15.6.2011

I am still waiting for Zelda, but so far this is one of the best 3ds games you can purchase. I have also played Street Fighter, Ridge Racer and Pilotwings. Ghost Recon is my second favourite game after Pilotwings. Actually, in most aspects it's better than Pilotwings, but this is a matter of preference. After all, these are totally different games.I should mention that I usually don't like military themed games and I haven't played too many turn-based strategies before. However, I enjoyed Ghost Recon and I have managed to finish the campaign mode on the Elite difficulty level.The game is very long in my opinion, especially if you choose Elite. There are 7 chapters and each chapter has about 5 missions.It took me about 1.5 hours on average to complete a single mission, so about 50 hours of game play in the Campaign mode. However, more than 30% of the game consists of the Skirmish Missions. I have only played 3 of these and they seem more difficult than the standard Campaign missions.Missions increase in difficulty, although there are exceptions. I have found the last chapter of the game quite easy. Anyway, it will be easy to pick up.You will start each mission with a few characters, each with his own attributes. Through the campaign, you will learn how to use their attributes in order to complete tasks easier. Tasks are quite diverse and mission locations change from chapter to chapter. Also, the number of characters you can choose is sometimes different. These aspects make the game less boring and more challenging.What I really enjoyed about this game in the end, was the fact that this was the only 3ds game so far where I didn't feel like throwing the console out the window. If you focus, you will finish most of your missions from the first try. Even if you loose, you will know what you did wrong and apart from a few exceptions, you will most likely finish the missions from the second try.There were a few things which I didn't like about this game. It would have been great if it had an undo option, at least for a single action. Sometimes you can accidentally press the wrong thing and the mission can be compromised. Also, the lack of multiple slots for saving is a problem. If you are near the end of a mission and without paying attention you save the game when you are in a "checkmate" situation, you will have to start the mission again from the beginning.Another negative aspect would be the graphics, which are not that great. The 3d effect will make the game look a lot better, but without it, I find the graphics quite poor. Also, the scenery looks very greyish and similar from mission to mission. I also find the story very poor, but again, this might be a matter of preference. Because of these last aspects, I will give the game 4 stars for "fun".Overall, I would recommend Ghost Recon to anyone. You should enjoy it, even if you haven't played similar games before.

31.1.2012

Firstly, just to let you know. I am not a a massive fan of the turn based strategy genre. I have played advance wars on the DS but never could really get into to it. I know people loved those games but I found the difficulty curve and design just wasn't for me. The only other turn based strategy games I have played were the Ufo / Xcom enemy unknown games, which I did love. Good job then that this game is made but the same folks behind that series then.Ghost Recon Shadow Wars is a fantastic game. It shares nothing in common with its older brothers on the Home consoles, other than its name. But don't let you worry you. This game is fantastic game and without the Ghost Recon title it would have still been fantastic.Gameplay: Game is very easy to pick up and play.

4.4.2011

Reading the other reviews here, it seems like some people expected a first or third person shooter. That is certainly not the case! Ghost Recon is a turn-based shooter and a very good one at that. Being a big fan of advance wars and age of empires on the original DS, I was glad to see something similar as a launch title. The turn-based nature of the game is well suited to the pick up and play nature of the 3DS, and if you turn up the movement speed in the options, you won't get frustrated waiting for the enemy to make their move.The game's story is extremely typical Commando fare, with cliched characters, unlikely to elicit an emotional reaction at any point in the game. In all honesty,

19.4.2011

I would never have considered this; none of its design or marketing indicates that it's a relatively cerebral turn-based strategy game. Other games in the series are action games. However, I was very fortunate and won some 3DS games in a competition. When I looked at reviews to see which ones to keep, I discovered the true nature of this one and decided to give it a go.Here you have six or fewer individual soldiers, with specific abilities, and a series of campaign missions. It's turn-based and square grid-based. At first you're led by the nose -- do this, then do this... so that you can learn about what the troops, and the enemies can do.

16.10.2012

What a great game. For under a tenner you get a solid turn-based strategy game, complete with a lengthy campaign, unlockable skirmish missions and even some multiplayer. It's fair to say Ghost Recon Shadow Wars is not what you would expect from the franchise, but it's a refreshing new direction which plays to the 3DS' strengths.Graphically it's OK with chunky character models and reasonably detailed environments. The dinky little Advance Wars-like vehicles are disappointing, but otherwise it looks pretty good. You get the odd cutscene as well, although the main one I've come across so far is an animation of a drone launching a missile when you call in an airstrike.

20.4.2011

I usually have no interest in the Ghost Recon brand and am especially wary of Ubisoft launch titles, but after I heard this will be a tactical turn based game headed by Julian Gollop (of X-Com fame) I kept my eyes on it. When amazon.co.uk ran the pre-order offer of getting a 3DS with this game at a reduced price, I took the leap of faith and ordered, even though there was a review embargo in place and I had no idea yet if the game was worth playing or not.Now over 30 hours of gameplay later, I can definitely say that I do not regret my decision. I'm still not done with the campaign mode and after that there is still the skirmish missions I've unlocked along the way.

12.2.2013

When the 3DS first hit the shelves, I picked one up, but found that there were not any appealing release games out for quite a while. I purchased a few - Street Fighter (not my cup of tea), Ridge Racer (not too bad), then later on Starfox 64 (not brilliant) and Ocarina of Time (incredibly overrated). As a result, I favoured my existing DS games for almost a year before I really started appreciating the power of the 3DS.I had this game bought for me a few months after the 3DS was released but have only recently played it, and I was in for a shock. Easily the best early 3DS game (probably now surpassed by Mario 3D Land and New Super Mario Bros. 2), it provides an easy-to-play tactical battle which almost plays like a puzzle game.

1.4.2011

I'm new to DS games and the Ghost Recon series in particular. I was hugely disappointed to discover that it's a turn-based game when I first played it. I was expecting something like Halo or a modern version of Quake and I thought thirty quid plus was a bit much, even though I'd paid less as part of the bundle. However as I've played it a little more (a couple of hours in now), it's grown on me. The graphics and gameplay are good, even though I've only played at novice level (or whatever it's called) so far and it does work reasonably well as a 3d game. I don't understand the 12 rating so far, I'll be happy to let my 9 year old play it. I was going to give it 3 stars for the disappointment factor,

10.11.2013

My favourite 3DS game so far (Luigi's mansion 2 may yet dethrone it) and an absolute steal at the £6 or so I paid for it. I'm not going to review the game in the entirety it deserves but suffice to say this is an exceptional little turn based strategy game befitting the Ghost Recon name. The story is surprisingly engaging, the graphics are superb; fully utilising the 3D capability, and the game mechanics are highly polished. I've burned through hours and hours of this game and I'm still yet to explore all the content. The story mode itself is a very generous size and completion of this unlocks a wealth of other modes and content.I'm not saying all the best games on Nintendo's consoles are 1st

2.4.2011

Don't be fooled into thinking this is an FPS like the Ghost Recon games on the XBox etc, it's more like Advance Wars or Age of Empires etc on the DS. It's a top-down turn based game, where you control your soldiers (and allies) to do certain missions. You don't seem to have the 'building' aspects of the other games though (at least, I haven't come across anything like that yet, in my playing of the game).As someone who loved the Advance Wars games, that's one of the reasons I bought this game, and it is good so far. The 3D effect is effective, but not necessary for the game, so if the 3D hurts your eyes after a bit, you can turn it off without losing out too much.Because it's a turn based game,

25.12.2016

Quite a pleasant surprise to come across this game. I would never have bought it if I had not read into it to find out it was actually a turn-based RPG kind of game.The graphics are pretty good, and up to the usual 3DS standard. Sometimes dialog can take too long and I end up skipping, but the good news there is that you don't need to understand the story to play the game.The reason why I didn't give this a full five-star review is because of one rather cheap game mechanic, where you can reach a certain point in a level where enemies will pop up as part of a cut-scene, and if you happen to have one of your team badly placed, you can find yourself powerless as they are killed in one turn,

11.8.2012

A very enjoyable turn-based strategy game. The game does a good job to lead you through a set of tutorial missions to familiarise you with the different characters in your team, before unleashing you on more difficult missions.There is a linear skills tree for each of your characters to spend your hard-earned stars to further increase their competency.Once you're done with the campaign, some fun and challenging skirmish missions set challenging parameters that differ from the main campaign (such as rescuing survivors of a zombie apocalypse and equipping them in order to complete the mission).Graphics are nothing to write home about but do the job adequately. The user interface is generally well thought out,

23.7.2011

I was listening to a gaming podcast and somebody said this was an underrated little gem for the new handheld system. The fact that this TCGR game is not a FPS is firstly surprising, the fact that it is a strategy/turn based game is astonishing. This game is really, really good. There are a ton of missions in campaign mode and even though they do get repetitive there is pleanty in this game to outweigh that. Building up your characters after each battle is great. This is a typical strategy game but does everything right. Certainly one of the better 3DS games to be released and well worth picking up for £15. The 3D is nice but doesn't make the game. The music is nice and atmospheric and I am just going to repeat that this is a little gem.

18.4.2011

Fans of Julian Gollop's previous work (X-COM, Laser Squad, etc) will find a lot to like in Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars - it takes his tried-and-tested play mechanics and gives them a Tom Clancy makeover.The result, while not stunningly original, is a solid-as-a-rock turn-based strategy game offering many hours of entertainment.There are moans - the cliched characters, the lack on online multiplayer (surely a casualty of getting the game prepped for launch day), the less-than-dazzling graphics (the game's DS roots are very visible) - but they're not killers.Pound for pound, this offers the best value of all the 3DS launch games, and a must for strategy fans.

17.12.2014

I bought this as a launch game on the 3DS - and finally finished it last week - well, it says I have 50% - but I have done the main campaign on Veteran leve! OK, I didn't played it every day, but played it regularly and enjoyed this title every single time. The ramping up of the difficulty is perfect; there are loads of levels and a satisfying upgrade system.This was my first 3DS game, and remains my favourite. A real under-rated gem in the 3DS catalogue. The only game of this genre that is better is Advance Wars - but there still isn't a native 3DS version of that.

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