Rainbow Six Siege has joined the Ubisoft + Classics catalog meaning it’s now free to play for all PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium members. As a multiplayer shooter where information and knowledge can be as important as aim and kill, Rainbow Six Siege rewards smart strategy and planning. If you haven’t gotten into the intense and tactical gunfights of Rainbow Six Siege yet, now is the perfect time to get in, and with 65 different Operators available, there’s never been another way. play.
While each Rainbow Six Siege Moderator introduces a unique game-changing widget to the fold, Grade 7 has taken things to the next level with the launch of Season 1, Demon Veil and specials. is the new Guard Operator, Azami. Azami’s unique utility, the Kiba Barrier, allows her to deploy a bulletproof barrier at range on a variety of surfaces. In Rainbow Six Siege, controlling hiding places, fences, line of sight, and movement space is just as important as stabilizing the target. Azami’s Kiba Barrier can instantly change the shape of the map.
Introducing an Operator with so much potential to manipulate the map is no easy feat and takes years of ideation, as Game Designer Dominic Clément explains, “The idea of a Operators can patch long-standing vulnerabilities, but it’s not always possible due to technical limitations. Once there, one of the first things we did was take Ela’s mines and melt them to make big pancakes. We’ve found it’s doing a super efficient job of patching holes, and that means you don’t have to get close to a surface to create a cover and you can react. “
Previously, if Defenders wanted to block an entrance or patch a vulnerability, they would have to go through a lengthy process of deploying a cover that left them vulnerable and exposed; in addition, it is not possible to block certain violations. Now, Azami can erect fences as quickly as attackers can knock them down. “We felt like it was filling a hole we had in the game,” says Clément. “We have a bunch of Operators that can completely obliterate the map, but we don’t really have anyone who can replicate or patch the damage done.”
Rainbow Six Siege launched in 2015, but the development team is continuing to push the boundaries of what is possible. As Clément pointed out, they’re constantly updating the game behind the scenes to support new elements, and a dynamic add-on like the Kiba Barrier has presented some extremely specific challenges. For example, when thrown, Kiba Barriers will expand parallel to the surface to which they are attached. In a game like Rainbow Six Siege, with its many different surfaces and realistic maps, it’s very easy to misplace a Kiba Barrier, causing it to expand in the wrong direction.
“Two programmers, Thomas Texier and Wilfried Pouchous, are the geniuses behind the Operator’s code,” says Clément. “We know how players like to stress test our Operators, and if they can be circumvented, our players will find a way.”
Texier and Pouchous may have helped ensure the fences are implemented as intended, but there is still the problem of players using them in ways that the developers never anticipated. During the early stages of development, Azami’s Kiba Fence caused an unforeseen, potentially game-breaking crash, when testers discovered that they could use the fence. bulletproof as a platform to climb. “We initially allowed the Kiba Barriers to deploy both horizontally and vertically,” says Clément. “That means if you are deploying near a ledge, it will extend above the ledge and you can stack them and create a new platform for yourself. We have players parking all over the map during our play sessions, and someone managed to make a stairway all the way to the edge of our sky box. We quickly realized that we couldn’t allow players to walk on them without support.”
The ability for players to reach nearly any region, especially those that the developer never intended for players to visit, would break Siege’s brand of unique gameplay, in That information is paramount, and understanding where your opponent is – and more importantly, maybe – can be the difference between winning and losing. Thanks to the work of developers like Clément, Texier, and Pouchous, that’s not an issue Siege fans will have to worry about.
Azami may have been a Moderator seven years in the making, but her introduction only opens the door to what could happen in Rainbow Six Siege. “We had other ideas in mind that we wanted to bring into the game,” says Clément, “these ideas go beyond what players might expect.”
Rainbow Six Siege is in its seventh year of post-launch content with the recent release of Year 7 Season 3 Operation Brutal Swarm. The upcoming season 4 will conclude Year 7 of the Rainbow Six Siege but stay tuned for more information at the Six Invitational in Montreal, Canada from February 7 to 19. Not just the biggest competitive event yet. during the Siege Year, but also gives the development team the opportunity to share exciting news about what’s to come in the next Siege year.
Rainbow Six Siege is currently available for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium members.
