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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials from: Red Storm Entertainment List Price: $34.99 Price: $2.99 You Save: $32.00 (91%)as of 09/09/2010 06:52 EDT Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Red Storm Entertainment EAN: 0646227256006 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Format: CD-ROM Label: Red Storm Entertainment Manufacturer: Red Storm Entertainment Model: 256006 Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95 Publisher: Red Storm Entertainment Release Date: September 20, 2000 Studio: Red Storm Entertainment Accessories: Editorial Review: Product Description: This software is BRAND NEW. Packaging may differ slightly from the stock photo above. Please click on our logo above to see over 15,000 titles in stock. Amazon.co.uk: There is no doubt about it, the original Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear titles are fantastic games and still manage to captivate action strategists. The latest offering from the Clancy gaming world is Covert Ops Essentials, a bizarre mixture of education and entertainment. Covert Ops provides two new elements to the Rainbow Six world: a clutch of new levels and training missions and an encyclopedic look at the world of counterinsurgency. Covert Ops is a standalone title, so you don't need the original game to run it. Running on the engine of Rogue Spear, Covert Ops has the same overall game structure--you examine the intelligence, and proceed to plan and execute your mission. The Bolivian jungle level is graphically impressive and has all the atmosphere of the original titles, but gaming wise it adds nothing new. The training side of things is highly captivating and there is an abundance of material to absorb. The more you learn, the better prepared you are to tackle the challenges on the gaming side. Perhaps this would have been useful as a teaser for Rogue Spear rather than a follow-up, but at any length, the information resource will captivate fans of the Rainbow Six experience. The graphics and gameplay are still as gripping as its predecessors and have the same attention to detail. And therein lies the beauty, and perhaps the problem. Gamers familiar with the Rainbow Six universe can instantly jump into familiar surroundings, but there is little new material to satisfy their thirst for action. For special-forces enthusiasts, the wealth of information will be well received, but it will leave the hard-core gamers wanting more. Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials provides a reminiscent spattering of new levels, but does not truly satisfy the want of more gaming action. --Chris Hall Amazon.com Product Description: Think of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials as edutainment for would-be commandos. Building upon the popular Rainbow Six franchise, not only will you play nine exciting new levels, but you'll also get an insider's look at the world of covert operations. The game serves as an overview of counter-terrorism operations from 1970 to today. Video interviews with top experts in the field, photos and video footage of weapons and equipment, and situation descriptions round out the gameplay, as does a special Covert Exam. Lock, load, and learn! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Best value in gaming!!!As many know from reading these reviews there are two parts to this game. The 3 missions and the educational part which included 6 training missions. While i can understand the disappointment in so few stock missions(3)it is the custom missions that allow you many hours of great fun. Those who like thematic campaigns would be disappointed but rainbow six rogue spear never focused much on that anyway. This is not a rainbow six mission pack. It came out after rogue spear and uses the rogue spear engine with all the options you find in RS for weapons, unis etc. The graphics are RS quality. The 3 missions you do get are superb with intense competitive play. The custom mission section is what makes this game work. There you can choose from various rules from 9 different maps such as terrorist hunt-lone wolf-hostage rescue-defend. You can choose how difficult the mission is and choose how many of the enemy there will be for some. Given all these choices makes it almost unlimited mission ... Read More Rating: - Rainbow Six Covert OperationsI my opinion I think this game is great. One of the good things is that it doesnt need the original rainbow six to be installed to run. It has some pretty good realism and graphics are good too. With 9 new levels, it will keep most people who are on HARD dificulty with something to do. Rating: - Interesting game out of the entire series, Education-WiseThis was the first Rainbow Six game I got, and when I opened the package I was a little confused. There were two disks, so I thought you needed both to play this game, but you don't. One disc has the game on it and the other disc is filled with stuff to learn all you ever wanted to know about covert operations and counter-terror tactics, etc. It's quite interesting and it's divided up into different lessons, although you don't need to go through this CD in order to play the game. Here is why I gave this game four stars: I downgraded it because of the actual game. The box says "9 new missions", but 6 of them aren't really missions, they are the equivelent to practice levels and 3 are actually missions. So really what you get is 3 mission levels and 6 not-mission levels...whatever. For that I was almost tempted to give it 3 starts but because of disc two, I didn't. I thought they put a lot of work into the education disk, and it was put in such a creative manner for those who are ... Read More Rating:  - Ok, but needs moreFor a Rainbow Six game, I was very disappointed that only three missions were included. The controls are much better than R6 and Eagle Watch, but other than that, this game was nothing more than a large disappointment. The three missions range in difficulty, but they can only be so interesting. For the first, you're inserted into the jungle for some kind of a hostage rescue, which you'll lose men in the process, no way around. You can't get your snipers in positions to get the enemy's, ever. The second mission takes you to a snowy landscape, and this mission was so boring that I didn't need to do a thing, just set it on autopilot, and they ran through it with ease. The third puts you outside a missle silo, and you have to actually run through this mission. I think this one is the best of the three, as it poses a challenge, but isn't impossible. The multiplayer aspect, however, is what the game is worth. The sniper battles that can take place in the Jungle are unbelievable, ... Read More Rating: - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Covert operations Essentials-ReviewI found that this game is great for anyone wanting to know what it takes to become a member of this elite NATO organization (outside the physical asspect). This game consists of two (2) CDs, the first being the training CD is great for those who want to learn about todays needs to become a member of a CT/HRU (Counter Terrorist/ Hostage Rescue Unit). You read and take tests in fields like surrvalince, Phychology, Historic Missions, etc. After that, it's onto the Mission CD where you can paly nine new missions in Bolivia, the Antartic and Idao. Those plussix new training operations. If you are a CT (Counter Terrorist) buff, you will enjoy this game. The only down side, sometimes in the Training CD, there is a bit of a sound glich but it is minor. Enjoy. |
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