Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Concept: 8

Graphics: 8.5

Gameplay:8.5

Sound:8



Total: 83.5%

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Type: Game

Ubi Soft Entertainment

Ubi Soft

Third Person Action Game



GRAW 2 is not completely from this era, but rather plays in 2015, a setting that doesn't really seem to have changed much from today and the weapons and gadgets are from existing technology.



The story plays in Mexico where terrorists are planning huge-scale bombing attacks. At the beginning of each mission you get a full debriefing both visually and with text. Then you choose your team and gear and it's off you go!



The team is the most important part in this game, you've got several soldiers at your disposal and they all have their own specialities (sniper, assault, all-round, ...). Usually you'll be in a party of three and this brings a lot of fun possibilities for tactical warfare, but there's a little problem with that.







The continuously controlling your team members is fun and well done but you'll find you'll quickly let them run behind you. Sometimes they won't do what you want, can't find their way around a wall, more than gladly sacrifice themselves or have trouble locating hostile forces. Still, this isn't the biggest reason to leave them alone, there's another one for that: they're completely unnecessary.



GRAW2 may profile itself as a tactical shooter but in 90% of all cases the Rambo-approach will do just fine. Admittedly, if you were to storm into a room of terrorists, you'll probably die. You can't jump and the gameplay is slower than in a "real" FPS, but you'll hardly ever make up a tactical attack plan and start giving orders from high above. It cool to do for once, but shooting the bad guys yourself is what you'll want to do.



And you'll do it in style. If you're lucky enough to be able to play at the highest resolution, it's a pleasure that can easily hold its ground next to DirectX10 games. The surroundings may look alike too much at times, but there's are infinite roads to take between all the different houses. The characters and textures are pretty sharp and this makes them look perfect. Also the HUD is very cool and the same can be said about the sound with real-sounding gun shots and good voice acting that deserves an applause.







GRAW2 also has an online mode and I wondered whether such a title could be fun that way. The answer to that question is "yes". The multiplayer is a bit more smooth than the "do it yourself" part and you'll be able to imitate Rambo even more.



The game has a built-in stats system that will reset every time you disconnect. It comes down to that the better you play, the better your gear will become at the beginning of each round. When a new map gets loaded, everyone starts from the beginning again.

There are plenty of maps and the entire single player campaign can also be played in co-op.

Added: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:00 pm
Reviewer: Shark
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