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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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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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The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena

Expanding on the blockbuster prequel videogame in the Riddick franchise, this expanded version brings back the proven gameplay and adds in a number of new features for next-gen consoles. Starring Vin Diesel as the titular anti-hero Riddick (who has heightened sensory abilities that allow him to see and hear beyond normal human ranges), you must break out of the galaxy’s most deadly prison in this compelling 1st person action experience.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars The Furyan inside me…
I absolutely love this game.. The sequel to the Xbox Original Smash, Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena was a must have in my library.. Granted, I am a Riddick fan, as well as a fan of Vin Diesel’s movies, I went in wanting to love this game, but I found that wasn’t hard to do at all. I beat the original on the Xbox at least 7 times, and decided, what the hell, I’ll beat it one more time for kicks. Loved the remastered version, and started on Dark Athena a couple days ago. My favorite weapons are by far his Ulaks (those knive things on the cover), they make for some pretty brutal, bloody, mayhem. Stealth is not as much of an importance as in Escape from Butcher Bay, as I went around running at people with my Ulaks’ slashing wildly. It really is a brutal game, and Riddick is really just somebody you don’t wanna F*** with. I won’t go into too many details of the game, as I don’t want to give anything away, but I couldn’t be happier with my purchase. It is truly something special, and will awaken the Furyan inside all of us..

2 Stars Disappointing, too many bugs
I’ve played and beaten about a dozen games this year and Chronicles of Riddick was the least fun save for Dark Sector. However, it is fun in a way. I was going to give it 3 stars, but decided on 2 stars because as I was making a pros and cons list, I had difficulty thinking of the pros. Why did I want to continue and beat the game? Anyway, here’s some pros and cons.

PROs:

1. Voice acting…just like the movies…over-the-top, but compelling.

2. Escaping. The prospect of escaping was fresh (even for part of the game being 5 years old).

3. That’s it.

CONs:

1. The map. The map sucks. It doesn’t tell you where you are, or specifically how to get anywhere. As a result it’s super easy to get lost, and when I say lost, I mean an hour in the wrong direction.

2. AI is terrible. If you enter a room and people start shooting at you, you can usually back out of the room and come back in and the room is ‘reset’. The AI forgets about you if you leave the room. Even if you stay in the room, the AI often stays in one place, or if they want to move, it’s side-to-side for about 10 feet.

3. Graphics. So poor. Even for the new Assault on Dark Athena (which is the same graphics anyway)

4. Unresponsive controls. Sometimes the gun won’t shoot even if you press R2. Sometimes you can jump even if you’re mashing ‘X’ over and over. It’s a little glitch that happens especially when fighting enemies.

5. Inability to use the scenery. You’re supposed to be able to climb on crates and stuff, but the only time you get to do it is if it’s directly related to getting to the next room. If you just want to climb on some crates to get a higher perspective on the enemies in the room, sometimes it works, but often times forget about it. So frustrating.

6. When you die you respawn at the last save point (not necessarily checkpoint, save points are more abundant), and you respawn with the same health you had at the save point. Too often I’d reach a save point with a bar of health (out of 6 or so) and then die towards the end of the level, only to have to respawn and try the last part over and over with one bar of health. Most of the time you have to quit the game and load one or two past checkpoints to re-beat part of a level and maintain health. So frustrating. I ended up just switching to ‘easy’ just so I could beat the game faster.

7. The area. The whole game is really really small. You just do a lot of back tracking.

8. Some things don’t work. There are auto-guns mounted on walls that won’t fire if you just walk by empty-handed. But if you have a gun equipped (or club or such), they’ll fire at you. However, most of the time toward the end of the game, they’ll fire at you either way. When you have the problem like Con #6, where you have one bar of health starting out a segment, those auto-guns will waste you fast and you have to go back to an earlier checkpoint.

9. Game Length. It took me about 10 hours to complete. But were it not for all the cons I listed, it would have been about 5 hours easy. I just got lost for an hour and died a lot because of the respawn with little health thing.

If you really want this game, it is somewhat fun, but do yourself a favor and wait a month and find it on eBay for about $30. Save yourself some cash.

5 Stars Worth a second play
I have the PC port of Escape from Butcher’s Bay from 2004 and loved the game. I don’t play too many games on my PC anymore and was debating whether or not to spend the money on this game. I’m definitely glad I did. There are two episodes to this game. The first is a remake of the 2004 release “Escape from Butcher’s Bay” and the second is an all new campaign “Assault on Dark Athena.”

Butcher’s Bay is as good, if not better than I remember from 2004. There’s plenty of ways to play the game and there’s more than one path to get to some places. All of the FPS, stealth an melee elements work really well together and the game does a very good job of making you feel like Riddick.

What worried me is that the reviews I read indicated that if you’ve already played through Butcher’s Bay, then Dark Athena might not be worth a rebuy on it’s own. It doesn’t matter. It’s been 5 years since I played Butcher’s Bay and it still holds up so well that it’s definitely worth it on it’s own. Dark Athena is a good addition and makes the package worthy of full game price. The environments are varied and interesting, but the story is lacking polish and continuity. Loose ends are left hanging, like SPOILER “what ever happened to Johns? Isn’t he supposed to leave with Riddick at this point?” END SPOILER The game shifts gears into shooter territory for a little while with some neat foes, but brings back the stealth elements before the game is done.

For those wanting a game with a decent story to follow, gameplay variety and a good cast of characters, this package of Butcher’s Bay + Dark Athena is a very good choice.

5 Stars Awesome, triple-A, cinematic sci-fi experience.
This is a fantastic game (or more accurately two games, compiled on one disc) that unfortunately is coming out without much fanfare or buzz. Developed by Starbreeze, whom I personally consider one of the most talented and underappreciated developers in the business, this is an immensely enjoyable “shooter” that’s unique in the fact that its core gameplay focuses more on stealth gameplay and hiding from the enemy than you would normally expect from your typical shooting game. As the silent-but-deadly Riddick, you stalk your well-armed enemies like prey and then proceed to quietly take each guy down one-by-one until the path is cleared for you to continue on with your quest. This is basically a Splinter Cell-inspired stealth gameplay formula (although you also have the option to do a full-on assault with the enemy alerted to you, using either guns or brutal melee weapons like knives, brass knuckles, and billy clubs) and this is the same gameplay that got a lot of critical acclaim back with original Riddick: Butcher Bay on Xbox 1.

The best part about this game is the accomplishments on the presentation side; the digital character voicework and dialog, the overall cinematic/story presentation and production values, are simply top-notch among videogames, and in many ways outclass anything else you’ll see in the videogame world. If you want an immersive and movie-like sci-fi experience in interactive form, then this is what you’re looking for.

Contrary to the developer’s previous game, The Darkness, the PS3 version looks and runs quite well, with good special effects and texture details, and overall comparing decently to the 360 one; PS3 owners shouldn’t hesitate on buying this game on the fear that it’s an inferior product on their system. The multiplayer is okay, but it’s mostly a forgettable inclusion that the developers crammed in just to add a checkmark on the “standard features needed in all games” list; but everyone should already know that the main attraction of a Riddick game lies in the single-player campaign. Or rather “campaigns,” plural; this game is a great value because it essentially offers two games in one: a next-gen remake of the original critically-acclaimed Escape from Butcher Bay (Xbox), and a whole new sequel, Assault on Dark Athena, for gamers to sink their teeth into.

5 Stars Awesome
I have been waiting so long after the demo came

to PS3. I didn’t think it was going to be crystal

clear judging by the demo. They were using to heavy

of a certain HDR setting and it did not look right. But after playing this and finding out that Escape

From Butcher Bay comes with it. It looks sharp and clear. This game can it really get my adrenaline going if you know what I mean. Very few games do that anymore for me. Now I’m huge Chronicles of Riddick fan but I think even for someone who has not ever played the Escape From Butcher Bay is in for a great treat.

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Tom Clancys Rainbow Six Vegas

Rainbow Six: Vegas presents a new team of Rainbow Warriors, as they take to the streets of America. The streets of Las Vegas are chaotic, an escalating terrorist siege in “Sin City” threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights. The future of global security hangs in the balance as you battle to defend classic Vegas locations and environments like Freemont Street, The Strip, and Casinos. Experience Las Vegas like never before through revolutionary next-generation technology as you work against the clock to keep one of the world’s most recognizable cities from utter devastation. Next-generation AI - Encounter deadlier, more skilled enemies who work together as a group to counter every move you make Customize your multiplayer experience - Your character evolves as you play online, unlocking new equipment and achievements as you go

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars The Next Gen Rainbow
I’ll just get to the point…Graphics are obviously incredible especially when you play in HD, Gameplay is a very good step up - even though it’s clearly imitating Gears of War with it’s health, blind fire and cover system. Sound is about average for the next gen consoles, but you over sensitive marshmallows that can’t handle frequent “adult” language might wanna set your parental setting to: Don’t Buy This Game, Idiot! Theres alot of swearing especially when you’re Terrorist Hunting where sound effects will consist of guns discharging, enemies swearing hilariously (I thought so) and explosives occasionally going off.

I know it might be considered too late to be typing up a review on RSV, but it’s worth it. I originally bought this game when it came out in 2007 and I loved it immediately. It was different from all other R6 titles prior to it and stands out well amongst first-person-shooters. With an awesome multiplayer and a seriously challenging story mode, you’ll be hooked. It took me a week to beat it on realistic (a chapter a day) and trust me, you’re gonna need alot of patience, accuracy, cover and strategy - which is definitely what the programmers intended to extract from you. Buy and enjoy.

By the way, those of you that like to play for achievements might have a ridiculously frustrating time trying to unlock “Special Operations”. It’s the only one I’m missing and is known for being glitched TERRIBLY.

5 Stars ADDICTING, FUN, GREAT GAMEPLAY
I just got this for Christmas and had played it in the past and am still way hooked on playing this game. It is very strategic and makes you plan your attacks making it feel more and more like a swat team operative. It’s not a game that you can just go rush into a room and expect to not be shot you have to plan everything out. The AI in this game is amazing in the fact that your terrorist are smart and do adapt to the situation again making it feel more realistic. I love the game controls for this game where you can you can take cover behind objects and shoot from there and also the amount of control you can have over your character. It’s not just a point and shoot game you can zoom in and out there is inferred, night goggles, ect. This is a classic game one that everyone must have that likes first player shooter. I also would say how surprised I was when I played this online how many people were playing online it just goes to show even though there is a 2nd of this game people are still sticking with the original and for $20.00 its a great deal!

3 Stars A review for 2009 point of view on this game
I just recently purchased the original Rainbow Six Vegas, 3 years after it’s initial release, and seeing how most of the top reviews are from ‘06-’07, I figured it would be a nice change of pace to give this a review from today’s point of view.

The price Amazon is currently charging for this game is a knockout steal; much lower than MSRP. At the current pricing, about $9 lower than MSRP, if you’re thinking of buying the game, just do it. If your only criteria to owning the game is that it needs a lower price, just get it. If you think it’s a game you’ll enjoy, at this price it’s definitely worth it.

The graphics, compared to games today, look dated. Character models lack detail seen in today’s games, but for a game released in ‘06, this would have looked awesome. Some of the flight sequences while arriving at your destination are amazing. Unfortunately when you’re actually on the ground things don’t look anywhere near as good. But again, be a little more lenient in your graphical requirements and you should be able to enjoy this game despite the “dated” graphics.

Sound work is very good as well. I’m playing with surround sound and you hear people walking behind you and gun fire sounds as realistic as you game released today. There is some music there, but it’s in the background. It never really gets obnoxious or in your face. The only sound effects I find annoying are the one armed bandits in the casinos are always making noise and that, I suppose, is authentic Vegas.

Gameplay is typical first person shooter with a Gears of War style “hide behind an object and blind fire” mechanic. Blind fire in RS: Vegas, however, is aptly named as actually pulling a shot off and killing an enemy in this way is difficult. This mechanic, of course, doesn’t seem to be “blind” fire for the computer, as it seems even on the normal difficulty setting enemies can be DEADLY accurate with blind fire, sometimes frustratingly so.

Multiplayer isn’t bad either. There are a ton of options available, which includes Co-Op via Live (co-op can be done local split screen as well). My only gripe with playing the co-op story mode is that it lacks the story. You can play through the levels together, but when you would normally be receiving information in the chopper or wherever, there is a prolonged silence. Take the first flight sequence in the helicopter. You have someone in the passenger seat, briefing you on what is going on and what you are getting into. In co-op multiplayer you sit in the chopper with… nothing. The other gripe with co-op multiplayer is if everyone in the party dies, you start at the beginning of the mission. In the beginning this isn’t so bad as the missions aren’t TOO difficult, but later in the game this can be an exercise in frustration given how the end sections of a mission ratchet up the amount of enemies coming after you.

One big complaint I have is enemy pop up. I will play on-line with my father in co-op, we will completely clear a room and move on… only to occasionally have enemies pop up in the rooms we just cleared, killing us from behind. I’ve actually witnessed enemies popping into existence. I would prefer a set amount of enemies on a map in standard locations, however Ubisoft opted for random appearance and MOSTLY random location of enemies.

Overall I think that this game for $20, for those who aren’t too graphic obsessed with games and enjoy first person shooters, is a decent choice. It wouldn’t be my first choice in aging first person shooters (I may give that honor to GRAW 2 instead), but it is a solid choice.

4 Stars Pretty good… I wish GRAW employed the things that make this game great
This is a pretty good game for shooter fans. The guns are for the most part accurate, the cover system is excellent - why can’t games like Call of Duty 4 have cover systems like this game has? Heck, why can’t Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter have cover systems that are as easy to use as this? The graphics are ok, although fall off bigtime when compared to games like Call of Duty… although your character looks fantastic when behind cover. Teamates AI isn’t great, but better than some games. Most of the time they do the right thing. Ending is terrible. But I don’t buy shooters really for the story, I buy it because I want to shoot terrorists.

5 Stars Good Tactical First Shooter
The game itself is a typical First Person shooter. However the tac ops that are available for your team add a sort of realism to it. Though I find I place my character in places that negate my teams ability to cover my six. I find the game refreshing when I am looking to knock off a few bad guys. My only complaint would be the IR and NV goggles display. Not realistic enough but still doable for game play. Fun and exciting to play!!!

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