Refreshing Cooperative Multiplayer

User Rating: 8.9 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas PC
Too many games out there choose to leave out the cooperative mode. Why? Because it would make the game too good if they included it? Possibly. Years back it was normal to have a coop mode, yes, I'm thinking about the older Doom, Duke Nukem, the older quakes etc, they all were games that allowed players to go through the singleplayer portion of the game together as a team. They were great experiences. Rainbow Six has always been a squad game, but this time I'm feeling that I'm even more part of a closeknit squad than ever before. Sure, I miss the planning phase a bit like most other R6 veterans, but to tell you the absolute thruth, this is a pleasant change of pace.

Good:
-The game flows along smoothly, and there's quite intense situations and firefights to get caught up in. This really comes to life through the cooperative mode, fighting longside other players. Great graphics overall, physics and audio/music. Nice animations for character movement. Rapelling. Good AI. Tries to flank your positions, and toss grenades. It's possible to loot the enemies primary weapons.

Bad:
-The best way to game squad based games is to get friends to join you, and talk through a Ventrilo server or similar third-party comms. I do this all the time. But I can absolutely understand those who want the comms to be integrated with the game. The lack of simple radio-commands like you would find in CS could really help people out, this is something they should look into for a content patch.

-A fewer selection of weapons and gadgets than we've been used to. I miss the door wedge, heart-beat sensor etc. However, if a team member spots an enemy, it'll show on every team members mini-map.

-Only 4 player coop. They should allow more players.

-Both in singleplayer and coop, the levels are scripted. Trigger rooms and events. Like if you step into that certain room, a bunch of bad guys will storm through a certain door, or bad guys might pop up right behind you out of thin air.

-Lack of a combat knife, and non-lethal equipment.

-No ability to jump even the smaller obstacles.

-No flashlight mod on the weapons.

-Lack of Tagging ability when it comes to the marking of enemies in cooperative mode,( which foe the team should try to kill first that is.) KOS list.


You should really buy this game. It's refreshing and has good gameplay that makes up for the apparent lacks.