The stronger of the two Vegas entries. Improved customization and enhanced co-op. The better choice between the two for most players. A solid tactical experience that has aged but remains enjoyable for genre fans.
Sequel by Ubisoft Montreal extending Rainbow Six Vegas in Las Vegas in parallel. Published by Ubisoft, released in March 2008 in Europe, Germany, Asia, North America and Japan. Bishop Rainbow Six squad leader deployed to Las Vegas in parallel with first entry events to neutralize terrorist plot around casinos, over twelve missions crossing Strip and desert zones surrounding Las Vegas, tactical TPS gameplay mixing cover-based shooting, infiltration and three-agent squad commanding, Snake Cam and A.C.E.S Advanced Combat Enhancement Specialization System mechanics to gain XP via Marksman, Assault and CQB, over twenty cumulative signature weapons including SCAR-H and new MP7, online multiplayer mode for up to sixteen players in cooperative Terro Hunt and Adversarial versus teams, English voice-over with military voices.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - Vegas 2 review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
The sequel leaves the Strip to show the other side of the set. The fights spread to the districts postcards ignore, an unfinished tower site, a refinery, a hilltop villa, a convention center, ordinary suburbs crushed by sun. Vegas stops being a neon backdrop to become a complete conurbation, with its service zones and its backyards. The art direction maps the real city behind the shop window.
The culminating sound is that of the breach. The charge stuck on the door, the blast tearing off the panel, the flashbang whose whistle suspends everything, the cries of disoriented occupants, then the dry bursts in the smoke: each assault condenses into three seconds a sonic storm repeated mission after mission. The soundtrack makes this forced entry the game's refrain, awaited, prepared, always deafening.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾7,7 GB📅18/03/2008
Published by Ubisoft
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - Vegas 2 (PS3) price, value & rarity
A sequel to Rainbow Six Vegas refining elite-unit tactical assault with character progression and polished co-op, one of the peaks of squad shooting in this generation. Its edition covering the American and Asian markets stays less common than the major Western runs. Its interest owes to this status as a reference of the genre and to the relative scarcity of a regional pressing within a followed Tom Clancy catalog.
