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Generally favorable reviews- based on 61 Ratings

  • Summary: The stakes are high when the world's most elite counter-terrorism unit enters Las Vegas, where over 36.7 million men, women and children visit each year. "Sin City," the home of the famous Las Vegas Strip, flashy hotels, high-rolling casinos and world-famous celebrities, becomes the setting for a terrorist threat of global proportions. What happens when one of the world's most famous cities is held hostage by terrorists? [Ubisoft] Expand
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  1. One of the best games that I’ve ever played. The final level of the game is essentially a massive firefight through the Hoover Dam and it was arguably one of the best experiences I’ve had in video gaming.
  2. This is as good as gunplay has gotten in a videogame. [Mar 2007, p.60]
  3. While Rainbow Six veterans will surely miss the familiar pre-planning elements of the hallowed franchise, most of the changes made for Vegas successfully ramp up its intensity, and more importantly, its fun. [Mar 2007, p.60]
  4. It feels like an undecided halfway house between two genres - both of which the PC excels at - and it's incapable of deciding which one it wants to be.

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. LeonardoA.
    10
    This game is incredible, the graphics are awesome and the realistic gameplay dominates you even in the first level.Of cource in PC'S that are in the border of the system requirements will won't have good graphics.Well, a game can have Wolfenstein's 3D 1992 graphics, but if the gameplay is good a real gamer can disguise if the game is good or not. Expand
  2. Vic
    9
    This is the first game where I felt how difficult a real gunfight is! You're really scared to stay out of cover even for a second here, it's not a game where you can just run and gun killing everyone in your way like terminator. Here you feel yourself very vulnerable, here you need to use all your tactic skills. This is a very realistic game where you can feel how a real gunfight dangerous is! The only disadvantage is length, I think the story is a little bit short. Expand
  3. Rhalle
    8
    First of all, it is a system hog. I guess that that comes from it being a port. Second, it is a half-buttocksed port; a game with massive hardware reqs and fancy shader operations and other junk, and it doesn't even support widescreen resolutions. It's hard to fathom why a game released in 2007-- and 2 patches later-- would not have widescreen res support. And that's the thing: you can download .bin hacks that will get those resolutions working, and you can play with settings. A lot. And when tweaked, the game looks pretty good-- the first few levels are very reminiscient of the HL2 universe, but not as pretty or as well done.. All that said, the maps are BIG. Where you might have as many a 5 zones load in the Source Engine, in R6Vegas it's seamless. The size of the seamless world, and how the player finds cover to shoot, rappels, and controls teammates is the best thing about R6V. The stiffness and awkwardness of the NPCs, particularly the enemies you face, and the ever-present HUD, is the worst. I can't say much for the storyline, since I haven't played much of it yet, although it seems somewhat juvenille. Expand
  4. gas
    7
    Just bought it with a super nice price around 2 euros, this game is 5 years old now but i have to tell it looks quite good to be honest, and its overall good.
    The game is between a stealth fps and a frag-fest one, im finding it enjoyable, even if personally i don't like 2 aspects of the game, into specific:
    First of all its fully scripted, which means you cant plan in advance so much and cant play very tactical as many enemies just will spawn triggering a specific event and usually there will be situation with tons of them running in a room from no were like a pack of raging bulls.
    Second the fact its not possible to save, there are just checkpoints with auto save.
    Anyway i can tell the engine is very good, the hitbox is precise and satisfying, controls are configurable and they work pretty well, so , the game could have been a lot better imho if it was a bit more tactical but overall its a good game.
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