Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Critic Reviews

The new multiplayer modes are extremely good fun and highly addictive, the maps are much bigger and Xbox Live 3.0 is in full force with clan matches, voice and text messaging and even team lobbies with level maps to plan attacks.

The Live aspect of Black Arrow is the finest you'll find on the Xbox, and the new 3.0 support adds a further, inevitable, depth to what was already a first-class shooter... You need this game because it is utterly and unashamedly brilliant.

Even at full retail, this is an awesome game, loaded with single and multiplayer content.

Simply put: Black Arrow is what you get when you take a stellar first-person shooter, add a perfect blend of tactical team management and an extremely addictive Xbox Live multiplayer game.

The storyline is compelling, the graphics are good, and the action is exhilarating, so it has something for almost everyone.

The fun of playing online and the addictiveness of Lone Rush far outweigh any lingering problems. It's better than the original.

To sum it up, anybody who considers themselves a gamer should own a copy of Black Arrow; it's simply that good.

Ubisoft just can't seem to miss. In early August, they find themselves once again delivering a sure fire hit with Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow.

The two new multiplayer games alone are worth trading in the first Rainbow Six 3.

For any fan of the tactical shooter fan out there this is one of those games that is just plain fun.

The developers at Ubisoft have taken a great game and made it better, from the single player mode all the way through the multiplayer action.

The new game mode Lone Rush is incredibly addictive to play. Black Arrow has become the best Xbox Live game to date.

Keep in mind the gameplay mechanics are virtually flawless, the controls are tight and the graphics are great, which means you'll be getting big value for your dollar if you decide to give this game a permanent home.

Add these two multiplayer modes to the ones from Rainbow Six 3 and you have a lot of multiplayer loving, at least until Halo 2 comes out.

Black Arrow's biggest attraction is its many new maps, fourteen in all, most of which are absolutely huge.

Once you tap into Xbox Live, you'd better get yourself an IV drip so you don't have to leave the couch…and a bedpan might be a good idea.

Everything in Black Arrow comes together almost perfectly. The single player campaign, the weapons, music and the online modes are all top rate. Special mention must be made of the games audio as it's excellent as well.

A very solid tactical action game, that won't break the bank.

Multiplayer fans of all types will not be disappointed as over 20 maps (including some classics from the original) are supported across several game types including the all new retrieval and conquest modes.

The multiplayer mode of Black Arrow is as strong as ever and this is exactly the reason why so many people are playing it on Xbox Live at any given time.