Rainbow Six: Siege - 10 Things It'll Do Better Than Call Of Duty
6. Character Customisation
One of the greatest additions to the franchise the Vegas entries made - online character customisation forms a key component of Rainbow's single and multiplayer package. Though there appear to be class restrictions in the upcoming release (each with their own pros and cons), both Vegas 1 and 2 allowed players an unlimited selection of armour, equipment and weaponry to take into battle - each with their own trade-offs. For instance, if one player wished to absorb a lot of damage in order to take down more enemies, they could equip lots of heavy armour at the expense of slower movement. Likewise, if one wished to remain light on their feet in order to escape ambushes and grenades, they'd be able to absorb less punishment than their more heavily armoured counterparts. Ubisoft have so far given us a taste of just a few of Siege's classes, but it goes without saying that come its release players will have a lot to mess around with in terms of character traits and customisation. No confirmation on whether this will be making a return though:
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.
