Fans of shooters might look at Rainbow Six Siege Mobile as a much-needed tactical break from the usual fast-paced mobile shooting experience. Being a mobile adaptation of the core Rainbow Six Siege title, fans of the Rainbow Six brand can expect the same destructible environments and a more tactical approach to portable combat, albeit adjusted to fit mobile devices.
With these in mind, fans of Rainbow Six Siege might wonder what exactly to expect from Rainbow Six Siege Mobile as a portable outing of the Rainbow Six game. Aside from an overall mobile conversation, just what else should fans anticipate upon playing the new title?
7 Graphics Take A Big Blow
If there’s anything immediately noticeable between Rainbow Six Siege Mobile and the core Rainbow Six Siege experience, it will be the graphics. Whereas Rainbow Six Siege usually boasts a lot of detail to improve the level of immersion players have in the tactical shooter, a lot of this graphical integrity vanishes with Rainbow Six Siege Mobile.
Instead, Mobile takes a more straightforward approach in terms of graphics and aims to make things as understandable as possible. This entails making both interactive and non-interactive segments of the map more tied together to meet a bit of mobile immersion but lacking a bit of detail to support the graphical limitations of a mobile device. Interestingly enough, these graphical limitations also somehow translate into a bit of the gameplay of the mobile title.
6 Destructibility Takes A Hit
One of the most interesting observations regarding Rainbow Six Siege Mobile is that the game tries to emulate the signature destructibility of Rainbow Six Siege’s tactical gameplay as faithfully as possible despite the format restrictions. This means mobile players are still able to fortify parts of maps and destroy much of them in the same way they’re destructible in the base game.
However, destructibility certainly takes a hit in where they’re most available when compared to the main entry. For instance, Bank, Border, and Clubhouse are the currently available maps in the game. And while they all retain their signature “looks,” there are changes to lighting and access to objects like ladders to help accommodate fast-paced gameplay. What’s also noticeable are the levels of destructibility present, such as in Bank where aren’t any vertical destructibles dividing the first floor and the top floor.
5 Less Operators, Less Ownership
Similar to other mobile adaptations, Rainbow Six Siege Mobile also suffers a bit with regard to the availability of playable characters. As with games like Apex Legends Mobile and League of Legends: Wild Rift, the lack of playable characters makes sense due to the sheer number of Operators in the core Rainbow Six Siege experience. In the Mobile iteration, Operators confirmed thus far are Ash, Bandit, Caveira, Hibana, Mute, Sledge, Smoke, Thermite, Twitch, and Valkyrie.
However, what perhaps makes Operators stand out in Mobile are currently two (2) things. First, load-outs are yet to be customizable, meaning Operators are stuck with whatever weapon they currently have. The second element is more noticeable, wherein players don’t necessarily get to “own” their Operators. Players can immediately notice that Mobile doesn’t let players “buy” their Operators. Instead, players have to spend Operator Tickets to get the privilege of playing an Operator, and it’s implied that these Operator Tickets are earned either in-game or in the cash shop.
4 Bots Are Equally Smart And Stupid
A game like Rainbow Six Siege is driven by both tactics and speed, making the game rather harsh to players who are used to the gung-ho approach of wilder FPS titles. And considering how many smartphones in the market aren’t necessarily paving the way for extremely pinpoint controls, maintaining the same degree of tactical expectations with Rainbow Six Siege Mobile can make it a rather difficult game to enjoy.
Unlike the core Siege game, Mobile enjoys the presence of bots, where most of them serve as background fodder for players to fight against to get used to the game’s mechanics slowly. During a player’s first few matches, bots will form most teams. However, real players will slowly pop up in teams as players develop their experience. Some bots seem hardwired to learn based on their real player companions' reactions, but said reactions don’t always translate to the field. Not only that, some bots lack the same “game sense” Siege players usually have when it comes to deeper tactics, resulting in lackluster gameplay.
3 Movement Is More Straightforward
Given how Rainbow Six Siege is less a straight-up cooperative shooter and more of a tactical shooter, precision movement is king in its gameplay. Reckless players give away their footsteps to enemies, and moving too close or too far from an objective can make a difference between securing a location or leaving it undetected. Thankfully, Rainbow Six Siege Mobile takes care of many of these discrepancies with a more straightforward movement system.
Whereas the main game demands players time their jumps, crouches, and vaults to move their characters how they want to, Rainbow Six Siege Mobile offers a slight shortcut. Thanks to the game’s mechanics, players immediately Auto-Sprint with the left stick tilted forward, and there’s an Auto-Vault feature when pushing against an object. Not only that, but players are now able to ADS and Reload, as well as lean while on ADS - features not available in the main game.
2 Aim Assist Takes A Lot Of Tactical Load Off
Due to the smaller screens and limited controls of most mobile devices, shooters like Rainbow Six Siege Mobile aren’t necessarily as harsh as its primary game counterpart regarding scoring perfect aim. Like other mobile shooters, Rainbow Six Siege Mobile also possesses an Aim Assist, a feature that can make the game both highly accessible and frustrating for players.
As the name implies, Aim Assist takes care of many tactical aiming problems for players. Unlike the main Rainbow Six Siege game, wherein missing a target could spell life and death between players, just missing a few pixels away from the target can still secure a kill. This is also observable with cameras and gadgets, making tactical moves much faster to execute and fulfill for most participants.
1 Gadget Projection Leads To Faster Gameplay
Players of Rainbow Six Siege know that precision and speed are key - preparing defenses and breaching past the enemies as soon as possible can secure a match pretty quickly. Such is the same with Rainbow Six Siege Mobile gameplay; only Ubisoft wanted to make the tactical component as accessible as possible.
Aside from Aim Assist, Gadgets specifically enjoy something called gadget projection. Similar to games like Apex Legends, Rainbow Six Siege Mobile now enjoys holographic projections when aiming a gadget in a particular area. This immediately previews the ending location of a Gadget being placed, giving players more information to react much faster. This is quite unlike the main game, where players don’t have gadget projection but rather have to rely on intuition and accuracy to set up properly.
Rainbow Six Siege Mobile is currently available on iOS and Android.