On August 22, the new trailer for the tactical shooter Rainbow Six Extraction was released. It shows you 5 minutes of gameplay and various new gadgets. Furthermore, the trailer explains how Rainbow Six Extraction aims for endless replayability. We at MeinMMO summarize.
What is Rainbow Six Extraction? Originally presented under the name Rainbow Six Quarantine, the co-op shooter has now chosen a more fitting name. In Extraction, you fight through nasty, slimy aliens with the familiar operators from Siege.
In contrast to Siege, there is no PvP element in Extraction; you only play cooperatively with two others against the NPCs. However, these are supposed to be particularly challenging. Tactics, communication, and teamwork are said to be the key to victory.
What does the new trailer show? In the nearly five-minute-long trailer, you can see a lot of in-game scenes and a heap of new information. It explains how the “endless replayability” comes about. At its core, the following information is provided:
- 18 different operators as playable characters, making over 800 team combinations possible.
- 12 maps, all at least three times larger than Rainbow Six Siege maps.
- 13 different mission types.
- 25 different gadgets.
- 65 customizable weapons.
- A progression system where you can improve the abilities of various operators.
- 13 different enemy types with random mutations.
Here you can watch the trailer yourself:
No match should feel the same
How do the rounds differ? In each round, you can choose a different operator, of which 18 will be in the game at launch. Extraction will only use operators from Siege and will not introduce any new, original operators.
Each operator has their own ability, allowing for up to 800 different combinations. You will then carry out your mission on one of 12 different maps, which take place in San Francisco, New Mexico, Alaska, and New York, and may look different depending on the mission type and enemy type.
You can equip yourself with 65 different customizable weapons and exciting tactical gadgets. This includes a glue grenade that holds enemies down or a mobile wall that blocks projectiles. That way, you are prepared for the various enemy types that will challenge you differently in each round due to random mutations.
Different ways to challenge the aliens
What mission types are there? Not all the different types are shown in the trailer, but we see the following confirmed missions:
- Nest Tracking: In this mode, you attach trackers to the alien eggs to track them later.
- Sabotage: Here, a bomb is placed in the nest to eliminate the aliens.
- Shutdown: In this mode, the task is to take out an entire base and shut down multiple spawns.
- Specimen: In this mission type, you must capture a particularly strong alien alive by luring it into a trap.
- Decontamination: Destroy as many eggs as possible, because no one likes alien eggs.
- MIA: If you lose an operator in battle, you have a chance to rescue them with an MIA mission. It’s a rescue mission.
The trailer does not reveal more mission types, but there are supposed to be 7 more at launch.
High stakes, high rewards
How does progression work? After each completed mission, you can choose whether to extract and claim the experience or to go straight into the next mission. This gives you the chance for more experience and more loot, but you also carry the risk of coming out empty-handed in the end.
With the experience, you can then improve your skills, for example, by further developing the hammer of operator Sledgehammer to take out stronger enemies, or by leveling up the invisibility of Vigil to cloak your entire team.
At a certain level, even new enemies come into play. The so-called “Proteans” are aliens that mimic your operators and represent the deadliest and most dangerous enemies in Rainbow Six Extraction.
Are you excited about the game? Do you like the co-op approach without PvP and are you intrigued by the slimy alien threat? Let us know in the comments.
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