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Ubisoft apologizes for 'oversight' in Rainbow Six Siege's upcoming new operator after people notice the New Zealand-born character's birthday is the same date as the 2019 Christchurch mosque killings (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So... I'm completely outsider to this game (and series), and... is there actually much lore/story to these characters - or better yet, lore/story that anyone cares for or matters for the game?

I get that the date is a bit unfortunate all things considered, but.. why do the character need to have a stated birthday anyway? Are there in-game birthday parties or what?

[–] alphabethunter 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is a bunch of lore for the characters, and lore for world events. Some years ago they even made an entire animated series with 5 or 6 short videos explaining how the Rainbow 6 team changed directors. There are explanations for the game modes, and also for the enemy factions that show up in the pve modes. Back when I played, most players knew quite a bit about the lore and the characters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

tbh, that's quite a bit more than what I would have expected - especially for a game what I thought was more or less a counter-strike variant where the whole point is the pvp experience.