Tom Clancy?s Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow

More of everything you liked about the first game and some you didn?t. Thanks, Tom Clancy!

The hit tactical shooter is back with more of the same, which is both good and bad, depending on how new you are to the series.

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Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow is squarely an expansion pack with new single- and multiplayer content to state its case. As it isn?t meant to be a true sequel, the game hasn?t been completely overhauled, and there are very few visual and audio upgrades. That said, the graphics and the crisp sound effects still hold up extremely well. Anyone who bought the original game will find no problems easing into the gameplay of Black Arrow as all the controls and interfaces are virtually identical. The variety in objectives is about the same, and different locales are once again contrasted against each other. The campaign mode, however, does sport enemies with better A.I. that make the missions much tougher this time around.

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The self-proclaimed ?most popular Xbox Live game? knows it has a lot of rabid players looking for a ton more content, and this is where Black Arrow really delivers. Ten brand-new maps and four from the previous game provide many new strategies to explore. Add two new game types to the mix?Capture the Point and Capture the Canister?and the play value multiplies. In a controlled beta test of the online play, both new game types proved to be immense additions to the overall fun. Both require more team cooperation to be successful, especially Capture the Point. Other improvements are balance tweaks like the removal of the way-too-powerful .50 caliber rifle and support for the 3.0 features of Xbox Live.

Newbies may find the competition online way too advanced at this point and the tougher campaign missions a bit daunting; but it?s a no-brainer for fans of the original to get back onboard with Black Arrow.

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