Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas is the sixth game in the Rainbow Six series of video games. Rainbow Six Vegas introduces several new innovations to the franchise, including a new health system in which the player regenerates health when not receiving fire (the player may sometimes be killed instantly, without a chance to regenerate health; this usually happens from grenades, as well as taking close-range fire from very powerful weapons, particularly to the head). While injured, the player's eyesight is substantially hindered, similar to the health system in Gears of War. A third-person perspective has also been included for situations when players may blind-shoot around corners to lay down suppression or covering fire.

Other changes include a larger enemy presence and much tougher AI, a shift in focus to where kills will be much harder to obtain, a reincarnated aiming system similar to the aiming system of the old Rainbow Six games, and a context-sensitive D-pad based command system for the player's squad, as well as sections of gameplay where the player will scale buildings and cause environmental damage. The player may also use the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 headsets to provide vocal orders, however, teammates are no longer heard over the headset.

The game does not include a mission planning function or a save system; instead, it employs a checkpoint system. The devs also decided to forego cutscenes completely, instead of conveying the tale through video feeds on a heads-up display. The player also possesses a variety of abilities, such as the ability to rappel up and down buildings while shooting and to fast-rope into a location.

Release date: 2006

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