Rainbow Six Siege Beta: 10 Big Things You Need To Know
5. Map Variety Isn't Great
Yes, with the game's title being 'Siege' it would make little to no sense to have hunt modes take place in open spaces, but there's a balance to be struck between sparse areas and claustrophobic locales. Previous Rainbow titles really understood that balance well. Whilst maps would often have big interior locations to assault and clear, often these would be counterbalanced by open areas with different levels of verticality. Of course it's cool taking a house slowly room by room, but after only playing for three days the novelty soon began to wear off. Rainbow needs the big maps as well as the small to make sure the formula doesn't get stale, but judging from the claustrophobic theme of the beta, this may be a criticism too late to take on board.
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.
