There’s a brand new Rainbow Six recreation out immediately, nevertheless it’s not like any earlier entry in Ubisoft’s long-running tactical shooter franchise. As an alternative, this new entry, Rainbow Six SMOL, is a top-down, cartoony, roguelite cell shooter unique to Netflix subscribers.
This new Rainbow Six spin-off was first revealed on February 20 throughout the Rainbow Six Siege Invitational occurring in São Paulo, Brazil. Whereas it does characteristic some acquainted faces from Siege, this isn’t a direct sequel of that recreation, however as a substitute a brand new spin-off primarily based on the Rainbow Six franchise.
Ubisoft describes SMOL as a “top-down isometric rogulelite shooter” that includes a “tiny, humorous, whimsical” spin on the Tom Clancy Rainbow Six universe. Out now on iOS and Android, SMOL has gamers controlling a squad of R6 operators as they tackle completely different missions all over the world. Every operator has their very own weapons, bonuses, and distinctive skills. Ubisoft says gamers must construct squads from recruited operators to make the right workforce for every mission.
“We noticed a chance right here to widen the viewers a bit, with a extra approachable tackle the Rainbow Six universe,” artistic director Renaud Forestié informed The Verge.
Like Rainbow Six Siege, SMOL contains extremely destructible environments, letting gamers method every mission in a different way primarily based on their play model. Wanna go in heavy and loud? You are able to do that and break down all of the partitions that get in your method. Wanna be quiet and sneak round? You are able to do that too, supplied you’ve gotten the appropriate workforce and operators.
This can be a roguelite, which is a little bit of a nebulous time period as of late, however on this case, it implies that after every profitable mission gamers can use earned XP and credit to unlock new upgrades and weapons for his or her operators. Nonetheless, if an operator dies, that’s it. They’re useless and gone endlessly. Ubisoft says shedding is “not advisable.”
One thing to remember: As a result of this can be a Netflix-exclusive recreation there are not any in-game microtransactions to take care of right here (although that rule would possibly change in the future…) So every part in SMOL is unlocked and earned by means of gameplay. Which is sweet, however I’m a bit unhappy to see this locked behind a Netflix account. I’d relatively simply spend $15 on it and play it on my PC or console. Hopefully, that turns into an possibility later.
Rainbow Six SMOL is out now on Android and iOS.
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