A worth while game to play, however may cause aggravation to newbs of the series. (Full Review Inside)

User Rating: 6 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas X360
Hey GS

Id like to put down how I Score games (this is important if you want to understand why my score is so 'low':
1 - Utter rubbish
2 - Utter rubbish
3 - rubbish
4 - average
5 - Good
6 - Pretty good
7 - Great
8 - Greater than 7
9 - Awesome
10 - so great ill never review a game that's this good...period.

Rainbow Six Vegas is the 5th installment to the critically acclaimed Rainbow Six series. You take command of a elite military group (like the GHOSTS) called the Rainbows and you have to stop terrorist threats. Like the GHOSTS, your main enemy is Mexicans...essay...sorry...

GRAPHICS

Since the game is somewhat 1-1.5 years old now the game doesn't look as sharp or as detailed as other games such as Halo or Assassins Creed. But the graphics are acceptable and still have surprising amounts of detail that don't make it an eye sore. And for some random facts, its made by the guys who done Assassins Creed and you can clearly see the similarities in graphics.

SOUND

Like all Tom Clancy games, the voice acting is so generic you could spread it toast, but that doesnt mean its bad. The voices fit the role pretty well, and if often muffled for a 'lol its coming from a radio yet im standing right next to you' feel. The sound effects are nice with guns sounding real and explosions sounding satisfactory and with some generic music that fits in with the rest of the generic sounds.

GAMEPLAY

Rainbow Six Vegas is a tactical FPS. You order your squad to move into positions to cover you whilst you advance and work together to dominate the Mexican threat that you initially think is in Vegas. This works really well and is one of the games highlights as commanding your team is easy but the results are effective which is a great combo...unlike being really hard and having crappy results. Of course your squad isnt meant for JUST giving covering fire, they also have quick raid options if you stack them against a door where they can open flash and clear, open frag and clear, breach and clear etc. These all have there uses and add a true sense of 'Wow im cool and can kill a room of 10 people with 3 people without getting shot at :O'.
The main story takes you through Mexico, several cassino's in Vegas, the streets of Vegas and the Nevada Dam, which i believe is the Hoover Dam if my geographic knowledge is correct. The campaign is about 10-20 hours long, and is a difficult yet rewarding experience that keeps you hooked from the get go. Unfortunately, there is a noticeable lack of checkpoints and you can go for 45mins before you get to one, now that can really be annoying if you know what i mean. The story may be long, but it isnt a very good story, its pretty basic and its the gameplay that makes you want to play more, which is a good thing...unless you wanted a story.

Vegas also comes with a excellent Multiplayer allowing you to play 8 v 8 on a wide selection of maps with a wide selection of game modes. This is very rewarding as you can customize your characters weapons, camouflage and body armor to your liking and you are constantly getting new armors as you play and rank up. With DLC for new maps and game modes for FREE, you cant go wrong with this side of multiplayer. Another great addition is Terrorist Hunt. You can do 9 maps(i think) of killing terrorists by your self, split screen, online or a mixture of the later options. This is a very popular game choice as you are basically playing through the campaign maps again, but with a team of real life people against some pretty intelligent AI.

OVERALL

Rainbow Six Vegas is a good game, it suffers from the Generic Plague like most Ubisoft games, but the gameplay it self is a breathe of fresh air. With good multiplayer and a solid single player i would recommend buying this, or at the least renting it. However, im rating it down to 6 because multi player is becoming sort of dead now, with the release of Vegas 2.

6/10