Rainbow Six Extraction
Developer/publisher Ubisoft (Montreal)
Format Luna, PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series (tested)
Release Out now
You never fully appreciate what you have, they say, until it’s gone. Which seems to explain the origin of Extraction, spun off as it is from Outbreak, the 2018 Rainbow Six Siege event which introduced zombielike aliens to the tactical shooter for a single month. And if we were looking for further evidence that absence makes the heart grow fonder, we needn’t look much further than our precious operators.
Like much of – the gunplay, the gadgets, the Real Blast tech that enables you to demolish’s now-enormous roster, with just the occasional tweak to the 18 on offer. Jäger’s turret now shoots incoming enemies rather than just popping grenades. Pulse’s heartbeat sensor picks out the pulse of nests that spawn more monsters, style, when activated. Sledge, meanwhile, remains joyously simple: a man with a big hammer and an allegedly Scottish accent that has a tendency to wander.
