Rainbow 6: Vegas Demo for Xbox 360
So Ubisoft released a demo for Rainbow 6: Vegas over Xbox Live a couple days ago, and I gave it a try. I was really impressed with all the things that they are doing in the demo, which really makes me wish that I didn’t buy Splinter Cell: Double Agent a couple days ago (more on that later). Ubisoft did a lot of really neat things in Rainbow 6: Vegas that just made me go wow. Lots of tiny little details. Like being able to reverse repel was awesome. The first time you do it you feel like a total badass walking down the side of a building, and one of the ‘wow’ moments was when I was reloading my pistol in reverse repel where my pistol clip dropped. It might sound stupid, but it was one of those tiny details that really pay off if you see them. Some of the other parts included the cover system and blind fire which really worked well once you got used to it. Probably the best was actually getting used to commanding your squad around. I normally hate squad based games, but this felt different once I got used to the controls. Learning to breach a door by tagging enemies with the snake cam and having your squad go after each in a systematic fashion. It was really rewarding. The demo was really impressive and really changed my plans on what I should spend my money on over the next month or two.
