There’s a brand new Rainbow Six sport out at present, nevertheless it’s not like any earlier entry in Ubisoft’s long-running tactical shooter franchise. As a substitute, this new entry, Rainbow Six SMOL, is a top-down, cartoony, roguelite cellular 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 sport, however as a substitute a brand new spin-off based mostly on the Rainbow Six franchise.
Ubisoft describes SMOL as a “top-down isometric rogulelite shooter” that encompasses 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 totally different missions world wide. 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 possibility right here to widen the viewers a bit, with a extra approachable tackle the Rainbow Six universe,” artistic director Renaud Forestié instructed The Verge.
Like Rainbow Six Siege, SMOL contains extremely destructible environments, letting gamers method every mission in a different way based mostly on their play type. Wanna go in heavy and loud? You are able to do that and break down all of the partitions that get in your manner. Wanna be quiet and sneak round? You are able to do that too, offered you’ve the proper 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 signifies that after every profitable mission gamers can use earned XP and credit to unlock new upgrades and weapons for his or her operators. Nevertheless, if an operator dies, that’s it. They’re useless and gone ceaselessly. Ubisoft says dropping is “not advisable.”
One thing to bear in mind: As a result of this can be a Netflix-exclusive sport there aren’t any in-game microtransactions to cope with right here (although that rule would possibly change someday…) So every part in SMOL is unlocked and earned by gameplay. Which is good, 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 choice later.
Rainbow Six SMOL is out now on Android and iOS.
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