Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is a tactical first person shooter video game and the sequel to Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas. It was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 2008 while the PC version was delayed until April 15, 2008. I was rather excited when I finally got hold of the game because I am a huge fan of Rainbow Six Vegas. Too bad when I finished Vegas 2, not much excitement was left in me.
The main reason is the lack of new features. In my opinion, the game is released just for the sake of finishing the story. The notable feature added in the sequel would be the “sprint” feature, which is really useful when running from cover to cover in tight situation. Other features include customization of the main character, Bishop, which is quite interesting considering you can make Bishop a he or she. Other than that, I couldn’t notice anymore new features.
The developers claim that the AI is vastly improved in the sequel, as they will cover each other when they advance. But for me, I can’t notice any improvements. They seem to be even more more stupid sometimes. Feel like slapping them when they are like idiots standing at a corner doing nothing while I get pinned down by some crazy terrorists.
Other than that, the graphics is very demanding as well. You will need a really good rig to play the game in smooth frame rate. This applies to low graphics settings too. Heavy actions on the screen can really eat your machine up. I had a tough time finishing this game due to the poor frame rate and partly because of the occassional crashes. This really kinda spoils the experience.
However, do not let the above comments discourage you about the game. Vegas 2 is no doubt an excellent game if not compared to Rainbow Six Vegas. You will really enjoy it if you are new to Rainbow Six Vegas series. You can still hide around corners and shoot at enemies while exposing only a minimal part of your body. You can still order your teammates to break into a room with flashbang or grenade. Vegas 2 allows even more weapons to play with, but this time, you have a limitation. You must unlock it with the XP you earned in the game. Well, since I have no patience for such shit, I juz download a save file which unlocks all weapons, hurray! I love my M468!
In Vegas 2, as the name suggests, most of your fights happen in Las Vegas. However, the environment kinda change a bit as this time the fights will happen mostly in outdoor areas. Previous Rainbow Six Vegas fights happen mostly in indoor casinos or lounges, so you get to fight in some new outdoor areas. Action is still very intense as usual, enemies come from everywhere, they flank you, they come in groups, and they are sometimes limitless. Proper coordination of your teammates will ensure that even an entire army will die by the hands of a Rainbow team. Yay!
The story of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 serves as a prequel and a sequel to the first game. I can’t really listen to what they say sometimes. The lack of subtitles feature and the poor speakers built in my laptop ensure that I was constantly in a “blur” mode throughout the game. The plot of the game is too predictable for me. You can roughly know what’s gonna happen most of the time. I wish the story could have more twists with more dramatic events.
That roughly covers it all for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2. It is still a very good game, just that it falls below my expecation. Guess I shouldn’t have such high expectation for this game.
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By Travis
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