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  Phokal 11:54 pm on September 15, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: deals ( 3 ), go buy ( 3 ), rainbow six   

  go buy: Rainbow Six Vegas 2 

  

  Gamefly just threw up this deal for Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 for $24 with free shipping (and I believe no tax).  You probably won’t find this cheaper, and I’ve had pretty good luck with gamefly.  It’s used, and if you ever do get a bad disc you can apparently just send it back for replacement.

  I haven’t had to do that yet.  And they come with box and instruction manual.

  http://www.gamefly.com/products/detail.asp?pid=129550&boxshot=1

  …and to think I paid full price for mine, and I haven’t even gotten through R6V1 yet…

  Who else already owns this?

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    phokal 11:57 pm on September 15, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    Who owns this already?

    I believe Zazz/KFlair, Me (Phokal), Phyzkid,….and I thought a couple others….

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    hintzilla 8:02 am on September 16, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    $25 price tag has sparked my interest. i did enjoy the demo of the first rainbow, but never got around to playing that or the new one, despite recommendations from a lot of people.

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    Phokal 8:50 am on September 16, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    go read my “dont tell me the ending” on the first one.

    basic gameplay: send your two guys ahead of you in the hallway or room. triggers enemies. they shoot nearly everyone. you help pick people off.
    If you send them in someplace a bit too hot, they’ll go down and you have to rez them.

    that. or you could do the whole simultaneous room clear. but that exposes YOU to danger

    multiplayer is a blast, though as with most games some pro players will totally own you.

    r6v2 has a central character (single/multi) that you level up whether playing single/multiplayer. I find that neat. Problem is he gets an exp boost if it detects a game clear save….so i haven’t put the disc in yet. must. beat. r6v1. to get exp boost….

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    phokal 2:13 pm on October 17, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    wow. still $25. Great price, though L4D and Gears2 are coming out soon.

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  Phokal 9:21 pm on September 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: don't tell me the ending to ( 20 ), rainbow six, rainbow six vegas ( 2 ), review ( 24 )   

  Don’t tell me the ending to: Rainbow Six Vegas 

  

  Rainbow Six: Vegas is a solid example of a good, squad based FPS.  It combines excellent teammate AI with deadly enemies, turning you from gung-ho hero into a team member.  You are a part of this team and in many cases *you* are the weak link.  This is a very different feel from your average FPS, where you can run out and do anything.

  It is also very different from simply playing on a high difficulty.  Being killed easily here is not the same as a cheapshot from a random soldier who only shoots at you on COD4′s Veteran difficulty.  It is because your tactics fell apart and you were flanked (similar to the excellent Brothers in Arms series).

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  Phokal 9:55 pm on March 24, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: look! shooting saddam hussein target!, pLayday ( 42 ), rainbow six, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Terrorist Hunt is awesome but small   

  

  Buy?: Rainbow Six Vegas 2

  I was initially going to fully endorse everyone buy this game. But, from what I’ve seen we may want to hold off. The primary reason initially was Terrorist Hunt was (I thought) going to have a higher player cap. With a max of 4 players, this isn’t the co-op heaven I thought it would be for our larger-than-4-players pLayday group. Adversial, I’m sure, is still great fun, but $60 fun for all of us? I’m thinking CoD4 may be the better purchase (especially since it can be found for only $40 most of the time).

  If I crack open R6V2 and find it supports splitscreen AND online at the same time (R6V1 did not, CoD4 does not), then maybe I’ll push it a bit harder. Until then, hold off unless you just want to play it with some friends (like me…you can play with me. I still own it.) since it probably won’t become the pLayday staple I was hoping for.

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    hintzilla 7:29 am on March 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    i can’t decide whether or not to pick this game up. i was deciding between rainbow and condemned 2, and ended up going with condemned 2. mostly because i’m afraid that COD4 might do everything better than rainbow, and that i would never end up playing it. but strangely enough, its starting to look like bioshock does “condemned” better than condemned 2 does “condemned”. if that makes any sense.

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    detnap 7:38 pm on March 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    I have only played condemned 1 a little bit, but I felt a lot more anxiety playing it rather than the “raining every type of ammo and money all the time” Bioshock game. I thought that Condemned 1 set a better creepy mood.

    I don’t know about condmned 2, but will probably sneak into Aaron’s house and play his copy.

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    hintzilla 7:30 am on March 26, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    yeah, i’m actually liking it more now that i’m getting used to the controls. the combo system is a must-learn thing, and i didn’t realize that at first, but now things are going a lot smoother. and you’re definitely right about the creepy feeling. i never played the first one, but in condemned 2, there were a few parts that made me want to look over my shoulder or something.

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    hintzilla 7:31 am on March 26, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    also, sorry for hijacking your rainbow post, aaron. haha.

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    Phokal 11:43 am on March 26, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    I don’t actually own Condemned 2, yet. I need to play through 1 first (and about a bazillion other games on the Queue).

    No prob about the hijack. Detnap should make a new post about condemned 2, or scary games.

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  Phokal 10:20 pm on January 15, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: don't leave it to chance!, games ( 33 ), gears, halo ( 7 ), let's play together, live, pLayday ( 42 ), rainbow six, undertow ( 2 ), xbox ( 9 )   

  

  Organizing pLayday

  I want to organize a day of the week where we all attempt to get online Xb Live and play a game. Instead of leaving it to chance, we make an effort to log on a particular day and play together in a game we all have.

  I can even post ideas for the game here ahead of time (map or gametype preferences can be expressed in comments).

  I have been gathering potential days from everyone, and so far the best day looks like Tuesday.