Can anyone help identify this game?

[Deleted member 68110]

I have vague memories of a realtime strategy/tactical FPS game where I think you were the leader of a SWAT team or similar.

You got a chance to plan the mission which might be going into a building and clearing out a team of terrorists - viewing the building birdseye, and you could split the squad down and give each little group a set of instructions - like a sequence of what to do, and where to go, with triggers for each.

Then you switched to FPS and led your little group, while the other groups got on with the instructions you gave them, typically entering the building from another entry point, and either flushing people to you to take out, or vice versa.

I think it may have been a Rainbow Six game but none of them look exactly how I remember it (probably my memory at fault).

Also, if this sounds like the sort of gameplay of any other games, I'd love to hear about them.

Thanks.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

ghost recon 1 or 2?
if its old enough project igi?

from the sounds of it old rainbow 6 it could be

 

[joey1211]

SWAT or SWAT2?

Edit: Oh no, these weren't FPS

 

[ZombieFan]

If you're going way back, then this sounds a lot like Hostages on the Amiga...

 

[Frubeling]

Is this not just SWAT? I haven't played SWAT 4 since LAN parties at uni a decade ago but it sounds like it

 

[jimjam81]

I think this was Rainbow six one. You saw the layout of the building/map and could plan paths for your team to take, actions etc before you started the missions.

Link below to screenshot

https://www.gamempire.it/maxresdefault-2-4/

If you like the top down planning then maybe door kickers would satisfy the itch.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/248610/Door_Kickers/


Also made by original r6 developer, in early access

https://store.steampowered.com/app/16900/GROUND_BRANCH/

 

[varkanoid]

Sounds like Rainbow to me my brother loved that game.

 

[Digital X]

I don't remember then having birdseye view, but definitely Ghost Recon or Rainbow Six, the early ones.

 

[cheesyboy]

Sound like Rainbow Six. I had it, or one of them, and found it dead boring so only played about an hour

 

[TheVoice]

Has to be Rainbow Six. Doesn't sound like SWAT as the FPS ones were fairly limited in terms of the planning phase and your AI team mostly just followed you. Still excellent games for their time though.

Also made by original r6 developer, in early access

https://store.steampowered.com/app/16900/GROUND_BRANCH/

Thanks for posting that, how did I not already know about this?! Will need to check it out, I've never forgiven Ubisoft for what they did to the R6 name.

 

[Deleted member 68110]

Thanks everyone - Rainbow Six it is! I didn't go far back enough. I can't believe how old it is.

@jimjam81 - your screenshot was the thing that helped.

For me the appeal was being able to play FPS but know what the rest of your team was doing.

 

[Junglist]

Man I’d love an actual new RB6 game. Terrorist hunt is such a blast, lost many hours of my life to RB6 Vegas

 

[opstrat]

rogue spear was probabily one of my favourite all time games. the intro still gives me goosbumps. would stay up all night playing multiplayer on gamespy.

 

[agnes]

Another vote for Rainbow, played that game to death back in the day.

 

[ScotchHop]

rogue spear was probabily one of my favourite all time games. the intro still gives me goosbumps. would stay up all night playing multiplayer on gamespy.

Reminds me of The All Seeing Eye that Yahoo bought and then killed.

 

[jsmoke]

Thanks everyone - Rainbow Six it is! I didn't go far back enough. I can't believe how old it is.

@jimjam81 - your screenshot was the thing that helped.

For me the appeal was being able to play FPS but know what the rest of your team was doing.

Makes me feel old I remember playing this as if it were yesterday.

Edit: it was actually raven shield I play so only 17 years ago not 22 years ago.