Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 - Rid Sin City of Terrorists

Does What Happens in Vegas Stay in Vegas?

Erick Nash
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft
Genre: Shooter
ESRB: Mature (17 +)
Platform: PC Games
Overall Rating:15/100
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So lets start with the good points. If you've played the first Rainbow Six Vegas then you can expect the same visual graphics, which I personally am happy with. There is a wide variety of ways to play this game. You can do the story mode in which you complete a series of levels to finish the game, another great thing is that if you wish you can attempt to beat the story mode while playing with a friend whether in your living room or on X-box Live. You can play Terrorist Hunt either single player or multi-player. This happens to be one of my favorite modes, you hop on-line, invite a friend or two, pick a map and go at it. There's Versus mode where you can choose from 5 different game modes including, attack and defend, team leader, total conquest, team death-match, or just death-match. The great thing about this game is that no matter which way you choose to play, you are always gaining experience points and ranking up your character. With each rank comes more rewards, whether weapons, more xp or a variety of achievements . You gain all new equipment, camouflage, and clothing and with the new A.C.E.S. tracking system you can keep track of your achievements through three categories, marksman, CQB, and Assault.

Overall this game is a must have for your library. Just the story mode itself is extremely difficult and will take even the most advanced gamer at least a week to complete. The massively upgraded co-op mode can be played with up to three friends. The terrorist's AI is vastly improved making the terrorist hunt at times seem almost impossible to beat. The character customization is another favorite of mine, you can change everything from your helmet, hat, bandanna, to your glasses, t-shirt and of course your pants and on top of that you can change what color of camouflage you want each article of your clothing and gear to be.

As far as bad points, the only thing I can come up with is wishing that maybe there where more levels to choose from. Although each map is pretty darn big it just would be nice to have more to choose from. Other than that I have to say that this is among one of my favorite games to play, yeah right up there with Battlefield: Bad Company, every time I fire up my X-Box and pop Rainbow Six Vegas 2 in, I spend hours among hours playing. So if you plan on picking this tittle up, you better clear your schedule!

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  • Andy Merrill7/11/2009

    Nice Review. RSV2 is a ton of fun. Terrorist Hunt just never gets old with some friends.

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