What we are looking at today may actually be the first Rainbow Six game that many people played!
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006/2007) Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3The best way to think of Rainbow Six Vegas is as a whole new ball game for the series as this in many ways is actually serving as a reboot of the series. Ubisoft had a clear vision for what they wanted Rainbow Six to be going forward.
As you would expect the story is set in Vegas one of the tourist hot spots of the world. The basics of the story are that Las Vegas is going to be hit with one of the worst terrorist attacks of all time and only Rainbow team can stop it. One of the interesting things about the story is that you experience the majority of it in game and not with lengthy cut scenes. It actually works very well and immerses you in the action.
Gameplay wise, Ubisoft really changed things up as Rainbow Six Vegas feels like no other Rainbow Six game. While you could still give orders to your teammates (which you did with the d pad) things like regenerating health, 3rd person cover shooter sections and the fact that missions had checkpoints gave the game a much more action packed feel than any other game in the series. One of the coolest things they added was using ropes to move up and down the building all the while shooting! Gameplay was nice and tight and for many was that perfect blend of being action packed while also offering tactical based gameplay.
Rainbow Six Vegas was a huge hit. It was very well received, people love the single player campaign and multiplayer was very popular as well. In all, it was a great reboot of the series and actually introduced many new players to the series as well.
Why Call Of Duty WWII Is The Most Festive Game Of 2017!
Ok so this may be a weird statement, but playing games that give you that holiday feels is something that we like to do. Donkey Kong Country’s snow themed levels, Diddy Kong Racing and its Frosty Village to name just two. But we feel that this year’s Call Of Duty Winter Siege event has made Call Of Duty WWII the most festive triple A title of this holiday season!
The headquarters looks like Santa’s sleigh crash landed there as it is so festive. You can throw around Christmas snow globes with your buddies. Right in front of the Quartermaster there is a lovely Christmas tree, but unfortunately, the Quartermaster does not exactly have a look of Christmas joy on his face, but hey at least the tree is cool. Plus there are Christmas lights all over the place.
Of course, the main event of the Call Of Duty Winter Siege event is those wonderful loot boxes. We know that loot boxes are taking a real beating in the press these days. But we do feel that Sledgehammer has tried to keep their Call Of Duty WWII loot boxes light and fun. We have talked about the Winter Siege supply drops before where you can get some pretty neat festive items that will make it extra fun when you are waging war this holiday season. Of course, playing the game on the Carentan Map which is covered in snow also helps get you into the holiday spirit….. well as much as the horrors of World War II can of course.
We have had a blast with Call Of Duty WWII Winter Siege and we are sure that you guys who will be opening it up on Christmas morning will too. Just be warned that you only have around a week after Christmas to enjoy the event so make the most of it.
To say Battlefield 1 was a huge success is a major understatement. Most of us had a blast with the first two expansions, but now more details have come forward about the Battlefield 1 Turning Tides expansion that is starting December 2017.
Notice we said starting, that is because this expansion is not all coming at once. Instead, it is coming in waves and it will be released gradually over the course of a few weeks.
The first part of the Battlefield 1 Turning Tides expansion is super jacked! To start with it has two new maps in Achi Baba and Cape Helles. Also, the Gallipoli Operation that is also part of this expansion will make use of these new maps. A load of new weapons including both guns and melee weapons along with an Infiltrator Elite Class that we can have fun with. One other thing we have to mention that is coming is the awesome, Conquest Assault Mode that was a huge hit in past Battlefield games is coming back.
Shortly after this in January the next part of the Battlefield 1 Turning Tides expansion will be released. Once again you will have two new maps to have fun with these are Heligoland Bight and Zeebrugge. As well as these new maps there is also a brand new faction, the British Empire’s Royal Marines.
We think that these new maps, modes, and other goodies are sure to breathe a lot more life into Battlefield 1 and our modded controllers can make sure you rule these new maps with an iron fist. If you are lucky enough to have the Battlefield 1 Premium Pass then you will be able to enjoy the Turning Tides expansion a couple of weeks early!
Get ready for some more tactical shooting action as we are now on part three of our Rainbow Six retrospective.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003) PCIn 2003, the Rainbow Six series would take a few steps towards falling in line more with what other console shooters were offering at the time. As crazy as it sounds, this is the first game to allow you to actually see your gun like in a regular first person shooter. Rainbow Six 3 would also be released on console, but those versions were vastly different
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield featured a pretty cool story that started way back in the 1940,s where there was something of an evil Croatian regime that was topped and the men behind it disappeared. The story fast forwards to modern times where Rainbow team is required to stop a range of terrorist attacks which open up a whole can of worms and have a link to events of the past. Like all Tom Clancy games it is a story full of twists and turns and it was generally very well received.
Gameplay wise, Raven Shield offered what Rainbow Six fans had come to love about the series. In depth tactical based combat. But the vastly increased amount of weapons and more action heavy sections showed that the people behind the game knew where the first person shooter genre was heading and this was their attempt to keep their current fan base all the while pulling in that hardcore FPS player.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield sold millions of copies, had many expansion packs and was critically acclaimed by nearly all who reviewed it. It still stands as one of the most popular games in the series.
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