Fans of the latest Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six game would enjoy similar games in the shooting and survival horror genre.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six franchise has been one of Ubisoft’s most marketable ventures. After enjoying success on various platforms, the latest installment Rainbow Six Extraction tends to follow an online multiplayer format.
Available on PC, PS5, Amazon Luna, Xbox One, and other consoles, Extraction pits its militaristic players against parasitic extraterrestrial creatures called Archaeans. This just goes on to show how far the franchise has come. From just incorporating human warfare to playing around tropes of sci-fi and survival horror, the Rainbow Six franchise has evolved with Extraction. Fans of the game would also be interested in similar first-person shooters and third-person survival adventures.
The Valve franchise Counter Strike ventured into the online gaming space with Global Offensive in 2012. Players could choose missions as either Terrorists or Counter-Terrorists. Later, a battle royale mode was added. This is significant because the game began drawing fans in the eSports scene even before other battle royale games like Fortnite and PUB-G entered the market. Today, CS:GO stands out as one of the best PC games according to Ranker.
Both Counter Strike Global Offensive and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction show the marketing opportunities that online versions of shooting games can offer. From teaming up in the multiplayer mode to achieving weekly missions, there’s a different thrill with this new subculture of online gaming.
In Dying Light, players have the option of becoming an undercover agent who must infiltrate a zombie-infested town. While the undead creatures are slow during the day, they embark on a murderous rampage when the sun goes down. In this cycle of a day, the protagonist must use stealth and violence to eliminate threats.
The atmospheric tension caused by the zombies in Dying Light is quite comparable to the paranoia caused by the Archaeans in Extraction. The gameplay also allows similar multiplayer flexibility with a four-player co-operative multiplayer mode.
The Zombies mode of Call of Duty: World At War was so popular that it spawned its own spin-off for iOS. The game is set during World War II and is played from the perspective of a US Marine as he combats Nazi-turned-zombies. The fascination with inhuman experiments in the Nazi era is bound to impress buffs of alternate history as well as loyal fans of the Call of Duty games.
The game proved the versatility that first-person shooters can have. Just like Extractions’ tryst with aliens, Call of Duty‘s zombie game went beyond the usual military game formula.
One of the most recent games developed by Hideo Kojima is the critically-acclaimed Death Stranding. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where dangerous alien creatures roam the planet’s surface, a survivor is tasked with delivering supplies to the remaining colonies. The game’s horror themes as well as voice acting performances were heavily praised.
If there’s one thing that Extraction and Death Stranding can share in common, it is the dread of isolation. With human settlements facing extinction, it can become stressful for humanity’s last hope to achieve its mission. Given that the world is living in a post-pandemic era, such games tend to feel even more relatable.
Fans of zombie movies like Dawn of the Dead would have a grand time in the violence and gore of Dead Rising. The first entry in a successful horror franchise, the game is set in the course of three days as a photojournalist is trapped in a mall occupied by zombies.
While games like Extraction offer the perspective of trained fighters in warding off monstrous threats, Dead Rising shows how everyday people are forced to fight for their survival in times of trouble. The change in roles would prompt fans of Extraction to check out this 2006 classic.
This dystopian open-world video game finds a drifter seeking his wife whom he thought was dead all this time. As he faces uncertain challenges, players realize that the world is bleak following the aftermath of a deadly pandemic. It’s only shocking that this third-person action game came out in 2019, a year before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Parallels can be drawn between Days Gone and Extraction in terms of the struggle for survival against all odds. The cannibalistic creatures called Freakers in the former are as deadly as the parasitic creatures in the latter.
Iron Rain is one of the most memorable entrants in the Earth Defence Force franchise. The third-person gameplay is similar to previous entrants as the titular military force must stop an alien invasion. However, this one is slightly more serious in tone and the alien threat feels way more intense as compared to previous installments.
Ultimately, Iron Rain and Extraction both point out the need for Earth to have a collective team to combat such extraterrestrial threats in the future. Instead of being caught up in its own wars, the planet must gear up for uninvited guests from the cosmos.
While games like Extraction offer the perspective of trained fighters in warding off monstrous threats, Dead Rising shows how everyday people are forced to fight for their survival in times of trouble. The change in roles would prompt fans of Extraction to check out this 2006 classic.
Miscreated is an online sandbox horror game from 2019 that offers all sorts of challenges. Players must not only combat post-apocalyptic mutants and fellow humans but also the wrath of natural disasters. All in all, it ticks off all the boxes of being the perfect open-world game to explore while trapped inside.
Prototype is arguably one of the most original third-person action games in recent times. The premise deals with an amnesiac shapeshifter who must prevent a deadly plague that’s capable of turning humans into mindless, violent creatures. As he seeks to combat the government and a black-ops force, he also uncovers some shocking secrets about his own past.
Because of the impending threat in the Activision game, the events of Prototype almost feel like a prelude to a survival game like Extraction. Further, the protagonist Alex Mercer’s powers seem almost parasitic in nature, much like the Archaeans.
Call Of Duty Mobile incorporates some of the best elements of the franchise for an immersive Android and iOS experience. Apart from joining ranked multiplayer matches, players can also be involved in special modes like Zombies and Battle Royale.
Both Call of Duty and Rainbow Six have emerged as the most iconic first-person shooters in the past few years. Seeing the franchises evolve in new-age online modes signals a new era in their development. In the end, their accessibility increases towards new markets and new players.
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