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The Strategic Guide to the Holiday Games

snow.gif (5214 bytes) Well, it’s that time of year again. The time for good cheers, peace, harmony, fellowship and, most importantly, gift giving. Now, for the true gamer among us there is nothing that helps with inner peace and tranquility more than receiving a small wrapped package containing the best of the best. (I’m not counting the discord that can come from spurned significant others. <g >) With hundreds of new games released each year, finding that perfect game is a hard task, to say the least. So we here at Strategy Gaming Online feel that it is our patriotic duty to sift through all of these released titles just to help you bring joy to that special gamer in your life, even if it’s just you. It’s a dirty job (there are some real stinkers out there), but someone has do to it. So without further ado, here is our best of the best holiday listing.

Rainbow Six

Rainbow Six is an interesting hybrid game – part first-person shooter, part strategy game and part simulation. Whether this works for that significant other in your life depends on their gaming bent. If you’re looking for an action type game with a special operations motif Delta Force would probably be a better choice, however, if you’re looking for a game that requires a considerable amount of planning (strategy) for a relatively short amount of adrenaline pounding action, Rainbow Six fits the bill. I found it an interesting game marred by a poor manual and some AI problems. Each mission starts with a mission brief after which a team is put together and an assault plan made. A considerable amount of time can go into the planning phase since you can have up to 4 teams each with varying goals. The AI is surprisingly good for your team members. ("Surprisingly" is the operational word here. It is much better than I thought it would be but not as good as you really want it to be. Sigh!) In other words, if you assign them a goal they can usually accomplish it and you will have to rely on them for most missions. However, it if you want things done right, do it yourself is the motto here. Once the mission starts you are thrown into a first (or third) person action game and here reflexes matter. So this isn’t a game for the reflex impaired. Personally, I liked the challenge and mixture this game presents – much more than the action oriented Delta Force. If you’re significant other likes his/her strategy game mixed with a little first person action Rainbow Six is a must have game.

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