Killed by Ubisoft - The Tragedy of Rainbow Six Extraction
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Published 2023-04-14
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After a long hiatus, which intersected with the canceled Patriots game, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six returned to market with Rainbow Six: Siege in 2015. The online tactical shooter launched to positive critical reception but little fanfare, its early days beset by game-breaking bugs and frustrating server errors. Ubisoft Montréal navigated the maelstrom of issues over time, elevating the title to a standard of quality where it could competently dominate in the oversaturated games-as-a-service space. With Siege’s PvP multiplayer on lock, Ubisoft tried its hand at PvE by building upon the alien-infested Outbreak mode that debuted in Siege. The publisher originally subtitled the endeavor Quarantine, then rebranded as Extraction because of the coronavirus pandemic. Regardless of its naming conventions, many would argue the PvE experience hardly stood a chance.
Not unlike its predecessor, Extraction hit retailers and digital storefronts with little in the way of anticipation. Ubisoft Montréal’s newest Rainbow Six entry missed the mark critically, however, its at-best average review scores painting the picture of a spinoff that couldn’t live up to that which came before. It was a technically sound shooter, sure, but very little of what made Siege successful reflected in Extraction.
Worse still, Extraction arrived amid a crisis of identity for Tom Clancy’s gaming franchises. Longtime players were begging for back-to-basics tactical shooters and stealth games, while the French publisher supplied bombastic, over-the-top experiences that ignored the grounded qualities so beloved in the likes of Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, and Splinter Cell. In terms of optics, then, an alien invasion-centric co-op shooter couldn’t have launched at a worst time for Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy IP.
This is the tragedy of Rainbow Six: Extraction.
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All Comments (21)
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Ubisoft keeps abandoning games and forcing devs to do what literally no one has asked them to do. Its amazing.
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Ubisoft is a one big tragedy.
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I thought this was just a gamemode being added to Siege when I first heard of it.
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Ubisoft actually have a very noble goal in mind that no one talks about. Through exploiting the Tom Clancy name for all it's worth, they intend to provide the world with free clean power by harnessing the energy of Tom Clancy spinning in his grave.
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The real tragedy is that Ubisoft destroyed R6 along with every other Clancy series. Siege should have never carried the R6 name. Now look where we are...aliens.
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As someone who played a demo of old Rainbow 6 tactical shooter, I'm sure that many absolutely would want things to go back to that.
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I want rainbow 6 to go back to being a tactical PvE shooter with objectives like Vegas and Vegas 2.
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It’s amazing how Ubisoft has consistently ignored fans for YEARS now, releasing games that are largely forgettable, unpopular, and die off quickly yet people STILL have faith in them every release cycle. The next Assassin’s creed game will likely be covered either here or by NerdSlayer in the next 2-3 years
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I feel like Ubisoft has abandoned itself. Abandoning their identity of the publisher/developers that they once were.
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The narrating and editing on this channel have been so good for years
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"Let's make a full price PvE version of a popular PvP shooter, based on a limited time zombie event in that game." Yeah... can't imagine how that failed...
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Does anyone remember when, in Rainbow Six, you spend 30 minutes setting up a plan, and spend 2 minutes to execute? Good times.
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The fact that they thought they could get away with scrapping the campaign but still have the balls to charge $60 is just baffling. And even with the eventual price reduction the game still felt overpriced.
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I would love for them to do a piece on SCORN! Not because it was a failure, but because it actually came out! Even after being so close to being abandoned all together! I think a deeper dive into the history of that game would be interesting.
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Thanks for the shoutout GVMERS! Love the channel. Sad to see how Ubisoft treats their IPs.
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You should make a video about the rise and fall of E3, at some point. I think that would make a very interesting video.
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Me and my sister played a lot of this game when it came out. You guys are absolutely right about the fact that it shouldn't be called r6 but its a shame that it got abandoned, it was a fun coop shooter
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The direction of the Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell series' is all a big tragedy.
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Because of the exclusivity on the Epic Game Store and Ubisoft UPlay I legitimately forgot this and Far Cry 6 even came out
