Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 1998

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Red Storm Entertainment's 1998 tactical shooter for Windows, the first Rainbow Six, based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name. You follow Rainbow, a top secret international counterterrorist organization, through a campaign of missions, with the plot advancing in each briefing. Before each mission you choose the operatives, organize them into color coded teams and select their weapons, equipment and uniforms. Characters are affected by realistic factors and can be killed with a single bullet, so wise tactics and planning are encouraged over firepower. Objectives include rescuing hostages, defusing bombs and gathering intelligence, and you choose your own method, from stealth to a frontal assault. Missions last minutes but may take dozens of attempts. Each attempt is still a test of the plan, since missions reward planning and punish haste.