Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
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| Developer(s) | Ubisoft |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Release date(s) | March 18, 2003 |
| Genre | Tactical shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Mature (M) |
| Platform(s) | PC, Xbox, GameCube, PS2, Mac OS |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield is a computer game developed and published by Ubisoft and released on March 16, 2003. The Rainbow Six video game series is based on Tom Clancy's best-selling novel of the same name.
Based on the Unreal engine, Raven Shield is one of the highest regarded tactical shooters for the PC. Raven Shield moved toward mainstream first-person shooters like Counter-Strike, adapting various features absent in previous versions. These included: the ability to see one's weapon while in first-person view (the game also included a third-person view), many new additions (including larger magazines and scopes), and a redesigned multiplayer. It had one of the best graphical options of any first-person shooter of its time, even surpassing various console shooters, namely its main counterpart on the PlayStation 2, SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs.
The popularity of Raven Shield was shown when it was nominated for many game reviewers' awards, including Best Sound Effects, Best Action Game, and Best PC Game (at GameSpy (http://www.gamespy.com) and GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com), among others).
The game was later ported and renamed simply to Rainbow Six 3 for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube video game consoles. A port was also released on Mac OS X in December 17 2003. Due to its success on the Xbox and the popularity of its subscription-based online multiplayer service, Xbox Live, a semi-sequel was released in 2004 titled Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow.
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PC expansions
Athena Sword
Athena Sword is the first expansion for the PC version of Raven Shield. Athena Sword expands on the original by adding eight new missions, five new multiplayer missions, three new multiplayer gamemodes, and seven new weapons. Athena Sword was developed by Ubisoft-Milan and released on March 9, 2004. A Mac port was released on November 23, 2004.
Iron Wrath
Iron Wrath is the second expansion for the PC version of Raven Shield. It was on the drawing board and in production for almost 2 years before it was decided by Ubisoft to be released as a free download on June 9, 2005 to FilePlanet subscribers. The new expansion features a 7-mission campaign, 2 classic missions, 8 new multiplayer maps, as well as 6 new weapons.
Rainbow Six 3 console versions
Rainbow Six 3 was initially ported to Microsoft's Xbox console to take advantage of the Xbox Live online functionality. The Xbox version was developed by Ubisoft-Montreal. The game would later be ported to PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube in early 2004 by developer Ubisoft-Shanghai. Since the Nintendo GameCube didn't support online play for the game, it lacks perhaps the most vital part of the game that made the Xbox version such a success and is therefore limited to a mere 2 players for multiplayer. Although both games are titled Rainbow Six 3, this version is not subtitled Raven Shield.
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow
Black Arrow is a semi-sequel to the console version of Rainbow Six 3. Still titled Rainbow Six 3, Black Arrow was developed and published by Ubisoft and released for the Xbox on August 5, 2004. Like Rainbow Six 3, Black Arrow was created to take advantage of Microsoft's popular Xbox Live online service.
Black Arrow addes two new gameplay modes for multiplayer, "conquest" and "capture the flag". Since the release of Black Arrow, new content has been released and is available to download via Xbox Live.
External links
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- Raven-Shield Official website (http://www.raven-shield.com/)