Rainbow Six Vegas has to be one of the best shooters for 2006 and going on to 2007.
User Rating: 9.1 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas X360
The Rainbow franchise has sold hundreds of thousands, if not millions of copies throughout the world. Although there have been some failures, Rainbow Six Vegas is not one of them. If this game never came out, then nothing would challenge that monster, Gears of War. Although this game comes close to Gears of War, it is not perfect. There are some subtle flaws in it. For example, in one of the game modes, in Rainbow Six Multiplayer, specificaly Co-op Terrorist Hunt, the Incinerators or the Posphate Grenades magically make the terrorist that you killed dissapear, and keep the kill count on 1, so if you have the time on "unlimited"... well you get the point. The game actually starts off on the border of Mexico, in a small isolated town that is in a middle of a terrible gang war. You and your Team of three, which consist of Logan, Kan, and Gabriel. You and your team try to stop and capture a Gang Leader named Irena from commiting more drug, gun, and other trafficing. Later on she captures you team mates, then you get diverted to Las Vegas to help police silence a terrorist uprising that is ravaging the city. You meet another fellow Rainbow detatchment, who's names are Jung, and Micheal, then the game goes on from there. This takes some ideas from both Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, and Gears of War. All three of them have excellent cover modes, and like in Ghost Recon, you cant just rush in, guns shooting becuase since the terrorists do that as well, and since they pretty well excel at it, you will probably die. This is why you have team mates, for support, covering fire, infiltration and a easy distraction as you attack from behind. So as symbosis applies you depend on your team. Rainbow Six Vegas also has a multiplayer section, as I mentioned earlier, this will keep you playing for well over a month or two weeks. There are more than several maps included, like Border Town, Streets, and LVU Campus. There is a ranked system, which as you make your way up the status tree, you unlock clothes, different armor, camo, and weapons. Achivements in this game are pretty hard to come by, and the large ones are usually in the 30 or 40 range. Get these by playing the Single Player Story Mode. The value of this game is around, 70$ Canadian so don't expect another cheap game, becuase average price for a Xbox 360 game is around 50 or 60 dollars. The Normal Difficulty of this game is preticulary hard for first timers, but for a challenge veterens should try the Realistic, but as a warning later on in the game "bullets start flying", and you will have a hard time staying alive. Overall, Rainbow Six Vegas is a awsome piece of work, the graphics engine really puts you in the moment, and the gameplay is generally smooth. If your a fan of shooters, then get Rainbow Six Vegas. 
