• + Level editor (not even Tribes has this) is exactly like the old Raven Shield one (because they're based on the same engine), which is way loving better than the old Rogue Spear one. This is a huge plus for me because I love making custom poo poo in games and then playing them with my friends.
  
  
• + 3 game modes across 13 different maps by default (however the Mission game mode limits the pool to only 5)
  
  
• + Mirrors and glass in general actually loving works -- there are genuine reflections that you can use to see people around corners, such as when on the top floor of the Biolab where you can see enemies under your feet by looking at the tall windows.
  
  
• + Gimping works just like in the old Rainbow 6 games.
  
  
• + AI is just as good at shooting as you are (assuming that you don't suck at crosshair placement and aiming), but only when they're alerted to your presence. It's exactly like Rainbow 6, except instead of multiple difficulty settings (Recruit, Veteran, Elite) each AI has its own difficulty settings. Some are retarded and cowardly whereas others are 360 noscope mlg xxx tier. Either extreme is very rare (maybe 1 per mission) and most AI are probably in between Raven Shield's Veteran and Elite difficulties imo.
  
  
• + Atmosphere is just like the old Rainbow 6 games (e.g. rooftop biolab insertion feels exactly like the Raven Shield Penthouse insertion zone).
  
  
• + You die in 1 hit most of the time unless you equip heavy armor, in which case you can take 2~5 hits. This is exactly the same as in each of the old Rainbow 6 games. It depends on where you were hit and the caliber of the gun that the guy who shot you has. HOWEVER, unlike in the old Rainbow 6 games, when you wear Heavy armor you are not allowed to sprint (default: LCtrl) anymore. imo that's completely fine.
  
  
• + Hit detection on narrow edges (like shooting through doorways at tight angles) are exactly the same as in Raven Shield -- presumably because they're built with the same engine.
  
  
• - When you die, you don't get any feedback about your stats or whatever (e.g. accuracy, how many kills you got, et cetera).
  
  
• - There's no indication of how many enemies in total you're up against. Because of this, you can easily get bored running circles around the map searching for the last guy.
  
  
• + The game can only be done slowly, so it's just like Rainbow 6. imo, it's even slower than that, though -- I'll explain why I think this later on down this list.
  
  
• + The relationship between accuracy and movement feels exactly the same as in the old Rainbow 6 games (but it goes out the window when you scope in or use ironsights, which did technically exist in the old Rainbow 6 games because you could still zoom a little even without a scope anyway -- it just didn't look like that once they introduced first person weapon models in Raven Shield).
  
  
• - It lacks certain functionality that people consider "basic" or "essential" nowadays (e.g. being able to change options while in the middle of a mission) but weren't exactly taken for granted back in the old Rainbow 6 days. Most faggots on the internet seem to judge a book by its cover, so to speak, and so they look at this lack of "basic" functionality in the menus and just drop the game completely and tell everyone it loving sucks. In my opinion, people who do this can go suck a dick.
  
  
• - TotalBiscuit complained about how there are only 3 graphical settings in his review videos, but tbh I don't care because I get 60fps on my old laptop with Medium and Low settings... and all 3 settings don't take away from my gameplay experience at all so imo he's just nitpicking on that point, at least).
  
  
• + It *FEELS* like I'm playng a modern Rogue Spear game, except the pace is slower (tbh Rainbow 6 and Rogue Spear both were very fast paced in terms of movement and it wasn't until Raven Shield that they slowed it down, which I loved personally... but this game slows it down even more while still letting you run and sprint through clear areas at the old Rainbow 6 and Rogue Spear running speeds, so I'm 100% cool with this and won't list it as a minus).
  
  
• + Sound *ACTUALLY MATTERS* in this game, similar to how it matters in CounterStrike (although for different reasons). The AI will even hear you if you so much as switch to your grenades! In my opinion, this is a huge step up from all of the old Raven Shield games. Whereas in the old Rainbow 6 games, you can run around with Heavy Armor and it makes no significant difference to how the AI detects you... in this game you can actually see very easily how the AI reacts to your movements, even through walls and doors. All of this makes the gameplay slow down even more, which makes me much happier personally because that's how tactical shooters are supposed to be played in the first loving place!
  
  
• + You can choose multiple insertion zones both in Single AND in Multiplayer. In the old Rainbow 6 games, you could only do this in a few special missions for single player... but *NEVER* for multiplayer. This is a big plus for me because in Multiplayer you can divide your team into actual separate groups that start in completely different areas of the map.
  
  
• - There is no 2D map or anything for the missions you can play. You have to learn them as you go. This isn't a big minus for me, personally, but it is definitely a minus. It means that only people with enough experience can actually plan ahead, which takes away from the fun for me. It adds a sense of exploration to the game, true, but I don't think that this sort of thing is appropriate for this kind of game.
  
  
• - No pre-mission planning phase at all. The old Rainbow 6 games never did this for multiplayer, of course, but it was at least there in Single Player. Ultimately, though, it's not that big of a deal I guess but I'd still like to be able to do it in both Singleplayer and Multiplayer. It only adds to the fun of the game and doesn't take anything away at all imo.
  
  
• + There is a decent selection of weapons and gadgets (which is what the game calls grenades and stuff). You can't give yourself a High Capacity mag like in Raven Shield (thank you jesus I never liked that feature anyway back then because it made the gameplay speed up unnecessarily since you hardly ever had to worry about taking cover to reload). It's a better weapon selection than Insurgency, at least, and that game goes for like $5~15 USD iirc (I don't feel like Googling it atm sorry).
  
  
• - As far as I know, modding the game is just like in Raven Shield, which is to say not intentionally possible. I could be wrong on this one, though, because I didn't look into it very much... but at least it has a level editor I guess...
  
  
• + Multiplayer has built in VOIP
  
  
• - The multipalyer VOIP is open mic and I don't think you can change it to PTT...
  
  
• + But at least you can mute people...
  
  
• - People (like TotalBiscuit in his review, for example) say that the game crashes a lot for no reason, but in my 3 hours of experience so far it's only happened twice when trying to start a Single player mission. Yeah, it seemed random at the time, but I've died and had to restart missions like more than 100 times so far because the game is hard mode (which is a huge plus for me btw - I hate easy difficulty, babby poo poo games nowadays). 2 crashes out of 100 possible times for it to crash is still bad, but it's not as bad as people make it sound...
  
  
• + TotalBiscuit complained that the game doesn't properly close down and that you have to manually shut it down via Task Manager, but that hasn't happened at all to me yet. I actually tried testing this a few times and I guess the developers must have fixed this one thing at least at some point. Nothing in any patch notes about it, though...
  
  
• - Online multiplayer, in terms of lag or netcode or whatever, feels like I'm playing Quake 2 back in the old 56k days. When your ping is low (like <250ms), the game is playable... but other people with lovely connections can lag it up for everyone else. It's like how Quake 3 Arena was before the Lag Compensation stuff was discovered/implemented. However, as long as your ping (and everyone else's ping) is reasonable, the gameplay is fine.
  
  
• + Despite the lag I just mentioned above, though, playing this game with lag is exactly like playing the old Rainbow 6 games with lag.
  The techniques that you had to use for clearing rooms and going around corners (e.g. slicing the pie, stutter stepping) with lag apply perfectly in this game as well when your ping is between like 100~250ms -- which you can check by pressing F1 by default, btw. That button isn't listed in the Controls for some reason. idk why...
  
  
• + To finish discussing the lag stuff... as long as your ping is <250ms and you're playing with people who are willing to work together with you, the co-op experience is just as good (if not better imo) as the old Rainbow 6 games.
  
  
• + The flashbang effect is awesome compared to each of the old Rainbow 6 games. Instead of just being a little blind spot or whatever, it's more like CounterStrike, except it leaves a slight blurry aftereffect (even in Low visual quality settings). In terms of how it affects the AI, it affects them exactly as well (or badly) as it used to in the old Rainbow 6 games.
  
  
• - For multiplayer, you can only chat "normally" when actually playing or spectating. When in a lobby in between games, you can only use open mic... BUT you can still chat by bringing up the console, where chat records are logged, and manually using the "Say textgoeshere" command over and over to tell other people stuff. It doesn't really get in the way of too much because if you're playing with friends you can just use TeamSpeak and mute everyone in game I guess... but yeah it seems kind of dumb to have to do lobby chat via console instead of more "naturally."
  
  
• + The soundtrack feels exactly like the old Rainbow 6 games. Same musical key, same tempo, same instruments used.
  
  
• + You can't just hug walls on near corners like you could in the old Rainbow 6 games. It's like SWAT 4 here because your gun will automatically go down when you get too close to something. It doesn't become bothersome or annoying at all as long as you position yourself correctly. Anyone who complains about this just needs to git gud imo.
  
  
• - Recoil (by which I actually mean to say "kickback") is exactly like in ArmA. It was nonexistent in Rainbow 6 and Raven Shield, but it existed in Raven Shield and SWAT 4 as just random direction jumps in between bullets. In this game, though, it's just like ArmA, which means it just makes the gun jump straight up and to the right a little bit. It's very easy to compensate when zoomed/scoped in or whatever. In my opinion, the kick's direction should be a little random (not kick downward, obviously, but like a little to the left or a little to the right) like in Raven Shield to make it not as easy to spray stuff down. This is more relevant of a complaint for Adversarial (i.e. Player vs Player) than Co-Op mode, though.
  
  
• + The kickback is noticeably different for different guns, though, which is a nice, small detail imo.
  
  
• + You can set time limits for all multiplayer (and even singleplayer) stuff. I like this a lot because missions tend to drag on in Co-Op since you don't know exactly how many AI you're hunting down and can easily require admin action in order to end.
  
  
• - EDIT: I was doubtful about dedicated servers being possible here but they actually are, so I erased this one.
  

Love Stole the Day fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Jun 26, 2014

Love Stole the Day fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Jun 22, 2014

• The head developer got into an accident and had to go through major surgery and whatnot that lasted a very long time and only got back on his feet a couple months ago.
  
• Their angel investor just randomly decided to stop giving them money and ran off to Africa to go hunt Rhinos, leaving them empty-handed.