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Operation Razor Ice by HuNtEr_JoNnY Review by TRushton 22.10.2001
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"Love, exciting and new...come aboard we're expecting you..."
- Ok. So it's not The Love Boat - but it's the next best thing - the Boat mission from R6, in all (or nearly all) it's glory..
- Geometry-wise, this seems to be an exact replica. It looks absolutely gorgeous, right down (or up) to the pipes on the ceiling. All the old choke-points are here - the stairwell and the notorious ladder up from the engine room. So you're in for a fast ride. No slow-downs, just action.
- The single player missions are HARD. Those tangos may look like fugitives from The Village People, but HuNtEr_JoNny has gone out of his way to make them VERRY hard. As nails. Literally. They've obviously hidden masses of armour under those jumpsuits. So aim for the head - and carry a BIG gun. And don't even think about trying the Extreme single player mission until you've learned the map - they've posted snipers everywhere. I got to know the floors of this map very well. Usually because I was lying face-down on them for the most part.
- You get three different terrorist Hunt missions, (two with different start points and the Extreme mission mentioned above) and an adversarial version of the map - with a variety of start points (more on which below) but you don't get any other mission types. Which is a pity. A recreation of the rescue of the hapless Dr. Winston would have been nice (strange how all Rainbow's women advisors seem to get kidnapped - you'd have thought they would have learned by now).
- As for the multiplayer version - it's the same as you remember from R6 - or should do. The ladder up from the engine room is a killer - and teams of more than 3 only really serve to get in one anothers way - the corridors are very narrow. Lots of opportunities for blue-on-blue tk's there. Ambushing is the order of the day, so be sure to bring along your HBS. Or for a really hectic time - ban them... People will be dropping like flies.
- One thing to note: The bulkhead doors are not solid, so you can shoot through them even when they're closed. So don't use them for cover.
- So, all in all, a GREAT conversion. It's just a pity they didn't go the whole hog and throw in the mission with briefings and everything...but come on, you know you want this - download it now.
OPERATION RAZOR ICE Overall Rating - 9 of 10
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