Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown Description

A best-selling novelist whose books have been the subject of many a Hollywood blockbuster, Tom Clancy now seems to like nothing as much as the array of storytelling options offered by video games. Ubisoft develop his Splinter Cell games in-house but the popular Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon games are developed by Red Entertainment. Clancy's baptism into the world of video games began in 1998 with the multi-platform release of Rainbow Six, an adaption of a bestselling Clancy novel of the same title. You were recruited by John Clark, a much darker, more paranoid, and more right-wing character than Clancy's more famous Jack Ryan. Clark, for one thing, believes that the only way to combat terrorism is with the threat of sure and violent retribution. His codename is Rainbow Six. The realistic weapons and tactics of the first game were new to the FPS scene at the time, and the game featured intelligence maps by which you had to co-ordinate your team's assault. The fourth instalment in this prolific series is as usual developed by Red Entertainment. An evil, freedom-hating terrorist network is planning to kill millions of innocents using an advanced nanotechnology virus. Rainbow, the zero-tolerance anti terrorist squad have been called in to put a stop to this nonsense. Players will experience close-quarter, split-second decision gameplay, playing either as Ding Chavez, the heroic team leader, or Dieter Weber, the reliable if arrogant team sniper. Lead the Rainbow team's highly skilled operatives, all tooled up with the most advanced equipment available. The game features typical new FPS technology: a new graphical engine, ragdoll physics and heightened enemy AI. As you'd imagine for a tactical FPS, the game also supports full online play, and should delight fans of Tom Clancy games.

Stunning graphics and ultra-realistic "ragdoll" physics deliver staggering realism and spectacular close quarter firefights.

New elite operatives for the most captivating squad-based gameplay - 10 multinational operatives, including Recon, Electronics and Demolitions experts are available to help you to complete the missions as you command your 3 AI-teamates through Quick Order Interface or Voice Command.

Superior multiplayer experience - One of the best multiplayer games ever returns with the classics: Adversarial & Cooperative modes through Split-Screen & on-line. Additionally exclusive mode make their appearance with:

• PlayStation 2 - New Rivalry Mode pits Rainbow operatives against trained mercenaries in objective-driven team-based adversarial gameplay.
  
  
• New Xbox Live - "Career Mode" allows players to create their own operative, improve their skills and acquire extra equipment in all-new objective-based missions.
  
  

Increasingly intelligent enemy A.I. - With every mission, enemies get more dangerous using tactics like flanking, suppression fire and room clearing.

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.

Tension-building sound effects - Creaking floorboards, whispers and hostages begging for their lives hint that a threat lurks around every corner.