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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword

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7.9 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Ubi Soft

Developer: Ubi Soft Milan

Genre(s): Tactical Shooter, Action

Players: 16

ESRB Rating: M (Mature)

Release Date: March 9, 2004

Summary

Command Team RAINBOW, the world's most elite, multinational squad of counter-terrorist operatives, as they track the desperate remnants of a dangerous terrorist organization into exotic regions of the Mediterranean to prevent their agenda of international anarchy and destruction. Athena Sword boasts a host of standout features, including: All-new, eight-mission campaign in locations including Italy, Croatia, and Greece; Eight new Multiplayer levels; Five new multiplayer game modes; Three "classic" missions; Seven additional real-world weapons (for a whopping total of 64); Weapon sound effects from the team that worked on the blockbuster film The Matrix. [Ubi Soft]

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What The Critics Said

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Worth Playing

I still highly recommend this expansion to current owners of Raven Shield, but for the rest of you, you may want to save a few bucks and wait until the “Deluxe Edition” comes out.

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PC Gamer

While not the most ambitious add-on we've ever played, Athena Sword packs enough solid, challenging content to appease "Raven Shield" vets. [June 2004, p.72]

Game Chronicles

A solid follow-up to "Raven Shield" and not only raises the bar on difficulty and mission design, but does so while adding some really great weapons and some creative new multiplayer modes.

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IGN

While I think that the weapons and levels and missions are as fun as those in the core game, the adversarial terrorist hunt mode is the only thing that makes this game seem at all different from the last.

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GameSpot

The expansion to last year's excellent shooter differs very little from its predecessor, in terms of plot, and heaps on more of the same tense tactical combat we've come to expect from the franchise.

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PC Format

Even with this variety, Rainbow Six is starting to feel decidedly over-familiar and all its flaws, from the flat combat to the flat graphics and utterly unconvincing AI, are very much in evidence.

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GameSpy

It's arguable that Capture the Enemy is worth the price of admission, being one of the brightest additions to the series in a long time. But considering the ratio of great to mediocre content, you should think twice before parting with the $30.

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Game Informer

If you still find yourself playing "Raven Shield" instead of the newer FPSs though, Athena Sword will only make you fall in love with it all over again. [May 2004, p.107]

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Computer and Video Games

It's entertaining in all the right ways, but just like Gates and Price, it's all a bit too predictable.

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Yahoo! Games

Although the brain-dead enemy AI remains unchanged, Athena Sword is a worthy expansion.

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Computer Games Magazine

The multiplayer maps and modes in Athena Sword are arguably worth the price; the single-player missions are just icing on the tasty tactical cake. [July 2004, p.65]

ActionTrip

Doesn't justify the relatively hefty price tag. Owners of the original game who are not fanatical about "Raven Shield" are better off downloading the patches and sticking to the original multiplayer.

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1UP

Me, I'll dish out a just 6.5 and demand that the next time a scant offering of maps and modes are going to be released, they'd better cost exactly $5 or exactly nothing.

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Cheat Code Central

A decent enough expansion pack but I can't help but feel that it's taking advantage of its fans. At $30 U.S., the game only offers the bare minimum of new gameplay features.

Computer Gaming World

A marginalized blockbuster. [June 2004, p.81]

G4 TV

The question instead should be, "Is the price tag worth the day or two of campaigning I will get out of the moderately small amount of new action?" That will be left up to the individual soldier to answer.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.9 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Graham M. gave it a 9:
A must buy if you have Raven Shield, and i you dont have raven shield, buy it! thats all I have to say.

Owen H. gave it a 2:
Wow! 64 Weapons! Shame most of them are the same weapon with a different model...

Jason B. gave it a 5:
Yawn. Another Ubi miss. This shooter stuff is getting boring. Ubi really likes to recycle what they already released a year prior. Not impressive.

John R. gave it a 10:
This "Expansion", is one of a kind. No game out there has 64 weapons in it, man thats just crazy...Rainbow Six 3, Athena Sword is 10/10 for my vote people.

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