It Gets Fun, When?

Things I’ve learned from playing Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 . . .

That as long as it has the proper scope attached, using an H&K M468, which is basically a reworking of the Colt M4 carbine, I can drop a terrorist with a single shot to the head at five hundred metres.

That using the same weapon, I can empty an entire magazine of thirty rounds into a terrorist standing five metres away from me, and he just laughs the bullets off like Superman.

That just because you clear a room and kill every living human being in it, doesn’t mean that one of the corpses isn’t going to get up and shoot you in the back.

That you have to be very careful when throwing hand grenades, because they tend to bounce back at you like superballs.

That unlike you, the terrorists have an edge because they can shoot through concrete walls.

That your highly-trained and skilled counter-terrorist teammates are only really good as bullet sponges.

That one should never seek cover near a fire extinguisher, as they tend to explode when hit by stray bullets.

That, speaking of things that blow up, one of the major items stored in all American warehouses are red barrels that explode.

That, while it may take you several attempts and most of a magazine to drop an enemy at a distance, that very same enemy can and will drop you with a single shot . . . through whatever cover you are behind and your body armour.

That even when you’re looking in the opposite direction, that flashbang grenade you just tossed will blind you while not even mildly irking the bad guys.

That when using a sniper rifle chambered for 7.62-mm ammunition, it typically takes two to three shots to the head to drop an enemy.

That the terrorists have apparently mastered Star Trek-style transporter technology, because that’s the only explanation of how they can appear immediately behind you in a room you just cleared.

That when you throw a grenade, it will rarely make it more than halfway to your intended target, but when a terrorist throws a grenade, it will invariably land right at your feet.

That, curiously enough, the casinos and public places in Las Vegas are littered with containers full of military equipment.

That "NSA field agents" are incredibly incompetent, because they all wind up dead.

That anybody who actually goes to Las Vegas is an idiot, considering the place is overrun with people trying to kill you.