History of Rainbow Six (1997 - 2020)

A full history of the Rainbow Six franchise. From the original game in 1997, up to the new unreleased Rainbow Six: Quarantine.
Join me as I detail each and every game, breaking down their development history, storyline, gameplay features, visuals, and their critical reception, all backed with each game's original soundtrack.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
1:22 Creation of Rainbow Six
5:18 Rainbow Six (1997)
13:36 Rainbow Six Expansion
15:00 Rainbow Six Rogue Spear (1999)
18:13 Rogue Spear Expansions
19:16 Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf (2002)
22:54 Development of Rainbow Six 3
24:54 Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003)
29:30 Rainbow Six 3 - Console Version (2003)
31:58 Rainbow Six 3 Expansions
34:40 Rainbow Six: Lockdown (2005)
38:36 Rainbow Six: Critical Hour (2006)
42:10 Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006)
47:45 Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (2008)
50:50 Rainbow Six: Patriots (Cancelled)
54:02 Rainbow Six: Siege
1:00:10 Rainbow Six: Quarantine (Unreleased)
1:01:59 Conclusion
#RainbowSix #Ubisoft #History

[@Nick930]

Hey everyone - thanks for tuning in! This one took me a long time to piece together simply because of all the recent game releases in the past month, and the fact that I just built a brand new computer from scratch a couple weeks ago. Next documentary is planned for November - but I have a few more reviews and comparisons planned until then, along with my first "Studio Tour" to celebrate reaching 300,000 subscribers! Please support this channel on Patreon: www.patreon.com/Nick930 - you'll get early access to new documentaries, exclusive discord access, and behind the scenes content, along with a chance to win a free game every month (once we hit the next funding goal ;)) You can also follow me on twitter @Nick930Gaming for more frequent updates on the status of new projects - and on Twitch @Nick930 where I take a break and play some of these games live. Special thanks to Rogue-9 for permission to use the early concept footage of Rainbow Six: Siege. You can check out his full breakdown of Siege's development here: www.rogue-9.com/early-development-of-rainbow-six-siege

[@ImJustAoperator]

Thanks for uploading this! I've waited so long for this!

[@doanphat1480]

Gonna wait until a new Rainbow Six: Quarantine game in 2021

[@hdhehsnidhrsjndhxudbrnf5597]

Great review nick

[@aceofspades0074]

max payne comparison please

[@kodeine222]

you need to do socom if you havnt done it yet

[@ststst981]

Rainbow 6 then: realistic tactical shooter Rainbow 6 now: muppets

[@ImpossibleReasons]

...Drugs?

[@mattattaxx5425]

Nah Egg headed Ebola canecer patient

[@ImpossibleReasons]

@@mattattaxx5425 The English didn't really have an issue with Ebola.

[@voltpug8615]

back then was semi-realistic gadgets... now we have lasers, clones and hulk

[@toastedtoast2039]

SHPOOKY

[@snaggletooth5844]

I was 7 when i discovered Rogue Spear, my dad used to watch it since he's a veteran and used to tell me how to approach differrent missions lol. Good times indeed.

[@cody_orphvn9171]

Waw that sounds so cool, it must be an awesome memory

[@TacShooter]

Yeah, it was bonding time with my father, too, who is now passed on.

[@snaggletooth5844]

@@TacShooter May he rest in peace, im sorry to hear that.

[@PBclipz]

My siege user name is RO9UE_SPEAR83. Been on these games too long. I'm nearly 40 ffs.

[@masnidebelicrnac]

@@PBclipz You can't be too old or to young for these games, I'm 16 and I love rogue spear. Never finished it tho, might as well do it now

[@Apixdan]

"No health regen" Doc: *Cries in french*

[@gorkemaykut5230]

*Laughs in french*

[@dramatic6mr100]

Finka cries in Russian

[@mazespining4338]

Thunderbird: laughs in canadian

[@hairymooseknucle]

Thunderbird: *laughs indigenously*

[@donkeykong2563]

used to be a realistic tactical shooter franchise now we have hollograms and some dude named oryx that can run through walls like the kool aid man

[@markstevens7699]

Holograms are incredibly realistic.

[@markstevens7699]

And running through walls like the Kool aid man is not so technologically absurd as you may think. Do you want realistic or outdated

[@aldovk6681]

@@markstevens7699 dude please... R6 is unrealistic af

[@markstevens7699]

@@aldovk6681 I'm not arguing about it. Do your research. There's literally a pig human fetus that was "aborted" If you think it can't be done 2021 chances are you can't explain why in the first place, let alone defend your stance on any kind of fact based criteria. When I looked up what cj was referring to, I found that it's about as unrealistic as literally any other video game. More so than the old r6, bit like rainbow cod. Either way. Basic demolition and basic holographics are already utilized in Michael Jackson after death concerts and urban warfare so, dude please. Google.

[@aldovk6681]

@@markstevens7699 An albino space lady using clones and a dude that can pass through walls with his bear hands is unrealistic even by 2030 standards... so no

[@arsen4512]

Ahhh... time to kick back and relax. To watch another Nick930 documentary

[@Juply]

You right

[@christchex91]

Him and the 4thsnake are the best gaming channels

[@BossManSays]

Nick and Ahoy should get together. It would be fantastic.

[@jaejae710]

“and no health regeneration” laughs while overstiming, eyes glowing, mp5s in hand

[@dep90boi94]

Sorry i will fix it for you""and no health regeneration” evil laughs while overstiming, eyes glowing, p90 with a supressor and 1.5 scope in both hands while spawnpeeking"

[@dep90boi94]

@Quinn Burton Lol imagine killing half of enemy team with a deagle while spawnpeeking twice in a row

[@dep90boi94]

@Quinn Burton so relatable

[@zee6240]

Every doc in a 10 mile radius: And i wont heal you either

[@malicus3316]

Doc: hold my beer

[@Robert048]

I spent so much of my childhood playing the first Rainbox Six, Ghost Recon, Swat 3, and Delta Force 2. What a time to be a gamer.

[@dedsec9734]

I played ghost recon as a kid and was stressed during every mission 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnyurkovich]

I remember playing the first ghost recon, rainbow six and splinter cell on the Xbox since I didn’t have a pc yet. Man it put Ubisoft and Tom Clancy games at the top of my list for favorite games. Damn shame what has happened with these great series. Rainbow six is an e sport. Ghost recon is typical Ubisoft open world game. Splinter cell is just non existent. Glad I grew up with the games I did.

[@Robert048]

@@johnyurkovich I actually really love Ghost Recon Wildlands, but I hear you.

[@dairebarefoot6763]

God Delta force was terrible 😂 but I played it for probably 4 days straight lol

[@Robert048]

@Daire Barefoot I loved delta force. 2 specifically.

[@Kriegter]

fun fact: heartbeat sensors was an actual gadget in the novel

[@Kriegter]

@El Risitas Fanboi yeah, it looked like a Raygun and they used it to kill Brightling's security

[@ohwell6422]

They also had that fbi vr glasses thing

[@OrdinaryOrchid]

@RTX El Risitas (aka El Risitas Fanboi) brazil rainforest, i think

[@squidlump]

Fun fun fact. My dad was actually a lead designer on the original rainbow sixes and according to him the heart sensor was the only suggestion of Tom Clancy’s that they actually implemented

[@zebatov]

I tried to read it in high-school and it felt confusing. It jumped around a lot from location to location with seemingly a different character every time.

[@onionheadguy7094]

I love the idea of the first rainbow six games where it's these small missions where you're carefully planning your engagements and the firefights are short and lethal. Youre not saving the world and youre not the ultimate soldier of fortune. It was and still is a stark contrast to the other fps games in the market.

[@TacShooter]

I believe that in the very first R6 you actually were saving the world.

[@onionheadguy7094]

@@TacShooter whoops!

[@oksomynameisjeff4212]

@@TacShooter still it was good

[@TacShooter]

@@oksomynameisjeff4212 Absolutely!

[@the_real_ch3]

It would really run almost like a puzzle game than an FPS

[@akiba9826]

I loved Rainbow Six Vegas 1 & 2 but, I got to say that the first Rainbow Six games were definitely something else... I would love to see a remake of the first Rainbow Six games with "modern" gameplay features.

[@locomotivz3489]

Then it'll be what we despise today sadly

[@tfwthelsdkicksin6083]

Better graphics, animations, sounds etc. Not like breakpoint or wildlands though.

[@xenothekami888]

Just play terrorist hunt

[@ltsmithneko]

Our current terrorist hunt is kinda meh, really liked the old ones

[@zemstafreda]

You won't

[@bruhhhhmoment4848]

They should make a remaster of the original because the realism and planning would look be so fun.

[@Jay_Sullivan]

Door Kickers (and its sequel) is essentially an evolution of RS's planning stage. It even has a character named "Tom Clancy" with a callsign of "Redstorm."

[@Monoteo4200]

Try “ready or not”

[@NotOurRemedy]

If you watch the original trailer for siege it was kind of like this.

[@lornemacarthur4304]

Old video, but I wanted to point out that Clancy’s novels were definitely not about special forces teams fighting terrorists, that’s only really the Rainbow Six novel itself (which is pretty different from his normal stuff). Most of his books are about Jack Ryan, who is an intelligence analyst that gradually climbs through the CIA and even becomes president eventually. The books definitely focus much more on Cold War era spy stuff, naval warfare (Clancy loves subs) and a bunch of other stuff. Jack almost never uses a gun. The tactical team V/terrorist stuff is more associated with the later novels that were written by other authors but branded with his name (much like the games). Just pointing this out because I am reading the books now and highly recommend them!

[@Snipy55]

yeah absolutely. still i thinl rainbow 6 is an amazing book and a interessant concept of an internstional western special operations unit

[@cbfwebs]

That's why the CIA pairs John Clark with Jack Ryan on those dangerous missions because Clark is more the spec ops and was a US Navy SEAL basically SoCom. Ryan is just a smart detective profiler type that's why he climbs the ranks of the CIA because he always figures out the villains plans. To me, Clark is more interesting because he is off the books doesn't officially exist and goes in and green berets the problems when they need to clean something up but can't do it legally.

[@potatoesblink3299]

The rainbow six novel was kinda crazy for a Clancy book. That plot twist about literally killing most of humanity

[@tsmack7812]

Which Tom Clancy books not written by him (David Michael’s, etc.) have you read or going to read?

[@diddlysheep6690]

This guy is so dedicated on the videos he make, he literally made an hour long video, which most channels can just make it a 10 minute video. AND I LOVE IT

[@xSTONYTARKx]

The reason the majority of youtubers tries to make their videos around 10 minutes long is because most people don't have an attention span longer then that.

[@somebody7130]

@@xSTONYTARKx That or people don't like to spend a lot of time on youtube.

[@noyew2325]

He’s gotta get that watch time

[@themicrogrowguy]

@@xSTONYTARKx I think the video is eligible for a second ad if it hits 10 minutes

[@oldoldmeme]

@@themicrogrowguy used to be like that, that's where the whole "stretching vid to 10 minutes mark" meme came from. But KZbin changed it last year so you only need to have your video be 8 minutes or longer for more than one ad.

[@doanphat1480]

Nice editing skill, i like how you used some footages from the development and some historical contents

[@TacticalGamingNetwork]

Agreed VERY well done

[@Kriegter]

R6 in 1997: Tactical realism shooter r6 now: Space lady with a gun

[@KingDaveth]

I remember Domingo "Ding" Chavez being extremely OP because he's the main character of the book.

[@atheonxx]

And the new Six after John Clark if I remember clearly

[@WaveMattson]

I think John Clark is the main character and all the original RS operatives that were in the book. Later in the series Ding will take more ground from the stories. Loiselle Lois, Weber Dieter, Eddie Price and many more. But mainly John Clark and because Ding is his son in law in the series he's one of the main characters through the series.

[@infinitesimal9001]

@@WaveMattson correct, John Clark is the main character in the Rainbow 6 book and I believe it's all part of the Jack Ryan series.

[@tommloye4626]

@@infinitesimal9001 Clark is in fact the main character in the book as he is literally “Rainbow Six.” Rainbow, being the code name of the entire unit (consisting of two teams with Ding being leader of Team 1) and Six being the call sign of a units leader. There is even a Rainbow Five…second in command Alistair Stanley.

[@infinitesimal9001]

@@tommloye4626 yea. I just wasn't sure if it was part of the jack Ryan series or not.

[@thenooseagent]

I'm really sad that Ubisoft have just left Terrorist Hunt to just slowly die and not update it for the better in Seige.

[@user-cd4um8xm3h]

well to be fair, t hunt is used constantly for improving ones mechanical skills in siege. like almost every pro uses it for aim training

[@MotorCityMob]

Terrorist Hunt Is The Best.. you should get more rewards for playing T-Hunt

[@jaefrmbk2k]

THIS PART 😥

[@Nivelle_le_Gris]

I'm just really sad Siege exists.

[@nonameboynonameboy510]

Honestly they kinda did

[@WraithDesignz]

The best one was Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. Still play it to this day with a huge online community.

[@TacticalGamingNetwork]

That'd be us? Hehehe. Everyone feel free to join us on Discord!

[@kentown8115]

rainbow six 3 and lockdown on gamecube for me was my first rainbow experience, enjoyed them a lot, it was always 007 nightfire or agent under fire, medal of honor, allied assault and european assault as my action set piece games and rainbow was harder and alot more tactical

[@Judge_Jon]

RS3:RS was the best for sure. Although Siege isn't as good it's probably the best one since RS.

[@R3dbudd]

I wish I could get it to run on Win10 but so buggy

[@SamCableguy]

Raven Shield is incredible!

[@Gonken88]

Raven shield was the peak of Rainbow six. So much effort put into a game. Tons of weapons with superb sound, tactics, graphics, everything was so great.

[@tatuira93]

The swan song of R6, if only we could get an official R6 title like Raven Shield again...

[@emirtimur1557]

Rogue Spear was the best. But of course Raven Shield was also amazing.

[@lisazkc256]

​@@emirtimur1557the first one was amazing too, I just like the third one the most since it is basically like the previous two but way better graphics.

[@scottlefaux]

​@@lisazkc256the gameplay was slowed down significantly though. In the first two there was side stepping to aim while moving

[@pko_2.0_pop7]

And then Lockdown exist started to tarnished the series

[@phxsisko]

One of the best features you failed to mention on the OG Xbox version of RB6 3 and Black Arrow was the voice control of your squad. Instead of selecting from menus to "breach and clear", you could just say it into the mic and they would respond. All of their communications with you would also come over the headset only, while the game audio would be seperated into the speakers. This simple bit of immersion is sadly missing from newer RB6 games...

[@DP12321]

He also failed to mention the Dreamcast version of Rogue Spear had mouse & keyboard support, despite criticism of its controls.

[@licksludgee]

The Xbox live package came with R6 3, and even for a demo the servers were really active and super fun. Great community for a demo in the early 2000s

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

The Idea of realism went out the window.

[@tfwthelsdkicksin6083]

Goddamn it Ubisoft.

[@christophersalinas2722]

Yeah siege is it’s own thing. It literally is not a rainbow six game

[@notathr0waway]

@@christophersalinas2722 I mean, atleast they tried, right?

[@jessicaabel3481]

You can say that but the game has been alive for almost 6 years. It's sure not the same but the concept is there.

[@xvext2297]

What isn't real about it

[@JustAMag]

I just want GR and R6 to do a reboot of their original ideas. Especially GR. Give me a Ghost Recon that is hardcore FPS and realistic.

[@CaleCoast]

Not the falling simulator that is the latest entry?

[@sniper_militia5476]

Not quite the same but there's a scenario (will take a few sessions to get through) on Arma 3 inspired by Ghost Recon if you haven't yet tried it out called Hunter Six Special Operations. May be something you'd be interested in. It's a shame they took GR and R6 down the roads they did.

[@perplexe91]

So true ...

[@Jay_Sullivan]

I'm sitting here relying on tiny teams to make the games that GR and RS should be. Ground Branch has my faith. Arma 3 is also similar to GR, especially if you mod it, and it has a reasonably sized team.

[@BlueBlur24]

Well... there is the Advanced Warfighter subseries on PC if you haven't played those.

[@RappingNinja]

Love the look back over the series’ history. Though you did miss out on some games ;) Thanks for making this! A very enjoyable watch/listen.

[@esjihn]

That original rainbow six was soooo good when it came out. Loved planning out everything.

[@pko_2.0_pop7]

Gonna love the day of its online multiplayer days through MSN Zone server

[@kaisercreb]

Ravenshield is the best and the one i still go back to always. They should just do an HD remaster of Ravenshield with map making support but they wont.

[@chrisarab8128]

There are some HD hit effects mod and shader mods on the Tactical-Gaming Discord. And there are new maps.

[@descriptiondescriptiondescript]

Thankfully, Ravenshield community is still alive somehow and there are amazing mods available :D!!

[@Naughtydogfan-dj7rf]

I think Vegas is the best

[@TheUltimateCow]

There was an HD remaster mod project for Raven Shield. But it got shut down by Ubisoft of course. They don't want you playing RS. They want you playing what they are currently selling.

[@saml1939]

Bro - we used to play R6 on 33k modems - everyone ran the mp5k And that Rogue Spear intro still hypes tf outta me

[@saml1939]

@@DeltaAssaultGaming Thank you for clearing that up - I think I had my memories of it mixed up.

[@TacShooter]

Yeah, the accuracy and recoil simulation was totally backwards. Pistols were sniper rifles and a SAW was a lawn sprinkler.

[@Garufurendo01]

Mp5 pdw was the best choice for aggressive game style

[@Garufurendo01]

Msn game zone.. nostalgia

[@TheCh0senOne]

Damn, dude. Great video. I cannot imagine how long something like this takes to make. Props to you for creating such detailed documentaries.

[@MrToontastic]

Man, if Ubisoft waited a few years, then Patriots would’ve been the 2019 Modern Warfare BEFORE the 2019 Modern Warfare. Also the Vegas games were my personal favorites of the series, and I wouldn’t have gotten into it or Tom Clancy’s other works without them.

[@narcleptik]

Same here man!!

[@AverageLeagueGamer]

"Observation, planning, execution." Sounds like every single Ubisoft game after Vegas

[@azagedon]

Did you ever play the first rainbow six game? You literally had to spend a minimum of half an hour planning and plotting coordinates on a map schematic. If you didn't the other 2 teams of bots would just sit at the spawn doing nothing. You literally had to draw out all the waypoints of how you were going to execute the attack against the terrorists and plan your escape.

[@AkiraIsMissing]

@@azagedon what does this have to do with the original comment?

[@barrybarry8564]

@@azagedon the people who played the PVP version would just click one dot on the pre-mission map, grab Ding or Santiago, a CAR15, HBS, primary mags and whatever pistol and head on out haha

[@raddox7]

@@AkiraIsMissing He meant Rainbow Six had always been like that even before Vegas

[@ALPHABYTE64]

umm Jager 95% pick rate,s o much planning

[@fart.mp420]

R6 then: Tactical gameplay, balanced AI, interesting and versatile missions, multiple choices and opportunities R6 now: -NOOOO YOU CANT JUST KILL ME FROM FAR AWAY AT THE START OF THE ROUND!!!!444!!! -haha MP7 goes brrrrrrrr

[@CybertroninfiniteOfficial]

;)

[@willmeadows3233]

I agree. It's becoming like Overwatch. Part of the fun was bringing different metas to the table like Glaz with his mobile scope, Zofia and Clash with self revive, Blackbeard's 50HP shield (don't, just don't fight me), and the list goes on and on. All the pros and the streamers are cool, I honestly hate them cause they'd whine about a certain strat a team was using and claim it as a "noncombatable fight, automatic loss, to strong" situation. Gimme a fricking break!

[@ZirkyPlays]

@@willmeadows3233 r6s was never good tho

[@winlover37]

@@ZirkyPlays All subjective, but R6S was very interesting early on. It was counter strike with destructable walls and floors. I feel like they jumped the shark with the theme of the game, too whacky fun time. Also haven't been maintaining the quality of life very well.

[@afhostie]

​@@winlover37 They decided to focus too much on "balance". The problem being that every time they add a new operator or tweak a gadget then all the balance calculations need to be redone. This leads to ever increasingly complex balance calculations. My advice would've been to use the preset objectives in casual mode but allow for custom objectives in competitive. This frees the team to no longer have to focus so much on whether such-and-such bomb site is truly OP as that can happen organically. Time becomes far more important as you aren't going into the match exactly knowing how the defenders will be defending or where. Second, create new maps over new operators. The gadgets have obviously gone from somewhat believable to ridiculous as UBI has clearly struggled to come up with new ideas. Maps on the other hand they would be able to constantly create and come with the added benefit that they won't impact balance calculations. So even if they avoided the first idea of custom locations then they still avoid the compounding complexity trap.

[@aPollo-Tv]

The fact that I watched this whole video last night on my Tv, and didn’t realise that it was 1 hour long video.. Keep it up! Good job

[@ARIXANDRE]

I didn't jump into the Siege train but this video is amazing and important for the preservation of the legacy. Congrats Nick!

[@demetrickshields7045]

If your on xbox rainbow 6 seige is on gamepass

[@Bigpep69420]

@@demetrickshields7045 i have my doubts. Mans profile pic is literally a PSN platinum trophy. Haha or it looks likenit, anyhow.

[@babaloons4887]

@@Bigpep69420 aint no way

[@-Mari.0-]

nick when the next gen games come out I’m sure you’re gonna be the top comparison KZbinr

[@-Mari.0-]

@@LSK2K agreed

[@ultraali453]

I remember playing Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield when I was around 15. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced. I remember when I failed a mission and a guy on my team died. I literally had tears in my eyes after realizing that you could not bring back dead soldiers. They had real names, a history and everything. After that, I wanted to only do a mission if my plan. I wasn't going to lose another member on my team. I'm sort of disappointed with the newer games.

[@radimziegler7079]

I just watched this 1-hour long video, and it felt like 10 minutes. Awesome job.

[@MrRom117]

i miss the hardcore tactical shooters :/

[@MediQate]

Siege doesn’t scratch that itch. Should’ve been Rainbow Six Vegas 3 or RS: Patriots.. Maybe now we’ll get one although I have a bad feeling that the success of Siege is gonna completely change the franchise for good..

[@keatstone218]

@@MediQate i think a good idea would be to simply make Siege its own multiplayer franchise, then continue Rainbow Six as a tactical shooter with more emphasis on the campaign and terrorist hunt co-op mode.

[@larsongame4120]

@@keatstone218 this. It’s just a online esports sweatfeast 😭

[@StarFox85]

@@MediQate 😥😥 ∏∏ νεgα₷ Ⅲ ∏∏ would be import export like 😉

[@BeatmasterAC]

Remember SWAT 4 or Hidden and Dangerous? Good times

[@joeytunney5476]

Fun fact, I live in North Carolina and a former Red Storm employee who worked on OG Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear was the Game Art teacher at my high school for one year. And I was lucky enough to take the class with him!

[@Nick930]

That is very cool!

[@spaceman-pe5je]

nice, remember their name by any chance?

[@joeytunney5476]

spaceman1980 his name was Johnathan Peedin

[@spaceman-pe5je]

@@joeytunney5476 apparently he's at Epic Games now!

[@doggishsolution4595]

Thanks for you time, hard work and for the memories. I can't believe I was not bored right through to the end, very entertaining.

[@krime1566]

i came because i wanted to hear you talk about siege, a game i have over 500 hours on, but i now know the roots of a game from a series that i knew almost nothing about, i really enjoyed this vid

[@TheLinscho]

Right as my surgery ends you upload this. THANK YOU

[@Dr3z02]

Wow. Really needed this in my life. Thank you. Keep it up bro

[@Zylothical]

This was a great watch, thanks Nick. Hope you keep putting out great vids like this.

[@frostsoul4199]

I honestly miss the tactical shooter Rainbow Six games. Siege practically abandoned the idea of a tactical shooter soon after it launched in order to pursue the hero shooter trend. Siege would work better if it wasn't shackled to a franchise based around tactics and hardcore shootings. R6 Vegas 1 and 2 were fast enough and the environments were great for the modes they offered. the destruction system Siege has would also work well in an actual R6 game.

[@stefanmarinkovic1229]

I mean out of all competetive fps games r6 siege is the most tactical IMO

[@frostsoul4199]

@@stefanmarinkovic1229 that's probably because it's the only tactical shooter in the competitive scene. and the game being competitive doesn't particularly make it great. if the game aimed to only satisfy the competitive crowd it'd lose a lot of players.

[@cheeseninja1115]

@@frostsoul4199 I feel siege has probably one of the best casual and competitive modes in combination, as most game lean one way or the other siege has been able to tread the line fairly well. This has lead to a strange mixture of balancing but I still think it keeps R6's core tenant of tactics and planning (comparative, seriously you need to see the backdowns people have done on the maps) along with quick thinking changes on the fly that came with the later entries seen in the casual mode.

[@CybertroninfiniteOfficial]

@@frostsoul4199 It's a good mix between comp and casual fps

[@startrekmike]

@@stefanmarinkovic1229 The term "tactical" tends to take on different meanings depending on the kind of game we are talking about. For a competitive shooter, tactics are a important part of the basic gameplay formula but that tactical element takes on an entirely different flavor in a competitive PvP multiplayer environment. The way you play Siege on a tactical level is entirely different than how you would play R6 1 through 3 on a tactical level. A big part of this is single player versus competitive multiplayer. In a single player focused title, you have a lot of freedom to slow down the pace and focus more on realistic, immersive tactical situations. As we saw in the first three games, the lack of 100% laser focus on competitive balance allowed the developers to focus more on capturing the feel of being in an elite, highly capable team even if that meant that enemies often felt underequipped in comparison.

[@surajladdagiri]

Why does this only have 12k views? It deserves at least 1 mil. My favorite vids on his channel are the documentaries and whenever he makes one, I start popping some popcorn

[@Nick930]

KZbin algorithm I guess. Oh well! Still fun making this

[@BossManSays]

@@Nick930 well done. This brings me back to great memories with friends back then.

[@Marcux_]

@@Nick930 thank you for doing these

[@DP12321]

Now has 812K, almost at 1 million 😁

[@C0NNiVE]

wow... this was very well put together. Thank you

[@TacShooter]

I must say that the quality of the video capture of such a wide range of titles is like nothing I have seen in any other survey. You must have put a lot of work into this and someone needed to document this history.

[@brandonlangiano]

Seriously well presented documentary! Great job 👍

[@Nick930]

Thank you very much! Greatly appreciated :)

[@petabread313]

This is easily my favorite type of content you create for the channel, as much work as I know it is. I look forward to these videos, even when it’s for games I don’t care for! ❤️

[@Nelekets]

Rainbow Six 3 / Black Arrow for Xbox Live is still the best gaming experience I've ever had in my life. Was in high school at the time, and had so many clan matches on Team Compete and Gamebattles. Will be an unforgettable experience for me! No other game will ever come close to the feeling I got during those 2 or so years.

[@cvbgdfdfdf]

You know your stuff. Your video hooked me in and I couldn’t stop watching it. And when you said AUG as letters, instead of saying it as a word, that made my day! Woohoo! Knowledge!

[@omidak885]

This video must have took a lot of your time and effort man. Thanks a lot

[@NewtonRPG]

I’ve now learned about Rainbow Six’s vast history.

[@Chamungus]

ok weeb

[@atheonxx]

ok weeb

[@somedudeonyoutube7086]

I will also say ok weeb

[@Lynnhaven6a6y]

Ok weeb

[@tangent.arc38618]

Ok weeb

[@arbiter-]

Just wanted to say I really appreciate this series of videos

[@muhammadbinfaisalalkhalifa1604]

Jeez 😮 The memories! This video kinda plays out like a Rainbow 6 documentary. Very in depth! Thank you.

[@MagTheMercenary]

Nice Nick finally been waiting for this!

[@killin910]

I remember watching my older brother do that bridge clearing mission. I had all but forgotten it was a rainbow six mission. just brought back even more OG xbox memories. youre going to make me cry.

[@RatchetandClank145]

I clicked this video not realizing how long it was I just finished it and realized that I have been sitting here for an hour. Great video!

[@miksulder]

Just amaizing video, respect. Lot of work put on this.

[@HalfBakedGreenery]

First time seeing this channel....already see IMMENSE potential

[@HellKnightX88]

I wish they made a new one with a a proper campaign focusing on high damage combat, smart AI and proper tactics instead of zombies and competitive multiplayer. Also wish Siege was more grounded with its designs and mechanics. It wasn't that bad at first but as time moved on it got crazier and crazier... Not to mention the writing for the operators looks like something akin to Donut Steel OCs off deviantArt.

[@sev8304]

I get that bro. The original 20 operators, the "Pathfinders" as they are called in-universe, are people that you would totally see in actual CTU. Like Sledge whose purpose is a sledgehammer, or Doc whose purpose is to be a field medic. But the newer operators just make no sense. Iana, a photosensitive albino that uses holograms to find targets. A flashbang could permanently blind her, but no it's fine because she has sci-fi contact lenses.

[@Regret2001]

@@sev8304 sci fi contact lenses? What?

[@sev8304]

@@Regret2001 Yup, she has sci-fi contact lenses so she can use her gadget and prevent simple muzzle flashes and other things from blinding her

[@tylma001]

This was awesome. More of this content please!

[@ACE0fFAITH437]

Legendary series! Fantastic video! subbed.

[@mirquddus8307]

Love your documentaries dude! Keep it up!

[@KungFuHotdog]

*Hey Nick, so glad you did this (believe I suggested this when I first became a Patreon supporter of yours).*

[@shaider1982]

In Rogue Spear, bugging that oligarch's house with the operative with a heart sensor was tough. Almost felt like a splinter cell mission in retrospect.

[@kayDawgTV]

The original Rainbow Six is still a fun game today. The option of creating plans for your teams, but also for yourself to participate in them is fantastic. The multiplayer was also AWESOME. Especially because it allowed mods to add your own weapons, character graphics and more.

[@MRC1997_]

Now that the 3 main Tom Clancy's series are covered (Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six), you could make one video with the other minor series: The Division, H.A.W.X (that Ace Combat rip-off), EndWar (that forgotten RTS game) and the recently but extremaly controversy Elite Squad.

[@peteryt357]

Does Politika count?

[@thevvraith]

This is so well put out! Been waiting for this one!

[@shazboz]

There was nothing like Rainbow Six when it came out and there is still nothing like else Rainbow Six today. Such a fantastic series!

[@christianrodolfo]

csgo?

[@SirDenzington89]

I haven’t looked at many of the comments so I’m sure this was said already but it’s just crazy how much content game companies used to give you. Oh here’s 2 expansions with 7 missions each and we’re giving you the second one for free. Now it seems like many games release give you the basics or bare minimum and sell you more later. Things really have changed

[@dreygrant97_productions21]

Been waiting for this video since u announced it!!! Thanks for doing a history of R6. Great video man!!!

[@NunSuperior]

What great memories, thanks for the video. I'm one of the modders from the R6/Rogue Spear days, the ARMM NATO mod series. It was good to see the old game in action again.

[@TheSquirreless]

Thank you for your service. NATO mods were great

[@AMP3083official]

Bro, do you remember Pie's Tactics? I remember playing the WW2 D-Day mod.

[@andrybetancourt8142]

Greetings. Are you still distributing that mod? I want to play that mod.

[@pureEron1994]

Great documentary, much love from Portugal! 🇵🇹

[@mr.zpickles7434]

I can’t believe I sat here for an hour to get the history of the rainbow franchise keep up the great work 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Dunn1216]

Let's gooooo. I have been waiting for this!

[@hugejanis6947]

Me too ever since I heard he was going to make it

[@markovranic295]

Same

[@shepergames3734]

The planning phase in the first game is something I have tremendously fond memories of. I still haven't played anything else that felt like that game. I appreciate the hard work on this doc. Well done.

[@El.Duder-ino]

Thank you Nick930!

[@miasma6666]

Will we ever see a 5h "History of Star Wars Games"? :D Thanks for your amazing work, your Videos kept me entertained for weeks! Im gonna join your Patreon next Month

[@Necr0Mancer666]

Beautiful work Nick! We need more contents like this.

[@alonsomakaroni]

"Hostages by "Infogrames" was actually the first game of this genre...release in 1988

[@Hollowdude15]

This was a nice and amazing video to watch and enjoy today and cool editing man :]

[@LetterBeginning]

Fantastic Video my dude❗

[@EXTIINCT_]

I love your documentaries. You're one of the few who actually go in depth properly and do it well. Since you've done History of Splinter Cell what about History of Syphon Filter and History of Metal Gear somewhere down the line?

[@Nick930]

Metal Gear Solid documentary is coming in December :)

[@TheRama2299]

I still remember R6 Siege's Closed Beta. The teams still were Blue and Orange, but they had logos that were throwbacks to Rogue Spear and Raven Shield. It's pretty sad that they removed them for the open beta and the global launch, it was such a nice detail. The round timeline didn't make it past the closed beta, it was as the name suggests was a timeline of different events during the round, when someone killed someone else, someone died, defuser dropped, defuser picked up, etc.

[@jakobebroke]

i’ve never played the first rainbow six game but it’s insane the level of technology and logic they had for the late 90s. maybe i just haven’t played enough games from that era but the planning phase and ability to pick different loadouts just seems wild to me for the time it was released

[@alvingreen7313]

I'm over 60 years old. Been a gamer for along time. Watching this video ,brought back memories,I have enjoyed playing Rainbow 6 games for years.Thank you.

[@remotaurog]

Back in 97 it was a brilliant game ,the planning of missions was fun ,one shot kills kept you on the edge of your seat.

[@VastGameMaster]

Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield is still the best and arguably the only one that still has it's identity, unlike Seige. I will never know why they couldn't just call it "Seige" without the "Rainbow Six" trademark. I blame everything on Serge Hascoet (Ubisoft's former Creative Director).

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Excellent video and so insightful to an amazing series and my favourite personally is Rouge Spear. Loved it as a kid when it first released.

[@Guacgamiing]

I really loved watching this video! So much information, I didn`t know about as well like the older games. Even if this video is 2 years old now, I really like it tho! And with Rainbow Six: Siege, I really love Vegas 1 & 2! They are such a great game!!! Thanks for this video!

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

“SIX” in a call sign refers to the lead element not the rank of a Navy Captain.

[@Firepelt21]

Vegas 2 hands down to me the best. Terrorist hunt pvp. Character customization. And that main menu music. Mmmmmm

[@axa993]

These videos are gold

[@dbrown2264]

Rogue Spear is still my favorite video game ever. Great video.

[@zuluonenineairsoft6628]

Ahhh Rogue Spear! Hours of fun. Before shooters were mindless for kids with gold and red guns!

[@CatholicShrimp]

Rainbow Six 3, is still my favorite.

[@azagedon]

Thank you so much for documenting my childhood. Great effort, detail and research time has gone into it. All that is missing is the mention of GameSpy that really glued the multiplay community together :-).

[@PiTBuLLeD]

I remember being really bummed out about having to move to gamespy when mplayer shut down. But it was better than zone

[@pko_2.0_pop7]

Msn zone was a better place, honestly. I miss online within MSN Zone community server when playing R6 Rogue Spear

[@ineedc3477]

MSN zone shouldn't be forgotten as well

[@DJBubbleBoy]

The Vegas games were peak Rainbow. If we could get something new like that (in a different location of course), I'd be very happy. I can't get into competitive multiplayer games. I need a campaign to truly enjoy a game.

[@capsuleboy]

yes man, the deal is that somebody knows how to do things and you end up being owned, or let's suppose he is in your team and he ends 30 - 0, that means that your game was not even valid.. you went strolling here and there, but in terms of what you enjoy or how much you affect the match, it is near to nothing. In Dota for example I learned to play so well with a couple of heroes that I almost feel sorry when guys get killed, they respawn and as soon as they appear I kill them again.. That is what happens online, I feel that if I buy Raibow 6 I would have a very bad time, I saw some people do things like killing somebody knowing their possible location, but not seeing them really. And that really puts me away, I dont think I will ever buy Siege..

[@DJBubbleBoy]

@@capsuleboy i mean, I just don't like a lot of people and find competitive gaming to be utterly pointless.

[@CyberCam1969]

Great video! I miss games like this early versions of this series. R6 & R6: Rogue Spear are still my all time favorite shooters of all time. The less is more approach to weaponry has always had more balance gameplay (BFBC 1& 2 also proved that) and I miss the planing phase of the early R6 games! The early releases of this game, were way ahead of their time back then.