description:	The squad-based tactical shoot-'em-up has become one of the most popular genres of game in the last few years and the granddaddy of the genre is undoubtedly the f1i Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six f0i0 series. If such things existed on the Xbox f1i Black Arrow f0i0 would be a mission disc to the original f1i Rainbow Six 3 f0i0 , but since they don't it's a stand-alone, budget priced title that uses the same graphics and adds additional missions, weapons and features. The most obvious new feature is the new single player campaign with ten new missions, many in new locations in the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe. These missions also include improved artificial intelligence for the bad guys (including the ability to call for back-up and use hostages as human shields) and there's a new split-screen co-operative mode that allows you to team up with a friend and two computer team mates. Perhaps the most important additions though are in the online multiplayer mode, where f1i Black Arrow f0i0 will be one of the first games to utilise new Xbox Live 3.0 features such as user-created tournaments, instant messaging and clan statistics. Add in two new objective-based game modes, in the form of "capture the point" and "capture the flag", as well as new private team lobbies that see a return of sorts for the original f1i Rainbow Six f0i0 pre-mission planning interface, and you've got more new features than you find in most full-blown sequels. Which is far more than can be said for most similarly priced PC mission discs. -- f1i David Jenkins f0i0
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title:	Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow (Xbox)
purchase date:	30-12-2004
publisher:	Ubisoft
published:	20-08-2004
price:	£19.99
platform:	Xbox
net Rating:	4.8
last lookup time:	126138648
edition:	Video Game
created:	126138640
country:	gb
asin:	B00023HULC