Vegas rocks

[Iowabrit]

One of the best single player games I've played in a long time........dunno about the multiplayer yet...I havent had a chance to play it

[PiLL-Doc]

I'll get it if you say it's that good. Yor are referring to R6 correct?

[Blaze]

i just bought this game yesterday and i have to agree with Iowa the single player rocks.

[SaskNewfie]

Yeah, it's Rainbow 6...I was going to pick it up, but my processor is a dual core 2.8 ghtz...i believe the game is recommending 3 or 3.1ghtz. Do you think my processor could handle it?

[SaskNewfie]

For anyone interested, here's the minimum system requirments for Vegas...

Supported OS: Windows® XP (only)
Processor: 3 GHz Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 3000 (3.5 GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon 3500 recommended)
RAM: 1GB
Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled video card (256MB recommended) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compliant sound card. PC audio solution containing Dolby® Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio.
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM
Hard Drive Space: 7 GB
Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse, Xbox 360™ Controller
Multiplayer: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
ATI® RADEON® X1600/X1800/X1900
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600GT /6800/7300/7600/7800/7900

The idiot that i am...i guess I'm hoping for an answer other than what I already know...if these are my specs:
My video card is an NVIDIA GeForce 6200se Turbo Cache
I have 2gb of RAM
An Intel/Pentium dual core 2.80ghtz processor as i mentioned above.

As i said, i already assume that I can't play it...I just need someone to tell me so...lol...thanks

[Iowabrit]

looks like your video card is outside the specs sask. I have a 6600gt which seems to run it ok but I have all the settings at 'low'

[SaskNewfie]

looks like your video card is outside the specs sask. I have a 6600gt which seems to run it ok but I have all the settings at 'low'

I figured that much...any chance i'd get by with my processor speed?

[Iowabrit]

I dunno about that. and spending $50 is an expensive way of finding out.

[SaskNewfie]

I dunno about that. and spending $50 is an expensive way of finding out.

lol...the last time i did that i purchased bf2. Turned out my pc wasn't up to par...so i upgraded and killed my pc in the process! Damn game cost me $2000! I'll email ubisoft and see what they say. It does suck though knowing my computer is less than a year old and already it's under par for some games! Not sure if i should consider upgrading yet...i may wait. Not worth it for one game...thanks Brit!

[Iowabrit]

heres a few screenies from the first casino map and the hoover dam map

[Iowabrit]

more...

[Iowabrit]

more more

[Squad57]

Sweet screen shots Brit. Thanks for sharing. I may have to get R6 Vegas now. Anyone else???

[djkj737]

I have it now and like it also the multiplayer is pretty cool . There are like 5 different ways to play and I like the team survial . if you get shot your down alittle more tatics involved . I am trying to get people over here playing on this see want might come of the game . I would say its the best R^ I have played so far .

[SaskNewfie]

I spoke with a tech at future shop today about my specs. He said that because mine is a dual core 2.8ghz i may be able to play...of course i'd need to upgrade my video card. Oh well...not about to spend $300 upgrading just for the game...perhaps i'll get my upgrade for father's day! lol

[Iowabrit]

ok, spent the day playing single player 'story mode'. It looks like and plays like GRAW but the movement control is much sharper. There is still the dusty atmosphere but the train yard and mineshaft maps have to be seen to be believed. I'm now on the first casino assault in Vegas itself.....It just looks awesome, the AI is pretty good........I havent reached the casino entrance yet, theres about 20 of them waiting for you in amongst all the stalled vehicles outside. The game just gets better and better the more you get into it.oh and the mexican/vangelis/tangerine dream music mix is great. Any of you who like 1st person shooters should get this game.......I cant wait for all the mod maps to come out.

In multiplayer, you not only get to choose weapons and equipment, you can even choose which colours you want your camo in.... I reckon thats how our red/white leotard girl got her outfit. I also read that by using a webcam you can actually map your own face onto your character........imagine running round a corner and coming face to face with Punisher..complete with pink furry slippers....:-)

[psychodad]

Well guys, after playing with you last night, I have to revise my review on R6 Vegas. It IS pretty cool...I really like it a lot.

The "taking cover" feature where you can fire around and over things is great! I also love that you can pick up a dead enemy's gun and use it. That's something that FPS games should ALL have.

As for the blur when you get hit, I could still do without that. And the "sloppy" player movement disappeared when I returned my ATI X1900GT and got the GeForce 8800 GTS. I guess with my fairly slow processor, I need a really hot card to make it work. Ghost Recon AW works better now as well.

Now if we can just get them to increase the number of Coop players a bit...

UPDATE AGAIN: It really does rock!

[Iowabrit]

yup, 8 player co op would be sweet.
I looked into the dumb name tag thing (let me explain....when you play on a LAN, instead of your ubisoft name e.g. iowabrit.... it comes up with whatever your computer administrator name is ...in my case 'steve' but goat had a really funky one lol) AND THERES NO WAY TO CHANGE IT ....Lots of complaints on the vegas message board at Ubisoft so maybe its something they will address in the next patch. Also there is a problem with using emplaced weapons (machine guns) the screen would have you press spacebar to release from the gun and move whereas the actual key to do this is 'Q'. I'v enot tried it yet so don't quote me. LAN seems to be a bit more stable and at least you don't get uninvited guests...we had a blast last night...that killhouse map is cool.

Oh and Goat, the ubisoft forums say that you have to go to 'equipment' on the server ready screen and click accept BEFORE starting a game in order to have the correct uniform etc.....maybe we can try that tonight if you get on.

[Tombstone]

Good to hear guys!

Can't wait to hear the "Tango Down" again.

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[Napalm006]

Its been almost a month, and still no copy for me. Though my retailer says he will have it on monday. If he was not a good friend of mine and the store owner, I would have gotten it else where but choose to support his business. So sometime soon, you will see me return, but until then...

[Roo]

Boy, due to all the post's by Brit.....I bet he hasn't been this excited about something since his wedding day....or maybe it was the wedding night. ANYWAY.........you've convinced me to pick this game up and give it a try, even though I've sworn off buying any more computer games.

[Iowabrit]

the more the merrier.......multiplayer adversariel can have up to 16 players and the 'streets' map (which is like an SAS training ground) would be a total blast...(specially with goat throwing grenades when he doesn't mean too..hahahaha)

[Balti]

Finally got it in the mail today. Ready to lock and load!

[Balti]

WOW - that's all I can say about Vegas. This is the first Rainbow Six game I've ever played. Having never played it before, it is like a police themed America's Army but much better. Incredible graphics. Fun multiplayer. Everything can be customized. I haven't even tried single player yet, but I expect it to be a lot of fun. Plus, no bunny hopping or dolphin diving LOL.

I'll have to look into hypernia's files and see if server files are available. I would imagine that they are since they installed one of the older ones for us in the beginning. It would be a lot of fun to try since there are so many of us with it.

[Balti]

In reference to the server, I sent in a ticket to Hypernia to ask about installing the server files. Here's the response:
"I can, but it won't run.The game runs through a video card check."

I sent a support question to Ubisoft about installing a server since I couldn't find a single thing on their website about it.

[Iowabrit]

I don't think its possible to run a server at this time..

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3801065024/m/2321032425

[Tortelvis]

Oh well...not about to spend $300 upgrading just for the game...perhaps i'll get my upgrade for father's day! lol

Funny you mentioned earlier you spent $2,000 to play BF2, only $300 for this one seems a bargain by comparison.

But yeah everyone feels your pain, I know I spent a lot to play BF2. I would think your processor can handle this game, the video card??? Time to buck up there cowboy.

[Iowabrit]

since I first installed vegas I had no problems, then, on friday I installed a soundblaster audigy 2 soundcard. Vegas started to crash while playing multiplayer tonight. Uninstalled vegas (including my single player story mode saves....duh?) and tried to reinstall........no joy, kept getting a 'file transfer error'

After swearing a lot and cursing ubisoft, I tried removing the soundcard and doing a vegas install................went through it like clockwork..no problems installing or patching up....

Now I have two questions.....

1.what the f*** has a soundcard to do with installing a game?
2. anyone out there want a cheap soundcard?

end of britrant.... :-D

[Tortelvis]

I hate to say this sounds familiar. I had a similar problems when I installed a creative card. Great cards, but I think there is probably some driver conflict going on. You might check for updated drivers for the card, and check forums for information regarding this game and hardware conflicts with it. From the sounds of it this game is pretty demanding and "older" hardware might not work with it? I am sure those that know more than me, will weigh in and help a Brit out. Good luck.