'It wasn't fake, the whole thing was made in-engine. вЂњIt didn't look at all like gameplay, so I ignored it for a long time.вЂќ вЂњI looked at it and I thought to myself that there's no way that could be optimized,вЂќ he says. He would go on to become one of the most recognisable faces in the world of Rainbow Six Siege esports - first as a player, and later as an official commentator - but in 2014 he was just an skeptical onlooker. вЂњI watched the trailer and I said вЂThat looks shitвЂ™,вЂќ says Michael Stockley, better known as KiXStAr. The footaged wowed many, but not everyone was convinced.

It featured moody atmospheric lighting, with light beams highlighting dust in the air, and astonishing destruction technology that saw drywalls perforate and splinter with every bullet fired. The match took place in the most unsuspecting of environments: a suburban family home, now better known as the House map. вЂњIt was very different from what had been done before with the brand.вЂќ вЂњIf I remember correctly, the biggest priorities were really to show that this was a multiplayer game,вЂќ says HallГ© of the demo. SiegeвЂ™s first public demonstration featured dramatic footage of a what would become the Hostage game mode, in which a squad of attacking soldiers must rescue a civilian from a team of defending terrorists. The world was introduced to UbisoftвЂ™s new PvP ambitions at the companyвЂ™s E3 conference in 2014. вЂњAnd I'm pretty convinced to this day that if we had tried to have a big campaign and a bit of multiplayer on the side, we wouldn't be where we are right now.вЂќ вЂњWe made a very clear choice,вЂќ says HallГ©. But, for Siege, PvP would be centre stage, with just a few single-player training missions as a side-dish. While Rainbow Six games had featured multiplayer modes in the past, they were always accompaniments to the core campaign. вЂњI was absolutely convinced this was the future of gaming in general, and of this brand in particular.вЂќ вЂњPersonally, I was super happy that we were focusing on the PvP,вЂќ says Jean-Baptiste HallГ©, lead game designer for Rainbow Six Siege. Originally called Rainbow Six Unbreakable - a name chosen to reinvigorate the team after PatriotsвЂ™ demise - the project would eventually become Rainbow Six Siege. And so a small team set to work on reinventing the series. The developer wanted to create the same intensity of a cinematic campaign, but in a multiplayer setting where those moments would be created by players. With the new PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles on the horizon, the decision was made to cancel Patriots and start afresh on a next-gen game.ДЄssessing its next move, Ubisoft realised that it was tired of scripted single-player missions. That legacy was due to continue in Rainbow 6 Patriots, which would have seen players taking on an anti-Wall Street terrorist cell operating in New York City, but development was plagued by technical issues. Inspired by Tom ClancyвЂ™s best-selling novel, the games have historically centred on tactical single-player campaigns where players take on the role of a military specialist, and command a squad of AI soldiers. Siege is the eighth core entry in UbisoftвЂ™s long-running Rainbow Six series. Rainbow Six Siege is now considered one of the best multiplayer shooters ever created, and this is how it achieved that.

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