Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown

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  • Summary: Command Team Rainbow in their toughest mission yet. When one of your own is taken hostage, do you follow orders or do you break them in order to save the life of one of your own men? The next Rainbow Six title features a thrilling single-player campaign that has you playing as either theCommand Team Rainbow in their toughest mission yet. When one of your own is taken hostage, do you follow orders or do you break them in order to save the life of one of your own men? The next Rainbow Six title features a thrilling single-player campaign that has you playing as either the confident team leader, Ding Chavez, who never leaves a man behind, or as the team's arrogant sniper, Dieter Weber, who never misses a shot. The final result: a totally immersive experience - which becomes even more compelling when gamers go online to play against other fans from around the world, using voice chat to communicate with one another. New weapons and equipment: Complete your mission with all of the tools of the trade including new items like motion trackers, battering rams, and the deadly MTAR-21 micro assault rifle. Stunning graphics and ultra-realistic "ragdoll" physics deliver staggering realism and spectacular close quarter firefights. [Ubisoft]… Expand
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  • Developer: Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Montreal
  • Genre(s): Action, Shooter, Shooter, First-Person, Tactical, Modern, Modern
  • # of players: 16 Online
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  • Rating: M
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 17
  3. Negative: 7 out of 17
  1. ActionTrip
    81
    Worthy of the R6 series, solid single-player and multiplayer, good visuals and sound.
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    79
    Nicely converted to PC, but has one fatal flaw. The linear levels are too long and feel too similar even when one level is a ship and the second is a terrorist camp in the desert. A tube is a tube is a tube. [Mar 2006]
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  3. Computer and Video Games
    67
    In terms of customisable play, varied and never-dull multiplayer along with a decent co-op mode, there's no doubt that Lockdown remains an attractive and enjoyable package - but it just feels old.
  4. GameShark
    58
    It does present a good, fun, rowdy terrorist hunt that offers access to detailed weapons you probably won’t find in other games, co-op support, and some interesting multiplayer action, but it’s obvious that they really didn’t bother trying much with the storyline (or just weren’t allocated enough time to put any real detail into it), and the aging graphical tech is really becoming obvious.
  5. PC Gamer
    45
    But the sad fact remains, the intense experience we craved is just...gone. [May 2006, p.54]
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  6. Computer Games Magazine
    40
    Basically, there are just enough tactical elements in Lockdown to ruin it as an action-oriented shooter, and just enough action elements to ruin it as a tactical shooter. [May 2006, p.50]
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  7. Yahoo!
    40
    It's another throwaway shooter with bad AI, forgettable single player levels, and glib unremarkable multiplayer options. Here lies Rainbow Six. Rest in peace, while we go reinstall "Raven Shield."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 49
  3. Negative: 20 out of 49
  1. HorusB
    Mar 1, 2006
    10
    the graphics engine in RB6LD is outstanding. i've read a few bad reviews on the game, and dismiss a lot of it for the graphics alone. ithe graphics engine in RB6LD is outstanding. i've read a few bad reviews on the game, and dismiss a lot of it for the graphics alone. i wasn't sure if the screenshots were going to be very representative of the game when i saw them, but now that i've bought the game and played it everyday for the last week, i must say that the graphics truly are some of the best out right now.… Expand
  2. JaimeJ.
    Feb 22, 2006
    9
    Nonstop mayhem. I started playing several days ago and I'm so hooked that I've played myself out. With only sleep breaks between theNonstop mayhem. I started playing several days ago and I'm so hooked that I've played myself out. With only sleep breaks between the carnage, I must finally force mysefl to step AWAY from the computer (after posting this review of course) and catch up with my "other" life. I just hope I catch up fast so that I can get back to playing Lockdown!… Expand
  4. TimothyH.
    Mar 1, 2006
    9
    the single player is astounding. great plot. great graphics. great transition of levels and character building, the weapons are pretty the single player is astounding. great plot. great graphics. great transition of levels and character building, the weapons are pretty innovative... i expected much less. this game is really cool.… Expand
  5. wowtgp
    Mar 12, 2012
    7
    well there is nothing much to say about singleplayer.there are 16 missions and all of them is about shooting terrorists.there is nothing whichwell there is nothing much to say about singleplayer.there are 16 missions and all of them is about shooting terrorists.there is nothing which involves teamwork but multiplayer was good enough to give this game a seven.if you are a fan of rainbow six series and looking for some traditional gameplay then you will be hugely dissapointed.… Expand
  6. RobA.
    Feb 21, 2006
    4
    This just doesn't come close to the more recent squad based shooters out there. Yeah it looks superb but the AI of both your squad and This just doesn't come close to the more recent squad based shooters out there. Yeah it looks superb but the AI of both your squad and the enemy is terrible. I've seen my entire squad wiped out by a single enemy who'd strolled up behind them and casually shot them all in the back in turn while not one of them turned around. Alternatively i've gone into many rooms and shot one guy and his mate has just stood facing the wall with his gun down whilst shouting "They're here!" I've watched my squad break open a door and then blind themselves on their own flashbangs. I've been denied the use of the sledgehammer to break open doors because it's apparently been used too much. Why? Has it run out of swing? And what's with the use of tables and scaffolding to block corridors? Surely the world's finest special forces wouldn't be stumped by a piece of furniture? Or unable to duck? And i should just mention the level design. In the old games you always had multiple choices of routes to your objective but here it's completely linear. And the levels don't even make sense half the time. Long sprawling corridors that all look the same and the occasional really dumb thing like a grand staircase that leads down to a brick wall! And just to get really pedantic why don't my bullets smash lights or puncture tyres? They do in Splinter Cell and other older games. If you want to see how a game of this type should be done get yourself a copy of SWAT 4 or SC Chaos Theory. And to the guy who claimed "AI is fantastic" please play FEAR and see just how good AI can be these days.… Expand
  7. DevinK.
    Mar 30, 2006
    2
    I just finished this game. And I want that time of my life back. Not only is this game a disgrace to the Rainbow Six franchise, it is a I just finished this game. And I want that time of my life back. Not only is this game a disgrace to the Rainbow Six franchise, it is a disgrace to modern First person shooters. Take a look at Half-life 2 and Far Cry and you'll understand what AI is SUPPOSED to be doing. Take a look at Ravenshield, Athena Sword or Swat 4, and you see what a squad based shooter is SUPPOSED to be like. Sure the game is pretty. The sound is aweful. There should NEVER be a time when I have to edit a file to make my sound work properly. Thats just bad QA. The only reason I didn't give Lockdown a 1 is because I remotely enjoyed the multiplayer. That is when I could actually connect to a game.… Expand
  8. PaulB.
    Feb 16, 2006
    0
    This game is a total Joke. The A.I is no where near as good as any of the old games.

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