What a terrible way for Rainbow to go... they have ruined a great franchise by making it mediocre.

User Rating: 2.5 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown PC
By Barzenak_40 | Review Date:
They took what used to stand out as the premire tacticle squad based shooter and made it just another run and gun fps. They took the console version and added very little and tried to feed the pc gamers this as a true sequel. It has no substance, weak ai, console like grenades, small levels, instance areas, linear gameplay with only one or two ways to get to the next portal. All these are elements of consoles not a true pc game. Anyone who played Rogue Spear, Ravenshield knew what great games these were. The community thrived...the games rocked and the series moved forward.

This Lockdown is a joke...UBI SoFT has been on a spiral for a while. They don't even know what they had with Red Storm and now..who cares. I own Ghost Recon gold and I guess I best hold onto it as the next version probably will be as poorly done as Lockdown. Flashy graphics do not sell a game no matter what the market experts say.

I will pass on this turkey....and let's not even mention it has Starforce on it. Just read up on that copy protection before allowing it on your pc. Google it up for more info or look at Cnet's report on it.

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