A very disappointing game.
1) I bought this game for $20 in the bargain bin
2) I didn't actually finish it
3) I don't own any other Ghost Recon games, but i have played them.
So I pick this game up from the local store, I only had 20 dollars on me, and i'd heard good things about this game.
I take it home, install it, everything is fine in this department. (The best and most recent patch for this thing is a bit over 200mb for anyone interested)
So i start to play, figuring i'll get used to single player before jumping online. The game initially seemed decent, although the controls and interactions seem a bit stiff and clunky. But the graphics were good, the action was intense (to a degree) and the tactical side of things was beyond great ( I love the aerial map).
But then things starting going down hill. The team AI is AWFUL. When issuing a simple follow command, a team member can take up to 10 minutes to join you, although he is only 200 metres away, so i pretty much found my team useless, forcing me to play by myself. It is also a VERY hard game, which isn't necessarily bad, but it didn't feel like the kind of game that was meant to be this difficult. For some reason enemies can spot through walls, and even when their backs are turned to you, making it very hard to obtain stealth kills.
Another thing i noticed was the game was appearing to lag. This isn't possible, I thought (I have a Radeon 4870). When i payed close attention, i found it wasn't lag, it was the crappy quality of the game. The head bob is INFURIATING, it actually makes you feel, somehow, like your frame rate is around 9! And the painfully slow animations and action, really screw the gameplay up.
Multiplayer doesn't work. Enough said. Apparently the patch fixes that, but i can't be bothered d/loading a 210mb patch just so I can play this already mediocre shooter online.
Steer Clear, unless there's nothing else to play besides Driver3.
Tyler