Good and bad

User Rating: 7.3 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas X360
I like this game. I should get that out of the way first, I guess. It is fun and maddening. Making my way through scores of terrorists in Vegas is fun. Dying right before you hit the check point for the tenth time has me choking back expletive laced diatribes about how checkpoint saving is retarded. But I do like this game.

As with all next gen games don't bother playing if it isn't going to be in hi-def. Before I plug a new game into the hd input, I always try it out on lo-def. And on lo def its near impossible to make out terrorists unless they're right in front of you. The graphics (hd graphics) are very good. Even in the over bright setting of a LV casino it manages to stay good. Not great but good.

The sound/music is really very good. The responses from the terrorists are varied and funny at times (why are you shooting at the wall? etc.) Though they seem to have the same voice. Every single one. Doesn't seem like they couldn't have splurged on a set of 3 voices to keep you from saying, "hey he's not dead again!" all the time. Your squad mates are voice well, if not a little stereotypical. I like the music in this game. The standard techno line for an FPS is here, but more to the point there are environmental musics as you make your way around LV. Casino stereo, chinese music on speakers in the restaurant, etc.. Its enjoyable and makes the game feel more immersive.

Gameplay leaves a bit to be desired. There really is just an illusion of squad control/tactics. Your squad really is just there for you to send out in front of you to see if anyone shoots them. Which is useful but not so much what one would/could/should expect from R6. I don't think I like the regen health either, that seems better fitted to GoW than R6. But with longer missions loaded with more Ts than you can shake an Ak47 at, I can see it does have a place inthe game. That brings me to long drawn out missions with checkpoint saving. Checkpoint saving is the tool of the retarded devil. I hate it. If your going to change from planned missions to more HL2 style map/mission playthrough- then give me a save system that doesn't leave spittle flying out of my mouth every few minutes. PLEASE.

I'm not a console multiplayer as of yet, so I will close with this. With all next gen games, rent it for a couple of days. If it's your bag, buy it. And see if you can find it used. That'll knock 20 bucks off right there.