IGN takes one last long look before the game ships to the masses.
"Originally designed for the PC, Ghost Recon was a far more simulation-style game, with precision targeting, one-shot-and-you're-dead situations and a lot of quiet time hiding in the grass. The IGN PC guys used to love this series. Now, in general and because they're PC snobs, they think the series isn't as good. They usually say that kind of thing when a console game switches to the consoles and because they're bitter and jealous. The series didn't get worse; it changed. In part it's become a little easier, but Ghost Recon has become more palettable too. In part it's more reliant on gadgets and tools. It's faster paced, though the the single-player game is still quite tactical. Overall, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 fuses both the console and the PC mentalities into a hefty whole. The result is still an acquired taste, but instead of drinking sketchy home-made brew, you're drinking Guinness."
KeenGamer: ''Wildlands, Shadow Wars, Future Soldier, and Advanced Warfighter 2 are among some of the best Ghost Recon games that tactical shooter fans can play until Breakpoint finally releases for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 4. Wildlands, Shadow Wars, Future Soldier, and Advanced Warfighter 2 are among some of the best Ghost Recon games that tactical shooter fans can play until Breakpoint releases for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 4.''
Wait till you guys see all the Pay To Win micro-transactions that are in this game!! Yes, everything from buying weapons (NOT just skins), to attachments, to skill unlocks, to "time savers", etc....and this is just naming a few. Check out the videos online for Breakpoint's Store!
I was so jacked for this game, but now it's a pass just like this year's COD.
I'm predicting that these greedy companies will soon be the death of video games as we know it.
Neil writes: "Wanna become a soldier of the future? Wanna do it for free? Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 on Xbox 360 and Xbox One has now been stripped of the usual price tag. You can thanks the Xbox Games With Gold scheme for that!"
Pretty sure you can get this for 50 cents on g2a right now lol.
Free game is a free game though. Mostly busting balls; MS has been offering a fantastic amount of content, and asking little for it.
GRAW2 was fantastic back in the day. I had it on PS3, and for it's time, the graphics were great and the single player campaign was excellent. The multi-player was excellent too, especially since you had clan tools, you could make custom servers with any map with loads of options, like, dawn/dusk/afternoon and evening light settings, custom camo for each team, turn Night Vision on/off for both teams, and a bunch of other small options. There were also a whole bunch of different verses modes to choose from.
The co-op for GRAW2 was great also, with what I remember to be a total of around 10 co-op modes, like a full co-op campaign, helicopter hunt, terrorist hunt, and a bunch of others. 2005-2012ish was when you actually received great value for money. They don't make games packed with content like this anymore, and if they do, you either need to purchase a seasons pass for an extra $60.00, or you can buy each item separately, costing you an arm and a leg.
Back on PS2 Ghost Recon was also ahead of its time, with Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm, offering two (2) separate and full single player campaigns (one was from Island Thunder, and the other took place in Cuba, and was exclusive to the PS2), voice commands to your A.I. teammates in single player (Socom was also doing this at the time), a full multi-player suite with really well designed maps, and 4 player online co-op. This was one of my all time favorites on PS2.
Only real good GW was the original. everything after I simply did not consider good myself.
I've used it. I know it's a shady site but, at the end of the day, I'm the consumer. The place usually offers me the best deals.
I had like 2 copies of this game and both jakked up when I tried loading it. So I've never played it. 3rd times a charm?
Carlos writes: "So, April is here already and I’m betting that, much like myself, you’re sat there with a shameful backlog of games that you had hoped to have already cleared by this point. Well, just to confuse matters even more the free Xbox Games With Gold titles for April 2019 are here, and that can only mean one thing - more games for you, for free, to either add to your backlog or to jump right on into straight away. First though, let’s take a look at the Xbox games on offer to see just which ones are worth your time and which you’d be best off leaving for a rainy day."
Not bad for me. Going to play Ghost Recon 2 for the memories and interested in checking out Outcast, never played or heard of it before.
Technomancer is ok if you like the genre, I’ve never even heard of outcast. Battlefront 2 and ghost recon 2 were good for their time-but could be fun if you’re in the mood for them.
It’s a meh month.
The XB1 games not so much, but Battlefront 2 is awesome! They said somewhere that it might be playable online. I doubt that's true but if it is then that's a big deal considering how beloved BF2 multiplayer is.
Seriously lately the free games on the epic store have been better than the PS or Xbox offerings meanwhile the epic store is genuinely free!
