Great looking, odd controls but all around a good addition to the Rainbow Six catalog

User Rating: 8.7 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas PC
It has been awhile since I picked up a Tom Clancy title, but I decided to give Vegas a shot because of the setting of the story. When you first get into the game, you are put into mexico where it is your team's job to extract some important hostages. Teamwork becomes a major function of the game as you soon realize that you cannot do this all alone. Sorry Solid Snake, even YOU would need a team!

Right off the bat, you see that the team tactical control is well improved over previous Rainbow Six games. You know have far more control over your team than you ever did. From telling them where to go to commanding them to open a separate door than the one you want to go through, flash bang and kill the terrorists that you have marked. The AI in this is really well done. Very few times have I had a problem with their pathfinding. And they are actually smart enough to duck and cover if they are getting shot at. I cant recall the amount of times that an enemy has snuck up behind me and my teammates took them out before I even turned around. Graphics are absolutely gorgeous. I suggest turning down the blur effect a little, but that is just my preference. Otherwise, once you get into Vegas, you will be in awe of how gorgeous and life like they made it.

The only problem I had it all with the game was the odd controls. When they cross a 3rd person action game with a First Person Shooter, the controls tend to get a little off. I wish they would have made it one or the other. But after awhile, you get used to it and then you are good to go.