Best shooter for 2006!
User Rating: 9.6 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas X360
While 2006 has given us some incredbile shooters including both Call of Duty 3 and Gears of war, one stands out above the rest. Rainbow Six Vegas. This game looks great with the new Unreal 3 engine, and while it may be true that Gears of War has slightly superior graphics (though the difference isn't so drastic) it's the detail, design, and gameplay that steals the show. Having played through both protions of single and multiplayer, i can tell you there is nothing better than rappelling down the side of a building, breaching through the glass, takes cover, swinging around and busting some heads before swing back around to reload and move in. The game has a good balance of tactics, and a little pinch of "we don't suggest it, but if you wanna go alone here, try it." Some times works, other times you get your ass handed too you. Again, the ability to rappel and take cover are incredible, and to say even smoother than Gears of war. (though gears of war you can do certain moves while in cover, the generas are different here.) The looks and sounds of the weapons, not to mention the reloads are dead on, and look/sound terrific. Gameplay wise, the people who have the least fun are the morons not using there heads and running in guns ablazing and getting blow apart. As rightly they should, while technically you can move in and take guys down, it's when you blindly rush a room like an idiot you get messed up, then these same retards come on and complain about the game. The differnt multiplayer modes are fun, however it's attack and defend which is a real joy to play. one team chooses a spawn point and moves in while the other team chooses there area to spawn and defends the objective. Great fun. What adds even more is the custimization of weapons, and abundance of weapons, and better yet, the gadgets and character custimization. While more armor slows you down, it gives you more protection, and Visa Versa if you use less armor. The ability to completely make your character the way you want is great, and you never see the same character model twice while kicking ass online. Co-op is a blast, with the A.I both in single player and multiplayer are great. Rainbow Six Vegas is a must buy, and with out a doubt the best game of 2006, while the single player is great, the multiplayer is the shinning star here, and it fills in just nicely! 
