Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is a tactical shooter video game set in an open world and played from a third person perspective. Instead of having a futuristic setting like the latest games in the Ghost Recon series, Wildlands features a modern-day setting. Here is my review of it.
The story is pretty simple but there’s a complexity to it. You play as a member of the Ghost: a fictional elite special operations unit who is sent to Bolivia in 2019 to hunt down and put an end to the Santa Blanca drug cartel. It is believed that Bolivia has become a narco-state and one of the largest producers of cocaine, with a corrupted government it has begun to spread beyond Bolivia. In order to destroy the cartel and it’s influence the Ghosts have to work from the outside eliminating all of the cartel’s minibosses and underbosses which are a few in order to reach the final boss. Like I said, the plot seems simple enough (and a bit overused) but the experience you get from playing it it’s up to you and it won’t be an easy ride.
I didn’t have a problem with the graphics at all in this game but at first it took me a few hours to adapt to them after playing the previous installment Tom Clancy’s The Division which was released in early 2016 and I thought they were fantastic. The world of Bolivia featured in this game is simply amazing and diverse, each region of the map is different than the other in terms of fauna and flora. You’ll see yourself exploring from dense rainforests to exotic savannas to high mountains to simply dry deserts and more, plus the map is pretty huge.
I saw they tried to make this game to look and have more of a realistic touch to it, the equipment featured in the game is based on weapons and gear commonly used by military forces around the world but it also features original equipment such as the drone which you can use to spy, mark enemies on your radar and also use it as a weapon itself. It introduces and dynamic weather system as well as day-to-night cycle which you can take advantage from.
This game features other mechanics such as driving, flying, weapon and character customization, skills upgrading and several side-missions which is why sets this game apart from previous installments. Other than that, I found the game missions quite repetitive and monotonous; go from point A to point B and kill your target. It is up to you to use different tactics by either using stealth or guns blazing. Remember that it is you who have a choice and can make the gameplay quite exciting and fun or pretty boring because this game lacks interaction and cutscenes. It’s just for you to enjoy a good tactical shooting game.
The game also features cooperative multiplayer mode in which you can be joined up to 3 other players and together do missions and explore. If yo decide to play solo then you’ll be accompanied by 3 AI teammates.
CONCLUSION:
- I enjoyed this game a lot and had quite the experience but got over it quite fast because after doing the same type of missions again and again you’ll start to lose interest. However, if you are really a fan of this type of games and Tom Clancy’s gaming franchise then you’ll love it until the end. Other than that I had to problems with it and like i said before; had a blast playing it.
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