Demo: Rainbow Six: Las Vegas

I've never played a Rainbow Six game on a console until this evening. I always thought they were quick and dirty first person games with difficult controls. I played one Rainbow Six a long time ago on a PC and hated it.

But this...this is good.

The controls are super easy, and while I may be on a Gears of War kick, this cover thing is getting really good in games. You basically hold the left trigger down and you've got all your cover controls mapped to the controller. Let go and your free to move ahead. It's blindingly simple. And twice as effective as the Gears of War scheme.

I still haven't figured out what the deal is with the d-pad and working your team. I'm sure I just need to spend more time with it though.

I think this is a demo I'll be coming back to over and over. If I don't get the one of the first models of the Wii and Zelda (oh I'm sooo glad I waited on the 360), then this could be a contender for the next 360 game.

Or I'll wait and save up for that HD DVD drive.