Although everyone remembers Rainbow Six Vegas with nostalgia, I thought it was a significant step down from 3 and, with the third-person elements, felt like a completely other series at the time. 3 offered some exciting multiplayer and was the ideal balance of casual and tactical. I’m sorry if I’m rehashing something you all see frequently, but I never see anyone mention Rainbow Six 3 or even show them any affection. That game still has elements that look better than Siege did when it was first launched. It’s fantastic, so please give it a try sometime.
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In a fan of Vegas 2. Terrorist hunt with friends on realistic hit different
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So true. It’s a shame the servers are shut down. A buddy and I were really craving some Vegas 2 terrorist hunt.
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I swear that I have played a few online matches since purchasing Vegas 2 in November 2023, so I must be having hallucinations. I can still clearly recall playing on a few maps with the few others who were online.
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A few years ago, I recall returning to Terrorist Hunt with a friend. I have no idea how things are now, but I wouldn’t be shocked if the servers were finally gathering dust.
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Yo, I scratched that itch years ago with Insurgency: Sandstorm and Ground Branch. Both have a terrorist hunt PvE with co-op, and they feel just as good as Vegas 2 did.
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People don’t realize it because of Halo 2, but Rainbow Six 3 and Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow were THE Xbox Live games before Halo 2. Honestly, I had just as much fun in that era as I did during the Halo era. It was an absolute blast. I can still hear the echoes of that terrible, in-era Xbox Live voice chat on Presidio to this day.
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Black arrow was definitely one of the best gaming experiences for younger me.
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Same here. Rainbow Six 3 was my first real experience with competitive online shooters, and it’s also where I made my first online friends. There was this entire family that played Big Erik 7, Erik 7, Tracy 7, and a couple of others. It was really cool, and it became the foundation for the Seven clan, which I carried on across multiple consoles and games. At one point, we had about 300 members in GTA V. I also remember Baked Helvis and Captn Spalding two older guys with strong Southern accents who just laughed non-stop and never took the game too seriously. Rainbow Six 3 and Black Arrow were fantastic games, but for some reason, I don’t have as many clear memories of them, even though I know I played them all the time.
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It is incredible that we can still recall those men’s names from so long ago. JBizzle, PaperCut, and Boxstrongo were my pals. We played together in RB6:BA, one of the Xbox versions of Battlefield, and Halo 3 (we were in the top 10 clan leaderboards before the reset). After that, everyone grew up. Bizzle enlisted in the Army, Boxstrongo and I attended college, and PaperCut abruptly stopped appearing online.
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I am old as hell, but playing the original Rainbow Six in 3v3 on MPlayer was peak R6. Oil, AV, and Mint were the best maps. The game was 80% using the heartbeat sensor and staring hard at the mini-map, 20% camping, and 100% complaining about lag.
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Green ping games with a low latency of 350 ms are found by Mplayer. Getting angry and playing 2v2v2 BGH ONLY WITHOUT RUSH in StarCraft.
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250ms meant the host had DSL. Under 250ms was Cable and under 150ms was “T1”. Bonus points if you were doing league/ranked play on MXL or XL2k.