Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege X

This has to be one of the most toxic, broken, unfair, stressful, depressing, rage-inducing, hacker-infested games out there. But because I have Stockholm Syndrome, 10/10 will recommend to fellow masochists.

Lost my account and Ubisofts customer service refused to help recover it so I lost everything I had in siege.

Once this game was great. After sometime, Cheaters began to show up more and more, and Ubi seems to be unable to do anything about it. Oh, wait, actually they did, they removed Linux Support for their BattleEye anticheat altogether because they think that the majority of cheaters are probably using Linux? Anyways, Don't waste your time with this game. There are better alternatives with less cheating and more Linux support.

Makes me wanna throw multiple flash bangs into a room with a eptileptic person in it and yell cachow every time it goes off.

I hate this game like an abusive ex. Majority hate it, it's toxic she hits me calls me names. But every once in a while it's amazing and it keeps calling me back like baby I've changed I'm not like that anymore And she is right she is worse every time I come back.

What siege X is is its literally just what they did t Overwatch when they added a 2. Absolutely F*ck all. Got almost 700 hours on the game and it has been going downhill since 3 years ago when they apparently "started" working on siege x. This joke took them 3 years to cook up and they burned it. Just dont bother.

They made the game free and didnt give elite edition or any bonus to people who purchased it years ago...

Ubislop has been getting too soft with chat filtering. cant even say 'goon' without getting flagged

The new siege X sound system sounds like my character has a severe ear infection in both ears. It genuinely sounds like ive got a fishtank filled with water on my head. Barricades being broken across the map create a weird echo as if you were in the room with it, yet people sprinting right next to you are nearly silent. What in the actual f did they do to the sound

this game is the worst combanation of cheaters and bad teammates ive ever played 0/10 will be playing for another 1k hours

[b] TLDR: 2000+ hour veteran who fell in love with a tactical masterpiece in 2017, now watches it die a slow death because of the soul-crushing changes that Ubisoft has, and continues to implement to this game [/b] [h1] The Rise and Fall of Rainbow Six Siege [/h1] I first played R6 in 2017 on my PS4. It was my first realistic tactical FPS and I was completely hooked by the unique gameplay loop and mechanics. I was lowkey addicted, platinumed the game in 2 years, grinding ranked with friends from 7 AM to 5 PM during high school summers, and continued playing when I got my PC setup. I witnessed what was in my opinion the rise (2016-2021), downfall, and funeral of the R6 I knew and loved playing. [h2] When Everything Started Going Wrong [/h2] The beginning of the end was when the Ubisoft split the R6 devs to create this new game called R6 Extraction. To give some context, there was a limited time mode called Outbreak during operation Chimera where it was like R6 and COD Zombies had a baby. It was pretty fun while it lasted and it was well received by the community, but poopisoft decided to make it a separate paid game that expanded on it. Content creators given early access to that game had some pretty negative things to say about the game and same thing goes for when it was released for the public. While all this was happening, R6 started losing its soul and gained so much downhill momentum that even the original developers couldn't recover the losses. The quality and quantity of the content dropped significantly and below are some examples: [list] [*] [b] One operator per season [/b] with recycled guns (we used to get two operators with new weapons and a new, not reworked, map) [*] [b] New gun/s every 2-3 seasons [/b] instead of with every operator release [*] [b] Map reworks nobody asked for [/b] that the commmunity either hates or bans constantly in ranked [*] [b] The original recruit removed [/b], one of the last pieces of original content that made the game fun [/list] The list goes on but this review is already going to be very long. [h2] What Made Siege Special is Gone [/h2] The developers listened too much to crying pros instead of preserving what made the game fun. The game took a turn and started sacrificing realism and tacticalness for balancing sake: [list] [*] [b] Caveira's old pistol [/b]- reworked, not as fun anymore [*] [b] Ash and Jager ACOGs [/b]- removed (R4-C acog is back but it was gone for a very long time and it is not the same as it was before) [*] [b] 2-second timer before detection when going outside as a defender [/b]- removed, apparently attackers know the exact and precise location of your character's head the moment your toe touches the outside of a building [*] [b] Widespread ACOG availability [/b]- stripped away and replaced with 1.5x scopes that in my opinion, didn't change much and did not address the root of the problem they were trying to solve and arguably made it worse [*] [b] Valkyrie cams being placeable outside [/b]- removed [*] [b] Zofia's withstand ability [/b]- banished (okay so this one was actually unfair and turned the tides on one pro-league round, but it was moving toward an interesting idea of operator-specific passives unique to their lore that I would have liked) [/list] [h3] The Fortnite-ification of Siege [/h3] The game gave off mobile game and fortnite vibes with how beginner friendly and arcadey it felt after some changes. No shade to mobile games and fortnite as I enjoy them too, but what makes them enjoyable is not something that R6 should also implement, but unfortunately did which ruined the immersion and realism: [list] [*] [b] Mobile game-like UI [/b] that destroyed immersion and I aesthetically didn't like [*] [b] Enemy outlines [/b] where there used to be none [*] [b] Free base game operators [/b] (you used to have to earn them) [*] [b] Free attachments [/b] (another thing you had to work for) [*] [b] Battle passes [/b] locking cosmetics behind a paywall for a game I already bought. Free games like fortnite or apex legends make most of their money through cosmetics but for a paid game like R6, just put new free content in the bag bro [*] [b] Ridiculous skins [/b] that shatter any sense of tactical realism. Don't get me wrong I love the april fools cosmetics but it has gone out of hand with the new paragon skins that look like they came straight out of valorant. [/list] [h3] What I Miss Most [/h3] [list] [*] [b] Night maps and old graphics [/b] that felt atmospheric [*] [b] Plane map and other classics [/b] are unplayable. The Plane map is not even in the casual map-pool and only in custom game. The new House and Hereford Base map is too different from the old map to call it a rework. [*] [b] Situations mode and Original Terrorist Hunt [/b]- situations were a nice and challenging way to learn the ropes of the game and introduces the player to the lore of the game. It also used to be a way to play old maps that were reworked. [*] [b] Recruit Rushing [/b] [*] [b] The lighting, old recoil, and slow-paced tactical gameplay [/b] (could be a skill issue because everyone sucked back then and didnt treat this game like COD search and destroy) [*] [b] Realistic Operator trailers [/b] when you first unlock them [/list] [h2] Sound is Horrendous [/h2] For a tactical shooter that makes you heavily rely on sound to locate enemies, it is pretty unreliable and makes you question whether you suck, need a new headset, or the sound design sucks (its this one btw). Im pretty sure my hair loss is due to me pulling my hair everytime I die to an enemy which sounded like they were coming from the opposite direction. [h2] Cheating Epidemic [/h2] From 2021 to 2024 was when I started mainly playing on PC and cheating was absolutely rampant. While it's somewhat under control now (Im not entirely sure as I dont play much ranked nowadays but I hear its gotten better), it felt like poopisoft was prioritizing other stuff instead of their anti-cheat. Don't even get me started on xim and MnK users in console controller only lobbies. [h1] The Final Nail: Operation Siege X [/h1] They hyped this as "a new era of siege" that they'd have been working on for years, the "biggest transformation" claiming to make siege great again by improving graphics, developing core elements resulting in more tactical gameplay, and new ways to play. I still had hope. I installed the game and the new update, and played a few games. Didn't notice any huge difference on both graphics and gameplay. New ways to play? meta was still the same with same objectives and standard approach to each objective from both sides. Felt stale and bland. I immediately realized this IS what siege is now, it is definitely not for veterans who remember what made this game special. Since they advertised this as the "new era of siege", I slowly came to the realization that the siege I fell in love with a long time ago is dead and will never come back and this new siege is what the developers intend to expand on in the coming of years. I immediately uninstalled. It just wasn't fun anymore. [h2] For New Players [/h2] If you're looking for a tactical, realistic FPS experience, you're about 7 years too late. The closest I've gotten to that original R6 adrenaline rush was from playing Escape from Tarkov and Arena Breakout: Infinite. [h3] The Verdict [/h3] Rainbow Six Siege 2016-2020 was a tactical masterpiece. Rainbow Six Siege 2025 is a hollow, arcadey, and cash-grabbing shell giving you the bare minimum while wearing the corpse of that masterpiece as a skin. The game I loved is dead. This review is its eulogy. [b] Save your money and find another game and company that respects both your time and energy [/b] https://r6.tracker.network/r6siege/profile/ubi/bd41d157-53bb-407c-b1e5-a42cfdc24029 <- my R6 PC stats incase you think my takes are skill issues

I touch grass. Turns out, the real world isn’t as toxic as this game’s player base. Don't waste every ounce of serotonin on virtual points that mean absolutely nothing in real life. I seriously recommend it. Some of you act like this game is the only thing keeping you alive, and it shows. Step outside. Breathe air that hasn’t been filtered through your mom’s basement. People on here who sound like they haven’t seen sunlight in years. Their entire identity is built around this game, you need to touch some grass.

You'll definitely have both arguments on whether this new update is good or not. But personally I bought this game for what it was at the time, not for what it turned into. Every major "rework" on this game has slowly turned this into your average cash grab arcade FPS. The new graphics look cartoony, the new audio seems to prioritize gun sounds from across the map and environmental map sounds over footsteps from enemies 5 feet away. I don't understand why ubisoft would take their prize game which gained many players through all the recent hype in the past years and completely change many important and aesthetic aspects that the player base enjoyed. On top of that, bad UI changes and smaller details. The most infuriating being that enemies are now highlighted in red, like it's some x-defiant type shooter. If you are playing this game for the first time, and getting it while its free, then maybe, just maybe you'll enjoy it.

played for about 8 years, i personally knew ubisoft would mess this up but they messed siege up so bad, audio is beyond atrocious. designs for menu and scoreboard are trash and bulky and just so much more 8 years and im done playing siege now thanks for ruining it ubi would have love to keep playing siege but not whatever this game is now shouldn't be called siege thats for sure

what a joke game from a joke company please just close all of your studios already and fade into obscurity, ubisoft

when i started playing this game i still had a penis. After playing for a few hours i ripped it off in rage. I messaged mr.clancy about it and they said they cant reimburse me for another penis, because of the abnormal size and shape of the old penis the new one is going to cost a significant amount of money. Please if anyone can help me im begging.

Use to be good. then map changes, gameplay changes, audio too. Games like this should have been kept the same way the game was at its peak but as soon as ubisoft sees money, they drop everything and don't care about the games anymore. Its pathetic how bad the game is now with "siege x" As someone who had spent over $1000 in the game and hundreds in accounts, I suggest to not buy or give to your worst enemy. Nothing is more cruel to play this game and get stage 12 depression and anger. It's like a drug. I lost a monitor and headset to this game before, and that was before "siege x." This game will make you an alcoholic and be that person that don't say thank you when someone holds the door for you. For the people that are still going to play, I'm truly sorry, there's no hope for you.

Bought this game 2 f*cking times and they decided to make it free and from what I understand, give ZERO compensation to the players who wasted their money on this hacker fest of a game.

I'd actually rather get raped and mutilated than play quick match or deal with the pick and ban system. The homunculi at ubisoft that run this game are incapable of making ONE SINGLE good change without fucking literally everything else up, anyway add standard back

Terrorist Hunt removed from the game. That was only reason I played this game. Garbage

Re-released the exact same game to revamp their audience, 0 notable differences from R6S = scummy company

Lost my account and Ubisofts customer service refused to help recover it so I lost everything I had in siege. Dogshit company i hope u go under

I recommend, assuming this style of FPS is your cup of tea. It comes with a bunch of caveats, mainly ubisoft's standard anti consumer shit but frankly there are no other games on the market quite like Siege, and nothing else scratches this specific itch aside from Siege (as you can see by my hours). Also worth commendation for their 10+ years of consistent support and updates. I have on and off periods with this game, but I always come back.

the sound positively blows, holy shit i dont think it could be that bad, game looks great, plays like shit now

game froze on match point and crashed won game got no rank from it and also banned for 24h

this game is horrible both literally and mentally. I would rather let a juiced up cow go to town on me than to play this game for more than 2 hours at a time.

ubishit is terrible for making Siege X. The game has been dying for years now and this was there chance for redemption and they blew it. Nothing is different ,which is bad in sieges case because there needed to be some change. Not a lot of changes to lose the integrity of the game, but this is a pathetic excuse of a release. Siege X makes the CS2 launch look like a whole new game. I do not recommend new or returning players to this game. Unless you want to know what if feels like to play a game from 2015. The game will not be saved from Siege X. this game was amazing in its prime, but its safe to say well have to wait for the Siege X2 release in 10 years to see the game we loved make its great return (wouldn't get my hopes up, its ubisoft).

After updating to the last version of the game - I've lost all f of my earned progress over the past years. I only have the starting characters left. Thanks to the small indie company

20$ wasted Literally bought this game and it became free. I dont even care about ranked or some crap like that i was playing casuals anyways and get in lobbies with either cancerous tryhards, straight up lobotomites or cheaters. Dont play this game You still have time to save yourself

damn they messed my siege up. came back after forever and they have removed night maps (understandable-ish) & removed terrorist NPC co-op modes (which I played lots of with friends as I enjoy the game's environments and mechanics, but don't always want to play with sweats), which now forces you to play only thru online matchmaking. And now they've totally changed (botched) the sound engine, which was by far my most loved thing about the game which few others had. Lockdown is still my favorite RS game, as it cannot be retroactively bastardized by ubi, unlike siege and all other live-ops games ruined by battle pass trends & greed. Game used to feel cool & immersive to play, nowadays it plays like COD

Ubisoft took away years of grind by release this sloppy re-edition of siege X They removed from my account 16 operators, worth a whopping, by nowadays prices 160k renown. They gave me 40k renown for "already owning" some of the free operators Fuck you ubisoft. I hope your company disappears for real when tencent buy you out. Of course, after several back and forth with the support, they keep spewing nonsense about gamepass expiring or whatever, despite me having played this piece of garbage day 1, and having unlocked every missing operator before the game was on gamepass. Also, the support discord is USELESS. Ubisoft, i swear to god, i'll go to china and dance with tencent employees when you are finally ashes. Support was indeed, useless, i uninstalled this piece of garbage game, and i'll go play a game where the devs actual give a f*ck about their community. Ubisoft, you are, and forever, a joke. I'll help seed whichever pirated game i come across, just so that i can help assisting in your downfall.

Despite all the bad updates over time, I've always loved Rainbow Six Siege, which is why I've played 600 hours. But the recent X update has ruined the game. Just like CS2, the developers want to change the tradition that makes a game iconic for all players into something new that completely destroys it. All those new skins animations Valorant wannabe typeshit... I uninstalled quick as fuck after tasting what this new Rainbow Six Siege "X" was all about.

[b]Free-to-Play for Everyone — Except Those Who Paid[/b] [b]Paid full price, got nothing[/b] As someone who purchased Siege before it became free-to-play, this transition feels especially disappointing. Most games that go free-to-play offer long-time supporters something — a Premium tier, cosmetics, in-game currency — a way to show appreciation. Ubisoft, on the other hand, gave absolutely nothing. No upgrades. No content unlocks. No recognition at all. [b]Paywall in core modes[/b] To make things worse, Ubisoft introduced a new structure where competitive modes like Ranked and Siege Cup are now locked behind a paywall for new players. This creates an unnecessary divide in the community and feels more like a monetization strategy than a design choice. [b]Loyalty means nothing[/b] The move clearly prioritizes revenue over loyalty. Gameplay-wise, Siege is still a solid tactical shooter — but the way Ubisoft handled this transition shows little respect for paying customers and long-time players.

Before this F2P era I would really recommend Siege but now? Not really. It is still Siege but they heavily nerfed income of in-game currency, as well as Battle pass progress. Now it is grindy AF. But hey, it is Ubisoft, right? Who would have thought ...

dog water game problems that have existed since the drop of this game in 2016 are still there and they just change the name to make you think its different.

there is zero and I mean ZERO reason for me to be going against a 5 stack of champions in my FIRST FUCKING GAME OF THE SEASON. Uninstalling this dogshit game until they fix the FUCKING MATCHMAKING.

Siege X was supposed to be an upgrade but it is a total letdown. The sound is completely muffled and there are a ton of cheaters.

You guys managed to make this game shittier than it was before, HUD and sounds are terrible, feels like you have plugged ears from the pressure.

It genuinely saddens me to make this review but man coming back to this game as a day 1 player is genuinely depressing. the game used to have such a gritty immersive atmosphere with grounded somewhat realistic characters and a plot which actually contributed to both the operators and story of the game. Teamwork was essential, games were tense every decision had consequences and one slip up could cost your life or the round. That's all gone now. Ubislop has done what they do best and taken one of their original gems and squeezed every dollar out of you and anyone else stupid enough to fall for the bait of a sale or in this case F2P. Day one season pass owner? too bad, buy another. Fell for the free to play and wondering why game modes are locked behind a paywall? this is ubisoft get used to paying to play. trying to unlock operators for free with renown? LMAO have fun dude, I'm lucky enough to have most before they cucked the season pass owners but holy shit, for a new player I can't imagine it's possible to get all the operators for free unless you're unemployed and choose this as your new method of self harm. If you are looking for an immersive shooter, go somewhere else, if you are looking for tactical team play, go somewhere else, if you're an Ipad kid with ADHD that loves fortnite and is waiting on the next COD this is your go to place now. Also don't even get me started on the fact the game has an actual social credit system, like Jesus Christ ubisoft. Please stay away from it, for your own sake there's nothing here worth coming for, this is one of the final titles of a dying studio, and all you're doing by forking them over your time or money is another day we have to suffer their existence. If they ever add a way to revert siege to a legacy or older version I'll change this review, but this is ubisoft we're talking about, and if they had any concern for their player base or anything outside of new ways to monetise a few more bucks out of your pocket then they probably wouldn't need to be closing studios to avoid bankruptcy.

Not the game it once was. Totally left the original mechanics and style in order to be another shooter from the stack with almost no fun.

If your a OG fan like me you likely rember how this game was a tactical FPS we fell in love with years ago Obv not anymore. I've basically given up on this game and I'm ashamed I bought it years ago one of the worser ubisoft IP's ik they made siege F2P to make up for XDefiant's death but XDefiant I actually enjoyed. Siege I stopped enjoying it a few years back and with it now being F2P its only gonna get worse much worse I will prop only install it to claim my veteran rewards but that's it nothing else this update litteraly does nothing but add some repel changes slight graphics changes that most prop wont notice or care about and prop mess up optimization on older PC's and now the hacking problem is only gonna get worse

Server issue And it's ubi. I didn't know what to expect, but the expectation was low and they didn't exceed it. Great job as always ubi

They ruined it, and made it free to play, Veterans who paid for the game also only got a single Alpha pack and it isn't even worth our while, those who have played this game before will absolutely hate with what they did to the mechanics and the fact that your ablilies need to recharge now is a terrible idea. Who ever is currently the CEO of this game needs to quit this shit is absolutely horse crap and I am severely dissapointed in how this game progressed and transitioned through it's lifetime. And for someone who played back when it originally came out for the Xbox One this is just god awful and making this game also free to play will only make the toxicity problem worse. My girlfriend had joined one lobby and by the end of it the players told her to uninstall the game.

It's like Amber Heard, one day you wake up and there is sh*t next to your pillow, I imagine that feeling is what it feels like to play this game.

If someone were to ask me to recommend a game for them, this is the last one I would mention. I wish I had a hard copy of it so I could throw it in my toilet and take a dump on it. Of the 500 hours I have played, half of it was from how long it takes to load the game. Then, by the grace of Jesus Christ himself and half an hour of praying, I somehow make it into a game where the ranking system is like driving a 90's honda civic in a formula 1 event. Whatever though I don't care. I DO care however, when the game scans my vitals indicating some glimmer of hope, and literally freezes my screen all black and there is no way to get back without restarting my computer. Woohoo, the I still have time to reconnect to my ranked game. Sorry buddy the game gives me the options to reconnect, thinks about it, then spits in my face like the idiot I am, telling me there was a error and reminds me that if I don't manage to reconnect, I get banned from matchmaking. Play this crash-out simulator.

Ever since Siege X came out it crashes almost every time I start a game and it's not cause of my PC cause it runs other games just fine with a 7800XT and 7600x, it might be a PC or AMD issue but until they fix my game crashing every round it's a one star game.

Honestly, Rainbow 6 Siege season 6-9? Terrible. It was barely playable. Pre-6? Yeah we had some fun. It was great. Rainbow 6 Siege X? Unplayable. I Crash if I open Steam, I crash if I use Blackbeard to open soft walls. I crash if I decide I wanna play Siege. Siege is truly dead. Its game over folks. So glad they decided that in a game full of cheaters, the best thing they could do was making it free to play. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT SHIFT-TAB. I CRASHED AND AM NOW BANNED FOR AN HOUR.

Siege was good, Siege X is terrible, the change was unnecessary, game is terrible now, and since they made it free I want my 40$ back or however much this game was.

Take it from someone who's played this game ever since beta when it was good the first few years were fun and now it has lost it's identity the game is not good. it is a very negative game. filled with cheaters, rank is unplayable in higher ranks diamond champion lobbies full of DDos and cheaters, who use all sorts of cheats from wall to anti recoil scripts, trust me do not give your money to this company boys and girls, you will regret it. even if u decide to try it you may find it fun for a few hours after that it will start falling apart and you will understand what i was saying. STAY AWAY FROM THIS CESSPOOL OF NEGATIVITY

They updated a game I bought years ago and now force an upgrade to Elite or Ultimate edition for base-game content. Pretty scummy move, but luckily I couldn't care less about the game anyway.