A handful of rounds. That’s all I’d ever played of Siege walking into this Blood Orchid hands-on. I remember loving what I played of it, but for one reason or another, I moved on. Competitive gaming has never been my scene, always opting to lone wolf against A.I. or to just trot through a game’s single-player campaign. Knowing full well Siege’s fan base is passionate and that it’s huge in eSports at the moment, perhaps there’s no better time for me to return.
Because, even though I had no idea what was going on, Siege is a whole lot of fun and the new update, Blood Orchid, offers up a few new ways to play and a really neat map titled Theme Park.
To compliment the new Theme Park map, the Blood Orchid update also introduces three new Operators.
I don’t envy an Operator that happens upon someone who plays Lesion well, either. I got on the wrong end of his Gu mines once or twice, and they’re just awful to deal with. True to his name, his mines inject a lingering and disorienting poison that leaves an Operator open to attack. Being able to deploy up to seven of these at once, as a defending player, is super cool and opens up a whole lot of ways to set up perimeter defenses.
I started the day having only played a handful of rounds. Now that I’ve played a handful more, I think it’s about time I rejoin the party.
Rainbox Six Siege: Blood Orchid has a tentative release date of September 5th
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