Rainbow Six Siege Demon Veil Marks A Definitive Narrative Shift For The Shooter
Rainbow Six Siege Year 7, Season 1, called Demon Veil, kicks off March 15. The new year marks another narrative shift for Ubisoft Montreal's team-based shooter, which last changed gears at the start of Year 4--that saw Siege move away from its counter-terrorism narrative and transform into a competitive sports fantasy.
«Year 7 is a definite shift, but I think it's way more organic than the last time we pivoted as a brand,» Rainbow Six Siege realization director Alex Lima told GameSpot. «The move towards a sport-like narrative was understandable as it gave us some much-needed levity during that time. The problem was that it happened overnight in Year 4, and our players didn't quite understand it.»
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According to Lima, Year 7 will see Siege refocus on the fact that Siege's Operators are specialist soldiers, not athletes. Building upon the function and personalities of Siege's massive roster of Operators, the new narrative will focus on Rainbow's rivalry with Nighthaven, a private military company with involvement in criminal activity across the globe, as Rainbow begins to once again respond to international threats.
«We are leaving behind the sports competition narrative, but we're not forgetting it,» Lima said. «Our story 'The Program' was key in preparing our Operators for what comes next. Now that we take the story 'Back on the Road' and make Operators operational again, three years of training and simulation will be invaluable.»
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