14.8.2014

S T O R YYou play as John Kozak, a member of the highly elite 'Hunter' Ghost Squad unit. You and your team are sent across the world to track down the source of a bomb that killed the 'Predator' Ghosts unit on a hostile mission. The 'Hunter' squad are thrown into a dangerous world of weapons trafficking, which brings to light a rogue Russian military outfit known as Raven's Rock who have become hellbent on stirring up political elements in Russia and spreading their influence across the globe.The plot is wafer-thin from the outset, and Kozak's Ghost unit are truly forgettable. Kozak's role as the lead protagonist is wasted,supported by an underwhelming performance amongst the other squad members.G R A P H I C S & S O U N DFuture Soldier is a globe spanning adventure, which has given the level artists plenty of diversity to work with. The campaign will take players from the crumbling towns of Bolivia, moving on to the scorched Zambian deserts. From there on the art direction becomes much more vivid, whisking players into Pakistan, and also plunging players into the frozen landscape of northern Russia. Future Soldier is at its best when immersing players in external environments.The animations of all Ghost squad members are highly fluid, whether they are pressing against cover, or going prone in an instant; they all move with a sense of realism and precision. The blockbuster action-oriented nature of the game has also allowed the developers to create a wide range of particle effects and impressive environmental effects.Unfortunately, the facial animations and textures are very dated and do nothing reflect character emotion. The menu systems are also poorly designed, especiallyG A M E P L A YFuture Soldier's gameplay mechanics are as tightly woven together as many third-person shooters on the market today. The hook of the experience is the ability for Kozak to initiate a Sync Shot with his fellow team members. Each squad member can target an enemy and quickly perform an execution shot simultaneously. Many of the levels can be packed with numerous enemies, which makes it wise to survey the environment and attempt to swiftly eliminate all hostiles. Using the sync shot will allow the Ghosts to advance forward and gain better strategic positioning. Another way for Kozak to survey areas is to use his UAV Drone to mark enemies and get into tighter spaces. Each Ghost member also has a nifty optic camouflage feature, which will render them partially invisible to surrounding enemies. The camouflage is a great way of sneaking upon enemies and getting in some nasty close-quarter kills.The gameplay places a great emphasis upon working with your squad to keep your survival chances at a high. You can dish out orders to the team to focus their fire on specific enemies, which is a great way to get around more dangerous artillery. The campaign provides plenty of action and attempts to utilise a variety of tricky scenarios. A number of missions incorporate 'No Alert' parameters, which need to be handled more delicately. Utilising stealth becomes an invaluable asset; failure to keep a low profile will result in mission termination. The sync shot becomes your best friend in these situations, ensuring that multiple enemies can be eliminated without the alarm being raised. Kozak also has thermal vision to spot pesky enemies in the dark; and there is also a very handy magnetic vision, which will allow players to see through walls and target enemies.Another handy feature is the ability for players to customise their weapons in a number of ways. This can range from adding scopes, improving firepower, increasing cartridge capacity, and even balancing the effectiveness of the weapon in combat. When Kozak doesn't have to sneak around like Batman, he is more than ready to get his hands dirty. Moving from cover-to-cover is very swift, allowing players to mark cover spots and quickly dash into them. The highlight of the campaign is when players have access to a walking battle tank, allowing Kozak to interface with it and utilise its missile and gun armaments to totally blow s*** up! Other scenarios will involve the Ghosts using machine guns aboard aboard a chopper to chase down an escaping convoy – completely blasting it into kingdom come. All is never easy, as the enemy A.I. is up to the task of making your journey very hellish. The Russian Spetsnaz will utilise the same camouflage tech as you, which makes for some interesting shootouts.Unfortunately, the campaign doesn't provide much of a challenge and attempts to hold the player's hand a little too often. Some of the shootouts will funnel players down narrow paths, which can become a little predictable and do nothing to spice up the level design.O V E R A L LFuture Soldier fuses stealth and action into an exciting package. It gives players a number of toys to play with in order to achieve success and keep the fight alive. The story doesn't seem to exist, the visuals paint a vivid picture of many worldwide locations. The gameplay ushers in plenty of thrills and near death scenarios. Future Soldier puts a new twist upon cover-based combat.

31.12.2013

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier is the delayed and effectively third game on the Xbox 360 console. The game is different to Advanced Warfighter and features a different protagonist in Kozak. Was it worth the wait? Or with an oversaturared market of shooters, is it missing in action?Future Soldier is an accomplished game in what it does. It's a shooter, but from a third person perspective where planning ahead is pivotal to success. The cover system can be compared to Gears of War. However, it is also fair to say that no game has perfected the cover system as well as GOW and Future Soldier is no exception. While the cover system works it also doesn't at times and leaves you open to enemy fire.The combat and guns work well, but there is less emphasis of your own character than in previous Ghost Recon titles. That's because you're not the Squad Leader, but are instead part of that squad. This is largely irrelevant though as you can still make orders and scout the field with drones and use other tools that you will be provided with throughout the course of the story. The story is one of the highlights (if admittedly unimaginative). Still, the way it all ties together and the mission briefings are a particularly nice touch. This helps embolden the notion that you are a part of a top secret team. In other words, it is immersive. The briefings in addition to cutscenes help to move the story along nicely. One of the big features is the ability to customise weapons and apparently there are millions of possible combinations. This is not as far reaching as it sounds and for many players will not be explored in depth. It's a diversion more than anything else.The main campaign starts off slowly, but does ratchet up the intensity with increasingly difficult assignments towards the end of the game. Other options include an online mode. This has not been tested extensively for the purposes of this review as the servers by this point are far more sparse with the game being released over a year ago. There are a mixture of game types where teamwork is key. Much like Modern Warfare, you can't take too much damage. As a result, running around recklessly will get you killed. Guerilla mode is the other inclusion which is best described as similar to Gears of War and the "Horde Mode" with 50 waves of increasingly tougher enemies. At time of review, the servers are not inundated with players making it harder to get the most out of it. The multiplayer probably works best in the campaign, in the form of co-op, as the main game really is the best element of the package.---Summary---Graphics 9 Some great environments with characters and weapons all on point. One of the better looking games on the Xbox 360.Sound 7 Soundtrack is above average, if forgettable with dance/trance tying into the "futuristic" theme. Voice acting fares a little better.Gameplay 8 Solid and does the job. A lot is carried over from Splinter Cell Conviction, but with far better implementation.Lifespan 6 10+ hour campaign. Online is limited at this stage and generally feels "tacked on" anyway. The campaign is re-playable and some players may go through more than once at a tougher difficulty.Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier is a good military shooter. It isn't as radical in a departure from the past as some fans may have liked to see. It is recommended though and especially so if you like having more of a strategic challenge as opposed to purely combative one. 8/10.

27.5.2012

While the game its self is great, i dont feel as if this game is worth 35 quid, the game is fun, well thought out, just it lacks in vital areas, so far there are countless glitches in mp and sp modes, lagg on multi player when reloading a game, you can get stuck on a black screen, you get the idea. (infact yesterday the servers went down). There has been a obvious split between multilayer and single player, on SP there are little things that makes it a true ghost recon game, and then in mp it is SOCOM (infact i couldn't tell the two apart if they had the same maps and invisibility cloak for recon)So if you are after GRFS for MP go and buy socom.Ok enough of my jabbering onReasons why SP is good.Gadgets, they are nice to play with, no other game gives you the same experience. missions, So far Great, keeps me playing easily enough, easy to follow.. Like customizing your weapons only?, Great, this game is for you, best weapon customization on Any game currently available. Challenges, you can do a mission as you please, but do it how your supposed to, you get rewarded, its a nice systemReason to Avoid. Too easy, If you want it to be, this game is very easy, but if you want to ruffle the feathers, you can easily make this game hard by choosing not to use drones and sensors and focus firing. Graphics are good, but feel a little dated, you can come across enemys that look identical, e.g In mission one you kill a guy, and two minutes later, the same guy is running across your screen, and faces are sometimes, dull and fuzzy.Other than this SP seems to bee excellentMP good reasons. Customization, as you can geuss, weapon customization is upto ghost recon standards. Maps designed for matches, a simple game of capture the bomb is not about the map, but about the troops, there is no point that is about the map, but how good you and your team are, they are well planned, and not one side is often on the advantage because of the map (one map i can not say this about). Like to be a lone wolf, think again, if you go around in a team, you can be a impenetrable force, it can make for some real heated battles between teams that go around, and if you talk to each other, then it is really a hell of a battle, you can have new players, who talk beat pros, who dont, This game is not about rank.Bad reasons. Armour made of cardboard is good enough for this game, there is no penetration in multi player, which is strange since in SP there is obvious attempts to make penetration a major part of battles..Glitches, the amount of times i have had to leave, or been kiked from matches because of glitches and lagg is... well alot.. Nothing special, sure fun for a month, but after that, i dont think ill be attracted back unless they have a major shake up.

4.1.2013

GHost Reconis a very good game. It does more or less exactly what it says on the tin - it's a squad-based tactical shooter with a lot of guns.My time with this game was spent only on the campaign, so here are the pros and cons.- very smooth controls.- AI is very good - I played on Veteran and was met with a fair and square challenge. Line of sight seems spot on, I never felt cheated (hello Crysis 2!)- great variety of locales, especially in the first 5 missions- great atmosphere - I love the com chat and the sound effects. i recommend turning down the music to amp up the realism.- 3D is awesome if you have it- Nice pacing - the game requires that you take your time or you'll get whupped- Great gadgets - in particular the drone.

27.7.2012

Been waiting a while for a Tom Clancy game to beat COD. Here it is!!I have had to tolerate moronic COD gaming, campaign and online, until now. I enjoyed COD for what it is a run around shooting blindly game but to be honest its not rocket science to play and gives zero workout on the brain matter.Ghost Recon Future Soldier on the other hand gives you something to think about in all game modes. Campaign is an interesting blend of learning to use equipment and following the story of teh Ghosts, with you being the newest recruit. It alternates between silent sections with sniping being paramount or stealth kills, to "diamond formation" around a VIP whilst running through landscapes and Tangos jumping out on you!

31.5.2012

This game was meant to be coming out in March 2011 and I was looking forward to it but was not overly bothered by the delays as it has led to a nicely polished and good looking game, yes the cut scene characters look a bit lifeless - especially the faces but this does not detract from the over all quality of the game.The cover system is great and really well thought out with lots of different points of cover for any one object.I mainly play FPS games and really liked the 3rd person view especially as it allows you to look around without moving the position of your aim i.e. like turning your head in real life (I have always felt that FPS games should have a special controller with a little 3rd stick for head turning)The co-op/campaign is great with the AI being intelligent and life like.

1.6.2012

This game is excellent in such a way, that it can be seen as quietly brilliant.First off the game play: The controls work great and they don't take much time to get used to. Don't be put off by the fact that it doesn't play like Call Of Duty, and frankly if it did i wouldn't like it as much. The unique duck and cover system that will see you vaulting over walls and diving behind cover, works really well with the new graphics engine that Ubisoft have worked into the game. It's smooth and it will have you jumping in and out of cover, just because it looks so good.Graphics: The new YETI graphics engine that Ubisoft have used for the game, has really done it justice. The game looks just brilliant.

10.9.2013

I read the reviews on this game and was a bit sceptical.But at the bargain price i saw it for i was not going to leave it on the shelf.So, ill give a quick review as i hate reading the long ones as they are very repetitive.The minute the game kicks off you can tell that the graphics are not the best and the characters do seem to be a bit wax figury, lips do not move when they are in story mode but hey, im not interested in watching there lips move.But the shoddy graphics are put aside with the great game play and tactical options this game has to offer.Some reviews state that there is only one way to complete a mission and if you try anything different you will die....RUBBISH!You must be really

3.7.2012

Let me start by saying that I had never played a Ghost Recon game before I played this, but being a fan of stealth games (MGS, Splinter cell etc) I thought I would give it a go, I'm so glad I did. You can go in all guns blazing or plan your attacks and take the stealth approach.The campaign is long and good enough to justify the price, offering a number of environments (urban, snow, forest and desert) all presented well. Some missions see you battling the elements such as snow storms and sand storms that severely affect visibility but luckily you are a well equiped killing machine!The cover system is great and helps alot when the action kicks off.

31.5.2012

I really like the ghost recon series. It has always done things it's way, never following the popular crowd. However, that day may have passed. Future soldier is probably the least hardcore ghost recon released to date. Full of set pieces, mindless shooting and big explosions, it feels like Ubisoft are just trying to appeal to as big an audience as possible. The new stealth system is cool even if it feels a bit overpowered at times. That's the games whole problem in a nutshell. The game is ridiculously easy, even on the hardest setting. Your team hardly ever go down and will happily take care of all threats for you while you sit back and do nothing. Can't see an enemy you want your team to kill?

30.12.2013

On my first play through, I was quite impressed. The gameplay was smooth, the story was engaging, and I was loving the fact that I had so many options on how to defeat the enemies with it being a tactical shooter. I had finished the game in about 3 days, which was surprising because I don't usually spend that long on a game, so it was also good that it was a fairly long game as well. But the reason I have given this game 4 stars is because of my second play through. I decided that I was going to replay it about 6 months later, as I had gotten bored with the fact that I had finished any of my other games. I played right from the start, and throughout, the game was riddled with bugs.

5.6.2012

this game is refreshing and diffrent to all the fps out there i,m running it on a 42" and the graphics run smooth the game play is also smooth and the guns sound really good to thats all i can say is that it is true about no co op on campaign mode but for all those idiots out there, no where on the box , beta or the trailers does it say split screen campaign it does say co op mode!!! ( except for gurilla )which these days wot game other than black ops does split screen which again is only zombies or online mode. NO CAMPAIGN!!!so for all u fools that buy this game to play wiv ur girlfriend etc dont pick this up or just dont write a review and give it a bad one just coz u can't read or listen to the trailers tidy.other than my rant (

7.7.2012

From about mission 5 onwards i've got to say I found Future Soldier really enjoyable. That maybe is because I got good at it by then. It's the stealth action that really makes the game. Under camouflage, taking enemy out and directing your squad towards the others is brilliant. You have many options to proceed as well. i.e. using magnetic vision or throwing a sensor grenade etc. Going gunho on this one usally leads to a quick death. My only crtiscism is that you die rather too cheaply sometimes or by the time your revived or you've revived your squad the action has finshed and your thinking well I've paid to play this game - not to go through a reviving senario. The graphics are somewhat grainy,

7.5.2014

I do love a bit of Mr Clancy. it is a shame he is dead.I have always figured Tom's games have been a bit more cerebal than the Modern Warfare point and shoot. I did enjoy the whole creeping about trying not to get detected although it did get frustrating at times. I appreciate it is set in the future but sometimes the gadgets got on my nerves and I just wanted to go in guns blazing. But thats the game I guess. Graphics were very nice and I liked the story. I also liked the squad elements, I would definitely recommend it as I have replayed it more than once and it has a lot of nice touches that don't make the whole thing feel like you are just on a rails led narrative.

27.5.2012

I picked up the game last night and absolutely love it.Cover system is the best out of every game I have played so far, third person (with first person zoom) adds a new dimension to the genre, and overall, Ghost Recon is an amazing game.Possibly one of the best features is that every mode, including the 12 hour campaign and 15 hour guerrilla mode, includes Co-op, which for me, makes the game even better.I love call of duty and battlefield, but this game is so refreshing. You actually have to play extremely tactically and if you are tired of the sometimes irritating and boring run and gun gameplay of duty and battlefield, you should definitely pick up this game. Kudos to Ubisoft

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