Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is the latest entry in a tried and tested Rainbow Six franchise. A team-based asymmetrical first person shooter at its core, Siege tosses the players into brief but intense objective-focused matches. With a total of 26 Operator classes, fully destructible surroundings and deadly, no-respawn combat, a session of Rainbow Six Siege PC is an intense and tactical experience.
Class-based game Rainbow Six Siege offers it players a number of options both before and during a match. Take your pick of 26 Operator classes split evenly between attacking and defending team, each equipped with unique abilities and items. From wall-crushing Sledge and shield-bearing Montagne on the attacking team to enemy-detecting Pulse and Castle fortifying the walls as defenders, there are enough classes to find your own niche.
Improve your performance with a selection of weapon upgrades: scopes, grips, sights and more. Rainbow Six Siege - tactical gameplay All decisions matter. Rainbow Six Siege gameplay includes a preparation phase for a reason.
Plan your approach and bolster your defenses to stay alive and complete your objectives. Use class abilities and surroundings to your advantage. Use drones and RC vehicles to scout for your enemies, map out your approach and see the plan coming together.
There are no respawns during Rainbow Six Siege matches, so be careful and try to keep your teammates alive. Play with destruction Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege PC has a physics engine designed to let you use the surroundings to your advantage. Lay traps where enemies may pass, destroy walls to open new ways through the level or lift barricades to direct the flow of combat.
Blow holes in the floors to drop a cluster grenade or bust open the ceiling and see the enemies fall through. Destructible surroundings are yours to play with. Gain Renown as you play When you complete matches in any mode, you earn Renown, Rainbow Six Siege's in-game currency.
With it you can unlock new Operator classes for you to play with, new weapon upgrades or cosmetic items. Renown marks your skill and experience. When you gain enough to reach level 20, the world of ranked matches open up for you.
Six game modes There are three objective-based game modes: Hostage, Bomb, and Secure Area, each requiring a different approach. There is a five-player Terrorist hunt, pitching plyers as attackers or defenders against waves of enemies. For solo play there are 10+1 Situations, showcasing class mechanics in brief missions.
Finally for those seeking challenge, the Tactical Realism Mode removes most of the HUD-based class tricks and introduces realistic ammo management. Can you succeed?.
Rainbow Six Siege is an accessible and deeply satisfying shooter that rewards planning and teamwork over a quick trigger finger.
An excellent and innovative breath of fresh air. The more I play, the more I like. I hope this is new role model for shooters to come. [Jan 2016]
Multiplayer is the key word for this game, because you will gain nothing from Siege if you are looking for a single player experience.
Although the single-player side of the game is weak, Rainbow Six: Siege's multiplayer modes are a huge amount of fun. Tense, thoughtful, and tactical, they play very differently to most run-and-gun shooters. While the game's content does feel a little slim at launch, there's no denying it's highly enjoyable to play - especially when you have a team of players working together.
My time with Siege leaves me feeling like this Rainbow Six revival is a skeleton with not a lot of meat on its bones.
Rainbow Six Siege delivers on its promise of tension, tactics and teamwork, but it might not be worth AU$70; there are bugs both big and small that need squashing, there's no server browser, and connection errors are too common. There's something else to consider, too: PC players have been abandoning multiplayer-only titles in record time this year.
Rainbow Six Siege‘s core concept, namely its destructible world and reliance on communication-based strategy, is strong, but everything surrounding it seems to falter.
February 17, 2020
Lara Croft is coming to Rainbow Six Siege.
February 15, 2019
Rainbow Six Siege introduces two new Australian operators. Watch video
January 2, 2019
New Rainbow Six Siege leak details Australian Year 4 Operators. Read more
November 20, 2018
Ubisoft unveils the details of Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Wind Bastion. Watch video
November 14, 2018
Leaked Kaid and Nomad, new Rainbow Six Siege operators. Read more
November 7, 2018
Ubisoft shares first details of Rainbow Six Siege season 4. Read more
November 5, 2018
Rainbow Six Siege censors some content to adapt to the Chinese market. Read more
November 2, 2018
Rainbow Six Siege surpasses 40 million registered players. Read more
