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3.5 stars
"Not as good as expected"
Pros: Awesome graphics and sound
Cons: Terrible online play, difficult to see sometimes, crashes occasionally
Summary: This Ghost Recon trades in some of what I liked about the older games for flashy graphics and sound. First of all, you cannot open doors and clear rooms anymore. In fact, you really can't interact with the environment at all. Team commands are basically limited to go there and fight, go there and wait, or follow me. The graphics look good, but the contrast makes it difficult to play. I find myself using thermal image goggles in plain daylight because the screen is too dark or the enemy is too hard to see. This is especially frustrating in multiplayer.
Online play is terrible. Expect to wait 10-15 minutes between games. This is because the interface often puts you in a lobby for games that are already in progress. Also, when the players return from the match it is common for them to then kick you out of the lobby forcing you to repeat the process. Also, online play looses the only thing that made this game worth playing and thats the 'cover' options. During normal gameplay it is a lot like the game killswitch. The controls are set up to allow you to take cover easily and quickly then come out of cover to shoot or toss nades. Like I said, multiplayer doesn't have this feature. Finally, if you play multiplayer, expect a lot of spawn point camping. During team deathmatch, each team has about 3 predefined spawn points. If the opposing team makes it to your side, they will just sit at these 3 places and kill you as soon as you start. I've seen this before while playing other games online, but not this bad.
In short, the game is ultra-realistic, the graphics are great, but it really isn't that fun to play (especially online).
Where to buy
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Xbox 360):
$18.99
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