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.

Even the smallest donations help me make these videos! (I record all of my own footage and need to purchase several old games for the footage)
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Check out "Rogue-9"'s fantastic coverage of R6: Siege's early development

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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

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[Nick]

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!


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.

[jaejae]

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

[arsen]

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

[ststst]

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

[Robert]

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.

[donkeykong]

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

[akiba]

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.

[Kriegter]

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

[diddlysheep]

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

[bruhhhhmoment]

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

[Gonken]

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.

[WraithDesignz]

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

[wheneggsdrop]

The Idea of realism went out the window.

[snaggletooth]

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.

[TheChsenOne]

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

[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.

[saml]

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

[KingDaveth]

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

[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...

[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.