![]() ![]() Computer-controllerd squad-mates can no longer be assigned to move to specific locations, nor ordered to a specific placement to get ready to breach a room. Perhaps the biggest change to the formula is the way the artificial intelligence now works with the player, instead of being delegated to a position where it constantly looks at the telephone every five minutes, desperately waiting for your call. If Conviction was the Bourne Ultimatum of Splinter Cell, Future Soldier is The Hurt Locker of the Ghost Recon series. The influence of Ubisofts last installment of the spy thriller series is evident through Future Soldier‘s bountiful visual aids - such as overlaid text on top of the 3D scenery - and the action in general is much more dynamic and in-your-face than before, largely helped by a competent camera system that appears to be handled by by a shaky hands cameraman directed by someone like Paul Greengrass. In more ways than one, it’s also somewhat of a stylistic reboot in the way Conviction changed the way we look at, and play, Splinter Cell. Future Soldier attempts to take the franchise back to its roots, but in a modern fashion. Much of the slow-paced careful planning and executing of tactical engagements in the original Ghost Recon was lost in the console versions of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, while the Rainbow Six: Vegas series cannibalized the franchise with its beloved co-op tactics. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 )ĭeveloper: Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Red Storm ![]() It may come as a surprise to those who lost interest in the Ghost Recon franchise after GRAW 2, that this latest title has ended up as one of the finest military shooters in recent years. While Future Soldier takes place in the future, it’s one that rings much closer to home than any futuristic military shooter we’ve seen to date. It’s an interesting world we live in, where games with titles such as Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 and the near-future Call of Duty: Black Ops II end up looking more “out there” when it comes to future warfare than something titled Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. ![]()
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