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@@jasontodd1175 Nostalgia? So let me tell you something about Nostalgia: In order to even attach the term to something it has to be captivating. This is the essence of Nostalgia, a point sealed in time. You know why so many people have "Nostalgia" over this series? Because they were good once upon a time. Many things were good, however that time has ended awhile back. Developers abandoned what made their series so special in order to appeal to more audiences, people who never played the game before. It's good to branch out in ideas but you can't deny that these companies try to cash out on Trends. GTA kinda set the trend for Open World, PUBG set the trend for Battle Royale, the list doesn't stop as there's limitless examples that we can give. It's like majority of them don't care, the only ones that do care is the ones that create new experiences for the rest of us. Something as remarkable as Witcher 3, The Last Of Us, God of War, and etc. These are the type of people that cares for games as a medium not companies like Ubisoft, EA, 2k........
Really depends, I LOVE the old GR, R6, and Splinter Cell, but the newer games are still fun, no matter how dumbed down they've become. I just hope that they return to their roots, tactical/stealth games SHOULD be punishing, and I think what publishers are doing is avoiding frustrating the players, to keep the casual audience
i haver read before if im not mistaken, that grw and grb were prequel to grfs, because kozak was mentioned there hoping for future soldier sequel too lol
Never really played Ghost Recon but got Wildlands on sale recently and I’ve had so much fun with it. I’ve just enjoyed playing by myself, customizing my squad to look like special force badasses, and play at my own pace.
I am just spending my food money on the entire Ghost Recon bundle so this is JUST the review I was looking for! Happy you had so much fun in it, I hope I'll love it too.
The very first Ghost Recon is still an amazing immersive game today and with amazing features like the replay function where you could watch how you performed in a mission like you’d be watching a movie. I wish games had such a feature today, specially with current amazing graphic fidelity and animation quality.
I just hate how you can't see your own gun. I really enjoyed the game as a small kid back on the OG xbox as one of my first ever videogames in life, but now I can't really enjoy playing it at all. I played the second one and the DLC too I think I enjoyed them. Another good game from that era is Desert Storm. And there was a fantastic game I can't recall the name of where you are basically a cop with riot gear. I think it was called SWAT but I'm not sure.
@@pharaohsmagician8329 Yeah, not being able to see your own gun and arms as always sucked in my opinion. A shame that they never included it back on the day.
Future soldier had this part I’ll never forget in the campaign, and I have played all of them. You were escorting a vip through combat with your team and it blew my mind
I believe that storyline is also shared with 2002' Splinter Cell, though im not positive. I remember dealing with Georgians in the first game a lot, but cant remember if russian ultranationalists were involved
If they only added some campaign features into multiplayer the game could dominate multiplayer for some years along with Halo. Honestly I loved every aspect of it.
Future Soldier is one of my favorite games ever honestly. The campaign is awesome, the characters distinct, mechanics and movement are cleaner than every other game in its class and I have no clue how many hours I've spent in that multiplayer, even YEARS after it lost all dev support. It's an amazing title.
I wonder if people will look back on wildlands and breakpoint eventually the way they do with future soldier now. When GRAW first released, there was a huge portion of people saying they bastardized the series. When future soldier came out a bunch of people were saying they ruined the GR title. It seems like this is the cycle for these games. New game releases, people hate it because it’s different, time passes, people love it
Future Soldier was my introduction to not only the franchise, but Tom Clancy as a whole. Got me to read a bunch of his books and playing games I had previously no interest in before, specifically Splinter Cell. Now the current state of the brand is so sad.
I absolutely loved how you could take a soldier on several missions and end up being emotionally invested in a grunt that you have had for while with awards, and it would be heartbreaking when they would finally die.
GRAW was the first FPS game I had played that allowed me to look down and see my body and equipment. The amount of realism in it was also astounding. First person and world view models and animations were shared. If you reload with a bullet in the chamber, you can shoot that bullet while reloading and get a unique reload animation. It's really a stellar game with some good mods.
Do you know how to use mods? I'de like to play it again with mods. I don't know if you think the same but the way to enter the map with the black hawk or with the armored vehicles seemed incredibly immersive to me
@@xhall0910 RB6 lock down(i played that) and Vegas1&2 Looks really good and funn, they dont folow the older RB style, but they are really cool as ekstra games in RB6 universe, like GR AW1&2 is for the original GR game :D
Future soldier was hands down the best, best gear and equipment, the movements and cover system was the best, multiplayer was the best in the series as well, they should make a part 2, that game was a 10/10 for me
@@branpod the story totally makes sense depending on what age you are. Yes I agree the characters are a bit boring but the overall concept of high tech drones on a island is new and unique and that makes it fun.
the first Ghost Recon is one of the best games ive played. Best atmosphere and tension, a single map lasting 1hr 30min to locate then plan how to take out a target. It had stripped down and unforgiving gameplay. The games industry had a lotta talent in the early 2000's, it seems to have gone by 2019...
The first Ghost Recon is still one of my favourite games and one of the first I ever discovered how to make mods for! Wildlands is my second favourite GR game despite being a flawed genius, but I wish they had given it a first person view option.
A lot of people missed out on how amazing future soldier was, that game was mad underrated, to me it was and still is the best in the franchise, the cover system was the best, the movement, the equipment, the weapons, the technology all of that was just excellent, future soldier was way ahead of all these other games back in 2012 and its standards still live up great in 2019, it still is hands down my favorite shooter and the online was remarkable, it was fast paced yet tactical at the same time which was great, I played it for like 4 years non stop, I'm just mad ubisoft never patched or updated the online so it can be a bit more fluent but they just stopped maintaining the servers, and the nice part about it was even tho you had a slow connection it would still compensate and still be fun, hands down the most slept on game , that game will forever have a special place in my heart, love the Review man, you brought back so many memories and you put a lot of hard work into this video, great job
I really liked Future Soldier but my favorite still is Ghost 2 (with GRAW 2 on PC as a close second) The active camouflage suit was pretty dope, and I liked that it introduced the sync-shot
Breakpoint: Takes players out of their comfort zone and more on the defensive... Me:*Walks into base * *slaughters everyone inside solo* Me: On the defensive, right
Lose the HUD, ramp up all difficulty, don't play with anyone and use your ears. Gets alot better. Could have used a perma death feature like in Wildlands.
james bryant I just picked up breakpoint a few weeks ago. After playing the closed beta I said I wouldn’t touch it. It was on sale for 67% off. Why not right? I’m actually really enjoying the gameplay. The story is horrible, the the new ghost experience update really improved the game. There’s still flaws, but I can look past them now that I don’t have a loot system and gear score. I like how you can tweak everything in the settings for HUD, difficulty, etc. Being able to turn on/off AI teammates is nice. Even if I only use them for a distraction if things go south.
I really like wildlands. Can play with all the HUD assistance on and easy mode with lots of health if you want that but can also play on hardest difficulty with all the HUD elements turned off it can be a decent challenge. Breakpoint is just the same ubisoft formula they've been using for all their games since The Division.
@@a.h4224 wildlands was boring and looked boring till I turned it on to the hardest difficulty and invited friends to play. We made up for the immense lack of tactical options ourselves
GR1 for PC, and GR2 for original Xbox were the best ones by far. Very different games from what we have now, but so addicting and ahead of their time. In some ways, no games have ever come close, I still replay these to this day.
I loved that game. I was going to buy a PS2 to play that. That was my first tactical shooter. And I sucked at it trying to be rambo. And when I was wearing the headset one time "bravo move to"and my dad heard me and thought I was swearing and told me to stop.
I think it's criminally underrated, especially considering where the series has gone. I like Wildlands, but Breakpoint doesn't feel like a Ghost recon game. It looks and feels more like Division.
@@Keeneye47_Wolfkeen I think it's because the newer Ghost Recon games (Wildlands and Breakpoint) no longer have that Authentic Military feel to them. The new ones feel like Mercenaries instead of Special Forces like the previous ones in the series. What I have observed further is that the newer Tom Clancy games no longer seems to evoke that realistic and authentic feeling to them due to the direction of today's politics. (If you don't know as well, writer Tom Clancy is pretty political in themes in writing that help set the groundwork for the tone that featured his name in the games.)
Hands down the best , I keep telling people that game was ahead of it's time, it's too damm good 10/10 best movements and cover systems and equipment as well, and the main menu music was so dark and good
Ubisoft had no other option except changing the franchise's core tactical gameplay style to something like a variation of third person perspective of Far cry.. They sales were lower comparative to the previous entries.. Most of the gamers are casual nowadays and they prefer arcady unrealistic fast paced COD style gameplay or fortnite.. Too bad we hardly have any major tactical fps right now except ARMA 3 and Escape from Tarkov..
Dave Riot Why? Wildlands driving was close to perfect for an open world game. It has the right amount of slip and grip and the bikes are probably the best in a non-driving focused game.
Man its crazy watching these videos. So much nostalgia! I played the old GR on PC and GR2 on Xbox. Makes you realise how much time you put into video games over the years lol. Insane. Good content Nick!
I just don't know why they had to make it less tactical like classic ghost recon and turn it into division/farcry. Like ghost recon can be its own thing you don't have to shoe horn mechanics from your other games into this one. Its all set up for revenue clearly. They've really ruined ghost recon along with rainbow six, turning it into a mlg thing.
Yup, that's the sad truth unfortunately. Tom Clancy games used to be top of the line when it came to tactical games. Now they're all fast paced, xray-vision, xp-driven games that require zero attention span with a very small emphasis on actual realism. We went from Ghost Recon 1 actually predicting the Russian invasion of Georgia to Breakpoint where you're fighting some robots on an imaginary island against comic book level villains. 2004-2005 was the peak of Tom Clancy games, and 2008 was the last good year. After that everything has been absolute rubbish. Such a shame.
I agree tbh. They could’ve just had it where the Division and perhaps a couple of other games were this fast paced Michael Bay shooter games and then have Ghost Recon be this tactical game, to keep everyone happy. But they decided it would be better to abandon uniqueness and make a more open world Call of Duty, since that’s what Wild-lands is, let’s not lie. But I suppose in a way people created it, since everyone liked these Michael Bay explosiony games, so they decided to create something out of Call of Duty Black Ops (the more modern ones), it’s a shame but it was to be expected when everyone clinged to such games
@@edwardzero9275 I like how you clarified that you meant the more modern Black Ops games.. as if the original Black Ops was not a michael bay explosiony game lol
Nick930 Lol, true enough. But when you think of robots and some dudes with a mask hunting you down, it’s more reminiscent of something that the more modern installations would use…I’m pretty sure once in Black Ops 3 they even had a mission where you hunted down a person in a robot. Unlike the first one which was dated back in the Cold war, something I still prefer over a lot (but not necessarily all) of these futuristic games and even some modern ones
I don't mind the open world at all and I think it fits the game, if there was an actual campaign it would work better, with optional "side ops" just like an ArmA scenario. Sadly, Ubisoft has potato servers along with their potato brainpower.
I loved Ghost Recon Wildlands - it was an incredible open world. So far I’m finding Breakthrough a step back - the AI is really woeful to the point that it spoils it.
I remember playing 2001 Ghost Recon as a 5-6 year old kid, i didn't know what the hell i was supposed to do, primarily because i didn't spoke english then but i sure did was trying to play it. I've had fun with it. You made me want to play it again.
Not a step back, on release was not the game we needed but i got it 2 weeks ago £11.00 and alot as been done to fix it and make a good game 🎮 that's cool loving it.
2019 & still Wildlands is my Benchmark for video game graphics. I totally loved it even though I prefer the older hardcore tactical & military style of Ghost Recon 1.
Ghost recon 1 (2001) is by far the best ghost recon of all time. It still holds up to this day and I've recently dived back into it on PC through steam and can't get enough of it. Could you imagine how good of a game it would be if they went back to the original game style today!!!
Man I still remember how intense the Ghost Recon 1 days were on Xbox Live and Island Thunder.. I have not and doubt I will ever experience a tactical shooter as special as it was back in the original games..
lions Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising is similar especially in 1v1’s online, you can command about 25 troops to take chokepoints and push certain areas
Ghost Recon (2001, PC) was the first game I've ever played, and still a game I play from time to time in coop with a couple of people. Nothing like it. 18 years have passed, and I've never seen an enemy AI as formidable as those damn ultranationalist Russians... After their decision to consolise the series and pander to the younger console audience, GR stopped being what it was always supposed to be and what the first one truly was, a rival to ARMA (back then, Operation Flashpoint). It's truly sad to see what became of the series. Also, anyone remembers how amazing and adrenaline pumping the music used to be? JAG, Stargate and others at the time had similar music style, I don't know what it was, but god damn was it amazing.
It’s atmosphere is one of the best in any game. There’s no bullshit marvel humor or excessive explosions and action set pieces. It’s very quiet and tense, peppered in with some of the most intense shootouts you can possibly engage in in a game. It’s also eerie when a distant squad member kills an enemy and whispers “goodbye” into the radio. Despite the limited graphics, Redstorm did everything in its power to make Ghost Recon as intense and atmospheric as possible. 10/10 game.
GRAW 1&2 was my jam, I just went back and watched some footage, reminded, I always felt irritated the clip never changed when reloading. He moved his hand like it was changing but it didn’t pull out of the gun. A pretend reload. I was super disappointed that GRAW2 still didn’t fix that, at the time. Definitely a wtf aspect of the game. Haha.
I’ve been BEGGING for a remaster/reboot of the original. I thought Future Soldier was gonna be the one until they delayed twice and pulled it entirely with a different narrative to compete with CoD. Wildlands came real close with the openness and tactical aspects but nothing beats the original. Specialized load outs, mission based briefings, plan/execute any way you see fit, intense settings (those damn caves man), and overall military feel. Imagine that game in 2020. Ugh!
Future Soldier was my first entry into the series. From the looks of it, I'd say its emphasis on stealth made it more tactical that Advanced Warfighter. Wildlands was fun. As a geologist who used to work in the backcountry and off-trail, the exploration of the geography of the map was so much fun, and reminded me of those times. And its level of sandbox gameplay design I feel is unprecedented.
I discovered the series with Breakpoint and basically fell in love with Wildlands. The series has changed so much, even before it almost became an RPG. I find it incredible.
I played Ghost Recon 2 on the PS2 and i really enjoy it but never known it has a better version on the Xbox. I need to play it. Great video, i wait for your analysis
Just bought breakpoint and played on advanced difficulty, and I gotta say I honestly think I love it. The amount of customs settings you can play around with now is amazing. You have your division/gun blazing type experience if you want or you can go back to the wildlands type gameplay. And if you want to punish and push yourself to the “breakpoint” you can practically make it like old ghost recon we’re one shot will put you out of commission with often injurys with you having to play as stealthy as possible. Now about the drones people hate. I think you forgot the point of the game and that is to avoid the drones at all costs as you know there killing bullet resistant machine gun strapped robots. First I highly recommended always bringing a high cal. Sniper for flying drones. If drones are really in your way you will either have to make a kill zone by placing mines and hijacking a missile chopper or minigun truck, or cause a explosion on the other side of the compound that will draw their attention while you get your objective done. Now there are parts with forced drone confrontation and those can get annoying but there rare so if you have to lower the difficulty for that bit don’t feel bad. Big tip is to play panther or echolon as one of your classes as there great at stealth, especially panther as you can make yourself invisible to drone making it easy to walk by or place a c4 bundle for a easykill. Sniper (forgot the name of the class) is also a great choice high damage and with npc not knowing exactly were you are just because you shot, they will look around and panic as long as you don’t make yourself easily visible. The game is just harder wildlands which I enjoy. The game is meant to be hard at certain points if your gonna play in wildlands mode. Gone is day were you were the hunter and could drive around freely you will have to stick the dirt and grime of off-road most of the time when traversing. Give breakpoint a try now especially with it’s deep state dlc. I highly enjoyed it, you just gotta set the settings appropriately and have a non-conventional/high preparation way of approaching threats.
Honestly I just like how well constructed your videos are, tho this is not relevant I enjoy knowing a history of the games that changed certain elements of gaming. Keep posting and I'll keep 👍
Great video: - Should have mentioned Ghost Recon Classic still lives on PC the original game and its expansion are one of the most heavily modded games ever... tons snd tons of content exists from missions to a fully functioning third person mode -stealth was not “emphasized” starting with Future Soldier... it was present in the original game... not taking suppressed weapons or being engaged by the enemy set off alarms and had enemy employ QRF systems to beat the player... stealth was a priority in the original...
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This was well spent 50mins of trip down memory lane . Such a good franchise honestly . I have never ever regreted anytime spent on this games :D !
If I remember correctly the story for GRAW2 picks up literally right where the first one left off with you in the humvee leaving the city. Always thought that was cool as a kid because I’m pretty sure each game takes place within a 24 hour period of time. No cutscenes or anything just firefight after firefight made me really immersed into the character
My Top 3 1. GR Wildlands - massively underrated game of the year in 2017. I’m a big fan of the cartel narrative and taking down the organization like a real agent, this game also came out during the Netflix show Narcos in full swing and with El Chapo in the news this game felt so relative. Unfortunately BreakPoint doesn’t have the same charm and is not as interesting imo. Also the crossovers with siege, splinter cell, predator, witches, yeti, etc.. this game was truly special. Ghost War was very fun to play as well and the devs always listened to the audience to what needed to be added and changed. 2. GR Future Solider - This was awesome when it came out in 2012 another underrated game for that year. The campaign, the change in style, the graphics, details, gadgets, stealth, the overall feeling of this game was truly an epic experience. You truly felt like a super badass secret squad. I don’t remember much of the PvP in this game but I do remember it being fun the first initial times playing it. 3. GRAW 2 - Just a classic game in the series. My first real experience of online Xbox back in those days. I’ll always remember how real and fun it was to be in a squad with your buddies playing PvP and you’d be talking and all of a sudden you couldn’t hear your friend on the mic because he got killed and went into the death chat - those were good times before party chat killed game chat.
I like Red Storm Entertainment version of Ghost Recon. Tactical gameplay with cover mechanics with squad commands is the perfect idea on paper, but sadly they want to make a casual experience. Proof of this, GR: Break point has microtransactions on gear, in order to force players to skip the grind fest due to its The Division looter shooter, and its RPG lite elements.
@@AlexSmith-dm2fz and you've obviously NEVER touched the first ghost recon game or rainbow six 1, rogue spear or raven shield lmao.... I have, and I can tell you they're WAY more tactical than BROKENpoint could ever even dream of being.... so stfu
@@AlexSmith-dm2fz I played for 5 hours, completing missions without death, I ended up with 20K skell points, over halfway off the L85, but keep yapping on about how they "aren't forced"
advanced warfighter and its sequel have a special place in my heart. They were some of the first shooters I ever played as a kid and absolutely love the older games even years later
Great video for the history of one of my favorite franchises. I'm glad Breakpoint is getting back to that GRAW and future soldier style just hopefully more polished then Wildlands.
@antisocialite I love Rainbow six as well and have grown to like siege. I still prefer some of the older games though. Less boundaries and streamlined playstyles.
I hate and love it LOVE: Because the third person action and story is great HATE: Because it pretty much destroyed the old Tactical stuff that ı liked in the old games
This video makes me so excited to get into the Ghost Recon series! It looks so cool, I've been really missing out. The tactical squad gameplay of the original, the open world of Wildlands and the more defensive and survival style of Breakpoint, et cetera et cetera, I can't wait to try them out.
I liked GRAW very much. I was super excited for this at the time. Watched alot of trailers. But i had no idea that PC version will be nothing like those trailers. I want my experience to be like one i saw in trailers. Only after buying 360 i had a chance to play the game i always wanted.
I love when the Tom Clancy games intsect with each other Wish they would add more advance war fighter and future soldier uniforms armor and weapons into the newer games
I love the Ghost series. My first entry was Ghost recon 2 with captain Mitchel. I always liked the aspect of the Ghost Akin to Delta Force save for the modern heroes thing, it goes against what a 'Ghost' stand for "Dead man canot be the cause for this operation, thus they are Ghost"
Amazing vid. Original Ghost Recon is still my favorite. Nothing beats its tense, punishing, methodical gameplay. I would love to see a remake with today's graphics and UI improvements.
I've kept an old PS2 running just so I could play the original Ghost Recon and Jungle Storms... what made those early version great was a) the ability to level up experience points and assign them to your squad members b) the ability to jump from soldier to soldier at any time c) you had a mission but could approach it from any way you wanted... it was glorious, the only thing missing is modern graphics!
Now that I've had a chance to play Breakpoint, I've since gone back and started Wildlands again. Wildlands ended up being a really good game and while Ubi made some good changes to Breakpoint they failed to bring the same world feel that WL had and that's a noticeable difference. Since Ubi will continue to update Breakpoint, it may end up being as good as Wildlands, but it's got some catching up to do.
@@lootgoblin8705 I haven't played it in a few months but overall I still think WIldlands was a better game. I enjoyed BP thoroughly, but not quite as much as Wildlands.
I just want them to make a better and a new ghost recon game. But if seeing breakpoint Is their only future ongoing as of today. Then I guess I’ll just have to make a wish list of changes
@@wtbchildhood My only real issue with BP is that it's taken a very long time to fill out the development. I understand that they want to release things at their pace, however, there comes a point when even adding new components doesn't really change the same old game.
@David Mizser I agree. Wildlands just had the right formula and it made the game feel unique with each mission/side quest you did. BP didn't have that. However, the stealth aspect of BP is superior, by far, to Wildlands.
The idea of Breakpoint could have been so cool. Imagine a Snake Eater style jungle survival scenario. You're outgunned, outnumbered and fighting for you life while acting out guerrilla tactics against your targets. Instead we got a broken, Destiny styled, RPG, microtransactioned nightmare.
Why did everyone forget about Future Soldier ? Sure , Wildlands is cool for multiplayer, but Future Soldier was clearly the best single player experience.
Bro..I just been watching this and nearly forgot about Future soldier 2012...I was stuck in nostaligic mode whilst watching the 2006 advanced warfighter bit. But your right, they'd actually cracked it back then with future soldier, had some siick times coming home from work and smashing in some hours on that!!
I've been returning to future soldier and it has been really fun. It feels like you and your squad have decided to throw out the general rule book of tactics in lieu of winning at any cost.
RIP Ghost Recon, I had a lot of great times with the series from GR2 to GRAW to Future Soldier and even Wildlands; which I absolutely love. Breakpoint however, is a disgrace to the series. Hopefully we'll have another boom of tactical shooters on consoles and games like R6, Ghost Recon, SOCOM, Full Spectrum Warrior & Conflict Desert Storm will be commonplace again.
I had such a blast with Wildlands, though the story was loooooong so I was never actually able to grind it out to finish. It was still a ton of fun though and made my decision easy for Breakpoint... though I think Wildlands will still be the superior title.
@MH6/PILOT I mean... I've been playing Tom Clancy games since Rainbow Six 1 on the N64 so I'm plenty familiar with all the game stylings, I just think this is fun.
Wow. Great story. I just started playing Ghost Recon Breakpoint and have become addicted to it. I can't wait to see if they will revive the Splinter Cell series.
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Thanks for these kinds of videos their excellent and so enjoyable
I hope later down the line u continue to deliver the same kind of quality.
Do one for rainbow six
@@tfwthelsdkicksin6083 History of Rainbow Six is definitely on the table
YES FINALLY!!!
I really enjoyed Future Soldier. It had many great elements and still holds up today in my opinion.
Right?????? Yet they stray further away from it, "it didn't sell well" so they abandoned any thought for what made the game good.
Xian Tempest exactly...
@@jasontodd1175 Nostalgia? So let me tell you something about Nostalgia: In order to even attach the term to something it has to be captivating. This is the essence of Nostalgia, a point sealed in time. You know why so many people have "Nostalgia" over this series? Because they were good once upon a time. Many things were good, however that time has ended awhile back. Developers abandoned what made their series so special in order to appeal to more audiences, people who never played the game before. It's good to branch out in ideas but you can't deny that these companies try to cash out on Trends. GTA kinda set the trend for Open World, PUBG set the trend for Battle Royale, the list doesn't stop as there's limitless examples that we can give. It's like majority of them don't care, the only ones that do care is the ones that create new experiences for the rest of us. Something as remarkable as Witcher 3, The Last Of Us, God of War, and etc. These are the type of people that cares for games as a medium not companies like Ubisoft, EA, 2k........
BMO Xbox is dead I went on a few weeks ago and couldn’t find a multiplayer game at all
Agree, but when I played multiplayer (June 2017) I always placed with the same players. That makes it very easy.
the old ghost recon and rainbow six games were so damn good.
I respectfully disagree.
Really depends, I LOVE the old GR, R6, and Splinter Cell, but the newer games are still fun, no matter how dumbed down they've become. I just hope that they return to their roots, tactical/stealth games SHOULD be punishing, and I think what publishers are doing is avoiding frustrating the players, to keep the casual audience
The Vegas series was the shet!! Talk about a skill based shooter. I wish they didn’t ruin rainbow six with siege. Siege is so lame
@@doedspatruljen - Why?
Totally agree. Loved the planning element to the game.
Future Soldier should have a proper sequel
Hope they include the Ghost team from FS in Breakpoint at least
Grb has more drone fighting in it than grfs
I miss Scott Mitchell
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i haver read before if im not mistaken, that grw and grb were prequel to grfs, because kozak was mentioned there
hoping for future soldier sequel too lol
Never really played Ghost Recon but got Wildlands on sale recently and I’ve had so much fun with it. I’ve just enjoyed playing by myself, customizing my squad to look like special force badasses, and play at my own pace.
Lol noob. Ur trsh kid.
Me and my brother spent god knows how long in co-op
If you love Wildlands, you'll probably enjoy Breakpoint as well
I am just spending my food money on the entire Ghost Recon bundle so this is JUST the review I was looking for!
Happy you had so much fun in it, I hope I'll love it too.
The very first Ghost Recon is still an amazing immersive game today and with amazing features like the replay function where you could watch how you performed in a mission like you’d be watching a movie. I wish games had such a feature today, specially with current amazing graphic fidelity and animation quality.
totally man!!! I wish they got a true remaster!
@@seano-evilanthony1709 indeed!
I still play and watching the replay is always hard when you could've easily avoided a deatg
I just hate how you can't see your own gun. I really enjoyed the game as a small kid back on the OG xbox as one of my first ever videogames in life, but now I can't really enjoy playing it at all. I played the second one and the DLC too I think I enjoyed them. Another good game from that era is Desert Storm. And there was a fantastic game I can't recall the name of where you are basically a cop with riot gear. I think it was called SWAT but I'm not sure.
@@pharaohsmagician8329 Yeah, not being able to see your own gun and arms as always sucked in my opinion. A shame that they never included it back on the day.
Future soldier had this part I’ll never forget in the campaign, and I have played all of them. You were escorting a vip through combat with your team and it blew my mind
Trey Wilson Literally the first mission?
That was mind blowing
“Form up around the VIP! Diamond formation!”
best shooter by far
I agree
Believe it or not but ghost recons predicted the invasion of Georgia in 2008
I believe that storyline is also shared with 2002' Splinter Cell, though im not positive. I remember dealing with Georgians in the first game a lot, but cant remember if russian ultranationalists were involved
except that the US didnt send in the Ghost that time lol
happens ossetia city if i spell it correct.
@@1111kila ..oooor did they? ;)
Tom clancy predict 9/11 method too
He was got locked up to interogation back then
The first Ghost Recon still remains my favourite.
Thank you! Thought I was the only one, can’t beat the adrenaline rush when I first went into them caves...
If they only added some campaign features into multiplayer the game could dominate multiplayer for some years along with Halo. Honestly I loved every aspect of it.
Indeed. Getting shot felt like you really got shot because the sound effect they used. Also one shot one kill meant intense combat.
It was also the most effective jumpscare ever when i get shot around a corner
Same! well the first two until they released the future aspect in to it
Future Soldier is one of my favorite games ever honestly. The campaign is awesome, the characters distinct, mechanics and movement are cleaner than every other game in its class and I have no clue how many hours I've spent in that multiplayer, even YEARS after it lost all dev support. It's an amazing title.
I wonder if people will look back on wildlands and breakpoint eventually the way they do with future soldier now. When GRAW first released, there was a huge portion of people saying they bastardized the series. When future soldier came out a bunch of people were saying they ruined the GR title. It seems like this is the cycle for these games. New game releases, people hate it because it’s different, time passes, people love it
The game is awful if you only play singleplayer though.
Future Soldier just took Splinter Cells Convictions tag gameplay and made Ghost Recon a casual game.
Future Soldier was my introduction to not only the franchise, but Tom Clancy as a whole. Got me to read a bunch of his books and playing games I had previously no interest in before, specifically Splinter Cell. Now the current state of the brand is so sad.
Been 9 years and still counting for the new Splinter Cell game, hope the Remake will be worth it
Splinter Cell is God tier
Splinter Cell was my introduction to Tom Clancy, while Future Soldier was what got me into Ghost Recon.
They say that the Rainbow Six Siege servers are powered entirely by Tom Clancy rolling in his grave.
I absolutely loved how you could take a soldier on several missions and end up being emotionally invested in a grunt that you have had for while with awards, and it would be heartbreaking when they would finally die.
GRAW was the first FPS game I had played that allowed me to look down and see my body and equipment. The amount of realism in it was also astounding. First person and world view models and animations were shared. If you reload with a bullet in the chamber, you can shoot that bullet while reloading and get a unique reload animation. It's really a stellar game with some good mods.
Do you know how to use mods? I'de like to play it again with mods.
I don't know if you think the same but the way to enter the map with the black hawk or with the armored vehicles seemed incredibly immersive to me
halo 1
Would love to see a rainbow six history one after this one
@@xhall0910 me2 :D the old ones are gold one :D i still replay RB6 3Ravenshield on steam almoast 1 time a day XD
@@xhall0910 nice :)
i started with the first RB6 but stoped after lockdown :)
@@xhall0910 oh i see, same her :)
@@xhall0910 RB6 lock down(i played that) and Vegas1&2 Looks really good and funn, they dont folow the older RB style, but they are really cool as ekstra games in RB6 universe, like GR AW1&2 is for the original GR game :D
Can you believe Rainbow Six is now a zombie game? What were they thinking?
39:34 Finally, someone acknowledged Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfare.
Warfighter*
@@3rdStreetAVolitionite Go to the time stamp and you'll see what he's talking about. Nick misspoke.
"Breakpoint also removes the needless weapon scavenger hunt from Wildlands."
That comment aged well.
Well it doesn't now
@@nocturnal5eyedmoth151 how?
Also it was the first to not have AI teammates at all until a recent update.
@@Chris_Cross has it brought back AI team mates for single player now? It's one of the reasons I never bought it.
@@Void-Realm Yeah. And just recently they did an overhaul to the AI teammate system. It's not great but it's a darn side better than what it was.
Future soldier, the music alone gives me that nostalgic feeling
Future soldier was hands down the best, best gear and equipment, the movements and cover system was the best, multiplayer was the best in the series as well, they should make a part 2, that game was a 10/10 for me
StraightOutThaGudda 4U 11/10
@@1500Chevy I definitely agree with you on that
No lies here
Lowkey sad that i missed that one :/
It's a shame how Breakpoint shut the bed, Wildlands was a great template
Breakpoint admittedly was bad at launch but at the moment, it is the best ghost recon made and way better than wildlands
@@ginodabru bruh
@@branpod almost every way, tell me how it isn't?
@@angel16359 bruh...?
@@branpod the story totally makes sense depending on what age you are. Yes I agree the characters are a bit boring but the overall concept of high tech drones on a island is new and unique and that makes it fun.
the first Ghost Recon is one of the best games ive played. Best atmosphere and tension, a single map lasting 1hr 30min to locate then plan how to take out a target. It had stripped down and unforgiving gameplay. The games industry had a lotta talent in the early 2000's, it seems to have gone by 2019...
Future soldier was so underrated and I remember the single player gameplay mechanics and multiplayer were amazing
The first Ghost Recon is still one of my favourite games and one of the first I ever discovered how to make mods for! Wildlands is my second favourite GR game despite being a flawed genius, but I wish they had given it a first person view option.
A lot of people missed out on how amazing future soldier was, that game was mad underrated, to me it was and still is the best in the franchise, the cover system was the best, the movement, the equipment, the weapons, the technology all of that was just excellent, future soldier was way ahead of all these other games back in 2012 and its standards still live up great in 2019, it still is hands down my favorite shooter and the online was remarkable, it was fast paced yet tactical at the same time which was great, I played it for like 4 years non stop, I'm just mad ubisoft never patched or updated the online so it can be a bit more fluent but they just stopped maintaining the servers, and the nice part about it was even tho you had a slow connection it would still compensate and still be fun, hands down the most slept on game , that game will forever have a special place in my heart, love the Review man, you brought back so many memories and you put a lot of hard work into this video, great job
100 % agree, my favorite game of the series thus far
@@jamesandthangs1234 definitely man I still play it on my ps3 ,such a great game
I really liked Future Soldier but my favorite still is Ghost 2 (with GRAW 2 on PC as a close second) The active camouflage suit was pretty dope, and I liked that it introduced the sync-shot
@@jedirydergaming9555 GRAW2 is definitely my second favorite for sure, was such a great game
the funniest thing about fs is that breakpoint is set one year after fs. ubisoft didnt even get the tech right
Breakpoint: Takes players out of their comfort zone and more on the defensive...
Me:*Walks into base *
*slaughters everyone inside solo*
Me: On the defensive, right
@@yungscoobert1747 you think it's hard on other modes? xd
Arcade player huh
Lose the HUD, ramp up all difficulty, don't play with anyone and use your ears.
Gets alot better.
Could have used a perma death feature like in Wildlands.
james bryant I just picked up breakpoint a few weeks ago. After playing the closed beta I said I wouldn’t touch it. It was on sale for 67% off. Why not right? I’m actually really enjoying the gameplay. The story is horrible, the the new ghost experience update really improved the game. There’s still flaws, but I can look past them now that I don’t have a loot system and gear score. I like how you can tweak everything in the settings for HUD, difficulty, etc. Being able to turn on/off AI teammates is nice. Even if I only use them for a distraction if things go south.
Cranked it to the highest setting , soloed a base headshots only suppress with the bots having little to none reaction. Yawn. Kinda boring so far
I really like wildlands. Can play with all the HUD assistance on and easy mode with lots of health if you want that but can also play on hardest difficulty with all the HUD elements turned off it can be a decent challenge.
Breakpoint is just the same ubisoft formula they've been using for all their games since The Division.
Oodldoodl Noodlesocks yeah idk why they had to make breakpoint like the division. Kinda annoying.
Wildlands looks boring but it was fun to play
@@a.h4224 wildlands was boring and looked boring till I turned it on to the hardest difficulty and invited friends to play. We made up for the immense lack of tactical options ourselves
Wildlands sucks, Breakpoint even worst.
The new update finally allows you to play on a mode where u can customize your game in a way, like you can remove the gear score and such.
GR1 for PC, and GR2 for original Xbox were the best ones by far. Very different games from what we have now, but so addicting and ahead of their time. In some ways, no games have ever come close, I still replay these to this day.
Good old days
Does anyone remember SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs on the Ps2?
Yes
I've got it sitting next to Ghost Recon 1 and 2 on my shelf, lol
fuq ya
They were the best
I loved that game. I was going to buy a PS2 to play that. That was my first tactical shooter. And I sucked at it trying to be rambo. And when I was wearing the headset one time "bravo move to"and my dad heard me and thought I was swearing and told me to stop.
Future Soldier was my first and still is my favorite of the franchise. I don’t care what people say.
I think it's criminally underrated, especially considering where the series has gone. I like Wildlands, but Breakpoint doesn't feel like a Ghost recon game. It looks and feels more like Division.
@@Keeneye47_Wolfkeen
I think it's because the newer Ghost Recon games (Wildlands and Breakpoint) no longer have that Authentic Military feel to them.
The new ones feel like Mercenaries instead of Special Forces like the previous ones in the series.
What I have observed further is that the newer Tom Clancy games no longer seems to evoke that realistic and authentic feeling to them due to the direction of today's politics. (If you don't know as well, writer Tom Clancy is pretty political in themes in writing that help set the groundwork for the tone that featured his name in the games.)
Ghost recon was alright
Hands down the best , I keep telling people that game was ahead of it's time, it's too damm good 10/10 best movements and cover systems and equipment as well, and the main menu music was so dark and good
IMO, future soldier was the beginning of the end for the franchise.
Oh yeah, back then when Ghost Recon was actually a tactical videogame, look how they massacred my boy
ubisoft has done that with all the Tom Clancy IP.
The butchering of R6, and Splinter Cell make me sad.
Ubisoft had no other option except changing the franchise's core tactical gameplay style to something like a variation of third person perspective of Far cry.. They sales were lower comparative to the previous entries.. Most of the gamers are casual nowadays and they prefer arcady unrealistic fast paced COD style gameplay or fortnite.. Too bad we hardly have any major tactical fps right now except ARMA 3 and Escape from Tarkov..
@@AzaIndustries rainbow 6 siege is awesome
@@AzaIndustriesit's awesome to find someone that knows how bad tom clancys games are now
@@Emiltat compared to wat it could have become (tom clancy patriots), its alright but definitly an unfortunate decision.
if they could just improve the driving physics.....
Driving... really?
Go play asphalt or something
Dave Riot
Why? Wildlands driving was close to perfect for an open world game. It has the right amount of slip and grip and the bikes are probably the best in a non-driving focused game.
@@purvdragon-sensei driving is so damn bland to me I prefer walk to be honest... or fast travel
Dave Riot
How is it bland? What are you using to compare it to?
The Physics is just Plain Bad, You must have noticed this man....
Man its crazy watching these videos. So much nostalgia! I played the old GR on PC and GR2 on Xbox. Makes you realise how much time you put into video games over the years lol. Insane. Good content Nick!
So many great memories playing ghost recon in 2001 with my dad. Had so much fun playing that game
Me too!
Me and my dad would play before going to bed.
We would turn the lights off and bask in the green glow of night vision.
Good times :')
@@cosmicbillylonliness
I just don't know why they had to make it less tactical like classic ghost recon and turn it into division/farcry. Like ghost recon can be its own thing you don't have to shoe horn mechanics from your other games into this one. Its all set up for revenue clearly. They've really ruined ghost recon along with rainbow six, turning it into a mlg thing.
Yup, that's the sad truth unfortunately. Tom Clancy games used to be top of the line when it came to tactical games. Now they're all fast paced, xray-vision, xp-driven games that require zero attention span with a very small emphasis on actual realism. We went from Ghost Recon 1 actually predicting the Russian invasion of Georgia to Breakpoint where you're fighting some robots on an imaginary island against comic book level villains. 2004-2005 was the peak of Tom Clancy games, and 2008 was the last good year. After that everything has been absolute rubbish. Such a shame.
I agree tbh. They could’ve just had it where the Division and perhaps a couple of other games were this fast paced Michael Bay shooter games and then have Ghost Recon be this tactical game, to keep everyone happy. But they decided it would be better to abandon uniqueness and make a more open world Call of Duty, since that’s what Wild-lands is, let’s not lie. But I suppose in a way people created it, since everyone liked these Michael Bay explosiony games, so they decided to create something out of Call of Duty Black Ops (the more modern ones), it’s a shame but it was to be expected when everyone clinged to such games
@@edwardzero9275 I like how you clarified that you meant the more modern Black Ops games.. as if the original Black Ops was not a michael bay explosiony game lol
Nick930 Lol, true enough. But when you think of robots and some dudes with a mask hunting you down, it’s more reminiscent of something that the more modern installations would use…I’m pretty sure once in Black Ops 3 they even had a mission where you hunted down a person in a robot. Unlike the first one which was dated back in the Cold war, something I still prefer over a lot (but not necessarily all) of these futuristic games and even some modern ones
I don't mind the open world at all and I think it fits the game, if there was an actual campaign it would work better, with optional "side ops" just like an ArmA scenario. Sadly, Ubisoft has potato servers along with their potato brainpower.
I loved Ghost Recon Wildlands - it was an incredible open world. So far I’m finding Breakthrough a step back - the AI is really woeful to the point that it spoils it.
South Americans are more able and always on their toes. Americans just have better gear ( im a American it’s a joke )
Breakpoint is a much better game now after the updates.
@@SolidSnake240 Games should be released good.
@@matthewjones39 tell that to elden ring nerds half the Npcs you find don’t even have completed quest or it wasn’t completed and you can tell
@@matthewjones39that’s just not how games are made nowadays unfortunately.
I miss the ghost advanced warfighter’s and future soldier.
You can do it without your wallet too......idiots
Definitely miss the Advanced Warfighter multiplayer.
I had the trilogy pack for my old XBox 360 which had Ghost Recon AW (1&2) and FS in them
Jami Green and advanced warfighters online in 2007-2010 was the peak of online gaming for me
@@ChopPeterson Same here dude
I remember playing 2001 Ghost Recon as a 5-6 year old kid, i didn't know what the hell i was supposed to do, primarily because i didn't spoke english then but i sure did was trying to play it. I've had fun with it. You made me want to play it again.
Wildlands is awesome, replay value is big, and they add a lot of improvments since launch...
Not a step back, on release was not the game we needed but i got it 2 weeks ago £11.00 and alot as been done to fix it and make a good game 🎮 that's cool loving it.
2019 & still Wildlands is my Benchmark for video game graphics. I totally loved it even though I prefer the older hardcore tactical & military style of Ghost Recon 1.
Same, I have Wildlands and it's an amazing game.
@@2hotflavored666 it's another same old ubisoft title
@@ruthlessvikings True, but it's still an amazing game. Far Cry 6 on the other hand, end my fucking misery.
@@2hotflavored666 Far Cry has been going downhill since 3. 4 was kinda enjoyable but after that omg just stop ubisoft
Ghost recon 1 (2001) is by far the best ghost recon of all time. It still holds up to this day and I've recently dived back into it on PC through steam and can't get enough of it. Could you imagine how good of a game it would be if they went back to the original game style today!!!
I still think that call of duty was the best ghost recon game.
I agree
totalmente de acuerdo el mejor fue el del 2001
It gets 100x better when you play it with Heroes Unleashed mod
Man I still remember how intense the Ghost Recon 1 days were on Xbox Live and Island Thunder.. I have not and doubt I will ever experience a tactical shooter as special as it was back in the original games..
lions Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising is similar especially in 1v1’s online, you can command about 25 troops to take chokepoints and push certain areas
Ghost Recon was one of my favorite games as a kid but I still can't believe it's been 20 years...
Future Soldier was very enjoyable and the futuristic elements had a great vision that was extremely well portrayed.
Future soldier was ahead of its time tbh. Now just imagine that game in today’s world
Gmoneyman it would be not as good now tbh but more improved upon I believe
It was behind at the time but go off
It would be full or glitches, uninspired story and full of microtransactions. Games are a product of their time.
Ghost Recon (2001, PC) was the first game I've ever played, and still a game I play from time to time in coop with a couple of people. Nothing like it. 18 years have passed, and I've never seen an enemy AI as formidable as those damn ultranationalist Russians... After their decision to consolise the series and pander to the younger console audience, GR stopped being what it was always supposed to be and what the first one truly was, a rival to ARMA (back then, Operation Flashpoint). It's truly sad to see what became of the series.
Also, anyone remembers how amazing and adrenaline pumping the music used to be? JAG, Stargate and others at the time had similar music style, I don't know what it was, but god damn was it amazing.
It’s atmosphere is one of the best in any game. There’s no bullshit marvel humor or excessive explosions and action set pieces. It’s very quiet and tense, peppered in with some of the most intense shootouts you can possibly engage in in a game. It’s also eerie when a distant squad member kills an enemy and whispers “goodbye” into the radio. Despite the limited graphics, Redstorm did everything in its power to make Ghost Recon as intense and atmospheric as possible. 10/10 game.
GRAW 1&2 was my jam, I just went back and watched some footage, reminded,
I always felt irritated the clip never changed when reloading. He moved his hand like it was changing but it didn’t pull out of the gun. A pretend reload. I was super disappointed that GRAW2 still didn’t fix that, at the time. Definitely a wtf aspect of the game. Haha.
I’ve been BEGGING for a remaster/reboot of the original. I thought Future Soldier was gonna be the one until they delayed twice and pulled it entirely with a different narrative to compete with CoD. Wildlands came real close with the openness and tactical aspects but nothing beats the original. Specialized load outs, mission based briefings, plan/execute any way you see fit, intense settings (those damn caves man), and overall military feel. Imagine that game in 2020. Ugh!
It would be so damn great, man
would be amazing if ubisoft do a remake of Future Soldier to ps4 nd ps5
I dunno, I feel like the OG Ghost Recon games have kinda been overshadowed by modern RTS games as a whole
While the original Ghost Recon is a relic, a remaster or sequel to Future Soldier could definitely compete in the modern market.
I really loved the first one, the hole real and proffesional emphasis, I wish we had something like that today with up to date graphics
*celebrate* the release of breakpoint
*curb your enthusiasm theme starts playing*
Sheng Letucias breakpoint is rushed and trash
Breakpoint was the worst in the series IMO
LOL!
Future Soldier was my first entry into the series. From the looks of it, I'd say its emphasis on stealth made it more tactical that Advanced Warfighter. Wildlands was fun. As a geologist who used to work in the backcountry and off-trail, the exploration of the geography of the map was so much fun, and reminded me of those times. And its level of sandbox gameplay design I feel is unprecedented.
Man UA-cam is great!! To have an operator to dissect a game!! Btw I’m a veteran so I have a real appreciation 🙏🏽
I discovered the series with Breakpoint and basically fell in love with Wildlands.
The series has changed so much, even before it almost became an RPG. I find it incredible.
Another history lesson with ya
boi Nick.
I played Ghost Recon 2 on the PS2 and i really enjoy it but never known it has a better version on the Xbox. I need to play it.
Great video, i wait for your analysis
I generally keep to your direct comparison videos, on the contrary, this was a really well done and in depth video.
The way the first game gets described almost makes it sound like an RTS and an FPS had a baby. A beautiful, tacticool baby.
Just bought breakpoint and played on advanced difficulty, and I gotta say I honestly think I love it. The amount of customs settings you can play around with now is amazing. You have your division/gun blazing type experience if you want or you can go back to the wildlands type gameplay. And if you want to punish and push yourself to the “breakpoint” you can practically make it like old ghost recon we’re one shot will put you out of commission with often injurys with you having to play as stealthy as possible. Now about the drones people hate. I think you forgot the point of the game and that is to avoid the drones at all costs as you know there killing bullet resistant machine gun strapped robots. First I highly recommended always bringing a high cal. Sniper for flying drones. If drones are really in your way you will either have to make a kill zone by placing mines and hijacking a missile chopper or minigun truck, or cause a explosion on the other side of the compound that will draw their attention while you get your objective done. Now there are parts with forced drone confrontation and those can get annoying but there rare so if you have to lower the difficulty for that bit don’t feel bad. Big tip is to play panther or echolon as one of your classes as there great at stealth, especially panther as you can make yourself invisible to drone making it easy to walk by or place a c4 bundle for a easykill. Sniper (forgot the name of the class) is also a great choice high damage and with npc not knowing exactly were you are just because you shot, they will look around and panic as long as you don’t make yourself easily visible. The game is just harder wildlands which I enjoy. The game is meant to be hard at certain points if your gonna play in wildlands mode. Gone is day were you were the hunter and could drive around freely you will have to stick the dirt and grime of off-road most of the time when traversing. Give breakpoint a try now especially with it’s deep state dlc. I highly enjoyed it, you just gotta set the settings appropriately and have a non-conventional/high preparation way of approaching threats.
Five words all up: yes
You clearly haven’t played very many good games, or you’re a kid.
Honestly I just like how well constructed your videos are, tho this is not relevant I enjoy knowing a history of the games that changed certain elements of gaming. Keep posting and I'll keep 👍
Great video:
- Should have mentioned Ghost Recon Classic still lives on PC the original game and its expansion are one of the most heavily modded games ever... tons snd tons of content exists from missions to a fully functioning third person mode
-stealth was not “emphasized” starting with Future Soldier... it was present in the original game... not taking suppressed weapons or being engaged by the enemy set off alarms and had enemy employ QRF systems to beat the player... stealth was a priority in the original...
This was well spent 50mins of trip down memory lane . Such a good franchise honestly . I have never ever regreted anytime spent on this games :D !
If I remember correctly the story for GRAW2 picks up literally right where the first one left off with you in the humvee leaving the city. Always thought that was cool as a kid because I’m pretty sure each game takes place within a 24 hour period of time. No cutscenes or anything just firefight after firefight made me really immersed into the character
You're the same awesome youtuber who does the comparison videos. Woahhhhhh You're awesome mate
I always love nick for doing this. Always watch an entire documents of a franchise
My Top 3
1. GR Wildlands - massively underrated game of the year in 2017. I’m a big fan of the cartel narrative and taking down the organization like a real agent, this game also came out during the Netflix show Narcos in full swing and with El Chapo in the news this game felt so relative. Unfortunately BreakPoint doesn’t have the same charm and is not as interesting imo. Also the crossovers with siege, splinter cell, predator, witches, yeti, etc.. this game was truly special. Ghost War was very fun to play as well and the devs always listened to the audience to what needed to be added and changed.
2. GR Future Solider - This was awesome when it came out in 2012 another underrated game for that year. The campaign, the change in style, the graphics, details, gadgets, stealth, the overall feeling of this game was truly an epic experience. You truly felt like a super badass secret squad. I don’t remember much of the PvP in this game but I do remember it being fun the first initial times playing it.
3. GRAW 2 - Just a classic game in the series. My first real experience of online Xbox back in those days. I’ll always remember how real and fun it was to be in a squad with your buddies playing PvP and you’d be talking and all of a sudden you couldn’t hear your friend on the mic because he got killed and went into the death chat - those were good times before party chat killed game chat.
I like Red Storm Entertainment version of Ghost Recon. Tactical gameplay with cover mechanics with squad commands is the perfect idea on paper, but sadly they want to make a casual experience. Proof of this, GR: Break point has microtransactions on gear, in order to force players to skip the grind fest due to its The Division looter shooter, and its RPG lite elements.
Derp! You obviously haven’t played breakpoint then
@@AlexSmith-dm2fz and you've obviously NEVER touched the first ghost recon game or rainbow six 1, rogue spear or raven shield lmao.... I have, and I can tell you they're WAY more tactical than BROKENpoint could ever even dream of being.... so stfu
@@seano-evilanthony1709 I was referencing the "forced micro-transactions" that don't exist in the game
@@AlexSmith-dm2fz I played for 5 hours, completing missions without death, I ended up with 20K skell points, over halfway off the L85, but keep yapping on about how they "aren't forced"
@@richardhobbs7360 oh no! you have to play a game to earn things! fucking bozo
Me watching this video in 2024 realizing that I live in the year of future soldier 🫨
advanced warfighter and its sequel have a special place in my heart. They were some of the first shooters I ever played as a kid and absolutely love the older games even years later
Great video for the history of one of my favorite franchises. I'm glad Breakpoint is getting back to that GRAW and future soldier style just hopefully more polished then Wildlands.
I actually really liked Phantoms. Had a lot of fun with friends in it.
GR: Future Solider is still the best in the series (imo)
I love GRFS and the GRAW games
@antisocialite I love Rainbow six as well and have grown to like siege. I still prefer some of the older games though. Less boundaries and streamlined playstyles.
I hate and love it LOVE: Because the third person action and story is great HATE: Because it pretty much destroyed the old Tactical stuff that ı liked in the old games
i wish they had made a future solider 2 keeping it like the original
Never played advanced Warfighter? FS doesnt count. 3rd person shooter lol
This video makes me so excited to get into the Ghost Recon series! It looks so cool, I've been really missing out. The tactical squad gameplay of the original, the open world of Wildlands and the more defensive and survival style of Breakpoint, et cetera et cetera, I can't wait to try them out.
Another great video on gaming history. Keep up the good work my dude Nick
You did a great job on the video. No favoritism for anything. Kudos.
This dude deserves millions of subscribers
...still playing the old ghost recon. It is comforting going back and doing a mission here and then. It's one of my all time favorites.
Ghost Recon 2001 was something... gold
22:18
"and a greater emphasis on special effects"
*truck does a 40 foot front flip*
Future Soldier was my favorate.
I liked GRAW very much. I was super excited for this at the time. Watched alot of trailers. But i had no idea that PC version will be nothing like those trailers. I want my experience to be like one i saw in trailers. Only after buying 360 i had a chance to play the game i always wanted.
Time to kick back, relax and watch a Nick930 Documentary.
Wild lands was such an immersive experience.
And you can jump of cliffs!
Yes, it’s my favorite of all time and I’m not really a big gamer. Do you know of any other games like it?
I love when the Tom Clancy games intsect with each other
Wish they would add more advance war fighter and future soldier uniforms armor and weapons into the newer games
When other IPs are shown in the games, it really brings TC's universe together.
To fight the terminators and predators
Wow truly amazing video! Great job!
Would love to see one of these for the SOCOM series.
Jared Hackbarth Same
I love the Ghost series. My first entry was Ghost recon 2 with captain Mitchel. I always liked the aspect of the Ghost Akin to Delta Force save for the modern heroes thing, it goes against what a 'Ghost' stand for "Dead man canot be the cause for this operation, thus they are Ghost"
Amazing vid.
Original Ghost Recon is still my favorite. Nothing beats its tense, punishing, methodical gameplay. I would love to see a remake with today's graphics and UI improvements.
Another quality stuff nick... Love your content.
I've kept an old PS2 running just so I could play the original Ghost Recon and Jungle Storms... what made those early version great was a) the ability to level up experience points and assign them to your squad members b) the ability to jump from soldier to soldier at any time c) you had a mission but could approach it from any way you wanted... it was glorious, the only thing missing is modern graphics!
Now that I've had a chance to play Breakpoint, I've since gone back and started Wildlands again. Wildlands ended up being a really good game and while Ubi made some good changes to Breakpoint they failed to bring the same world feel that WL had and that's a noticeable difference. Since Ubi will continue to update Breakpoint, it may end up being as good as Wildlands, but it's got some catching up to do.
Your current thoughts on BP?
@@lootgoblin8705 I haven't played it in a few months but overall I still think WIldlands was a better game. I enjoyed BP thoroughly, but not quite as much as Wildlands.
I just want them to make a better and a new ghost recon game. But if seeing breakpoint Is their only future ongoing as of today. Then I guess I’ll just have to make a wish list of changes
@@wtbchildhood My only real issue with BP is that it's taken a very long time to fill out the development. I understand that they want to release things at their pace, however, there comes a point when even adding new components doesn't really change the same old game.
@David Mizser I agree. Wildlands just had the right formula and it made the game feel unique with each mission/side quest you did. BP didn't have that. However, the stealth aspect of BP is superior, by far, to Wildlands.
The idea of Breakpoint could have been so cool. Imagine a Snake Eater style jungle survival scenario. You're outgunned, outnumbered and fighting for you life while acting out guerrilla tactics against your targets. Instead we got a broken, Destiny styled, RPG, microtransactioned nightmare.
The first Ghost Recon are literally my childhood. They were awesome. Old good times !
Wildlands is still my favorite. What we need next is Wildlands 2!
Why did everyone forget about Future Soldier ? Sure , Wildlands is cool for multiplayer, but Future Soldier was clearly the best single player experience.
Bro..I just been watching this and nearly forgot about Future soldier 2012...I was stuck in nostaligic mode whilst watching the 2006 advanced warfighter bit.
But your right, they'd actually cracked it back then with future soldier, had some siick times coming home from work and smashing in some hours on that!!
I've been returning to future soldier and it has been really fun. It feels like you and your squad have decided to throw out the general rule book of tactics in lieu of winning at any cost.
It's amazing how quickly it went down hill...even by number 2...
I absolutely LOVE the ghost recon series. Breakpoint is a nice middle ground between a modern shooter and a really good ghost recon game.
22:11 “and it looks significantly better than its predecessor” as everyone becomes a marshmallow.
RIP Ghost Recon, I had a lot of great times with the series from GR2 to GRAW to Future Soldier and even Wildlands; which I absolutely love. Breakpoint however, is a disgrace to the series. Hopefully we'll have another boom of tactical shooters on consoles and games like R6, Ghost Recon, SOCOM, Full Spectrum Warrior & Conflict Desert Storm will be commonplace again.
I had such a blast with Wildlands, though the story was loooooong so I was never actually able to grind it out to finish. It was still a ton of fun though and made my decision easy for Breakpoint... though I think Wildlands will still be the superior title.
@MH6/PILOT I'm sure
give breakpoint time, Wildlands had backlash & was fixed and made better than before. I'm sure Breakpoint will get better as time goes on
Lol, “easy decision”
Breakpoint is not even a Ghost Recon game anymore, its a Far Cry x Division game with a Pay2win store
@MH6/PILOT I mean... I've been playing Tom Clancy games since Rainbow Six 1 on the N64 so I'm plenty familiar with all the game stylings, I just think this is fun.
StickfigureCzar I mean it’s Ubisoft, one thing works, that put it in every game after it
I still play Wildlands. I think I've completed it twice. I have to keep coming back to it for my fix. I love that game
The PC ports of Ghost recon advanced warfighter 1 and 2 are BY FAR the most UNDERATED in the series. Period
Wow. Great story. I just started playing Ghost Recon Breakpoint and have become addicted to it. I can't wait to see if they will revive the Splinter Cell series.