Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
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September 1st, 2010 at 5:13 am
Combine the popular “Dynasty Mode” and customization options of sports games with the great take-cover functions of Gears of War, and the weaponry and tactical realism of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, and you have Rainbow Six: Vegas, probably the most complete shooter to date.
Let me jump to the custom character section right off: this is SICK. Using your Xbox Vision Camera, you can create an uncanny shaved head version of yourself to use in the game, and online. You can then customize your weapons, rated on accuracy, range, and damage, as well as your shoulder, chest, arm and leg armor, which force you to choose between mobility and protection. You can shoose to have a super-zooming rifle scope on your pistol or rifle, or a laser sight, or more. All prettied and ready to go?
Playing any number of games, either in single player or online or multi-player will earn you experience points and medals. The more points you receive, the higher your rank (you start off as a Private Second Class), allowing you access to even more customizable items.
To the gameplay: intuitive and useful, RS: Vegas doesn’t throw in any useless controls. You can single click to put a silencer on your weapon, switch to night or thermal vision, or invert yourself upside down on a rapelling rope. You can look inside rooms with a snake cam before you enter, fire blindly around a corner, or detonate explosives from a distance.
The AI is superb; you can run the same mission three times in a row and never have the “enemies” in the same areas, or in the same amounts. If you faced four guys in the opening building the first time around, you might face two guys, with the other two sneaking around to flank you on your second try.
Adopting the Gears of War health system, where you take non-permanent damage that instead impairs your condition and requires taking cover to heal, works wonders for this game…you can’t just bum rush enemies guns ablaze, because they’re bound to cap you with a headshot.
It’s a great game for the more patient sort, and might take some adjusting by those recently spoiled on Halo 2 or Gears of War, in terms of aggressive play. My only complaint (as one spoiled by the latter) is the lack of a run button to cover open ground, but hey, it forces me to take better cover.
Highly recommended, especially for the online co-op option.
Rating: 5 / 5
September 1st, 2010 at 5:52 am
So, to start. If I see one more “Xbox 360 this and that compared to PS3″ I’m going to throw up. I hope you feel the same. Folks, they are 2 different systems, both are great for their own reasons, no need to compare.
So for Rainbow Six: Vegas on the PS3. I’ve never played it on 360, never looked at it on 360, never really cared to. All I can say is, the game plays fantastic, it doesn’t feel like some “ported” game. The graphics look great, I am yet to have any loss of framerate, everything is super fluid, controls are fantastic as well.
The controls feel extremely natural, all the buttons are in just the right spot, and overall the game plays extremely well, I was very impressed. You aren’t trying to quickly switch between stick and d-pad/buttons to do certain things, for instance, instead of pressing down on the d-pad to kneel, you just press down on your left thumbstick that you almost always already have your thumb on. Everything plays this way.
The campaigns are interesting and fun, and the weapons seem quite accurate. The only thing I really dislike about the campaign is checkpoint saves, in fact, I DESPISE checkpoint saves, and the checkpoints often times are far apart. It forces you to play more carefully, but can be extremely frustrating at the same time. But it’s not a make or break thing.
The squad controls are very well done as well, they are extremely easy to work with, in fact, you only use 3 buttons, one to call them closer/stop them, one to tell them to hold fire or fire at will, and the last button you use to tell them where to go, which works by just looking somewhere with your crosshairs and pressing the button.
The A.I. is phenominal, your squad clears rooms properly, takes cover, etc… I was blown away. The enemies seem to work together and take cover as well. This also has the option for cover fire much like Gears of War, really neat.
Online Multiplayer is a great addition, almost everyone uses a headset as well and the player base is quite mature and pleasant to play with. The maps are great and the play types are fun too. I honestly can’t get enough online multiplayer, I’m on it all the time. And it’s only been a couple days since release! There are a couple glitches like lag and what not with MP, but the game was just released, most of these issues get fixed right away.
In conclusion, this game is a must have. Ignore the 360 vs PS3 garbage. Everything plays fantastic, graphics are great, and the online (FREE on ps3) works really good too with lots of players already.
Buy the game!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
September 1st, 2010 at 7:33 am
This game not only draws you in with it’s incredible graphics and gameplay, but the story is actually something involving. This game is very intense, but controls beautifully under pressure; Some Ghost Recon-type elements have been added to your movement, such as being able to seek cover and fire from around corners. Commanding your team has never been easier, and they actually help you more this time around; The enemies are smart and numerous, making some levels last as long as almost 2 hours to get through; But most of all it’s REALLY FUN!! It is nice to see this console finally produce a game that hits all the right marks. I was overly impressed with this game…Plus I love all the shiny colors!! Ubisoft got this one right all the way around! And in case I haven’t stressed this enough–the graphics are amazing, even on a non-HDTV.
Rating: 5 / 5
September 1st, 2010 at 9:21 am
Rainbow Six Las Vegas for the PSP is a great game but still very different from the consol version. True, first person shooters are usually pretty different on handheld systems anyway, but Rainbow Six Las Vegas on the PSP does a nice job of recreating the excitement that one would get by playing the consol version.
The game-play, sound effects and music are really well done. The graphics are okay, but I only say this because I’m use to playing Las Vegas on my Xbox 360 in High Definition. Obviously no comparison, but needless to say, the graphics are adequate.
Story Mode is very well done. You switch between two characters throughout the game which is pretty cool. This gives you the feeling as if you’re playing with someone else, but really it’s just you switching between two different characters. Story mode has a lot of the great features that I though for sure wouldn’t make it to the PSP. For example, the snake cam is still there. Night vision as well, however thermal isn’t. You still have frags and flash bangs but that’s it. There is no tear gas, C4, breaching charges or other cool devices to use. Just your primary weapon, handgun, frag and flash. This goes for multi-player as well.
Multi-Player is a lot of fun, and this is (in my opinion) the reason to go out and buy this game. There’s AD Hoc and Infrastructure which allows you to play with others around you or online. Game modes include survival and team survival, (Max four players). There are also six levels to choose from and all of them are a lot of fun to play.
A few people have commented on Freelook. This is the ability to lock yourself onto a wall or crate, so that you can see what’s on the other side. The consol versions have this as well. The reason that Freelook is a pain on the PSP is due to the fact that you have to run into whatever it is that you want to “lock to”. This gets really annoying because sometimes you just accidently bump into things, which throws you into the Freelook view more often than you want.
Overall, this is a great game and I highly recommend it.
All Equipment for Rainbow Six Las Vegas (PSP):
MP5, UMP, G36C, AK47, L85A1, FAMAS, M3, SPAS12, PSG-1, AWCovert, 92FS, Mk23, USP40, Frag and flash grenades
Rating: 5 / 5
September 1st, 2010 at 9:36 am
It’s hard to really describe how much fun I’ve had with this game. The graphics are supberb, the sounds also amazing. Grenades sound real and powerful, as does shotguns, etc. Especially with a solid surround sound system.
I’ve almost completed the campaign and have done most of the T-Hunt Missions. Both are very fun to play, and I LOVE the fact that you can do both co-op with a friend ON THE SAME SCREEN. Many other games force you to play co-op type missions online or don’t offer them at all. But, RB6 also offers the co-op features online, as well as a wide array of VS modes to keep things interesting.
The only small complaint I have with the multiplayer is that only two players can play on one console, you have to set up a system link to be able to get 4 buddies in on the game.
Nonetheless still tremendously fun, and I like the “call of duty” style health system that is implemented (can take several hits but will need to duck for cover and then you’ll regain health and be able to go back to business), whereas I remember the old school RB6 games it seemed like it was always one or two hits and that’s all.
But they do have a “realistic” difficulty setting you can choose which I havent played with too much but I’m sure thats likely a more frustrating option.
I can’t wait till the next Ghost Recon game comes out I believe in march, I’m hoping it is every bit as great as this game turned out to be!
Rating: 5 / 5