Destruction of a series

User Rating: 2 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown PC
Even if we look past the fact that R6:LD is a total departure from what made this series unique and fun to play, taken on it's own as a shooter, it does absolutely nothing new, nothing inventive, and nothing noteworthy. Then, if we consider the games lineage, it only gets worse. I described this game to a friend as nothing more than 'duck hunt' on the old Nintendo system. Targets pop up, you shoot them, meh. I read a review that described this game perfectly, "The first tactical-first-person-shooter that is completely devoid of tactics."

Sure this game allows you to use flashbangs, breaching charges, hammer doors... but there's absolutely nothing to be gained by doing this. Your team's AI will typically do nothing but screw you up, walk in front of you, stand in front of a terrorist while being shot, take no cover, return fire at odd times, totally useless. Much easier and safer to slowly fluidly open the doors and twitch faster than the AI (not a challenge).

The graphics as a whole are drab and boring with uninspired and monochromatic level design. The enemy models constantly look exactly the same. See that terrorist with the horrible AI? Great, you'll be seeing him again... at least 25 times in your current mission and at least 25 times in each upcoming mission. The one bright spot is the team modeling

Though there are a multitude of weapon options for each level, there's no compelling reason to use anything other than whichever one you like on every single mission. There's really no advantage to using silenced weapons as the enemies will know you're coming as soon as you start shooting. The briefings are useless. I can brief you on every mission in the game in three easy steps:
1. Move through the linear level design.
2. Shoot all of the terrorists.
3. Occasionally disable security systems (no real reason to) or rescue hostages.

In closing, I have to really question if console to PC ports are worthwhile. I have to also wonder if there was truly market research done that suggested the original Rainbow Six concept was no longer viable. This game was a terrible disappointment and I hope people vote with their wallets.