Rainbow Six: Siege - 10 Things It'll Do Better Than Call Of Duty

Tom Clancy's biggest franchise has been away too long.

by Ewan Paterson

Ubisoft's Tom Clancy titles have always prided themselves on realism and authenticity - two elements distinctly lacking from the majority of first and third-person shooter titles today. At the franchise's peak, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six and Splinter Cell dominated gaming's tactical military market, catering to the more hardcore of players in the process. Gameplay was never a simple paint the numbers experience, with caution and tactical thinking being rewarded far over anything resembling a simple run n' gun approach. The last generation saw two Rainbow Six releases, namely Vegas 1 and 2, and they nailed the feeling of being part of the world's most elite forces perfectly - forcing gamers to utilise tried and tested CQC and hostage rescue skills in an area once more frequently Michael Bay than Kathryn Bigelow in nature. Not only that, but Rainbow's much renowned 'Terrorist Hunt' mode provided one of the finest co-op experiences to date, showing that teamwork and communication can still have a place in the gung-ho triple-A military titles that have come to (rather sadly) define the genre. Needless to say, the adventures of team Rainbow have been sorely missed. Thus comes the entry of Ubisoft's long gestating sequel to the Rainbow franchise, and it certainly looks impressive. Taking realism and teamwork to a whole new level, Rainbow is back and is more than ready to show Call of Duty how military shooters are done right.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.