Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 - Day 1

Well, I picked up this game Wednesday (since I guess they wanted to break the "new game Tuesday" rule) and have been playing it for the past couple of nights. I have to say that Ubisoft really outdid themselves with this game.

First off, when I put the game in, I got a message to the effect of "Hey, you played Rainbow Six: Vegas a lot...here is some free XP for your character. Now go kill more terrorists." I was a little surprised to see that...and then noticed that I didn't get the achievement for Private First Class (which I passed by when I got the free XP.) It shouldn't affect me too much, but it feels like I walked through a store and when the sample place was right in front of me, they picked up their stuff and moved it so I couldn't get it. Maybe Ubisoft will put out a patch later and allow people who had this happen to get the achievement.

The story is pretty good. I was expecting a sequel, and got a prequel. Yes, they ended up NOT allowing you to know what happened with Logan's team, and instead had you take control of an agent named Bishop (who has a partner named Knight) who originally was working with Jung and Michael 2 days before in Vegas. Even some names that should be familiar from Vegas 1 gets mentioned (like Irena Morales).

They redid how the campaign plays, and made it better. Now, Bishop looks like how you want him to, and your character that you create takes over for Bishop. So, if I hooked up my vision camera to my 360, I would be the hero. Which is actually really cool.

They also made a whole new system to distribute weapons. So, instead of ranking up to unlock weapons, you have to kill people in certain ways. For example, killing someone with a brick of C4 will get you 3 points of assault. Once you get enough points in assault, you unlock the Desert Eagle. And, with that same system, half of the things you unlock are weapons, and the other half is XP (it switches back and forth.)

I will leave it at this for now, and continue it later.

Achievement Progress - Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
4 of 47 Achievements
100 Gamerscore

New Achievements - Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Completed Pic des Pyrénées - 25 GS
Completed Old Vegas - 25 GS
Completed Recreational Center - 25 GS
Completed Convention Center - 25 GS