Like it's cousins sequel Ghost Recon 2, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 would be more aptly titled Rainbow Six Vegas 1.5. That's not say it's not worthy of your time. Ubisoft has fixed what few problems there were on Vegas 1 and borrowed some ideas from other francises namely COD4 by having added a sprint feature and experiance points (XP) for completing specific kills and leveling up ones charcter. The multiplayer has been given a bump with better conectivity, some new maps and some old favorites (Kill House anyone). The single player and co-op campain are average at best as the level design and locals are no where near as good as the previous game. Your sent mostly through back alleys, some roof tops of run down casions, a strip club, & a large estate complete with a tennis court finally (WTF). For me this was a let down as you lose what made the first game so sucessful namly the cool factor. Mostly the ablity to repal down large sky scrappers and breach into buildings is nuetered here. Ubisoft, I believe is ready to leave the streets of Vegas behind them and move the series to a diffrent local. While the singleplayer campain is a bit of a yawn Rainbow Six fans no multiplayer is were it is at and you be happy to know with all the new features carried over from the campain are included here in the multiplayer as well. Also the XP you achevie in the campain portion of the game can be carried over to your online charcter. The new maps for online are good however the ablity to play the Red and Black DLC on here would have been welcomed and given Vegas 2 a leg up on the competion in the form of the sheer volume of maps available. You are going to get some series replay valve with Vegas 2 with the online aspect of this game. But the question is did Ubisoft do enough to tear you away for Call Of Duty 4 as the players that have made that game such a huge hit are the ones most likley to purchase Vegas 2. That answer is probley no. Rainbow Six 2 is a nice distraction for the short term. It still is the best tactical FPS shooter out there and it's gun mechanics are sick dare I say better than COD 4, but Ubi has not done enough to call this a true sequel, it's more of a extension to the first Rainbow 6 Vegas. Think of this as Rainbow 6 Vegas 1.5 and you will not be disapointed.
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