History VideoGame / RainbowSixSiege

** There are many destructible wooden trapdoors at completely inappropriate positions such as in the middle of a kitchen or office.

** Naturally, Frag Grenades are available. Useful for killing defenders, clearing utility, and making traversable holes with the right timing. Due to their high versatility, they are sparingly available and are primarily used by [[DropTheHammer Sledge]], [[MechanicallyUnusualClass Maverick]], and [[{{Nanomachines}} Finka]].

* DropTheHammer: Each of the exterminators wield a modified versions of Sledge's Cabre instead of their usual weapon.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: Many of the guns are not actually used by their [=CTUs=] in real life, and are presumably present just for [[CoolGuns coolness]] and making sure that at least one gun is from the country the CTU is from. The biggest offender would be the Desert Eagles that the Navy SEAL operators use, but later additions with the CBRN and SDU feature guns that either aren't used by any military yet or ''never even entered the prototype phase!''

** Zofia and Lion received elite skins dressing them up as VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 Jill Valentine and VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Leon Kennedy, respectively, for the series' 25th anniversary.
** On April 15, 2021, Smoke and Sledge received bundles turning them into [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Pickle Rick and a Gromflomite]] respectively.
** Echo received an elite skin that turns him into the [[{{VideoGame/Yakuza}} Mad Dog of Shimano, Goro Majima]].

* SecurityBlindspot: Several of the game's stealth missions allow the player to see the vision radius of [[SeeTheInvisible detectors]], and either avoid their patrols, disable them with abilities, or teleport across gaps in their vision.

** While all the operators look like TheStoic at a glance, they actually have distinct backgrounds and personalities that you can only read in their bios in the operator screen. Or the [[TheWikiRule Wiki.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** While GSG 9 operators all wearing hoodies, jeans and sneakers is definitely ArtisticLicenseMilitary, it ''does'' have a basis in reality - Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK) are a German special response unit of state police that really do have [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f9/a9/95/f9a995032b1fe7e056c8fd4bcbd6003e.jpg members just put their equipment over plainclothes]] (off-duty officers do it when suddenly asked to report to a crime scene to save time), and sneakers can legitimately be advantageous over combat boots by the virtues of being much lighter and quieter. Lesion's cargo shorts could also be explained the same way, as some Hong Kong Police units are known to go into combat in cargo shorts when in emergency reaction operations.
** It is actually very common for an American Delta like Maverick to be wearing traditional Afghan attire in Afghanistan, as it helps them blend in with the local population.

* KillEmAll: The main point of both the [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] modes and Terrorist Hunt. In [=PvP=], the easiest way to win is to simply kill off all of the Attackers or Defenders respectively. In Terrorist Hunt, it's also easier to kill off all of the terrorists first, then accomplish the objective. Unless it's Elimination, where it is the whole point.

* '''Operation Solar Raid''': Adds a Colombian AFEAU Operator[[note]]Solis[[/solis]], the map NIGHTHAVEN Labs, and changes to the rank and battlepass system.

%%* '''Operation Solar Raid''': Adds a Colombian Operator[[note]]Solis[[/solis]], the map NIGHTHAVEN Labs, and changes to the rank and battlepass system.

* RareGuns: As typical for the series after the original game, there are a few of them, such as Fuze's prototype AK-12, Smoke's FMG-9, Valkyrie's SPAS-12 and both her and Blackbeard's Desert Eagles. Later updates have continued this, with prototypes like the [=SIX12=] shotgun and guns that never even left the concept phase like both the CBRN operators' primary assault rifles.

** Ash received an elite skin dressing her up as classic [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft]].

** A really tricky way to use the claymores is to punch a tiny hole on a wall so that its laser sticks through a bit. This will cause it to blow up when triggered by enemies across the wall. ExaggeratedTrope now that Maverick can make said holes in any surface and has access to claymores
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: This time, instead of focusing on characters from a single unified international Team Rainbow, the character roster is spread around the Counter-Terrorist Units around the world that formed Team Rainbow, which includes both [[UsefulNotes/TheModernDayRambo military units]] and [[SWATTeam law enforcement units]]. Current [=CTUs=] include the British SAS, American FBI SWAT, French GIGN, Russian Spetsnaz (more specifically Alpha Group), German GSG 9, Canadian [=JTF2=], American Navy [=SEALs=], Brazilian BOPE, Japanese SAT, Spanish GEO, Polish JW GROM, Hong Kong SDU, South Korean 707th SMB, Italian GIS, London's [=SCO19=], and America's Delta Force, with plans to add more from the Moroccan GIGR.

* GunAccessories: Gun modification is present in the game, though there is not much variety and most players would gravitate to the same choices. An interesting note is that the Russian Spetsnaz guns use Russian gun sights, though all of them are analogues to the other sights.

* GuideDangIt: Short video tutorials, text descriptions, and situations do an okay job at explaining the basic mechanics, but with fifty-plus operators with unique mechanics and more than a dozen highly-modifiable maps, ''Siege'' can be a difficult game for players to get a handle of.

** Taken UpToEleven with the [[SugarBowl Rainbow is Magic]] [[https://youtu.be/cyzqxRHLPpk update]]. Sadly, it was removed from the game on April 15, 2019.

** UpToEleven with the CBRN, whose default uniform is bright neon yellow. Even their alternate outfits, while more supdued, are still glossy neon colors in Blue and Green.

*** Maverick takes this UpToEleven by having a gadget that lets him breach reinforced walls in any way he likes, be it small peek holes or straight through electrified or muted walls.

* RocketTagGameplay: One-shot headshots and very fast time-to-kill make any firefight fast-paced and deadly. This is taken UpToEleven in the [[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 Golden Gun]] arcade playlist, where any hit is an instant kill. Make your one shot count.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Several of the missions in the base game are loosely based upon real-life commando raids. For example, "Clubhouse" is based upon [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18195006 German police raids on the Hells Angels]], "Bank" is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_California_Bank_robbery United California bank robbery]], "Plane" on the raid of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_8969 Air France flight 8969]], "Oregon" on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas]], and so on.

* AdultFear: The Article 5 Situation, which has Rainbow clear a university campus of White Masks who have attacked it with chemical weapons.[[spoiler:It's shown that despite Rainbow's intervention, the White Masks have already inflicted mass casualties.]] There is also a multiplayer map that takes place in a two-story suburban home, complete with a child's bedroom.

Available from April 26 to May 17, 2022, Rengoku is a symmetric Domination-style gamemode on a slightly modified Skyscraper. Attackers and Defenders, the Devoted and the Possessed, fight over a trio of objectives that rotate around the map and gain points depending on how many they control. Whoever reaches 300 points or the most after 10 minutes wins. All operators have increased health and speed, can jump up hatches, and are equipped with shotguns and kunai with a variety of special effects.

* '''Operation Demon Veil''': Adds a Japanese police officer-turned-bodyguard [[note]]Azami[[/note]], team deathmatch, and later in the season, the map "Emerald Plains".

* '''Team Deathmatch''': A multiplayer mode where players can change their operator between respawns as well as their loadout as they race for 80 kills or highest amount after five minutes. Intended as a warmup mode with chat disabled. Added in Year 7 Season 1.