Few things seem to get gamers riled up more than being deceived over a new release. One of the most recent cases of this can be found with Ubisoft and Rainbow Six Siege. Lately, Ubisoft has been receiving a lot of complaints over the fact that Terrorist Hunt, a mode which tasks the player with eliminating a certain number of enemies within a given time limit, can only be played if an internet connection is available. According to the offended gamers, Ubisoft made a number of statements leading up to the release of Rainbow Six Siege that seemed to indicate otherwise.

One of the central statements in this debate comes from Community Representative Ubi-Surulies on the game’s official forums. According to this post:

“The creative vision for Rainbow Six Siege has always been strongly focused on a compelling cooperative and multiplayer experience. The game supports solo play when playing Terrorist Hunt offline & online and we will provide further details on single-player content in the near future.”

— Ubi-Surulies

This clearly states that Terrorist Hunt can be played with and without an internet connection. Furthermore, an Ubisoft Support Manufacturer allegedly claimed on Amazon that:

“Yes, you can play Rainbow Six Siege offline vs AI in game modes such as ‘Terrorist Hunt’. All of the Terrorist Hunt modes can be tackled solo as well, although difficulty will not scale down for you and, of course, you’ll still have only one life.”

Looking at the same question now, however, clearly states that Terrorist Hunt is online only due to its ties to the character progression system. A further statement (made a few days ago) by Ubisoft Community Manager UbiEpi once again clearly states that an internet connection is required for Terrorist Hunt.

There certainly is a clear difference in what was being stated a few months ago compared to now; however there are a number of reasons this could be so. It’s quite possible that Ubisoft intended to keep Terrorist Hunt available offline, then changed it a short time later for some reason. It could always just be a case of somebody being confused and handing out the wrong information. Even still, it may actually be a case of Ubisoft deceiving their customers. Whatever the reason for this discordant information, it may not wind up mattering. While no promises were made, UbiEpi did promise to pass along the suggestion to

Siege‘s development team, so there may be a chance of an offline mode yet.

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