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Rainbow Six Las Vegas Single Player

After my original review of Rainbow Six Las Vegas, I have dedicated most of my gaming time to playing the single player campaign. Let me tell you, it is hard, so hard! After conquering the Mexico levels, we are thrown into Las Vegas. There is a good diversity of levels, each requiring a unique approach, and inevitably many restarts!

I estimate I live for about 8 minutes on average… in most cases, I find myself in a bad situation where the only entry to a building is from the ground floor, where the enemy has the advantageous higher ground. In other cases your AI teammates get themselves shot (usually due to a bad order from me)… you do have the opportunity to give them an injection and they make a miraculous recovery, but giving this dosage often requires that you get in the firing line yourself and suffer the same fate.

Some tips if your struggling:

• Choose your weapons wisely - in particular get the sniper rifles for open levels and powerful machine guns or shotguns for the space restrictive levels
• Use your AI teammates to defuse tricky situations, but be warned that if and when they die you’ll often be left in a pickle. If one teammate survives, get him to revive your fallen comrade
• Often it’s better to scout around yourself because naturally you should make more intelligent situations… should I shoot this guy now, or wait until his mate comes over and lob a grenade their way? The AI is obviously not programmed in this capacity.
• Always enter rooms with extreme caution. If you see a fast rope, see if you can’t pick off some enemies before you descend. Glamorously smashing through glass windows with guns blazing is not a great situation when you suddenly discover there are 5 more enemies in the room than you thought, and there is nowhere to take cover
• Speaking of cover, use it, always.
• Use stealth whenever possible. The AI enemies generally stay put until you get very close to them
• Use the snake cam before entering any room, and tag enemies where appropriate. Get your teammates to use an alternative entry when suitable