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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #171 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Ubisoft
• Released on: 2008-03-18
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

• Explore Vegas hot spots as the environment changes from dusk to bright daylight to dawn
• Multiplayer includes 11 smaller maps that force more intense face-offs, 2 adversarial modes, more rewards, and easier access to matches using the improved and intuitive matchmaking system
• Create your own identity that stays the same in both single player and multiplayer modes and progresses as you do
• Turn single player mode into co-op mode at any time, just by jumping into the game
• AI is more challenging than ever

Amazon.com
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.

Back to Sin City

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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.

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Customer Reviews

Co-op comments
My neighbor and I enjoy playing co-op split screen first person shooters. We played R6V1 and felt it was very entertaining in its tactical gameplay. R6V2 gave us more of the same. There are few split screen co-op games out there for the XBox 360 but this is one that I would recommend. Not as much fun as Gears of War or Halo 3 but better than some of the others (Army of Two, Kane & Lynch). If you are looking for this type of gameplay (two player, split screen), then I would recommend GoW first, then Halo 3, then the Rainbox Six series. You may want to put R6V1 between GoW and Halo 3, not because it's a better game, but to mix it up a bit and not have two military FPS games in a row.

There are several others coming in Nov 2008 (GoW 2, Saints Row 2), which should add to the fun.

FIVE STARS NO MATTER WHAT.
Alright..... yes..... it feels more like an expansion than a real sequel..
But i still give it five stars.
The enemy respawning thing is awfull...... they give you things like sniper rifles to ..... kill your enemy from far away, as you can do in the ghost recon series, because they populate the map from the beginning of the match, but here, you just have to wait until you arrive to a checkpoint to see eight or ten tangoes popping out of the air in front of you.... no surprise factor at all...... you are the only surprised one.
BUT............ FIVE STARS.
Not so many new weapons, but.......... five stars.
WHERE IS THE M14???????......... but ........ five stars.
No VINTOREZ either..... but.... five stars.
This game, like its predecesors, is the best CQB FPS there is.
If they manage to populate the maps from the begining of the matches with enemies, they will score seriously and gameplay will improve drastically.
FIVE STARS to this game.

Over Too Quickly
Pretty much everyone who picks up Vegas 2 has completed the original and knows that the ending is just the beginning. Except that it isn't. Instead you step back five years and complete a mission that doesn't really seem to make a lot of sense unless you look very closely at your team. Of course, they don't wear name tags so they have to get wounded for you to confirm their identities. So, you play through the memory scene and pick up the action in Vegas before Vegas 1 actually begins.

The interwoven storyline is one of the best features of the non-technical side of the game. It still seems ridiculous that Rainbow has randomly stashed crates of weapons and ammo throughout Las Vegas and that you seem to carry some sort of universal sound suppressor for every conceivable weapon (except sniper rifles). But realism has never been Rainbow's strong suit.

While the game is harder than the first I did not find it too difficult to complete as a single player. The 'realistic' setting will ensure that you're zapped by a tango sniper any time one is around. Situational awareness is key in Vegas 2. The new scenery is fantastic - especially battling through the backyards of the cookie-cutter houses (reminded me of Phoenix really) and the sign graveyard.

Technically, I had no issues with the game and believe that Ubisoft continues to put out polished work. The controls and layout are easy to work with and customization is pretty easy to figure out.

Overall, the game was a blast to play - although the final scenes took some frustrating replays (have to take my own situational awareness comment to heart). But I have to say that the game seemed quick and was over sooner than I would have liked.