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Rainbow 6 Vegas 1.5, I mean 2. first "Shimpressions"
big filth | 8:42 AM on 03.20.2008 13 comments


What’s up with Rainbow 6 Vegas 2? Is it any good? Is it really a sequel, or is it more like r6v 1.5?? Well I will tell you, it is very 1.5 ish. That is not necessarily a bad thing in this case, just maybe not as exciting as it could have been. I would say it is definitely more of the same. Of course they have added in a new campaign which is sequel worthy imo alone not to mention several other great additions to the overall experience.

First thing I did when I put the game in was fire up the old xbox live vision camera to put my face in there. I was optimistic about this feature as I think its awesome and should be available in every game. In the first game it worked well enough, some issues with the hair line, but you could easily make it out. I imagined it would be way better this time, it is not. When my face first appeared in the game I was taken back. Is that what I really look like?? Is my forehead really that big?? Of course not, I’m way sexier, but it does the trick. That’s definitely me, (I look buff).

The customization from the get go is impressive and that wins me over every time. It is almost identical to the first game, but way more options than other similar games that we’ve been playing recently. Once I get the appearance as close to a storm trooper as possible I’m ready to hop into the action. First up, co op campaign. The campaign works wonderfully in co op, the strategic style of gameplay with multiple routes is perfect. I remember thinking early on how the usage of cover and slowly moving forward reminded me of what I was doing a couple weeks ago in Army of 2 only a “billion” times better. If you have played the first Vegas you know exactly what the campaign is like, the first mission was a little slow, but as soon as the second started I thought “here we go, this is the Vegas type action I fell in love with in the first game”. One thing that makes a single player campaign better and more fun from the get, is online co op, so its safe to say this is a fun way to play, and if you enjoy online co op and haven’t played Vegas before, you will no doubt enjoy it.

Next we move to the sweet, sweet terrorist hunts. These allow you to play up to 4 player co op and set on the realistic difficulty level are a blast to play. Teamwork is essential to your success and its a lot of fun to work through playing with a few friends. I personally could play these missions all day as it essentially combines the best of both worlds (campaign and multiplayer). But of course there is MP to play, and we all know we play r6v for the multiplayer.

I didn’t get to play all of the different modes available but did play a few fun rounds of team deathmatch and some deathmatch. Definitely more of the same there (I was a little shocked to see the map ‘killhouse’ which is in the last Vegas game) but again I will go with the idea that they know as well as we do, if it aint broke don’t fix it.
The maps I played on (that were new) were all pretty sweet and definitely a lot different from the gritty maps I’ve grown used to as of late. Variety is good and there is plenty of it to be found here. You’ve got your casino maps of course, and then a few that vary from junkyard to train tracks. One of the coolest additions is the way you gain experience points to unlock different items throughout every mode. The points you earn in single player carry over to Mp player and so on. They have implemented their own version of “challenges” that will flash across your screen similar to they way they do in cod4.

You wont notice any super duper graphical improvements here and it definitely isn’t innovative, especially if you’ve played the first, but they have definitely fine tuned what we enjoyed about the first game and given us an updated package with enough new stuff to keep us entertained and pull us away from that other fps we’ve all been playing. Basically what im saying is, it kicks ass.

Also, my avatar is sexy.



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Mr Wilson's Destructoid Blog
Wow...thats alot of words. But i actually read it and i think im gonna pass on this for awhile, i blew my load on army of 2, Condemned 2, and a dreamcast last week...
BigPopaGamer's Destructoid Blog
Wall of text sucks. For everyone reading this, I'll have my first impressions up tomorrow. Review is coming where no matter what side of the fence you are on, you will love me review scoring system.

Big Filt, try using paragraphs.
Soulhammer's Destructoid Blog
I have to agree with the others... use pictures and less wall of text crits man.
Butmac's Destructoid Blog
Hey I called it Vegas 1.5 to my friends too! Awesome!
big filth's Destructoid Blog
what are these "paragraphs" you speak of??
BigPopaGamer's Destructoid Blog
Much better. Now, try adding some pictures and we'll have a legitimate first impressions blog.
big filth's Destructoid Blog
@ bigpoppagamer.

haha. thanks for your guidance and for trying to rescue me from failville.

Being that Im at work it is a little tricky to implement pics.

just think, rainbow 6 vegas with a spit shine.
JamnOnTheOne's Destructoid Blog
Are we 5? Pictures are completely unnecessary. Especially if they are recycled images from other sites.

Good write up...
big filth's Destructoid Blog
^

agreed. thank you sir.
BigPopaGamer's Destructoid Blog
LOL Jamn, wait till I do a full review and you'll see the kind of pics I was thinking. Otherwise good write-up BF.
AirborneToxicEvent's Destructoid Blog
@BigPopaGamer: If you don't like to read, then don't read. That's no more of a wall of text than any newspaper you might pick up, sans the photographs/art. The only reason why they're in there, is b/c newspapers are written for a sixth grade reading level on average. I agree that pictures are unnecessary. They're likely going to be publicity images that aren't a genuine represenation of the experience of playing the game anyway.
Daynger777's Destructoid Blog
I picked up this game yesterday and I'm pretty stoked about it. I think the fact that I didn't play the first one makes it that much better too. I played one MP game last night too and it wasn't bad. I got my monkey-ass whooped, but in the way the leaves the faint aftertaste of fun.
I dunno if I'll ever get used to not using LT as aim and B as duck though... so if you see some guy ducking behind something and throwing a grenade at a wall instead of ducking and shooting you, that's me
Kyousuke Nanbu's Destructoid Blog
@Jamn

Because pictures is the destructoid way, you must have images and write some WACKY TEXT into them for it to be a true c-blog, blogging on d-toid is serious business after all.


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Hello Destructoid. I play a decent amount of video games and spend just as much time (if not more) reading and writing about them. Why? Thats a good question. I'll have to get back to you on that one. In the meantime, i'd like to play some games and read and write about them.

I've been doing a small amount of blogging in the recent months and I recently decided that if i'm going to be doing that, I might as well do it here where someone might actually read it. Who am I kidding? Noone will actually read it.

I don't really enjoy writing, I do however get an amazing satisfaction from spell check. I'm old school. I remember the day I got my NES like it was yesterday, 1985. Well, actually I remember the year better than the day. Give me a break I was only 5. Do you remember when you were 5? Ok then.

Moving on. My next console was the Sega Genesis. Some of my best memories of that era revolve around the "beef" between the Genesis owners and the Super Nintedno owners. This wasn't some bullshit make believe beef like the "East Coast/ West Coast" beef was. This was real beef. You know, the type were "ya mom's ain't safe to walk the streets". I still have the "SEGA" tattoo across the belly to prove it.

Next was the Sega Saturn. (i did have the 32x and the Sega CD but those are hardly worth talking about as far as I'm concerned.) The Saturn was cool. I remember being rather impressed by the graphics and falling in love with Tomb Raider. Not because of the girl like some of you perverts but because it was just amazing. Somewhere around this time frame I was feeling a little bit of envy towards the Nintendo 64 guys. I don't know why I got off the Nintendo side of things, it wasn't intentional. I stepped into the Sega universe with nothing but the fondest memories of my Nintendo days. But alas, what can one do when receiving such things as gifts. Either way, I was quite happy with my Sega Saturn. That was until a new friend introduced me to his Playstation. (Although that might have sounded gay, by no means was it meant to.) He showed me how much better Tomb Raider looked, and how much better Tekken was compared to anything I had on the Saturn at the time.

This is where it all changed. I was sold. I needed a PlayStation. Even if it meant doing the unthinkable. Getting rid of the Sega Saturn.

And so it was done.

Moving into the the next generation, my recollections aren't quite as clear. I remember having a PS2 and I remember buying my Dreamcast. I don't know which came first but I know the guy who lived upstairs from me could burn those Dreamcast games onto cd's and they would play like a dream. I know he would give me 5 games for 5 dollars, and I know he seemed to have them all.

Could the PS2 do that? I suppose I could use Google and find an answer to that, but I'm trying to prove a point. What is the point? The point is SEGA KICKED ASS and they were steamrolled by SONY! That actually doesn't prove that point in any way, but you know what I mean.

Many years pass

Despite having my beloved Sega Dreamcast tucked away safely in a bed of pirated discs in my closet I purchased my 2nd PS2. This may have had something to do with the fact the DC had long been discontinued by this point.

Perhaps an XBOX would have been a good choice at this point? I was hardly aware of what was REALLY going on in the video game world by this time. I was on the outside looking in. Clueless. Much like I am today. The only difference is, I now have an XBOX 360.

It's definitely had a huge negative impact on my life. My wife moved out. My kids never answer the phone when I call and I cant seem to keep a job for more than a few weeks.

Just Kidding. I'm actually a pretty cool guy and I'm just working on finding the perfect balance of time between playing COD4 and bangin' super hot models.

Cerealy.

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