Customer Reviews:
 Vegas 2 - More of the Same March 19, 2008
C. Markham (Surrey)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I've played both the 1st and now the 2nd installments of the RSV series and both are very impressive, tactical and good looking games.
However, the new game RSV2, is pretty much the same as RS1.
graphics are the same, gameplay the same, etc. This is not such as bad thing as when RSV1 came out, it was the best FPS on next gen consoles. But with games like COD4, which RSV2 borrows heavily from (the ranking system, almost identical/ability to shoot through cover/sprinting, etc.) the new game is looking a bit tired and, in my opinion, just not as good a COD4.
The online play for RSV2 is very good. It is a vast progression of vegas 2 with true "jump in" two player co-op, plus extra terrorist hunt missions, 13 new maps and 2 new game types, will have you comming back for more. But, not as addictive as COD4, and with less features.
If you liked the first vegas game, the chances are, you'll love the new one. But if you haven't played the first, it may look a little dated compared to tiles like COD4.
Overall.
Storyline - 4/5
Graphics - 3/5
Gameplay - 5/5
Online - 4/5
Overall - 4/5
 Good but don't expect too much March 20, 2008
Long time gamer
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Just spent several hours dipping into the various offline and on-line modes. Whilst there is plenty to choose from, so far it all feels lacklustre and underwhelming.
It is also hard to adjust to both the visuals, controls and general gameplay after playing much Call of Duty 4 multiplayer over the past few days. In fact I have just spent the last hour playing Call of Duty 4 on-line and comparing the two, just from a technical standpoint alone as I know the games are of a different nature gameplay-wise, the difference is staggering. CoD 4 looks so photorealistic and the game-play much more accessible. In some instances the visuals in R6:Vegas 2 are shocking and,not to over exaggerate, typical of last generation.
On-line I think Terrorist Hunt works well but in your usual deathmatch fare it is hard to score kills and simply not much fun (for me anyway). I can jump right into CoD 4 sessions almost straight away, whereas here there seems to be much waiting around.
Still there is quite a lot on offer but the developers really should have spent more time adding the necessary final polish. I know I have been comparing this game with Call of Duty 4 but Infinity Ward raised the standards so high now that it is hard not to judge any shooter by its standards.
It may grow on me more over the next few days but from the all important first impression, it is low.
 Simply Iceing on the cake from Vegas 1. A class game. March 19, 2008
A. Carter (UK)
11 out of 17 found this review helpful
THIS IS CLASS!!. This game is just continues from Vegas 1 and yes it is an exspansion pack. But if you are like me and loved Vegas 1 then you simply want more. I completed Vegas 1 and disppointed that it was all over, then Vegas 2 came out at just the right time. I have to say, they have kept everything very much the same but with new improvements of the graphics and they are alot better and most importantly the gameplay is a whole lot smoother, with new features. It's clever how they kept the gameplay the same as Vegas 1 but making a few changes to improve the gameplay, so it does not appear as a completely new game and make people like me disappointed. Shooting action in the game is superb, it's swift, tactical and best of all. You get a great satisfaction when achieved a head shot on 2 enemies, while running to cover. Then your team mates compliment you, just like they do on Vegas 1. They say "Great Shot Mate". I don't think many gamers appreciate the quality of this game, it's in a league of it's own. And for me 12 years of gaming. This is the best shooter I have played. My 2 most favourite features in the game is being able to run to cover, like it is on COD4, so you can run to cover quickly, coz it needed that badly in Vegas 1 and also making customizations on your character, whether it's weapons or outfits. Well I'm not disappointed. I think it's by far one of the best Special Forces shooting action game out there so far and one of the best shooters of all time. I do agree with IGN when they say it's not the best sequel in the world from Vegas 1. But it doesn't matter. COD4 will always stand as the greatest online game ever made. But for single player, Vegas 1 and 2 are better than COD4 and lets not forget co-op online play on Vegas 2, it's quite simply outstanding. You can play through the levels, exactly as you can through single player, with a gamer. But I prefer to play with a friend, through the mic and help eachother out through the levels.
So if you thought Vegas 1 was great then buy Vegas 2. Coz it's iceing on the cake from Vegas 1.
VEGAS 2 ROCKS!!! March 15, 2008
GLOBE TROTTER
5 out of 44 found this review helpful
WHAT GAME! PLAYED THE FIRST RAINBOW SIX LOVED IT, THIS IS EVEN BETTER.THE GRAPHICS ARE AMAZING ITS ONE OF THE BEST SHOOTING GAME I HAVE PLAYED,COULDNT KEEP MY HANDS OFF IT. I VERY STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT. ITS BEEN DEFINETELY WORTH THE WAIT. ANYONE WHO SAYS OR THINKS OTHERWISE PLEASE COME IN FRONT OF ME SO I CAN SLAP THEM HARD!!!!NO ITS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. I HAVE PLAYED ALOT OF XBOX 360 GAMES BY TOM CLANCY IS THIS IS FOR SURE THE BEST GAME. GUYS DONT THINK EVEN FOR A SECOND IF YOU SHOULD BUY THIS GAME GO AND GET IT!!!
VERRY ADDICTIVE, EXCELLENT GRAPHICS. DEFINETELY WORTH THE WAIT, WAY BEYOND EXCELLENCE
Good, but flawed, and not different enough from RSV1. April 8, 2008
Mr. A. T. Whitaker
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX VEGAS 2 is set before and during the events of the previous game, and has you controlling Bishop. For most of the game you are flanked by Michael and Jung (who you may remember joined you at the Las Vegas strip in the previous game), and an optional second player (yes, this time around, two-player co-op campaign includes the computer-controlled AI like Mike and Jung!), either split-screen or online, using a drop-in, drop-out method.
As before, you can carry two main guns, a pistol, and two special grenades. This time, however, to start with only a small number of these are available to use, and the others can only be unlocked by scoring a high-enough rating to improve skills such as marksmanship, close-quarters battling and explosives (you can get points for things such as head-shots, kills while using ropes, and other special methods). The good thing is that you can improve your player's stats both online and offline, taking your character from the campaign into the terrorist hunts and multiplayer versus modes! Despite this, you can still take the guns of downed enemies, even if you haven't unlocked them for selection in outfitting stations yourself (although they disappear if you don't keep them when you visit such a station).
It's fair to say that, if you liked RSV1 then you'll probably like this, but maybe not quite as much. Whereas RSV1 was really quite well thought-out, there doesn't seem to have been quite the same level of care taken in this newer game.
Some bits slow down to a point where the frame-rate drops and the on-screen movement becomes jerky (even offline). The music and sound effects, as well as many of the yells from the terrorists themselves, have been largely borrowed from the previous game, although there are some new ones. This might seem lazy to some.
The game is much more annoying than before, too. It seems to be more prone to crashing (as I write this the game's only been out for just over a fortnight and it's crashed three times already on my 360). There are also more cheap deaths resulting, partly due to some sloppy design, partly due to the fact that bullets can now penetrate certain cover types, and partly due to you simply not being able to survive as many hits as you could seem to in the previous game. This could lead to some very frustrating deaths, and even the Terrorist Hunts on the lowest difficulty setting will test your gaming skills!
Only two players can play simultaneous co-op, even online (the previous RSV allowed four) -- while you still have two AI cohorts that make up the four, they are controlled only by player one. The thing is, the AI of your two CPU cohorts still gets in a muddle, and seems to be more problematic than it was in RSV1. (Terrorist Hunts still permit up to four players, though, which is good because they are really hard!)
The biggest problem with RSV2 is that it really doesn't add much to what we saw in RSV1 (which is now available on the Classics budget label). Yes, the ability to develop your character offline as well as on is a good idea, and you can now sprint and directly order your CPU-controlled friends to throw a grenade in a specific direction, but apart from that the game still feels like the previous game.
Don't get me wrong, the game's still quite good, but it's just a shame that more was not done to make it stand out, not only from its predecessor, but from other shooters. With Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare doing the rounds online and offline, RSV2 just doesn't quite reach the dizzying heights of success of that game and doesn't look and sound as good either.
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