
USP
M203 Grenade Launcher
M203 CS (teargas grenade launcher)
M203 Smoke Grenade Launcher
Flashbang Grenade
Frag Grenade
M34WP Grenade
Smoke Grenade
Tear Gas Grenade
Breaching Charge
Claymore Mine
Remote Mine
Gas Mask

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

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Plot:

Raven Shield's story spans a good sixty years, as the prologue centers around World War II and the holocaust, beginning in Croatia. Two people have fled the country with a hefty sum of cash, and escape the Allied forces right in the nick of time. Fast forward to the year 2005, where the Rainbow team takes to task a Neo-Fascist terrorist group.

The terrorist organization has apparently been attacking various South American oil interests and European financial institutions. The story leads you to Argentina, in search for Nikola Gospic (Argentinian billionaire) and Alvero Guitierrez (presidential candidate). Rainbow team discovers that Gospic is one of the surviving members of the Ustashe regime, the group that got away with the Holocaust loot. As Gospic is on his death bed, he plans to use his large wealth to resurrect global Fascism -- with the use of chemical weapons.

John Clark, member of the Rainbow team, interrogates a captive Guitierrez and learns of Gospic's scheme. He plans to kill masses of people in South America, and create an economic crisis as the price of oil plummets. He would then throw around some cash to obtain the oilfields, and use them to finance an international Fascist movement.

You find that Guitierrez's presidential campaign was financed by Gospic, in exchange for political protection.
Gospic is described as a "raven picking the bones of an old war," and that Guitierrez would be his shield. It's just too bad that all had to be put to a stop, as Gospic is now dead, and Guitierrez behind bars, thanks to the Rainbow team.

Gameplay:

As with the titles in the franchise before this, Raven Shield for the PC takes place entirely from a first-person perspective. Your gun is shown by default, but can be turned off in the options, just in case your a hardcore Rainbow fan. There is no jumping to be heard of, and the movement speed is what players of today may consider to be slow, but all is done to convey a sense of realism, as your weighted down by all the gear that a special-operative would be carrying.

He's in my sights!

The single-player game focuses around a strict mission-structure, for a total of 15. Each mission begins with a briefing, at which point you can change your teams load-out, skim through blueprints of the location, and even plan your course of action. After you wrap your head around all that, you'll be dropped into your location, and will receive instructions through radio transmission of your objectives. The game centers heavily around the combined effort of up to three teams of people, in which you will be put into situations that call you to rescue hostages, disarm bombs, retrieve intel, and take down terrorists.

The multi-player game uses the same basic functions of the single-player game, but put into the context of an online environment. All the standard gameplay types of most FPS games are here, with the usual Rainbow twist to them, which people clamor for. Most Rainbow Six game types for the PC version are on a one-life basis, which means that there is no re-spawning system, and at the start of each round teams spawn from either the preset Red or Green position for that map.



Primary Weapons:

Sub-Machine Guns
MP5A4 9mm
MP5SD5 9mm
UMP .45
TMP 9mm
Mac 11/9 9mm
SR-2 9mm
P90 5.7mm
Uzi 9mm
M12 9mm
Micro-Uzi 9mm
MP5K PDW 9mm
MP5/10A2
MTAR-21 9mm
CZ-61 9mm

Assault Rifles
M4 5.56mm
M16A2 5.56mm
AUG 5.56
Galil ARM 5.56mm
Tar-21 5.56mm
AK-47 7.62mm
L85A1 5.56mm
FAMAS G2 5.56mm
G36 5.56mm
G3A3 5.56mm
M14 7.62mm
M82 5.56mm
FAL 7.62mm
AK-74 5.56mm
FNC 5.56mm
Type 97 5.56mm

Shotguns
Spas-12
USAS-12
M1

Sniper Rifles
M82A1 .50
PSG-1 7.62mm
Draganuv 7.62mm
AW Covert 7.62mm
SSG-3000 7.62mm
VSS Vintorez 7.62mm
WA-2000 7.62mm

Light Machine Guns
M249 SAW 5.56mm
M60E4 7.62mm
21E 7.62mm
23E 5.56mm
RPD 7.62mm

Secondary Weapons:

Pistols
92FS 9mm
USP .40
Mark 23 .45
Desert Eagle .357
Desert Eagle .50
P-228 9mm
SPP 9mm
AP Army 5.7mm

Machine Pistols
Mac 11/9 9mm
Micro-Uzi 9mm
SR-2 9mm
CZ-61 9mm

Single-player Missions:

Stolen Flame

• Amuay, Venezuela
• Oil Refinery

Gold Dagger

• Jura Canton, Switzerland
• Alpine Village

Mountain Watch

• Jura Canton, Switzerland
• Mountain Highway

Sentinel Wolf

• Bergen, Norway
• Shipyard

Falcon hour

• Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands
• Private Airport
  

Pearl Castle

• Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands
• Island Estate

Crimson Hook

• Pilar, Argentina
• Meat Packing Plant

Stone Cannon

• Porto de Alegre, Brazil
• Import/Export

Shattered Glass

• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Penthouse

Lion Shadow

• London, England
• Banking House

Broken Stone

• Pilar, Argentina
• Meat Packing Plant 2

Briar Gate

• Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands
• Island Estate 2

Talon Steel

• Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands
• Private Airport 2

Whisper Blade

• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Garage

Steel Rose

• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Parade Lineup

Multiplayer Gametypes:

• Mission:

Experience a single-player like experience as you and a group of your friends work together to complete missions.

• Terrorist Hunt:

This is fairly straight-forward, you and a group of players work on a map of your choosing to take out a user-defined number of terrorists.

• Survival:

Survival is a free-for-all gametype, which supports up to 16 players, and continues until there is one person living, or time expires.

• Team Survival:

This is Raven Shield's version of Team Deathmatch, for up to 16 players, with a user-set time-limit and that special Rainbow flavor.

Expansions:

Athena Sword

Raven Shield received two expansions over the course of its lifecycle, the first of which being Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword. Developed in Ubisoft-Milan, the add-on featured eight new missions (along with a new story arc), five multiplayer missions, seven new weapons and three new multiplayer gametypes. It was released on the 9th of March, 2004 to moderate success. The expansion ultimately wasn't a huge part of the online community, and was eventually filtered out of server listings.

The second and final expansion for Raven Shield appeared June 9th, 2005, and was available exclusively on FilePlanet. Iron Wrath was developed by Ubisoft-Casablanca, and featured seven new missions, two classic missions, eight multiplayer maps, and six weapons.

Maps:

Airport
Airport 2
Alpine Village
Bank
Garage
Import/Export
Island Estate
Island Estate 2
Meat Packing Plant
Meat Packing Plant 2
Mountain Highway
Oil Refinery
Parade
Peaks
Penthouse
Presidio
Shipyard
Streets
Warehouse

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn

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Plot

The world has seen copy-cat killers, but never copy-cat terrorists...until now. Some of history's most infamous terrorist acts are being recreated in new locations but with no direct motive. Team RAINBOW is sent in to resolve the situations until they realize that the real target the terrorists have been after...is them.

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Rogue Spear: Urban Operations (2000)

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It's up to your reflexes, wits, nerves and training versus a barrage of cold-blooded, well armed terrorists...on their turf.

Plot

Step into a counter-terrorist operators worst nightmare...a fire-fight in a densely populated area. Stray rounds could mean civilian casualties, and terrorists can hide amidst the frenzy of panicked on-lookers. Tenement housing in Mexico City, the London Tube System, the pulsing markets in Istanbul, or a hotel in Hong Kong. Team up with John Clark and newly appointed Intel Officer Kevin Sweeney as they take you into these concrete jungles, where you'll experience the most difficult and harrowing missions that RAINBOW has ever faced.

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear is a tactical first-person shooter computer game developed and published by Red Storm Entertainment and Ubisoft. It is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Rainbow Six game based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name.

PLOT

Most of the games single player mission do not tie together,although a few do focus on a plot by a Russian organized crime boss Maxim Kutkin and international arms dealer Samed Vezirzade.They both manufacture and distribute nuclear weapons on the international black market, aided by Kutkin's acquired ownership of a nuclear power plant following the collapse of the Soviet Union.The game's name "Rogue Spear" refers to refers to the possession of nuclear weapons by a non-state entity.


MULTIPLAYER

Rogue Spear's multiplayer was playable on 3 different networks,GameSpy Arcade, MSN Gaming Zone, and Mplayer.com(now intergrated into GameSpy Arcade)The multiplayer game achieved a certain degree of success boasting several thousand players playing at once. After the acquisition of MPlayer.com by GameSpy Arcade, MSN Games became the more popular of the two until Microsoft shut down the MSN Gaming Zone's CD-ROM match-making service on June 19, 2006.

Rogue Spear also fetured a ranking system called ladder play,Several websites throughout the game's lifespan provided this service with the two most notable being Clanladder (CL) and Xtreme Gaming Network (XGN). While both of these websites provided a ranking system, they also provided anti-cheat applications. As is true in most online video games, cheating was a consistent problem.

*Expansions:

Urban Operations

Rogue Spear's first expansion was released on April 4, 2000.It added eight new maps and five maps from the original Rainbow Six game,as well as 3 new weapons.

Covert Ops Essentials

Covert Ops Essential was released on September,28 2000 as an educational program on real life counter-terrorism history and tactics.it included nine new missions.

Black Thorn

Rogue Spears last expansion was released on December 15, 2001.Black Thorn featured nine new single-player maps.

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Developed and published by Red Storm Entertainment for the PC in 1998, Rainbow Six puts players in control of RAINBOW, an elite counter-terrorism force directed by John Clark and led byDing Chavez. RAINBOW's mission is to prevent the spread of the deadly "Shiva" virus at the Olympics. The group behind the attempted attack is the Phoenix Group, eco-terrorists bent on giving Earth a fresh start with a select population of the environmentally friendly. After stopping the release of the Shiva virus, RAINBOW tracks down their one-time expert adviser John Brightling from Horizon Inc., a company using Phoenix Group as a front. The finale takes place in the Amazon, where Brightling is captured and Horizon Inc/Phoenix Group is neutralized.

Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear

Expansions:

• Rainbow Six Mission Pack: Eagle Watch (1999): added five missions, 4 operatives, 3 weapons and new multiplayer modes to the game.
• Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf(2002): exclusively on PlayStation.

Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (1999):

Rogue Spear was released for PC in 1999, Dreamcast in 2000, Mac and PlayStation in 2001, and Game Boy Advance in 2002. This time around the year is 2001 and RAINBOW is charged with taking out Russian mobster Maxim Kutkin and Middle Eastern arms dealer Samed Vezirzade who are in possession of a nuclear weapon. Just like in the original Rainbow Six, players plan out their strategy before starting their mission, assigning specific teams within RAINBOW to designated areas in order to neutralize "tangos" and either disarm bombs or save hostages. The player can switch between different teams and ops inside that team. As is typical of the franchise, Rogue Spear focuses quite heavily on realism, requiring only one or two shots to take down, or be taken down by, an enemy.

Expansions:

• Rogue Spear: Urban Operations (2000)
• Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials (2000): Standalone expansion. Emphasized real-life aspects of covert ops with videos of weapons and equipment as well as interviews with experts in the field.
• Rogue Spear: Black Thorn (2001): Standalone expansion. It was with this title that Ubisoft took Red Storm Entertainment's role as publisher of Rainbow Six games, though Red Storm Entertainment continued to develop them.

Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003):

RAINBOW returns to save the day in this sequel released on PC and Xbox in 2003 and PS2 and Gamecube in 2004. While the console and PC versions are slightly different in storyline (console versions are titled simply Rainbow Six 3 as well), the basic idea is

Raven Shield

that in the year 2005 RAINBOW has to stop an international terrorist organization backed by a South American presidential candidate. In the PC version, Nikola Gospic is a Nazi from the Ustashe regime in Croatia who fled following the fall of the Reich in 1945. With Holocaust loot, he finances Argentinian presidential candidate Alvero Guitierrez's campaign in return for political protection. His goal is to spread the VX nerve gas throughout the world by means of packaged meat and even attempts to attack the Festa Junina in Rio De Janeiro. Of course, all this is no match for team RAINBOW.

Expansions:

• Athena Sword (2004): The year is 2007. Guitierrez, though in jail, commands a terrorist cell that attempts terrorists attacks first in Milan and finally in Athens, Greece. With RAINBOW successfully thwarting the former presidential nominee's visions of terror, the inmate commits suicide and the game is over.
• Iron Wrath (2005): Released by Ubisoft as a free download for FilePlanet subscribers. Featured a seven mission campaign, two older missions, eight multiplayer maps, and six new weapons.
• Black Arrow (2004): Exclusive to Xbox.

Rainbow Six: Lockdown (2005):

The year is 2009 and RAINBOW is called in yet again to stop an anarchic terrorist organization from going berserk with a deadly virus. In this title, the organization is the Global Liberation Front, and the virus is the completely fatal "Legion" virus. Hopping around the globe to stop the GLF, and even rescuing one of their own (sniper Dieter Weber) from the hands of the terrorists, RAINBOW makes it clear that Bastian Vanderwaal and his GLF are no match for the covert ops.

In terms of gameplay, Lockdown was a distinct departure from the Rainbow Six series' emphasis on pre-mission planning, non-linear missions and realistic damage. Lockdown, in contrast, provided more of a run-n-gun feel, no pre-mission planning, and several shots to kill, or be killed by, a terrorist, rather than the previous one or two shots necessary. The PC version, released in 2006, made several changes in an attempt to return to the classic Rainbow Six formula that fans clearly wanted.

Rainbow Six: Critical Hour (2006):

An Xbox exclusive (a PS2 port was pursued though later scrapped), this title is seen by many as an attempt to curb criticism and return to the series' roots. Critical Hour provides gamers with non-linear, classic Rainbow Six gameplay with pre-mission tactical planning maps and realistic damage. In this title John Clark, RAINBOW's director, is retiring and passing the torch to Ding Chavez, Clark's son-in-law and leader of RAINBOW throughout all the previous games. John's nostalgia while cleaning out his office allows players to combat through seven missions, four from Rainbow Six, one from Rogue Spear, and one from Rogue Spear: Urban Operations.

Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006):

Rainbow Six: Vegas

In the year 2010, a new RAINBOW team is led by Logan Keller who, with his teammates Gabriel Nowak and Kan Akahashi, is charged with tracking down terrorist leader Irena Morales. When the mission goes awry, Logan is separated from his teammates, who are taken hostage by Morales. Escaping from the area, Logan is told by RAINBOW director Ding Chavez to pursue another lead in Las Vegas, Nevada with a possible link to Morales. Logan is assigned a new team, Michael Walters (demolitions and heavy weapons expert) and Jung Park (reconnaissance and electronics expert). Combating through Las Vegas, RAINBOW learns that Morales is planning on attacking the hydroelectric Nevada Dam. The game ends with the revelation that Gabriel was serving as a mole for Morales, and he presumably escapes.

Vegas was released for PC and Xbox 360 in 2006 and PS3 in 2007, as well as on Mobile.

Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (2007):

Vegas 2 is set in two different periods, 2005 and 2010. In 2005, you play as Bishop, operating in France with Nowak and Keller, both fresh recruits. The events in France occur one year before the events of Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. RAINBOW's negotiator, Monroe, is killed in the ensuing fire fight, and Gabriel is to blame. Fast forwarding to 2010, you play as Bishop again, but with a new team, Jung Park and Michael Walters, operating in Las Vegas to track down Miguel and Alvarez Cabreros. The brothers are confronted, and Gabriel is shot down by Bishop, ending the game.

Other Rainbow Six Titles:

• Rainbow Six: Take-Down (2001): Released and available only in South Korea.
• Rainbow Six: Broken Wing: Exclusive on Mobile.
• Rainbow Six: Urban Crisis: Exclusive on Mobile.