Can't Taste the Rainbow

Attention everyone: I haven’t picked up Rainbow 6 Vegas 2.

Did it creep up on me? Am I just that busy with work/kids/flu? Maybe.

But the truth is I have been turning away from all things Rainbow.

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My love for the Call of Duty Series is pretty well known. It was love at first snipe in Caretan with Call of Duty 2. Excellent map packs. Weapon Options for every day of the week. COD4 was my dream game from the moment I played my third, and final, hour of Call of Duty 3. The COD4 Beta blew my mind. Good maps. Good People. Great Games. Customize my kit to my gametype, map set, or state of mind. PIE, people. COD4 is my PIE.

But above all else, I am effortlessly good at Call of Duty 4. Not – damn MLG has got to pick her up good – but good without putting the time in. Good from the moment I logged in and picked the Assault default class. I can play it after a 10 hour workday crunching numbers. I can play it silly-billy drunk. I can play it with my kids taking turns throwing every toy they have down the stairs behind me. I can play it while I am making dinner in the kitchen or stepping out to my balcony and can only see the barest flickers of flashbangs from the screen.

I am scared. Scared of sucking at Rainbow. And if it weren’t Rainbow it would be something else. I picked up Army of Two. I played it a few hours then went right back to the comforting Claymore’d arms of COD4. I am competitive by nature. I don’t have to be the best, but damn it feels good to top the stats in a game. I am a run and gun kinda gal, although I have been tamed enough to play Hardcore and S&D by some very patient friends.

So Rainbow, your charms aren’t working on me. Mostly because I won’t let them. Being able to be a chick and put my painted face up on my little CG soldier isn’t a big enough draw for me. Team tactics, shiny new maps and guns aren’t enough to soothe my fears of Superior Suckage. I haven’t looked at your packaging. Haven’t previewed gameplay. I turn my back to the Rainbow display at the store. Just the thought of pushing the disc in and starting that noobish stumble into the first map makes my stomach roll. I see my friend’s list teaming with Rainbow. I feel like I am missing out a little bit, but again, not enough to push me to the counter to make that purchase. I’d rather not try than try and fail.

Rainbow, it’s not you. It’s me. We just don't have that much in common. Maybe I never gave us a chance, but I think we both will be happier apart.

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