Let's face it, Tom Clancy novels aren't always the easiest of reads. If you haven't personally killed ten men with your bare hands whilst flying an FA-18 into a tank, you can acquire an inferiority complex long before you turn the final page. So the best part about the video game series is that you get the opportunity to live vicariously through the characters in your team - you no longer have to question the sanity in kicking down a door and shooting six people, you just do it.
Set for release on Thursday 20th March, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 runs parallel to the original Vegas. As the near-final review copy was set up, our demonstrator was keen to point out that this isn't simply a remake of the original, it's not the neon-light extravaganza you may have expected - it's darker, and you'll experience the more seedy side of Las Vegas, with a lot more variety in the locations.
"There's a lot more variety in the locations", Ubisoft's representative Gary reiterates, as he furiously connects various leads from the PlayStation 3 to the large LCD television in the demonstration area at their headquarters. "They haven't just gone back to the casinos, they've tried to give you the same kind of duck-and-cover, poke-your-head-out-and-shoot style of gameplay in a lot more locations."