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Tom Clancys Rainbow Six Vegas 2

May 28th, 2009

Tom Clancys Rainbow Six Vegas 2




The sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter — returns to Sin City. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue America’s sexiest city from an escalating terrorist siege that will force you into heart-pounding action from beginning to end. The best are back and this time winner takes all.

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Back to Sin City
Coordinate with your Team

Coordinate with your Team
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Intense Multiplayer Modes

Intense Multiplayer Modes
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Next Gen Consoles generate realistic lighting effects

Next Gen Consoles generate realistic lighting effects.
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Battle to your hearts content

Taking the fight to the streets.
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What Happens In Vegas, Stays in Vegas…
This is your last chance to rescue America’s sexiest city from an escalating terrorist siege. You can play as Bishop, a new member of the Rainbow squad who is soaring through the ranks. Or you can customize your character with experience points earned in both single-player and multiplayer. Choose between a male or female character in the singleplayer mode.

Unprecedented Character Customization
Fully customize your character choose your gender, facial configuration, hair, clothing, and weapons. Exclusive to Xbox 360 you can now take a photo of your face and place the image onto your character using the Xbox LIVE?Vision camera and literally get into the game. A stat-tracking feature observes how your play style, unlocking new weapons and equipment based off your performance. 11 new weapons, 13 multiplayer maps, 2 new game modes, and an improved ranking system makes Vegas 2’s multiplayer option easier to locate and join online matches that are already in progress.

Game Features:

  • Ubisoft Montreal Returns - The award-winning studio responsible for the hit game Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas is back with another unforgettable experience that will bring the Vegas storyline to a startling finale.
  • Bigger, Bolder Vegas - Explore brand-new Vegas hotspots for the first time by day. Whether it’s the daylight-drenched Strip or the Nevada desert at dusk, all are superbly rendered in mega-watt Vegas style.
  • Expanded Multiplayer Mode - The highly acclaimed multiplayer that made Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas a must-have game has been expanded to include more than 10 new close-quarters maps perfect for dramatic face-offs, two new adversarial modes, a deeper rewards system, and improved online matchmaking.
  • Unprecedented Character Customization - Fully customize your character: choose your gender, facial configuration, hair, clothing, and weapons. Even put your own face on your character using Xbox LIVE Vision. Then, complete the Vegas storyline in single-player mode or—for the first time ever in a Rainbow Six game—take your unique character online to battle other fully customized operatives - Xbox 360 version only.
  • Vastly Improved Co-op Gameplay - New single-player maps with multiple entry points make co-op gameplay easier than ever. Have a friend jump into the action anytime, anywhere, and automatically switch from single-player to co-op mode—all without affecting the storyline.
  • Dramatically Revamped AI - Hone your most cunning tactics on terrorists equipped with thermal vision, night vision, and shields. Your enemies react differently each time you engage them—ensuring that no two battles are ever the same.
  • Extensive Tactical Options - Rely on your teammates to provide advanced tactical strategies like thermal scanning and leapfrogging to gain the upper hand against the toughest opponents.
  • More Weapons and Armor - An expanded selection of camouflage, body armor, and weapons adds up to the most customizable Rainbow Six experience yet.

The Story So Far
The terrorist threat to Vegas is still five years away, but the seeds of deceit are soon to be planted. And you, unknowingly, are about to play a central role.

You are Bishop, leader of Rainbow’s elite Bravo Team. You’ve been ordered to a desolate observatory where a hostage stand-off is underway. Your mission is straightforward: infiltrate the observatory and protect the hostages should negotiations fail. But you’re experienced enough to know that things have a funny way of not going as planned…

2010 - Las Vegas, Nevada
The tragic events at the observatory are now a memory, but the terrorist threat in Sin City is very real. While Logan Keller is in pursuit of Irina Morales in Mexico, Six has ordered your team to Vegas. There, terrorist mastermind Alvarez Cabrero is hatching a scheme to bring Sin City to its knees—and it’s up to your team alone to stop him from turning Vegas into a devastated inferno.

Return to Sin City for the last time in Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and put an end to the terrorist threat. There, you’ll unravel a web of betrayal that will take you beyond the events of Rainbow Six Vegas. At a remote hideaway you’ll witness the astonishing conclusion that will bring an end to the crisis in Vegas—once and for all.

About Team Rainbow
Team Rainbow is a multinational task force comprising counter-terrorism experts from around the globe. Equipped with state-of-the-art weapons, Team Rainbow is deployed during terrorist crises. When all other attempts have failed, Rainbow is brought in to save the lives of innocent people. They do not negotiate with terror. They destroy it.

Rainbow began as an idea shared by John Clark and Domingo “Ding” Chavez. Clark, a former Navy SEAL and CIA operative, met Chavez during a covert operation in Colombia. During the operation, Chavez was rescued by Clark. After that mission, Chavez joined the Central Intelligence Agency. Clark and Chavez developed a mentor-student relationship over the course of several missions together.

Rainbow was created in 2000. Ding Chavez was made a Team Leader and began recruiting counter-terrorism operatives immediately. Experts in close-quarters combat, demolitions, electronics, surveillances, and reconnaissance were recruited. Snipers, hackers, soldiers, policemen, and contractors were all brought to Hereford, England, where Rainbow shares its headquarters with the British Special Air Service.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Excellent game
Lots of fun, and given that it’s generally cheaper than full retail now, worth picking up

5 Stars Rainbow Six Vegas2 Review
I buy games in order to have fun, this game is fun. The game play looks realistic, but one thing would improve game play and that is the ability to go prone. Imagine being in a real battle and not being able to lie down to hide or snipe. Still, the game is entertaining and worth buying.

5 Stars The Best First Person Shooter Ever Produced!~!
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is the best shooter game ever made; If you like, enjoy and value; (1) Realistic small arms warfare engagements, headshot is a headshot. (2) Advanced Customization of your online character that will affect your play because you can decide how much, and where to place different types of anti-ballistic armor. (3) Being able to use active duty small arms weapons used by special forces all over the world ! Pistols, Snipers, Machine Pistols, Light Machine-Guns, Shotguns and the most commonly used, Assault rifles. The assault rifles are quite mathematical in this game as, they each have unique recoil patterns after being shot, put a 6x scope on yours to experiment!

I havent been able to play this game, because i scratched the R6V2 disc, and i like this game so much, now that i cant play it, i dont even play xbox360, because this is the only game worth playing, if you are all about hardcore realistic shooting game, play HIGH STAKES if you have true skill!

Don’t miss out on this game, COD and halo cant compare because they arent realistic, they are made for kids, this isnt a childrens game , as there is much blood, especially when you get headshots, buy this game for sure!

If you don’t have xbox live, this game is still replayable and will last long, if you do have xboxlive, your good to go!

5 Stars Vegas2!!!!
I’ve liked this game since the first one it has longer campaign and some changes in gameplay like sprinting, and ranking up just by playing the campaign… Good game overall online is just as fun great multiplayer maps and their free!!!

5 Stars still holds up
i know that RSV2 is a relatively old game, however, i would suggest that any FPS fan buy the game. if you like COD4 or other realistic FPSs this is the game for you. the single player campaign is intense and always interesting. i would rather play co-op single player than live. this my favorite game that i own.

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Gears of War 2

May 27th, 2009

Gears of War 2




The gears of war continue to turn as Marcus Fenix and his squad of Cogs go back into action. Gears of War 2 continues the story of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad, locked in an increasingly desperate battle against the nightmarish Locust Horde for the survival of humanity. It is an epic saga of survival, loss, and retribution. Gears of War 2 raises the bar with the amazing technological advances of Unreal Engine 3, delivering a bigger, badder, and more intense experience.

Party system and skill-based online matchmaking - form a full or partial team with friends and continue together from match to match without the need to reform after each game. A skill-based online matchmaking system groups players of similar skill level together in competitive multiplayer matches

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars best game but worst support for multiplayer
This game is the best TPS game,i buy the xbox360 because this game,but the support for multiplayer is the worst one i have seen.Very very very lag everyday!!!!!!

4 Stars Gears overview
Now, Gears of War 2 has one of the most intense, and absolutely amazing Campaigns of games to date. In Gears 1 you met Anthony Carmine who was killed by a bad turn of events (a little tragedy for those who played gears one) and now in Gears 2, you meet Benjamin Carmine (the Rookie, and Anthony’s brother) You play as marcus and train him, ooh getting off subject with spoilers, heh. I loved the campaign, you can play this over and over again without boredom. The Multiplayer, however is trash. The game modes are fun, but the Lag is absolutely unbearable! it can take up to 7 seconds for your bullets to hit the wall 5 feet in front of you! I wouldn’t buy this game if your just going after multiplayer experience. I will be selling this game soon, but overall i give this game a 3/5 for multiplayer, 5/5 for story, and 5/5 for equipment options.

4 Stars Great game but still has many bugs
Although I really enjoy playing the game, xbox live can be frustrating to play on. If you are not the host you may be dealing with a lot of lag and then game play is horrible. You are penalized for leaving this game early and for this reason you must stick it out. Sometimes praying for the end of the game to come so you won’t have to endure another second. I blame this on xbox for using hosts that have terrible bandwidth and not being able to come up with a solution for lag switches. Even with all the bugs and problems with xbox I believe this to be one of my favorite multi player shooter games.

5 Stars Better than the orignal.
While GoW1 was good in it’s own way, it lacked length, level design, and some multi-player designs to stay appealing. GoW2 stepped it up to add story and length, while keeping quality play so it didn’t become boring. Level designs have improved since the original while staying true to the environment of GoW1. AI, with new creatures types, has also grown more to keep the challenges reasonable and fast paced. Like before, they’ve kept Co-Op and multi-player with system link and online. The best add on here to keep the game’s value high is survival mode. Grab some friends to let this game stay interesting and see how long you can last with good planning to stay alive! I recommended this for those 1st-person shooter people who love war and survival scenarios.

The only questionable parts of this game I didn’t like were the “shooting rails” where you are riding something on a designated path, but even that wasn’t bad overall and very few in amount. It does give you a chance to take in the scenery during in game sequences though on your ride between battle sections.

5 Stars gears of war 2
the game is great fun can’t stop playing the lots of lag in mullti player but if you got good Internet connection it’s not bad that’s the only problem

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Tetris DS

May 23rd, 2009

Tetris DS




Tetris DS is Tetris like you’ve never seen before! With six highly addictive modes of play, with single-player challenges & multiplayer matches. Each of the six modes of play features a theme based on a classic Nintendo game. It makes the most of the DS stylus and dual screens, and allows a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to compete in two- or four-player battles.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars a little retro
i kinda thought this game would be more up-to-date with the DS stuff, like using the stylus more, so i really think its a lot more retro than DS-like.

its ok i still play it.

4 Stars Pretty Good, fun with others.
What do you need to know… about _tetris_. The new game modes are entertaining, and it’s nice that you can easily do download play with other people who don’t own this game. That’s a great feature, because this game is apparently very rare, so you’ll be few and far between multicard plays. It’s pretty fun in singleplayer mode too.

5 Stars Very fun game, worth hours of fun
I definitely recomend this, it’s a very fun game and the wifi just makes it better.

1 Star Tetris DS
I wouldn’t know how good this game is because I never recieved it. The money was taken from account and the person that I bought it from never sent it. I have tried to contact her with no response.

4 Stars Tetris
I bought two of these as gifts for others so it’s hard for me to review them. I am more of a word and numbers game person, like Brain Age and Pogo Island.

But the people I bought them for do seem to enjoy them.Tetris DS

Oh yeah, Kimbear is a great seller and is really concerned about her products; I like her.

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Rayman Raving Rabbids

May 20th, 2009

Rayman Raving Rabbids



Rayman Raving Rabbids is the edgiest and most off-the-wall gaming experience in the history of the Rayman franchise. This new Rayman game features the funniest, zaniest, wackiest antics ever when hordes of nasty bunnies invade Rayman’s world. They enslave him, forcing Rayman to participate in a series of gladiator-like trials. In order to win his freedom, Rayman must entertain and outwit these crazed, out-of-control bunnies.

Beat the bad bunnies and become a superstar!

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Welcome to a new generation of Rayman
You’d be hard-pressed to find a game with as much character as Rayman Raving Rabbids. From the creative minigames to the quirks of the bunnies, this game packs an immense amount of entertainment on one disc. It’s rare in games that failing during a competition can bring you as much joy as actually succeeding, but Rayman Raving Rabbids does an admirable job of rewarding your failure with a large dose of comic screams, flying plungers and crossed eyes.

Of course, the point is to succeed and not let the bunnies laugh at your failure. Rayman Raving Rabbids may have a lot of style but it has very little plot. Each level consists of four minigame challenges and one “boss battle,” so to speak. If you complete at least three of the minigames, the main gate opens, allowing you to take on a greater challenge. Once you play a minigame in the Story Mode, you unlock that minigame and can play it at any time and against friends.

Exercise your Wii Remote
Hand it to Ubisoft’s development crew as they really took advantage of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers’ capabilities. Some minigames are as simple as twirling the Wii Remote like a lasso and pushing a button to launch a cow as if you were in a hammer throw competition. Some minigames really test your coordinating, asking you to swing the Nunchuk like a jump rope and flicking the Wii Remote up to make Rayman jump.

Each level has one consistant challege, however: a rhythm game. As a song plays, the bunnies approach a spot on either stage left or right. When they hit that spot, you’ll shake the Nunchuk (if the bunny is on the left) or the Wii Remote when the rabbid hits the mark.

When you take on the boss stages, you’ll find yourself, more often than not, playing a rail shooter. The Wii Remote becomes your light gun, firing plungers at the horde of oncoming rodents. When your plunger supply runs out, shake the Nunchuk to reload. In recent years, the rail shooter (where you don’t control the movement) has been forsaken for the first-person shooter and free movement. The Rayman boss experience will make rail shooter fans rejoice. If other shooters can perform as well as the plunger-fueled firing action of Rayman Raving Rabbids, the genre will come back with a vengeance.

Impressive replay value
There’s extra incentive to play the many minigames of Rayman Raving Rabbids. When you complete a game in Challenge Mode, the game gives you a code that you can enter at the Rayman Web site which basically gives you access to special features on the site.

The minigames of Rayman Raving Rabbids skew toward a younger audience, and at first, an above-average gamer should find the games to be pretty easy. However, once the minigames are unlocked, a big challenge awaits you to get the highest scores and blast your friends in multiplayer challenges. That’s when the real party begins! Rayman delivers exactly what the Wii promises: fun and lots of it. Here’s hoping the bunnies come back for multiple invasions!

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Very amusing
I like game a lot, it is amusing, comic, also that the rabbit with the bad face that puts, makes believe that it is very intelligent, but it is not this way… I recommend it to the whole family so that he/she laughs at the bad things that happen to the rabbit

4 Stars Saving the Worlkd one plungewrat a time!
Greatest “Alien” game ever after RR TV Party.

Like some of us middle aged folks, I am not much of a gamer either. I owned the original Nintendo a long time ago and a Sega a sytem over 13 years ago. I got into a Wii because I saw how much fun you could have no matter what your age and skill. Living in Alaska there is only so much you can do at -40F or colder and playing wii and the games is a way to get rid of cabin fever. I got Raving Rbbids after I got the RR TV Party and my 7 yo daughter and I play both of them all the time. I picked it up after a friend on FB said they loved it. My only wish is that you could have access to more of the shooting plunger games without completing levels.

Overall I LOVE the RABBIDS!!!!

4 Stars I like the TV party better
I like the TV party better, but I got this one AFTER that game. This one is the beginning and has the variety and fun. I haven’t been able to “save” if I don’t get through an entire round of challenges so I need to figure that out. I’m partial to being a Rabbid character rather than Rayman (that is the character you are in this game) but overall, for the price, it’s a great deal!

5 Stars bought it as a gift
Bought it as a gift, the kids enjoyed the game and find it very fun. Great party game for kids of all ages.

5 Stars Great for people who aren’t video gamers
This game is great for friends that aren’t video gamers. The creative game play and intuitive use of the controllers makes it a level playing field for experienced gamers and newbies.

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We Love Golf

May 16th, 2009

We Love Golf




We Love Golf! transforms the Wii Remote into a virtual set of golf clubs, creating the most immersive golfing experience available off the greens. It presents a realistic golfing experience with a fresh new spin incorporating the Wii Remote’s unique motion-sensing functionality. Players will use the controller to choose clubs, line up shots, swing and even add a touch fade or draw with a flick of the wrist. Just as on a real course, gauging wind conditions, correct club selection and careful reading of the greens are all essential for victory. A variety of game modes, multiple characters, and Unlockable content will provide endless hours of putting heaven. Unlock new playable characters, courses and more by playing through the various game modes Multiple courses, each with their own unique obstacles provide a variety of settings and challenges Several different playable characters, each with their own look, personality and play style Dozens of accessories, costumes and clubs affect everything from the look to the feel of the game

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Fun with friends, not for those looking for “realism”
A quick caveat: this is not Wii Sports. You don’t just stand and swing. There is a specific way to play and that may discourage or frustrate players who are expecting a direct motion/swing game mechanic.

All that aside, this is a fun game. You start out with only a few characters and a couple courses, but you unlock new ones as you play in tournaments, and you unlock characters by beating them in challenges.

The swing mechanic is the thing that sets it apart from Wii Sports’ version of golf. Yes you use motion to control your swing, but NO, the strength of your swing does not determine the strength of the shot. Instead, they have mixed standard control play with a motion based interface.

You move your remote back to the desired point on a swing bar. You wait for a shadow remote icon to meet your current position. After that, the forward swing begins and you want to time it so that you are pointing down when the icon is in the “swing zone”. The accuracy of your shot changes depending on how accurate your timing was. You can also hook and slice by twisting the remote, add extra power by flicking the remote a little at the end of your swing, and you can control top and back spin.

The above paragraph alone should show you that while this is an arcade style game, there is much that you can control. The control scheme is awkward at first, but once you understand it (you can take unlimited practice swings, and you can also practice any hole in a separate training mode) it is easy to use.

The game supports online play, and you can also play multiplayer on a single console, with one or multiple remotes, which is a plus. If you only have 2 remotes, but 4 people, you can still play.

I can’t compare this to super swing golf, but it’s definitely more fulfilling to play than playing the same 9 holes on wii sports.

4 Stars Very enjoyable
I’m not a real life golfer looking for the most realistic game - just something fairly realistic with a variety of courses to have fun with. This fits the bill

5 Stars Really fun game
For the one review that says that “there are only 3 courses and 4 characters” you haven’t played it enough yet. There are about 10 or so courses that you get rewarded for winning the tournaments with and to get more characters you have to play single player vs. match….the vs. part is a new computer opponent that you get to keep as a pickable character if you win the round. It’s a really fun game, and yes I will agree the little Wii remote guy that guides you is annoying (but you learn to ignore it real quick).

3 Stars We Love Golf!
Purchased this game for my family and they like it, but it does not compare to the golf that came with WII games disk. Overall it is fun and they seem to enjoy it.

5 Stars This is a great game, and I recomend this to everybody!
We love golf! is a great game for everyone to enjoy and prosper! The levels are well designed and fun. The game play is outrages and it’s worth 30$. Who ever reads this and does not own We love golf! I recommend you buy it. The game has 9 awesome courses, plus the other 2 short courses for endless fun! I give this game a 10 out of 10. It’s a masterpiece, and Camelot proves they still have the golfing touch in a game~

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