I'm not certain of the actual release date of Rainbow Six: Black Arrow, but this little "Lone Rush" addition, is definitely an added bonus for all us "Solo Players" out there.

It seems that this Map provides some intense and heart pounding stuff. As it's based on the idea that you only have a cerain amount of time to do a certain thing, defuse bombs, kill terorist, deal with sticky situations etc etc.

The tricky thing is, that the moment you boot up and start yor mission, the clocks already started, and you've got just 1:30.00 mins to get across this map. Oh yeah, and there are lots of bad guys, bombs and a host of lovely things to play with along the way.

The added pleasure is, that if you succeed in each task, you gain more and more time to complete the Map. For an example, you get 5.00 seconds for the "dispatching" of a Terrorist. Defussing a bomb on the other hand, gives you a whooping great BIG 30.0 seconds !

So yes, it is "tightly pack action" . You wouldn't expect less from a Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Series, now would you.

Here a Snippet to whet your appetite some, and get you all excited while we wait for it to be shipped here in Australia. I know the Shipping Date in the US is the 4th August, and as I said earlier, I'm not sure when the "Street Date" is here, at the moment.

RS3 Black Arrow: Lone Rush
We take on the Subway, showing off the first level of Lone Rush. Finally, it's good to play alone.

Source: ign.com: Xbox
Author: Hilary Goldstein
Posted: July 19, 2004
Full Article : http://xbox.ign.com/articles/531/531738p1.html?fromint=1

Snippet:
Lone Rush
Subway is the first Lone Rush map on the list because it's also the fist mission. However, you don't have to do Lone Rush maps in any order and you can play through them even if you haven't played all the missions. You begin with a minute-thirty on the clock. Your goal is to reach the end of the map before time runs out. Capping terrorists earns you a bonus 5 seconds, rescuing hostages bumps you 15 seconds, and diffusing bombs gives a robust 30 second boost.

Terrorists and hostages are placed randomly each time you enter a game of Lone Rush, so you never know what you are gonna get. Bombs always stay in the same spot, so they are helpful to act almost as checkpoints in your progress. Now even though hostages and terrorists are random, they tend to show up in the same spawn points. So in the first big room there are basically four locations where a terrorist or hostage may be. Now, just because a spawn point is in a room doesn't mean either will be there, but you'll have an idea of the potential trouble zones after playing through a map a few times.

Slip along to IGN.com amd have a read of the full article and view the pics, but do come back now . . . . yah hear . . . . enjoy . . . .

Cheers . . . . Merlin53