Rumor: New Rainbow Six to introduce morality system

According to a new report, the next Rainbow Six will be "far more story-driven" than previous games in the series, and will focus heavily on a morality system.

Andrew Yoon

June 23, 2011 3:45 PM

Kotaku has supposedly seen Ubisoft's next Rainbow Six game, offering two screenshots and a description to boot. Apparently, the new Rainbow Six will be "far more story-driven" than previous games in the series, and will focus heavily on a morality system. In the new game, a domestic terrorist group targets New York City, and it's up to players to make "in-the-moment decisions." In the demoed sequence, a hostage is taken captive with explosives strapped to his chest. The HUD will highlight body parts on enemies, showing how you can avoid (or execute) lethal shots. In addition, the HUD will point out possible casualties, should the bomb go off (like a nearby bus, filled with nearly a hundred people). You can choose to kill the innocent hostage, or risk the lives of everyone else.

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Players will assume momentary control of other characters to maximize the dramatic impact of your decisions. You will be able to "play" as the hostage before the mission: you will be forced to hold the trigger button to prevent the explosive vest from detonating. If in your mission, you kill the hostage, you'll see the events play back from his perspective as an emotional punishment, of sorts. Each level will have multiple endings, and the flow of the game is supposed to "drastically change" based on your decisions. As a result, should the game continue progressing in this way, it will be impossible to see everything the game has to offer without multiple playthroughs. Oddly, as exciting as the premise sounds, Ubisoft has, apparently, not fully committed to the idea of focusing on this new morality gimmick. Obviously, it's a very different direction for the franchise--one that will take expert execution to properly pull off.

Andrew Yoon

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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According to a new report, the next Rainbow Six will be "far more story-driven" than previous games in the series, and will focus heavily on a morality system.
- RikiTiki2
  
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  June 23, 2011 3:47 PM
  
  shoot hostages for dark side points?
  - Dravenport
    
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    June 23, 2011 3:49 PM
    
    shoot 500 hostages and unlock a red lightsabre
    - soggybagel
      
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      June 23, 2011 4:11 PM
      
      NIGHT VISION...ON!!!!
- Dravenport
  
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  June 23, 2011 3:48 PM
  
  lost me at morality system, if the civilians didnt want to die, they shouldnt have gotten caught
- socom8271
  
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  June 23, 2011 4:28 PM
  
  Stop naming them Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six, they lost that aspect a long time ago. Just because you still call them ghosts and rainbow doesn't mean a thing to me. Think of a new name for them. Please...
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    June 23, 2011 4:37 PM
    
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    - deadfish
      
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      June 23, 2011 5:29 PM
      
      they bought the name to a series they arn't making the games for anymore. fans of the original series get fucked.
      - X-GOUKI
        
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        June 23, 2011 5:47 PM
        
        I hate to agree with a dead fish, but it speaks the truth
        
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        June 23, 2011 5:52 PM
        
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        socom8271
        
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        June 23, 2011 6:08 PM
        
        Which is why I stated to remove the Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six names. They aren't good, the only connection they have with GR and R6 is the team being called "Rainbow" and "Ghosts". They could easily rename them. It's not like the fans of these bad games won't buy them regardless if they don't have those 2 names on them.
        
        You can't have the history of those two games, although they ruined GR after the first one. That was the real start of PC games being brought to console. When Ubi bought Red Storm from Clancy is when it all went bad. Last game I enjoyed was Raven Shield, and even that was pushing it.
        
        Halon50
        
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        June 23, 2011 6:20 PM
        
        RvS and its expansions/sequels were excellent. I played that for years and spent just as much time in the RvS community before finally moving on. Thinking of its co-op Terrorist Hunt mode on custom maps at the highest difficulty still brings back fond memories!
        
        socom8271
        
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        June 23, 2011 6:39 PM
        
        Yeah they really were. But I think I was still mad about Ghost Recon. :P I hold a grudge. But in the random department, http://www.moddb.com/games/rogue-reborn, I'm not sure if he is still working on it and not updating or what not. But I hope so. :P
        
        Poor Yurik
        
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        June 23, 2011 7:35 PM
        
        Terrorist Hunt (4p) and full campaign coop (2p) were both awesome in the R6 Vegas games.
        
        s3condus
        
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        June 24, 2011 2:46 AM
        
        I'm guessing you never played the earlier Rainbow games? Both Vegas games were actually pretty good in their own right, but the gameplay bore little resemblance to the original Rainbow Six. Rainbow isn't supposed to be a spray and pray cover shooter.
        
        Poor Yurik
        
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        June 25, 2011 3:39 AM
        
        I've extensively played every R6 game, both sp and mp, since the original's first release.
        
        SpaecKow
        
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        June 24, 2011 3:19 AM
        
        That was the real start of PC games being brought to console.
        
        GR2 and the DXIW were the left-right knockout to the platform.
      - RikiTiki2
        
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        June 23, 2011 5:47 PM
        
        they bought the name, they can use it
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    June 24, 2011 3:30 AM
    
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- Zatric
  
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  June 23, 2011 4:34 PM
  
  oh boy I am having a hard time imagining this working out into a system that I would enjoy in a Rainbow 6 game.
- Sailor of Fortune
  
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  June 23, 2011 4:41 PM
  
  If it's the same as Army of Two 2 then that will fucking suck. The "good" ending in that game turned out to be the worst. WTF.
- Desmond4231
  
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  June 23, 2011 5:14 PM
  
  Holy crap do those graphics look terrible, they look like their..... 5 years old. I wonder why.
  - Fenring42
    
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    June 23, 2011 5:50 PM
    
    Because it's pure alpha? Early on games look bad????
    - SpaecKow
      
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      June 23, 2011 6:19 PM
      
      lol, no. Basically no one releases a screenshot now unless its pristine and dolled up. The first shots of pretty much any major release are going to look their best.
      - MOB712
        
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        June 23, 2011 6:48 PM
        
        That's because these were leaked
        
        SpaecKow
        
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        June 23, 2011 6:50 PM
        
        Were they? Hmmm, okay.
- burningpantsman
  
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  June 23, 2011 5:24 PM
  
  I just wanna shoot shit, not be judged
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  June 23, 2011 5:48 PM
  
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- Fenring42
  
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  June 23, 2011 5:51 PM
  
  Everyone dies. This isn't a hostage rescue team, it's a terrorist murder team.
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    June 24, 2011 3:32 AM
    
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- bolneze
  
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  June 23, 2011 6:08 PM
  
  might be kinda cool
- badcaps
  
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  June 23, 2011 6:26 PM
  
  Looking forward to some gameplay footage. Name aside, R6V3 would be welcome in terms of gameplay. The character customization was awesome.
- phate81
  
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  June 23, 2011 7:28 PM
  
  Ugh, just give me back mission planning. I loved trying to create the perfect hostage rescue.
- Poor Yurik
  
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  June 23, 2011 7:31 PM
  
  Vegas 1 and 2 were awesome games. Looking forward to seeing what they come up with for this.
- limpossible
  
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  June 24, 2011 3:14 AM
  
  While the gameplay has changed quite a bit over the years, the R6 vegas games were decent enough.
- MagicWishMonkey
  
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  June 24, 2011 3:31 AM
  
  I hope I can slap a reporter.
  
  What did the five hands say to the face, bitch! Smack!!! Ahahahahaha
  - sarcaz
    
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    June 24, 2011 6:12 AM
    
    That is supposed to be five fingers, yes?
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  June 24, 2011 5:36 AM
  
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- Mmmmmoo
  
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  June 24, 2011 7:05 AM
  
  The morality system as described is incredibly lame.
  
  - Multiple endings that include those caused by poor decisions (i.e. the ones they don't want you to make) is stupid because then you'd have to play the game all wrong to get all the endings
  - No one cares about the hostages because the mission always ends when you kill a hostage. Not just that but there's never any good backstory that would motivate players to really care about them
  
  The game still seems early in development so who knows what they do. I think a better solution would be to create an enticing story that would make the player feel like they're part of the world and make the hostages people they would care about (i.e. the beginning of the game could involve you interacting with the hostages or maybe it can be your family or friends). Create a system where your successes and achievements are tracked. Better performance can increase your role in future missions. For example, as you prove yourself as a R6 member, you gain more responsibilities from following orders to giving orders to actual mission planning.
  
  I still hope they keep some form of coop in.