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94,496
TA Score for this game: 1,632
Posted on 31 May 12 at 01:14, Edited on 05 June 12 at 15:03 |
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This is my first review, and i can honestly say i loved the previous two ghost recons when i got my xbox 360. So to me at least this game had a lot to live up to, after all it will easily now get compared to the many Call of Duty, Battlefield, and various other mainstream shooter titles that dominate this market.
The first thing to note is this game is entirely in 3rd person, and takes alot to get used to. So for those who delve straight to online play and are used to the first person perspectives of the other shooters, be prepared to not be as good as you may usually be.
The second thing to note is that one of the games most redeeming features, both in single player and multiplayer, is the ability to modify pretty much every aspect on the gun. So now you can custom your gun to your game style. This has to be a massive positive and gives this game the edge over other such shooters.
The third thing to note before specifically mentioning the campaign and multiplayer is the graphic quality. It is really well done, down to every last detail and are incredibly thought out well with the lighting being really well thought out.
Specifically the campaign is rewarding. Its enjoyable and makes you play the game at least twice. The Elite difficulty can be said to be a standard hard level. There are difficult moments, but nothing to testy especially to those who usually aim to complete the shooters on the hardest difficulty. The only major downside to this campaign, is whilst it is enjoyable, there are times where the plot seems to take the typical end of the world story line and you can almost predict what happens in the entire story. To those who played recent shooter Sniper; Ghost Warrior, the campaign to me at least seemed to take a similar approach with the whole stealth aspect ( an obviously major aspect to a Ghost Squad).
Multiplayer does have its positives, the significant amount of combinations of guns and attachments, good variety in weaponry, and the games are never massive in people so games tend to fill up quickly and start fast. Levelling up does take a while to get into it. The weapons you begin with are, i would say, reasonable, and unlocks do come at a steady rate, but you do have to persist with the game to get decent things. The maps are a good size, nothing to really complain although there is not really an emphasis on the different sizes of maps as they all tend to be on the Small to Medium Size. The only downside to the multiplayer that is not to do with typical server complaints and aspects is the pairing of the weapons for the default classes (At the time of writing this, i haven't unlocked the ability to unlock a 4th multiplayer character so i'm unsure as to custom classes). These to me at least seem odd pairings, however this may just be a personal opinion rather than a flaw in the game itself. *Edits from comments by Sgt Slithe and Minchy Munchkin* There are 4 types of main multiplayer games, Conflict, Sabotage, Siege and Decoy, All objective based games. Like all objective based game modes working as a team is incredibly beneficial, although i would have liked to have seen just a simple go out and kill deathmatch game mode and reach a limit. These game modes also cross over into a squad multiplayer mode, specifically designed for clan battles, which is a great addition for the hardcore gaming groups.
The final aspect of really multiplayer gaming is Guerrilla mode, which unfortuantly is either you on your own or with your mates. *Edit thanks to Elyoh and RedBlinky for reminding me  * This is similar to the Defense mode from the GRAW 2 where an onslaught of enemies constantly attack you. However this game mode reminds me more of Nazi zombies from Call of Duty, released much later, rather than what they had in GRAW2, and to me it seems as if Ubisoft instead of trying to just do their own thing (such as the Co-op missions they previously had, again like Battlefield but with less of a plot which seems better in a way). They have tried to mimic the dominant shooters and put a Ghost Recon spin on them.
Overall, i would say this is an enjoyable game and worth a buy. As there are many, many positives to playing this game and the hours of fun just from all the different adaptations to guns alone is enough to warrant a purchase and makes this superior to other shooters. But it is fair to say not the overall best shooter this year unfortunately.
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