Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Review

[flagstealer]

I was slightly confused with the story in story mode so i got a new site to explain it for me ( by the way, if u dont feel like reading the story summary just skip down to my review which will be below this)- this below information all comes from
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The setting for the game initially begins in Pic des Pyréneés, France, though the story promptly moves five years forward to Las Vegas, United States of America on July 2, 2010, the same day of Logan Keller's arrival to Las Vegas in Rainbow Six: Vegas. Terrorists have seized control of Las Vegas to instill widespread panic in both the public as well as law enforcement agencies, such as the NSA, NATO, Rainbow, as well as local SWAT. As the plot unfolds, however, the setting moves away from Las Vegas to other places, such as a small town in Nevada, unlike in the first Rainbow Six: Vegas, which was mainly in Las Vegas.

Bishop is the main protagonist that the player controls throughout the events of Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. His/her appearance and gender vary, depending on the intended look by the player. He/she is a high-ranking veteran of the Rainbow organization, and is an instructor at the organization's training academy when the game first begins.

The game begins in 2005, one year before the bioterrorist events of Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. Rainbow deploys Bishop to a science observatory in Píc des Pyreneés, France for an operation in which EU hostages must be rescued. Under his leadership are Logan Keller and Gabriel Nowak; Nowak and Keller have recently joined Rainbow, according to Ding Chavez/Six, who refers to them as recruits.
Monroe, the negotiator, plans to talk to the terrorists in-person, effectively distracting their attention while Rainbow’s Alpha and Bravo teams on the operation get into place. Bishop, who is in control of Bravo, takes Keller and Nowak to their assigned position and waits for Alpha to get in place. However, before Alpha arrives, Nowak fires prematurely. Bishop is then forced to fire onto the terrorists, but Monroe is killed by collateral gunfire from the terrorists who panicked when Nowak first opened fire.
Six then radios in, giving Bishop Alpha’s sit-rep, but Bishop responds by saying that the situation “...is over, but Monroe is killed. We need to talk.” Nowak attempts to apologize for what he has done, but Bishop retorts back, “Not now!”
Six then tells Bishop that there are terrorists scrambling to escape and that Bishop needs to neutralize them. He also informs Bishop that there is a bomb that needs to be defused. When Bishop arrives, Nowak is assigned to defuse the bomb, and per Nowak’s request, Bishop and Keller distance themselves to give Nowak “space” to work with. The bomb is successfully defused, but terrorists open fire on Nowak. Nowak falls, and starts to scream helplessly into the radio, particularly “I knew this would happen! Don’t leave me here! I knew this would happen, damn it!” Bishop assures him that they are not leaving him behind. Rainbow operatives from Alpha team then arrive and quell the situation, getting Nowak to his feet, just as the level ends.
The game then moves five years forward to July 2, 2010, at 6:27 P.M. local time, in Las Vegas. Bishop is now in a helicopter with Jung Park, electronics specialist, and Michael Walters, demolitions expert. Six contacts Bishop via secure satellite video, effectively giving Bishop a sit-rep of what operation is to come: Miguel and Alvarez Cabreros, two human traffickers (“people smugglers”) have suddenly come in interest of taking up small arms trafficking and even more recently, chemical weapons. Though Rainbow and the National Security Agency (NSA) seem certain that the Cabreros brothers are running the operation for the opposition, they both want Bishop’s (new) team to investigate the matter firsthand. Six informs Bishop that Logan Keller is running a separate operation down in Mexico, implying that Keller’s operation is an event that occurs during the first game, Rainbow Six: Vegas.


the plot summary goes on for a while so i decided to stop. now on to my review-

The story mode is very fun/ frustrating. On medium u can die constantly and on realistic it is very very very hard. other wise the story line is great and the gameplay, hostage situations add great depth to the game. The length of the story can be considered short, but in my opinion it was medium. there are 6 acts with an average of 3 to 4 scenes per act. there are obviously many checkpoints. the sprint button really helps this game as it helps running to cover and even running from grenades. Your main character is Bishop. (SPOILER)



at the very end u do end up killing cry baby logan. other cool things about story is u can acheive A.C.E.S points here which goes to online play. and u can rank up playing story mode



Multiplayer- In online u can do many things. u can play co op story mode, co op t-hunt (t-hunt is also available in single player), (these things are all available in split screen if u wanted to play with a friend.)
and versus play where u can play a variety of gamemodes

- deathmatch
-team deathmatch
- total conquest (my personal favorite, capture all 3 satellite transmitters and hold them for 30 seconds)
- attack and defend- there are 3 kinds of attack and defend. one is the attack team must recuse hostages while other team defense, another type is one team must plant bomb. other team must defend. if bomb is planted u must defuse (this is just like S&D), last type if attack team must get package and take it to extraction point while defending team must DEFEND!)
- team leader- each team has a team leader. if leader die ur team does not respawn. u can also get leader to reach extraction point to win. if called by opposing team leader u r eliminated.

there are TONS OF WEAPONS and lots of new maps. my favorite map is villa while my fav weapon is the famas and GK3AR

online is VERY FUN especially with the servers fixed this game runs GREAT. my fav gamemode is total conquest. 30 points a kill plus 400 a win equals 500+ XP in about 3 minutes. now my scores-

Presentation- 8: I think everything runs smoothly, cut scenes are good, and the game overall was presented nicely BUT load up screens were still TOO long. thats why i brang it down to an 8

Graphics- 7: there good but not great. this is one area where these guys need some work on.

Sound-9 : the games sounds are great including hearing funny conversations between terrorists and the crying from hostages, great sound!

Gameplay- 9 : The gameplay once again flawless. the sprint button is a great addition to what was already great controls

Overall Single Player- 8.5 : single player had great challenge and story line. u can also play split screen plus theres t-hunt.

Overall Online- 8.5: the online is defintely fun. everyones goal is to rank up to elite. u do this by winning matches, getting kills, and doing A.C.E.S
the new modes plus new maps along with headset support make this game even more fun. TACTICS ARE NEEDED SO GET A HEADSET!!!!

OVERALL- 8.5: This game is defintely a great game. there are minor flaws and there WERE some major ones such as the sucky servers. but the servers are fixed and lag is very rare. this game earns a 8.5 hope to see everyone on the battle fields in Rainbow Six Vegas 2!

thanks for reading courtesy- flagstealer

this is my 4th game review. i've also reviewed NHL 08, MOH:A, and COD 4. I have also reviewed A Usb headset. please rate my thread a 5. im looking to become the "review guy for all new games + accessories i purchase. stay tuned for my next game review of GTA IV which comes out and april 29th, and stay tuned for my review of the dualshock 3 which ill be getting soon

flagstealer out

[xMrFoxhoundx]

Not that I care because I'm not going to buy it but there was absolutely no reason at all to post the ending to the game in there. Plus, the "Flagstealer Out" thing with the smiley at the end, ruined it.

[ANDY_MURPHY]

wow must of taken u a while to write even though most of this is in the manually

[NuFcWiLL]

I'll be to busy playing GTA IV with my DualShock3 to even bother looking @ a thread which revies a game i already will have and played.
And if you post it this long after the release m8 not many people will care as many magazines and people will have done the same.

But I Think it was a good review lol and I agree with what you've said

[whodeybengals9]

Originally Posted by xMrFoxhoundx

Not that I care because I'm not going to buy it but there was absolutely no reason at all to post the ending to the game in there. Plus, the "Flagstealer Out" thing with the smiley at the end, ruined it.

LMAO

[GhOsT-AsSaSs1n]

I think it is a good review......

I think he meant it to be a review for people that might want to buy it....

Great job! 9/10

[Assassin_1992]

Originally Posted by xMrFoxhoundx

Not that I care because I'm not going to buy it but there was absolutely no reason at all to post the ending to the game in there. Plus, the "Flagstealer Out" thing with the smiley at the end, ruined it.

1) Agreed
2) Post Too Long
3) WIKIPEDIA WTF!

[ANDY_MURPHY]

lol assassin

[flagstealer]

1) the post was really not that long. i said IF U DIDNT WANT TO READ THE SUMMARY JUST SKIP TO THE BOTTOM. if u skipped it IT WAS NOT LONG. i just put the stuff from wikkipedia to help some people out that were confused. and i made a review cuz there are people that dont have the game.

[flagstealer]

but thanks to all the people that said good review

[whodeybengals9]

nice job you didn't convince me to buy it!

[ANDY_MURPHY]

ya dude its a good reveiw but its very long summary but gtk that ur helping the confused

[PERCEP1ION]

Originally Posted by K_K_KS_Flagsteal

1) the post was really not that long. i said IF U DIDNT WANT TO READ THE SUMMARY JUST SKIP TO THE BOTTOM. if u skipped it IT WAS NOT LONG. i just put the stuff from wikkipedia to help some people out that were confused. and i made a review cuz there are people that dont have the game.

dont post 1 if your not posting a second fact and come on wiki

[flagstealer]

what?

what does come on wiki mean?

[PERCEP1ION]

well wiki (short for wikipedia!) means that someone wrote that up so all you did was copy it and half of the time its never true.

[flagstealer]

no its usually true

[GhOsT-AsSaSs1n]

OMG lay off....You guys give people crap for whatever they do.....I think flagstealer did a good job...

[xMrFoxhoundx]

Originally Posted by GhOsT-AsSaSs1n

OMG lay off....You guys give people crap for whatever they do.....I think flagstealer did a good job...

I think it was poorly written(no logical flow) and shouldn't have had the ending it. When do you ever read a review in Game Informer and they say "OMG CRY BABY ______ DIES ZOMG LOL"? Don't quit your day job.

And im a thread waster, psshhh.

[flagstealer]

lol fox, im not trying to be some pro