Rainbow Six Siege has joined the Ubisoft+ Classics catalog, meaning it's now free to play for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers. A multiplayer shooter where exploration and knowledge can be as important as aiming and destruction, Rainbow Six Siege rewards smart strategy and planning. If you haven't experienced the intense and tactical battles of Rainbow Six Siege, now is the time to jump in, and there have never been more ways to play with 65 operators.
While each of the Rainbow Six Siege Operators has a unique game-changing gadget, Year 7 kicked off with the introduction of Season 1's Demon Veil and most notably the new Defense Operator Azami. Azami's unique gadget, Kiba's Barrier, allows him to place an armor-resistant barrier at a distance on various surfaces. In Rainbow Six Siege, managing cover, obstacles, line of sight and movement zones can be just as important as a solid objective. Kiba Azami's ban can change the map geometry at any time.
As game designer Dominique Clemens explained, it was difficult to imagine an operator with so much potential to control the map and it took years to develop; was carried out. t is always possible due to technical limitations. It used to be, and the first thing we did was take the Elan mines and grind them up to make big donuts. We've found that it's very effective at plugging holes, and you don't have to be close to the surface to create cover, and you can react."
Formerly, if the Defender wanted to block an entrance or close a gap, he had to apply a long covering, which left him unprotected and unguarded; moreover, some violations simply could not be blocked. Azami can now place obstacles as fast as attackers can remove them. "We felt like it created a hole in our game," says Clement. "We have a team of workers who were able to completely erase the card, but we had no one who could repair or repair the damage."
Rainbow Six Siege was released in 2015, but the development team continues to push the boundaries of what's possible. As Clemens points out, they're constantly updating the game behind the scenes to support new items, and a dynamic gadget like Kiba's Barrier has very specific challenges. For example, when thrown, Kiba's barriers will expand parallel to the surface they are attached to. In a game like Rainbow Six Siege, with its many different surfaces and realistic maps, it would be very easy to move Kiba's barrier just a little so that it extends in the wrong direction.
"The two programmers, Thomas Texier and Wilfried Puhu, are the geniuses behind the operator code," said Clement. "We know how much players like to stress test our operators, and if they can be hacked, our players will know how to do it."
Texier and Pouchous could help make sure the barrier was set up properly, but there was still the problem of players using it in ways the developers never intended. Early in the development process, Azami's Kiba barriers presented an unexpected, potentially critical problem, as testers discovered that they could use the bulletproof barriers as climbing platforms. "We initially allowed Kiba barriers to be placed both horizontally and vertically," said Clement. "This meant that if you were close to the edge, it would go over the edge and you could collect them and create a new platform for yourself. During our game sessions, we played parkour all over the map and someone managed to ' building a ladder to the edge of our skybox. We quickly realized that we couldn't let the players walk on their own without support."
Allowing players to enter almost any area, especially areas the developers never intended for players, would spoil the unique gameplay of Siege, where information is critical and understanding where your opponent is and what's more important , could be the difference. Between victory and defeat. Thanks to the work of developers like Clément, Texier and Pouchous, Siege fans no longer have to worry about that.
Azami may have been an operator for seven years, but his arrival only opened the door to what's possible in Rainbow Six Siege. "We have other ideas that we want to bring to the game," said Clemens, "it's more than the players expect."
Rainbow Six Siege is in its seventh year of content releases with the recent release of Operation Brutal Swarm Year 7 Season 3. The upcoming Season 4 will conclude Rainbow Six Siege Year 7, but stay tuned for the Six Invitational in Montreal, Canada starting February 7 - 19. The Siege Invitational is not only the biggest competitive event of the year, but it also gives the development team the opportunity to share exciting news about what to expect from Siege next year.
Rainbow Six Siege is available today for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers.