It’s up to REACT to infiltrate each area, extract intel, rescue survivors, and fight the parasite, now called Archaeans. In short, the parasitic Chimera virus has returned to Earth and been isolated into quarantine zones.
However, the high quality cinematic cutscenes, detailed in-game codex, and polished menus of Extraction provide an abundance of narrative context for why Rainbow is handling an alien invasion, and make a very good first impression in the story department. Counter-terrorism units combating alien invaders, and the strategic gunplay of Siege turned toward horde mode-like scenarios, seem mismatched. I wasn’t a big fan of Outbreak when it first launched in Siege, and Extraction wasn’t on my radar. So, what’s the difference between the two games?Įxtraction replaces Siege’s competitive multiplayer and transfers its gameplay loop into a fully team-based, co-op shooter experience, expanding heavily upon Outbreak, the limited-time PvE game mode that debuted in Siege way back in 2018, in both its narrative and gameplay formula. In this game, they’re called the Rainbow Exogenous Analysis and Containment Team (REACT). It’s also a spin-off of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, sharing the same engine (Ubisoft Anvil), fundamental shooting mechanics, and eclectic cast of fictional Counter-Terrorism Units (CTUs), with military operators that have their own unique abilities and loadouts that the player can customize. In a nutshell, for those unfamiliar: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction is a tactical multiplayer game where you take on strategic missions with procedurally generated objectives and enemies with up to three players in co-operative, player versus environment (PvE) first-person shooter gameplay.