Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (video game): Difference between revisions

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Contrary to popular belief, the games and [[Rainbow Six (novel)|novel]] were not planned as a franchise. The game series started life as being about [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3422/postmortem_redstorms_rainbow_six.php an FBI hostage rescue team,] but Red Storm Entertainment wanted to replace the FBI with a fictional group to give the game international appeal. Coincidentally, Clancy happened to be writing his novel at the time, and a license deal was struck. The game actually came out before the book, and the plots diverge halfway through, though they keep the same villains.

''Rainbow Six: Vegas'' and ''Rainbow Six: Vegas 2'', the latest games in the series, are in many ways ''Rainbow Six'' [[In Name Only]], being a hybrid first-person/third-person shooter with cover-based gameplay, somewhat similar to ''[[Gears of War]]'', and featuring a regenerating health system and standard [[First-Person Shooter]]-style combat. Although ''Vegas'' was critically acclaimed for its gameplay and presentation, it's a far cry from the series original tactical shooter roots.

 

 

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* [[A-Team Firing]]: Attempting to blind-fire from behind cover in ''Vegas'' results in this. Outside of a few feet, the most you can hope for while shooting is to force the enemy into cover so you can safely pop out and actually aim.

* [[America Saves the Day]]: Subverted to a degree in ''Vegas'' in which {{spoiler|even though you stopped the crisis, the [[Big Bad]] gets away and plans to sell every Rainbow member's personal information out to the highest bidder.}} And in ''Vegas 2'' {{spoiler|Gabriel screws up your mission in the opening and you fail to save not only an NSA spy but also an entire room full of civilians from a very grisly death. Also, Echo Team bites the dust. It looks as though you're fighting a losing battle until the game plays it straight by letting you come out on top.}} Also, Bishop, Keller and Six are about the only Americans on the team. Michael Walters is British, Jung is South Korean, the intel officers are Israeli and Canadian and the helicopter pilots are from Russia and New Zealand. Plus the US is the one under attack. So it's more like the rest of the world saving America.

* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: Bastian Vanderwaal in ''Lockdown'' and Irena Morales in ''Vegas''. ''Vegas 2'' ends with a one-on-one quickdraw between you and [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Gabriel Nowak}}, which might have worked, except he gives a long [[Motive Rant]] before either of you draw your pistols, and once you do he ''continues'' to rant on while you have your pistol ''aimed right at his head''. Miguel Cabrero can be something of a [[Kaizo Trap]] though; he dropped his gun earlier, but he has another one in his holster and will pull it out once you've finished talking to him.

* [[Escort Mission]]: Just before the Anti-Climax showdown with Irina mentioned above, you must defend your teammate while he hacks a computer in a much, much harder sequence.

** In the original, any hostage rescue mission, assuming you didn't already clear out all the terrorists. The fourth-to-last mission is one for its entire duration, as you have to escort a member of the conspiracy while protecting him from forces trying to kill him.

* [[Fast Roping]]: The Vegas games allow you to this in a surprising amount of places - frequently, if there is a window or ledge that leads to the outside, or a skylight right in front of you, there is something you can clip your rope to and fast rope down. [[Ctrl+Alt+Del]] [http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20080321 found it] [[Egregious]].

* [[Final Death]]: In the original 3 games, characters killed during a mission are gone forever, and are replaced on the team roster by generic masked [[Red Shirt|Red Shirts]] with lower stats.

** And even characters who are simply ''wounded'' may be unavailable for several missions while they recover. Basically, this is a game franchise where you want to be ''very'' careful when it comes to the safety of your team members.

** Unless while using cover, opening crates, ect when s\he was shown in third person, [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|you wanted]] [[Hot Amazon|to be a perv]].

* [[Rare Guns]]: Most notably the WA 2000 introduced in Rogue Spear, and the XM8 in Vegas.

* [[Renegade Russian]]: The [[Big Bad]] of ''Rogue Spear'', as well as a few of his underlings. His underlings plead that they had no choice but turn to crime when the Soviet Union dissolved.

* [[Reverse Mole]]: The Informant that supplied lots of information in Rogue Spear turns out to be the man everyone thought to be the [[Big Bad]].

** As well as at least one wiretapping mission in Raven Shield.

* [[Unusable Enemy Equipment]]: Played straight in the original games, averted in ''Vegas''.

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: John Brightling's and The Phoenix Group's goal in the first game.

* [[Viva Las Vegas]]: Hits every major landmark, including The Strip, Brand X knockoffs of the Stratosphere and Caesar's Palace, a casino vault, a monorail station, a random desert oil refinery, and the Hoover Dam.

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