So for example if you kill an enemy from long range or with a headshot, you’ll earn Marksmanship points. There are numerous ways to kill a terrorist and each method falls into one of three categories: Marksmanship, Close Quarters and Assault. The other type of experience is a new system called ACES. Earn enough general experience and you’ll gain new military ranks that unlock new camouflages and armor that you can use to suit up your character in. The first is general experience that is earned by reaching checkpoints and completing scenes in single player, and in most of the same ways in multiplayer as the original Rainbow Six Vegas. There are now two types of experience points in Rainbow Six Vegas 2. The experience and reward system has undergone a significant overhaul. That’s because in Rainbow Six Vegas 2, PEC permeates the entire experience, not just multiplayer, so you’ll be able to use your customized character in both single and multiplayer, gaining experience and rewards throughout both modes. You’ll create Bishop – gender, race, facial features and all – much like you would have your multiplayer character in Rainbow Six Vegas. Unlike Logan Keller, the operative you controlled in the original game, Bishop is not a defined character. The sequel does a decent job filling in the narrative gaps of the original Rainbow Six Vegas but unless you recall the major characters and events from the last game, you can get lost in the plot real quick. In the last act, you’ll track Gabe to an estate in Central America for the final showdown. The plot eventually catches up to the end of the first game, with former Rainbow Six operative and now terrorist leader Gabriel Nowak fleeing the Nevada Dam.
After the brief history lesson it’s back to Vegas where as Bishop, you’ll lead a Rainbow team through a series of missions in the grittier areas of Las Vegas, missions that run parallel to Logan’s Mexican assignment in the original Rainbow Six Vegas. Doubling as a tutorial, this act gives us a glimpse of the past relationship between Rainbow operatives Logan, Gabriel and Bishop. The opening act takes place in France, five years before the events in Las Vegas. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 actually pulls double duty as both a prequel and a sequel. Right now, let’s find out if the sequel to Rainbow Six Vegas is worth gambling on. That’s a topic of debate for another time. We are a cynical bunch, aren’t we? Or maybe we’d just rather not be ripped off to the tune of $60. In video game terms, unless significant technological advances have been made, a mere continuation of the narrative is deemed to be an expansion, not a sequel. Much more is expected of a video game sequel. In most other industries the definition of a sequel holds true, but in the video game industry the noun is held to a much higher standard. a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work. No Borderlands, Destiny or The Division here, so everybody put the pitchforks away.1. Please note, for purposes of this article we’re focusing on cooperative shooters of the non-looter shooter variety. With so many games utilizing this structure, let’s take a look at the best of the best and see which one reigns supreme. More recent entries into the genre have added things like campaign modes, loadouts, or RPG-like progression mechanics like weapon unlocks and character class leveling to keep players coming back for more. The basic formula is simple - take the level-based horde mode popularized in games like Gears of War and then add a light coat of story and some linear level traversal to tie it all together. The release of Back 4 Bloodmarks yet another entry into the cooperative multiplayer shooter category, a genre that owes its popularity, in large part, to the huge success of developer Turtle Rock Studio’s other series, the legendary Left 4 Dead and its sequel.