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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (Prima Official Game Guide)

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Because i am a very mediocre player at best, the negative review above doesn't apply to me. The person that wrote the above is probably very good at gaming and doesn't need the help offered by this guide.
Lots of good info on weapons and tactics. Good info on where the bad guys may appear. Lots of good (tho small) photos of situations.
Because i am so lousy at shooters, i hesitate to go online, but the multiplayer section gave me some confidence to do so.
If you are looking for help, this is a good buy. The internet free sites are few and inferior at this point, so save yourself considerable aggravation and get this book. I am glad i did.

An utter waste of your hard earned dollars, this guide continues the slide in quality of the Prima guide series seen over the past couple of years.

While stating on the cover it is for PC and console versions of the game, it is clear the only thing in the book that is PC specific isn't in the book - it's the proclamation on the cover. A minor detail, since after all the controls in the game are so simple one really doesn't need a key guide for the PC, but it continues the 'write-once reuse often' strategy that seems to have taken over the prima guides. When I pay this many clams for a paperback, I'd expect more than a rehashing of what you can find in the manual that comes with the game, mixed in with some pretty pictures and maps.

There is *nothing* here that you can't get from the included manual, or on-line game guides and forums, except perhaps the brilliant glimpses of the obvious from the 'hag dolls', I mean 'frag dolls', like this gem:

"Aim your reticle where you want your grenade to go...". Wow, I'm glad I read that, I thought I was supposed to aim where I *didn't* want it to go...

Perhaps if Prima spent more time actually playing the game on different platforms, and less time at photo-shoots, they could produce a guide that added value to the free resources already available.

A great,altho thin, game guide. Hard to find but worth it since the game has little to help beginners play.

The Prima strategy guides are always thorough
If you are stuck in a game and you need a tip or a hint you are always able to find and answer in the Prima Strategy guides
Great if you are stuck
I look through them only if I am stuck or why I didn't get a certain achievement.
Great Reference!
Thanks Prima and Amazon for carrying the guides when the game store doesn't have them!

Been playing this game for the last month or so only for a few hours at a time. My first gripe was with the inability to better control your team (i.e.; deploy grenades, flashbangs, etc.) But then again that is a good thing as it keeps the controls fairly simple. I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoys FPS's.