The Twitch streamer shroud is an expert in shooters. In the stream, he explained what the biggest problem of Rainbow Six: Siege is.
Who is shroud? Michael “shroud” Grzesiek is a former CS:GO professional and currently a well-known streamer on Twitch.
- For many fans, shroud is considered a shooter god and has legendary status
- shroud is primarily known for his gifted aim, which he regularly demonstrates in his streams.
- On Twitch, shroud has 10.9 million followers and averaged 14,000 viewers over the past 6 months
- In March 2023, shroud announced that he is working on his own game
What does shroud say about Rainbow Six Siege? While shroud was live streaming on Twitch, a viewer in the chat mentioned that the streamer Summ1t was considering playing Rainbow Six: Siege again, but didn’t want to learn the new maps. Shroud then explained what the biggest problem of Ubisoft’s tactical shooter is.
According to him, it is really bad to learn Rainbow Six: Siege, and you will often lose and die during the process.
Learning R6 [Ed.: Rainbow Six: Siege] is damn terrible! But if you can learn it, it feels really good. To be more clear: When you learn R6, you only lose! […] You will just keep dying over and over, and that sucks! But if you withstand that, it’s good.
shroud on Rainbow Six Siege
Here you can see shroud’s statement in a short on YouTube:
Rainbow Six: Siege is known to be not beginner-friendly
Is shroud right? Yes, Rainbow Six: Siege is known for not being very beginner-friendly – even though Ubisoft has been making a real effort to introduce more tools for new players and make it easier for them to get started.
Nevertheless, this mainly applies to players who do not have hundreds or even thousands of hours in this tactical shooter. A player who has been playing at the highest ranks for years is more frustrated with game errors, the current meta, or cheaters.
Nonetheless, the map ban system showed that even experienced players have a problem with learning. New or revised maps like Emerald Plains or Nighthaven Labs were often banned before the players really learned the maps.
Why is Rainbow Six so difficult to learn? There are currently 25 different maps, all with different layouts and sometimes complicated designs. Additionally, you have to learn which walls and floors are destructible, where the spawns are located, and which windows or doors the defenders like to use for counterattacks.
The now over 70 different operators also have various abilities that need to be understood and learned, and they can also bring gadgets like grenades or barbed wire. Moreover, there is a considerable selection of weapons.
Once you have acquired the basic understanding of maps, operators, abilities, weapons, and gadgets, you still need to understand which operator and gadget is useful when and where.
- Which operator do I play on the map at which spot?
- Where should which gadget be placed?
- Which walls do I need to reinforce?
- Which walls should I better not reinforce?
- When do I destroy a wall to rotate through the hole, and when do I just make small holes that you cannot walk/jump through?
Ubisoft continues to cater to new players: At the start of the current season “Deadly Omen,” Rainbow Six: Siege received a display that shows you the trajectory of objects like grenades before they are thrown.
In the past months, the shooter has already received tutorials for new players, operator guides, a training mode for learning maps, and matches against AI opponents that replace terrorist hunts and are supposed to better convey the game principles.
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