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While Rainbow Six Vegas 2 got good reviews, it was clearly noted that it's got much more in common with the original game than new content. A fan pack was released this week adding in a map from the first R6V among other things, and my recent play time with a rental of Vegas 2 led me to not buy the game and miss out on this content, at least for now.

I still have the original Rainbow Six Vegas and there's not much wrong with it in the gameplay department. The visuals were a little rough even when it launched, there are some sound glitches, and the warts of the Unreal Engine were stereotypically present. That includes sometimes slower texture loading and pop-in. Overall it's a fun game, but I never did ascend even halfway up the ranking system in the game. Add in the fact that most of my PS3 online gaming group has the game and can play it pretty well and there's a good reason to sit tight with the existing version of the game.