Rainbow Six: Vegas Demo on XBLM 10/23!!!

[Fenrir]

OK, I've been playing R6 Vegas for the past two days. I'm at Dante's Casino right now. And all I have to say is that this game is awesome, awesome, awesome. Here I thought Gears of War, Ghost Recon and F.E.A.R had amazing action gameplay and along comes this and kicks it up another notch. Even though there are no "cool" effects like slow-mo and all, the gunfights are really intense - the muzzle flash and the loud sound effects of gunfire, it's all very gritty and realistic. Your teammates are also quite smart and competent. For once I can safely rely on them to cover my ass and take out other tangos without doing something annoyingly stupid. And the enemy A.I is pretty competent as well - the only game in which enemies have been able to successfully flank me before was in F.E.A.R, and Rainbow Six Vegas takes that to whole new levels, especially in the later missions. For the first time, I was actually worried of the A.I constantly getting the jump on me and had to post my teammates at the rear flanks.

And the whole "tactical" aspect works like a total charm. It's simple, easy and intuitive. By the time you reach the second casino in Vegas, you'll be barking out orders and engaging hostiles like a true pro. This game really captures the feeling of being the leader of the world's most elite anti-terrorist squad. Heck, just yesterday, I was playing through the Dante's Casino level where I successfully guided my teammates through the ground floor while I perched up on the top far back as sniper and blasted away. It was a truly thrilling experience when I finished that segment without a retry. I honestly felt like some badass commando.

And this coming from someone who never really liked any of the console iterations of Rainbow Six before (yes, even Rainbow Six 3) is damn high praise indeed. If you overlook this title simply because you think you've played it all before in Splinter Cell, Gears of War or Ghost Recon, then you're seriously missing out on one of the best action games in years. Yes, Rainbow Six Vegas is that good.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

So I should get Rainbow Six Vegas instead of FEAR, then?

 

[Fran]

Yes. Plain and simple.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

I want Fenrir's answer too.

Fenrir, DRT and Phaser: What do I get?

R6Vegas, or FEAR?

 

[Phaser]

I want Fenrir's answer too.

Fenrir, DRT and Phaser: What do I get?

R6Vegas, or FEAR?

You know I love F.E.A.R more than my own my mother, but I haven't played it on the 360 yet so I don't know how it stacks up to the PC version.

My copy of Rainbow Six Vegas arrived two days ago. But I'm on vacation at my parents' house right now. I'll check it out once I get back to my apartment in a couple of days. I was a strong supporter of this game ever since I downloaded the HD footage of the E3 presentation and the review scores only seem to indicate that my enthusiasm for this game was not misplaced.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

You know I love F.E.A.R more than my own my mother, but I haven't played it on the 360 yet so I don't know how it stacks up to the PC version.

My copy of Rainbow Six Vegas arrived two days ago. But I'm on vacation at my parents' house right now. I'll check it out once I get back to my apartment in a couple of days. I was a strong supporter of this game ever since I downloaded the HD footage of the E3 presentation and the review scores only seem to indicate that my enthusiasm for this game was not misplaced.

Fenrir says FEAR on the 360 is the same except weapons don't seem to pack the same audio "punch" that they did on the PC, which saddens me, but the FEAR story interests me so much more than the one for Rainbow Six.

However, Rainbow Six has supposedly better gameplay and graphics, and co-op...

 

[Fenrir]

Fenrir says FEAR on the 360 is the same except weapons don't seem to pack the same audio "punch" that they did on the PC, which saddens me, but the FEAR story interests me so much more than the one for Rainbow Six.

However, Rainbow Six has supposedly better gameplay and graphics, and co-op...

Get F.E.A.R on the PC if your PC can run it at high settings. Not only does the 360 version lack the audio "oomph" of it's PC cousin, the slow motion effects are also noticeably lacking. In the PC mode, whenever you engage slow-mo, the perspective appears to "focus in" a bit with a damn cool motion blur effect to boot. There is also a slightly reddish visual filter on the edges of the screen that further helps F.E.A.R's slow motion effects stand out from every other game. And whenever you engage or disengage slow-motion, there is "zoom" sound effect. On the 360, there is practically no visual difference between slow-motion and normal gameplay speed aside from...well, you know, the slow motion, while all the cool, subtle effects that made the PC version that much impressive are criminally absent.

Adding insult to injury, I played F.E.A.R on my 360 at 720p resolution (pretty much the same as the resolution I'm running on my PC) and the PC version appears to be so much sharper, especially when it comes to lighting and textures.

So yeah, get Rainbow Six Vegas on the 360. It looks much better than F.E.A.R and is an all-round totally amazing action game. If you so desperately want to play F.E.A.R, to get the most out of the game there really is no option other than playing it on the PC in terms of both gameplay as well as audio and visuals. Plus, it's cheaper and you can also get the Extraction Point expansion pack for little more story when it drops in price (because it's only like, 5 hours long).

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Hmmm... thanks. I can run FEAR at top settings so it it would only make sense to get it on the 360 if it had Split-Screen, but it doesn't.

R6V apparently has a very fully-featured multiplayer side, so I guess it's Rainbow Six Vegas and then FEAR on the PC when it drops to $15.

 

[Fran]

So my opinion doesn't count at all?

 

[Fenrir]

Hmmm... thanks. I can run FEAR at top settings so it it would only make sense to get it on the 360 if it had Split-Screen, but it doesn't.

R6V apparently has a very fully-featured multiplayer side, so I guess it's Rainbow Six Vegas and then FEAR on the PC when it drops to $15.

Have fun.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

So my opinion doesn't count at all?

We simply don't have the same taste in games.

 

[Fran]

What? I told you to get R6:V ?!?!

 

[Horrorfan]

I traded in F.E.A.R for Vegas and haven't regretted it for one second.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

What? I told you to get R6:V ?!?!

Yeah but you also like MGS and Doom 3 so I had to play it safe. Games aren't cheap anymore.

 

[Fran]

I don't like Doom 3.

I stand by my decision on MGS.

 

[Horrorfan]

Am I the only one who wasn't crazy about the mexico level, where you are stripped of all your equipment? It was WAY too dark....

 

[Jerry]

So I should get Rainbow Six Vegas instead of FEAR, then?

Yeah. Hell if you asked if you should buy Gears of War or Rainbow Six, that would be the harder question. They are two different games, but the cover system is better in R6, ( not saying that it sucks in Gears, its just not as good) and online is awesome. The problem I am having in Gears online is that its really difficult just to find a game. Most times it says connection lost to host or some **** like that. That mostly happens when I try to find a ranked game. Its just frusterating, and factor in the mic only works about half the time and it just adds to it. Don't get me wrong, once you do find a good game, Gears online is awesome, but I have had a lot less frusteration with R6 online.