The game is brutal and unforgiving, but when it clicks, it really clicks

a defender as he makes a certain corridor a kill box, and instead abseiling from the roof and taking him out through a window.

TerroHunt, the classic terrorist-toasting mode, returns, but it’s now a horde-style affair more akin to Call Of Duty’s Zombies or Gears Of War’s Horde mode. It’s fun for a time, especially with mic’d up friends, but it loses its lustre fast. Not so the multiplayer offering – with its endless cycles of destructible walls and merciless prerequisite for precision, Siege is something else when you and the rest of your squad start communicating and working as one blunt tool of force.

The game certainly won’t be to everyone’s taste, especially with its stubborn shedding of modern tropes (although it does feature microtransactions), but if you’re sick of the tasteless gruel of Call Of Duty’s recent offerings,

Rainbow Six: Siege is a trigger that’s definitely worth pulling.

top LEFT Even in death you can be of assistance, relaying enemy locations via spectator cam Top Right Rather than building an avatar with XP, Siege offers various operators with defined skillsets Abo ve Locations range from banks to suburban homes Abo ve right There’s a genuine sense of tension as you hunt your enemies