Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Xbox 360)

You may not realise it, but Mr. Tom Clancy has been in the gaming business for 10 years this year. That's right, since 1998 and releasing the first ever Rainbow Six game on the PC, Ubisoft and Clancy have been delivering us incredible hits like Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Splinter Cell and more. And he seems to not be slowing down, with End War and Splinter Cell: Conviction hitting the stores this year. Along with that is the sixth instalment in the Rainbow Six series-Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Rainbow Six Vegas was a hit in 2006 thanks to its incredible tactical gameplay, stunning visuals, intense multiplayer and more. Now, a year and a half later we have the sequel, ...  Read the complete review

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is the sequel to the highly successful and entertaining shooter of 2006. You control a Special Forces team tasked with preventing major terrorist induced catastrophes across the glittering metropolis of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is worth mentioning straight away that the second game is very similar in many ways to its predecessor, which of course is not necessarily a bad thing. One thing that is different between the games is that the second is a lot less Vegas, and a lot more Nevada. I don't particularly like this switch, as a major part of the first game was how the intense action paired up so well with the twinkling glow of a fancy Las ...  Read the complete review

I remember really looking forward to this game when it came out, so much so that I pre-ordered it, which I don't often do. After enjoying the first addition of the Vegas series, which my friend owned, we both decided to get this game. The main lure of this game personally is the cooperative play. You are able to play with players on split-screen, though the box actually says 2-4 players so be careful here. You are then able to online with 2 players doing the main campaign and up to 4 doing a special Terrorist Hunt mode. This is what makes both Rainbow Six Vegas and Vegas 2, the multiplayer. As far as the story goes, it's pretty basic and has been ...  Read the complete review

Tom Clancy games on the X-Box have always been one of the best for gameplay in my opinion, most notably the Splinter Cell games. I have actually only played a demo of all the older Rainbox Six games but bought a copy of Vegas 2, which came strongly recomended from a friend, second-hand when I bought the X-Box 360 console for my son for Christmas. The main factor I like about Vegas 2 is that it's not all just pure straight action and shooting everything in sight. You actually have to be quite stealthy, think about things and work out a strategy for the various scenarios throughout the game which I definitely think adds a lot more playability and even makes ...  Read the complete review

Tom Clancy has a knack for releasing consistently awesome games, and here is a shining example. This clever little FPS delivers more realism, aggression, logic and stunning gameplay than most of its competitors, and you can completely immerse yourself in it. You are Bishop, directing a small team of two (excluding you) into incredibly risky situations in usually confined and visually stunning set-pieces. I've owned this game for quite some time, but only in the past couple of weeks or so have I actually really gotten into it. I'm not entirely sure of the storyline as there are no cutscenes, but what I do know is that you are thrown into a brutal ...  Read the complete review