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

3. A Robust Narrative

Call of Duty's defenders often like to state that the series' campaigns have improved as of late - citing Black Ops and its sequel as demonstrating proper engaging narratives. Whilst this isn't to say that these stories are atrocious by any means of the word, they certainly aren't going to win any Writer's Guild Awards anytime soon. Call of Duty often suffers a crisis of identity when it comes to depicting war and those who wage it. The first Modern Warfare was a James Bond-esque globe-trotting romp that involved a charismatic ex-communist who was desperate to bring destruction to the world, and the sequel (which almost certainly was heavily inspired by the one good Michael Bay film, 'The Rock') aimed to revitalise the 90s action scene with an over the top adventure masquerading as an emotionally engaging narrative.

The problem is that in CoD's attempts to take some elements of realism, it becomes confused - even more so when it intermingles history (and twists it for its own devices) to convey its extremely convoluted storyline. The two Black Ops tales are heralded by many for being character-driven and thought-provoking, when really all its characters are simply the same tired old action movie archetypes players have come to experience for decades since the birth of Hollywood. They aren't clever, they aren't interesting, and they rely on big-name stars and controversy to make up for the faults that are present in their pathetically short campaigns. Contrasting heavily with this, the writers of the numerous Ubisoft Tom Clancy adaptations have done really well to emulate the style and tone of his work - and have even managed to depict potential threats to peace, emotional strain and combat stress, plus the murkiness that often entails in the line of duty too. The now cancelled 'Patriots' aimed to tell a truly engrossing tale of disaffected Americans resorting to terrorism to spread their message, and whilst its disappointing to hear that we won't be seeing this storyline anytime soon, it's a safe bet that Siege will have something just as good in the works to tantalise military fiction fans.