
Hear a footstep on the other side of a wall? Take a shot and you might just bag a kill. In the moment to moment gameplay, these destructible environments create all sorts of risks and opportunities. "You have to look past the literal surface to see what's really possible in Siege." Defenders must reinforce certain walls to control the flow of the enemy attack - or block it all together - while attackers must find weak points or open up defenses with a limited supply of breaching gear. Most walls, floors and ceilings, can be shot through or completely destroyed. The first thing I want to highlight are the environments. That's a fairly good premise for a multiplayer shooter as is, but there are two pillars that make Siege truly great. Then follows a few minutes of tense back and forth before one team wins and they switch places. The defenders are placed inside a location with an objective to defend - a bomb or a hostage - and they get just one minute to set up defences before the opposing team arrive, all while the attacking team is offered a chance to scout with drones, to spot their foes and plan their attack. Rainbow Six Siege is an asymmetric multiplayer shooter which means one team is attacking, one is defending.

But it's not so impenetrable as it seems, and with just a bit of patience, you'll soon see that it's one of the most rewarding multiplayer games out there.

In Siege, you die fast and you live young, and each character will take extended playtime to get to grips with.

Let's get it right out of the way Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is one of the absolute best multiplayer games available right now, but it is also one of the most daunting to approach.
