First Ever Rainbow Six Game Screenshots Leaked

According to a recent article by Kotaku, Ubisoft's yet-to-be named Rainbow Six game, that was not mentioned at this years E3, is still very much in the works. The leaked images allegedly give us the first glimpse of the new Rainbow6.

"Rainbow Six" will be a far more story-driven game that previous iterations of the Tom Clancy branded title with gamers tasked with stopping a homegrown terrorist group operating in America. The group, fed up with the greed of Wall Street and the government that acts to protect them, decided to target New York City.

At the heart of the game is a branching morality system that changes the outcome of key moments in the game based on the in-the-moment decisions the player makes. Early development currently has the outcome of these decisions shape the path you take toward the game's ending, with many of the levels having multiple endings. These decisions, we're told, can drastically change the story. In practice, that means that it will be impossible to play every level in the game on a single play-through. Instead, gamers will be rewarded with new experiences based on the changing decisions they make in subsequent plays of the game.

The in-game graphics highlight where other members of the team are as you work your way to the innocent wearing the suicide vest. Icons allow you to target particular body parts on enemies, allowing you to decide whether to kill or incapacitate. Those icons show you the blast radius surrounding the man holding the detonator, once you approach him. They also show you how many people are in the vehicles nearby, like a bus that is packed with nearly 100 people. The decision you're forced to make in this scenario is to sacrifice the man with the explosives, or risk the lives of hundreds. One option has you tossing the man from the bridge, experiencing some of his memories as he plummets, and then watching him explode.

The new Rainbow Six game promises to mix the former glory of the hard-as-nails tactical shooter with a brand new gameplay twist: Morality. Stay tuned to 360-HQ for all the latest news, rumors, screenshots, trailers and everything else 360.

News-Source: kotaku.com
360-HQ Games Database: Rainbow Six 2012 (working title)