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Rainbow Six Extraction coins 2022’s first stupid marketing term: “lore gameplay trailer"Because “gameplay trailers” without gameplay weren’t enough

Because “gameplay trailers” without gameplay weren’t enough

Fighting monsters in a Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction screenshot.

Video game marketers are eternally trying to one up each other with stupid terms. From the industry which bought you “levelution”, the “drivatar”, and “gameplay trailers” which aren’t gameplay comes a new one: “gameplay lore trailer”. The year has barely begun but Ubisoft are gunning it out the gate with the newRainbow Six Siegetrailer. This new gameplay lore trailer—yeesh!—explains why a game set within Tom Clancy’s serious world of paranoid jingoistic masturbation is overrun with a weird parasite mutating people into monsters.

Rainbow Six Extraction: Lore Gameplay Trailer | Ubisoft [NA]Watch on YouTube

Rainbow Six Extraction: Lore Gameplay Trailer | Ubisoft [NA]

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Honestly, it doesn’t bother me that Ubisoft are running roughshod over Tom Clancy’s trash fictional universe. I do think it’s a shame that they’ve turned their backs on the sorts of tactical and stealth action games they used make under Tom Clancy’s purchased name, but I have no attachment to the #lore. Ignoring any heritage, R6 Extraction does look like it could be quite fun. I’m always game for cooperative monster-mashing.

Our Ed recently played a wee bit fora previewand he enjoyed it.

I am curious to see how its tactical mutant-murdering sneak-o-violence stacks up againstGTFO, a game whose horrors are so horrific that I just can’t with that game. It impresses me as much as it unsettles.

Rainbow Six Extraction is due to launch on the 20th of January. As well as having aBuddy Passsystem letting owners invite pals to play with them for a fortnight, itwill be on Game Pass. Ubisoft seem very keen for people to play Extraction one way or another.

But seriously, “gameplay lore trailer”? Get outta here, you.