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Game is great, Amazon is awful

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 65
Date: March 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had preordered this with Amazon. They chose to ignore their price guarantee and jack the price up by $20. The game is excellent, so don't let it stop you from playing it, just don't buy it here.

My letter to Amazon:
This morning I received an email from Amazon stating that they were raising the price of a pre-order for Rainbow Six: Vegas for Playstation 3. I had originally pre-ordered the game for $39.99 and the price was raised to $59.99. I have read your policy on pre-orders and it is pretty clear to me that it is worded in such a way that you can change the price of items at your whim. The vague wording of the agreement indicates to the consumer that we will be guaranteed the lowest price offered throughout the time of the pre-order. You have not adhered to this.

I realize the lower price was more than likely a mistake, and I can accept that you have to raise the price back up. What troubles me is that you waited a few weeks to do it, not immediately after the mistake was found. So here I am waiting weeks under the assumption you are going to honor your price when I could have pre-ordered with another retailer.

I know this isn't the first email you have received on this subject today, so please spare me the standard form letter that you'll be sending back. After this fiasco, as well as the Xbox 360 fiasco (of which I'm sure you're well acquainted with by now) and some other errors with orders I have had over my many years as a customer, I am really no longer interested in being your customer anymore. Furthermore, I intend to discourage any of my friends and family from using your services from here on out. You used to be a good place working for the consumer, but have since turned into the Walmart of the internet, only interested in the dollar, not the consumer experience. The least you could have done was offer me a $10 discount or something similar, but instead chose to create bad press and lose customers.

If you choose to write back, please do so from an actual person dealing with my actual problem and wanting to rectify the situation. The form letter does nothing but infuriate people.

Tom Clancy disappoints.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 12
Date: August 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You know what fires me up?? I mean, really really gets my blood boiling? When you have a franchise that has such an outstanding reputation like Tom Clancy, and you have a console that has unprecidented capability - and the mix is like oil and water.

The low down -

Graphics - 4 out of 10. I play on a 50'' HDMI plasma. So I tend to get disappointed when I buy a game that isn't HD compatible. This game fits RIGHT in with some of the mediocre PS2 graphics.

Gameplay - 3 out of 10. If I enjoyed the feeling of walking through mud, and turning at a glacial speed, then I would have given this game a much better rating. Even by turning the X and Y turning values higher, this game is all over the place. Headshots don't register, there is no "breathe-bob". So, basically if you have your crosshairs squared up with someones masked pretty little mug, you're most likely going to shoot up and to the right, down and to the left... pretty much anywhere but where you aim.

Multiplayer - 7 out of 10. The only aspect of the game that I mildly enjoy. The many different games will you keep you entertained for hours, as well as the three different co-op modes.

The bottom line is that I enjoy games like BF2, or 2142. If you die for instance, there is that faint glimmer of hope that a medic might come up and save you fom waiting anothe 10 seconds.

The graphics are far below standard for such a wonderful system, the story is worthless (unless you don't have a high speed internet connection), and walking around the maze type levels is as monotonous as watching Carrot Top do another stand up routine.

To be honest, the only people I have heard that are impressed with this game are the British. And you wonder why they're so satisfied with bland food.

Absolutely terrible translation to the PS3.... Sorry I bought it! Stick with the 360 version.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: August 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have both the 360 and PS3 and am very sorry I bought this game on the PS3 instead of the 360 - I was thinking that the PS3 version would be better refined and higher resoltion graphically but I was WRONG.

It doesn't hold a candle to the 360 version graphically or ease of play wise (if any part of this game can be called easy!) - the 360 version is much more responsive and graphics make a HUGE difference when you're trying to get the bead on a naughty terrorist...

Avoid this game on the PS3, buy it on the 360.

Sorry to all the PS3 pundits out there, but this is not the best work.

To all first time buyers: READ THIS BEFORE YOU PURCHASE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: November 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Let me start off by saying that I've only had the PS3 for about 3 weeks. The only game I had (until yesterday) was Call of Duty 4. And yes I'm fully aware that R6V is one year older than COD4....

First off, the graphics seem a bit weird. I have my settings at 1080i and the screen looks fuzzy. During gameplay, Some parts of the game are real smooth and nice looking, and other parts are choppy and "pixel-ated" looking. Someone below suggested that you set your PS3 to 720P to take out the choppiness and it helped out alot... but the gameplay feels choppy and slow..

The spawning sucks. Everytime I spawned, I was killed on the spot. It's impossible to move!

Why Can't I run in this game!? In COD4, you can run and get out of places.. but in this game, the gameplay is too slow for me to bear... Ugh!

I wish I played this game before I purchased. I heard alot of great reviews about the game from 360 owners, so I was expecting the same on PS3....

If your a first time buyer (or only played this game on a 360), please do yourself a favor and purchase this game secondhand. I purchased this game at full price without thinking twice.

I'm pretty positive the next rainbow six will blow all FPS out the box, but in the mean time, COD4 craps over anything out there: including GOW and Halo 3.

Ubi Release Flawed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: November 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Vegas is a fun game. However, I've rated it one star overall, given that the multiplayer gaming experience is buggy, and all too shortlived given that a sequel is scheduled to be released within 9 months. I anticipate that the sequel will render the current version, and my $69.95 purchase, virtually worthless as everyone migrates to the new version.

Today Ubi announced that Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is targeted to arrive this upcoming March. This is a huge letdown to those of us playing (or considering purchasing) the current edition of Vegas.

Why? Well, for one thing, the current release has substantial bugs that greatly diminish the playing experience. Ubi has been touting a patch for these (looping gun sounds, no multiplayer lobby, etc) since the release this summer. With the announcement of the new Vegas 2, it is becoming clear to me that Ubi is NOT going to patch the current version, but rather is going to pump out a new one and charge all of the current Vegas owners the cost of a new game to get the updates.

Contrast this with some of the other games out there, such as Resistance, which has an established gaming community that has been cemented with great support and new features being released such as maps, etc. Rainbow Six is just one of those games that appears to be outdated after just 9 months, forcing a new purchase.

Anyone considering buying this game may be better off waiting for Vegas 2, as the Vegas online community is diminishing, or purchasing another FPS such as Call of Duty 4.

Such a bad game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I will never understand what makes some games a hit and other games not. Frankly I find nothing redeeming whatsoever about this completely vanilla shooter.

The game opens with absolutely no fanfare. There's a brief movie and then you are dumped unceremoniously into your first mission. Where does this mission occur? Well, the game is called 'Rainbow Six: Vegas'. All the screenshots and promotional materials show you running around in Vegas shooting terrorists among slot machines and poker tables. So, naturally, the game opens ... in a helicopter over Mexico. The entire first campaign occurs in Mexico.

Unlike Ghost Recon, this game's version of Mexico is absolutely horrendous. Both have no civilian population and seem incredibly empty. But R6:V suffers from many other problems. The texturing looks like a game from 2000. There is no detail in the environment, everything looks blocky and over-wide. Framerate issues abound (both on 360 and PS3). Basically everything just looks muddy and fake and cheap.

And the gameplay is simply atrocious. There is literally no explanation as to what you are doing, where you are going, or how you're to get there. You are sometimes given a destination (which appears as a white, low-res indicator on your minimalist HUD). But then the indicator will vanish, seemingly at random.

The levels are cloyingly linear with the designers resorting to the most tired and lame tricks to keep you on a path - including stairways that are blocked with knee-high obstructions that you can for some reason not climb over - making it difficult to get lost for long. But the muddiness and lack of detail make it confusing as to where you're going versus where you have been. Getting to where you need to be invariably results from stumbling around a bunch of same-looking corridors until an event triggers.

The shooting is bland and uninspired. Aiming with the controller is a chore. The AI is quite possibly the stupidest I have ever seen in a video game - at one point in the first, incredibly long level set in Mexico you are stripped of your assault rifle (but mysteriously not your handgun) and forced to go after a target, fighting bad guys with shotguns. All you have to do is pop out, wait for the enemy to shoot at you point-blank and miss, then kill them and take their shotgun. Over and over and over.

The bad aiming controls are 'enhanced' with the classic trick of having the reticle turn red over a target, but this makes the game even easier. Just move the pointer around while behind cover until it turns red, pop up, and bang.

Like every other shooter in the world this game forces you to use cover. But the cover mechanism is buggy and difficult, with the character snapping on and off walls at just the wrong time, a buggy and spotty corner peek system, and camera issues that result in you staring point-blank at a wall while an enemy plugs you.

I imagine you eventually get to Vegas but I've never managed to stick it out through the entire Mexico campaign. It's just excruciating. If the demo is any indication, though, the Vegas levels aren't any better.

This game is just a muddle of bits pulled from other, better games. GRAW isn't amazing (it quickly got repetitive and the static enemy placements lame) but it blows this below-mediocre title out of the water. The designers try to shore up the game's weaknesses by ripping off elements from other titles, like the 'snake cam' from SWAT/Splinter Cell, door stacking/breaching from SWAT, firing from cover like pretty much every other shooter, etc. But it just ends up a mess of half-baked ideas half-implemented.

ok - but only allowed to have 1 saved game - thus 2 stars!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Very bad if you mess up, there is only one save point. At the last level it appears there is a glitch where many game users are having a problem with reloading the level (Nevada Dam - Warehouse)where you see Irena thru window - then game crashes destroying the one and only save point. This has happened to several users. According to UBI support you must delete the one and only allowed saved game and reload/restart the game from the beginning again. I tried this twice, and it crashed twice! So I gave up! UBI programers need to learn how to allow multiple save points.
Overall the game has good picture quality. Content ok. But for PS3 there are no updates. So I advise buying it used and trying it.

Eh... Its ok

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just purchased this game today from Gamestop. I've played it on the 360 and it was alright. I enjoy squad based shooters, but not this one. Don't get me wrong, it's a good game, but only for the people that like squad based shooters, I'm not a big fan of em. The graphics don't blow my mind, they look good, but not amazing like Ninja Gaiden or even Resistance: Fall of Man, If you have the money, I HIGHLY Recommend getting one of those 2 if you don't already own them.

LAST CROSS PLATFORM GAME I BUY ON THE PS3

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: October 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well I bought this game yesterday for the PS# console, and once again I was dissappointed. I have bought other games on the PS3 and none of them have impressed me. Now I have all three systems, so I am not biased to anyone of them, but the PS3 calls itself the most powerful gaming console on the market. Well it needs to have games that look like it! This game gets blurry at times and the sounds are way off. For instance, at a few of the times in the game I commanded my team to open a door via explosion and the explosion would happen before the door opened! I must say that this is a fun game, but the "jack up" graphics deter from this games potential. Lets not talk about the online multiplayer.... It looks like a PS2 game. The whole game looks like a high end PS2 game. So I must say, If you own a PS3 and you doint mind a sub par graphics, then pick this one up. If you own a 360, then pick it up through there!

Bad scripting cannot replace good A.I.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game has many good aspects, particularly gameplay dynamics. The controls are effective and intuitive (good cover system) and the graphics are OK. For some reason, though, the game insists on preferring 1080i over 720P even though this creates a hazy pixellated mess out of otherwise first-rate graphics; be sure to disable 1080i/P on your PS3 before playing this title.
The storyline is OK but the gameplay is plagued with horrendous scripting and ridiculous spawning (i.e., a terrorist "appears" behind you in a sealed room and pops one in the back of your head). This makes for an increasingly frustrating experience as the levels become more difficult. It seems as though the only difference between difficulty levels lies in the number of goons that rope down to your vicinity when you walk half way through the rooms.

Overall, too many flaws to save from bargain bin status

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