Hit the Strip with a new Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Trailer

by Griffin McElroy { Jan 12th 2008 at 1:30PM }

Ever since the first lackluster trailer was revealed at the 2007 Spike TV VGA's, we've been curious about the direction which Ubisoft is taking our favorite terrorist-hunting franchise, Rainbow Six: Vegas. Sure, we've been promised that that Vegas 2 will improve on the mechanics of the Vegas the first, but we haven't heard much about the storyline for this "part prequel, part sequel".

The newest trailer for the game still doesn't tell us about the subject of Six's Sin City romp, but it does drop a few vague clues. For instance, most of the trailer takes place in a large concert hall. Can we expect to rescue a helpless Celine Dion from a pack of disgruntled Cirque du Soleil performers? We can only hope, as this would provide the greatest video game soundtrack since Revolution X -- but it's a fairly unlikely scenario. Ah, well. Our hearts will go on.

Tags: celinedion, cirque du soleil, CirqueDuSoleil, rainbow-six-vegas-2, rainbowsix, rainbowsixvegas, rainbowsixvegas2, ubisoft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Spartacus @ Jan 12th 2008 1:51PM

It would have to be a prequel then, because Celine Dion has been replaced by Bette Midler at Caesar's Palace...

(I live in Las Vegas)

Cal @ Jan 12th 2008 2:02PM

Haven't we already had a big fight in a theatre in R6V...

Marlos Hill @ Jan 12th 2008 2:10PM

Regardless of most people's "issues" with this coming sequel , i for one am AMPED. i love R6V

Obie @ Jan 12th 2008 2:37PM

Agreed Rainbow 6 V was great...and the sequel promeses fully fledged online co-op...count me in!

mcatrage @ Jan 12th 2008 2:12PM

Looks cool I just hope they improve the multiplayer I found it to be grenade tossing heaven a la halo.

Cal @ Jan 12th 2008 2:53PM

I cna't remember too many grenades back when I played, but at least a headshot kills and your skill actually helps you, unlike haloverated...

Cal @ Jan 12th 2008 2:53PM

I cna't remember too many grenades back when I played, but at least a headshot kills and your skill actually helps you, unlike haloverated...

mike shea @ Jan 12th 2008 2:24PM

I sent this story in and didnt get a thanks?

common joystiq!

JerJerBinks @ Jan 12th 2008 2:44PM

I would tend to agree, Joystiq is pretty common - in the hackneyed/trite definition of the word.

why not the LS2/LS7? @ Jan 12th 2008 2:25PM

Improve the mechanics? R6V had great mechanics. It compared to the messy controls of Gears, it really showed the way.

But this trailer is useless. I'm not interested in target renders/FMV, show me the game.

Anticrawl @ Jan 12th 2008 2:48PM

Eh, I find that Gears had a better default button layout than Rainbow Six Vegas. My only real beef with Vegas besides the terrible visuals when played online is that customization was pretty much what gun or peice of armor looks better. The stats say the items are different, but in all honesty whe you're playing online there isn't much of a difference.

That and my biggest beaf is why does my character go from badass to second chair flute in the transition from the outfitting screen to in-game multiplayer.

My beefs with the game aside I do love it, more so than COD4 right now, as COD4 has gotten a little stale (thought it took 3 weeks longer than it did for Halo 3 to become stale). I pretty much only play Vegas and Shadowrun now with a side of that glorified chatroom Geears of War. I wish COD4, Halo 3 and The Orange Box didn't get so boring and stale after a few weeks of play.

Anticrawl @ Jan 12th 2008 2:58PM

But yeah, pure speculation here but I heard this game was suppose to launch in March (just heard from word of mouth, I have no real motivation to go find out for myself)? If that is the case they better start showing us some in game footage or my money will go towards more tangible titles. Can only buy so many games at a time and I like to plan it out, they better start proving to us why we need to buy it and stop showing us pre-rended videos or cut-scenes.

B1gC72 @ Jan 12th 2008 2:47PM

i wasnt a fan of the first one (i dont play many FPS's) so i would have to see more for me to develop an interest in it. it basically looks like the first one right now to me.

Anticrawl @ Jan 12th 2008 3:00PM

Yep according to an Ubisoft press release this game will be available in March of 2008. Well damn, that isn't that far away. The better show us something. Got money for maybe 2-3 games between now and then and I've already got one purchase taken up by Brawl. They need to prove to us why we should buy this game not wave around fancy pre-rendered bullshit.

Anticrawl @ Jan 12th 2008 3:02PM

Heh, us gamers aren't made of money here. We have to eat, buy books, and pay school fees to. Not to mention rent and electricity.

Dapper Dan @ Jan 12th 2008 11:04PM

not all gamers are college kids you little whipper snapper! lol

Tyler @ Jan 12th 2008 3:19PM

Even though I loved the first Vegas, why are we there again? How many more casinos do we have to shoot baddies through? Maybe it's just me, but I would rather see a more full-fledged sequel in a different city/area/whatever than seeing the same city lights again. Vegas 2 just seems like an expansion pack of sorts. Plus, I never cared about the story. Never cared about it either in the GRAWs, Assassin's Creed, etc. Maybe Ubisoft should get some new writers to make people more emotionally involved with what's going on...

wickedpheonix @ Jan 12th 2008 3:58PM

Dear Ubisoft -

Please don't fuck up the PC version like you fucked up the PC version of the original.

Thanks,
Everyone who spent $50 on "you call this a port?!"

Mike-453 @ Jan 12th 2008 4:25PM

Would prefer a different location then Vegas, but I found the Vegas environment entertaining anough. Will be a late buy.

At least Rainbow Six Vegas is full of vibrant colours and scenarios, which military shooters are normally criticized for the lack of.

Matters @ Jan 12th 2008 6:48PM

Why do companies waste their time making pre-rendered videos like this and then call it a game trailer?

These videos do nothing to get me hyped up. There is no REAL content in them, they all look the same, and none of them have anything to do with actual game content. Hell they could have taken a camcorder to Vegas and filmed a few developers holding plastic guns and the video would have exactly as much in common with Rainbow Six Vegas 2 as this video does.

Hell they should have used this trailer for the first Vegas game and just reused it Vegas 2 and all sequels. It would be just as relevant.

Matters @ Jan 12th 2008 6:50PM

That's not a stab at the game. I happen to be a big Rainbow Six fan and I loved Vegas.

Mike-453 @ Jan 12th 2008 7:16PM

I agree that gameplay trailers should be focused on, but i'm a sucker for pretty CGI simply giving some cinematic action of the world the game goes in on.

Matters @ Jan 12th 2008 8:11PM

CGI is nice and all but it's hardly impressive anymore. We've had full movies done in CGI for 10 or 15 years that look as good or better than that trailer. When Terminator 2 came out I was pretty impressed with the computer graphics but these days it's an every day thing. It's not like I ooooh and awww over every Shrek movie that comes out these days.

In fact it would have been much more impressive if they had shot this exact same trailer in real life with little or no CGI. Now that would have been cool.

Either way though the only thing this trailer has in common with the actual game is the setting (Vegas) and the fact that there are people with guns. I could combine a photo of Vegas and a photo of Osama Bin Laden with a gun and it would have as much to do with Rainbow Six Vegas as this trailer does :p

KushielsScion007 @ Jan 12th 2008 10:50PM

Sounds like a personal problem to me...

I loved the trailer and since I missed out on the first game I'm definitely very interested in picking this up. Still enjoying Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed. And I'll probably get Burnout Paradise as well. 2008 is really shaping up to be a great year as well when it comes to gaming on the 360.