An Uninspired Shooter

Ubisoft’s latest first-person shooter is built on the bones of Rainbow Six Siege’s Outbreak event, which threw its players into a sci-fi alien invasion. Rainbow Six Extraction serves up a direct sequel to Outbreak, picking up where its story left off with the world suffering from an overwhelming alien invasion.

- Tim Augustin

A GLANCE

DEVELOPER Ubisoft Montreal

PUBLISHER Ubisoft

GENRE First-person, tactical shooter

PLATFORM PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox X/S, Luna, Stadia

PLAYERS SINGLE , CO-OP

Extraction’s story kicks off right after a hostile alien force known as the Archaeans invades Earth, infesting famous monuments and creating mysterious nests. To combat this threat, Operators from Siege form REACT, a group that infiltrates infested locations all around the world to extract information about these creepy aliens. While the game can be played solo, it’s best enjoyed in co-op multiplayer where Operators work together in teams of three.

Each incursion takes you to a map composed of three smaller locations. Once you complete a sub-map’s objective, you can choose to either extract early with all your XP, or keep going to the next area to complete more objectives for even more XP; but it’s risky business going for 100% completion every time.