Here's the trick to getting immersive gameplay in Breakpoint that is second to none. Turn off all HUD, icons, everything, put on a pair of headphones and sneak around any base or facility AT NIGHT. The ambient soundtrack that plays at night is amazing. It's the first game I've ever played where I felt like I was living in a simulation, and no I wasn't high LOL.
I've said the same things as well, I absolutely love Breakpoint. I've re-downloaded Wildlands just to play for old times sake n just found it so clunky to get back into. I'm definitely in the minority with you!
@@drifzyy67 i see your point ig? But i would recommend you taking different approaches when clearing a base, for eg you can try doing stealth or you can even go in guns blazing! Its really up to you
Im a disabled U.S.Army Infantry veteran and I have been playing games for about 37 years, and for me I agree with you completely. As far as detail and gameplay if you want a more tactical game, just crank up the "ghost" experience they provide now with no hud and put the AI on extreme. Not absolutely realistic mind you but still a crap ton better than most games out there. As for the game itself, forget all the bullcrap that was said and stop trying to pick apart every detail and I promise you will just have FUN with the game and thats what its about, right! Some of my old buds will get in here and run it like we did in real life, and other times we go in John Rambo style and just shoot stuff for the giggles. If you are a tactical shooter fan of any type this games is well worth it. And you sir make a damn good video. +1 sub.
If you ever do want to scratch that "realism" itch, I suggest giving Arma 3 or Ground Branch a shot if you haven't already. Their realism when it comes to large scale military engagements (Arma 3) or smaller scale tactical engagements (GB) is unparalleled.
Some of my greatest memories in gaming are the countless hours me and my friends spent in Wildlands. It’s easily one of my favorite games because of it, so naturally me and my closest friend were extremely excited for Breakpoint. Sadly I missed it’s closed beta due to a leadership school I went to over the summer but what I heard had worried me. The game launched and me and my friend played it, but didn’t recommend it to the rest of our group. Though we stuck by the game waiting for every update and putting hours in, once we saw things turning around we started recommending it and were absolutely excited for Operation: Motherland. Due to that game mode we spent more countless hours having a blast and creating more memories. I still prefer Wildlands though I will admit a prefer the movement and gameplay of Breakpoint more.
Its cool that Breakpoint is getting this second wind that few games ever get. The more it gets brought up the more people will discover this amazing game. As it continues to sell, the chances of Ubisoft killing the servers for this game gets slimmer. It's up to the players now to keep the game alive. Thanks for contributing!
I put down mines and used sync shot drones to take out waves of wolves. Then would aim to take out the little I think green orbs surrounding Walker before you can kill him.
Enemies still are not spawned in when you get to an objective and will spawn in right on top of you. Still really annoying and makes long range sniping impossible as the Enemies will not be there until you get close.
it's not what "a few games get" anymore, this is the standard for gaming nowadays, no matter how broken, how crap quality, or how scammy the game is, people will always buy, complain, forgive, forget, and buy again. And throughout the whole time empty their wallets on pixels because of fomo.
Good to know I'm not the only one who tried to dress Nomad to resemble Big Boss/Snake. I'm pretty sure the devs were onto something when they added a Bandanna with blue as one of the colour option.
Clearing outposts solo in realism mode is the most fun I've ever had with any tactical shooter ever. Haters can talk shit, but the gunplay and positioning in this game scratches an itch I didn't know existed.
Regarding the Wolves as enemies (and especially the drones) they become super deadly and difficult if you go immersive mode (no gear level and realistic settings). Even a squad of 3 will kick your ass if you're not careful, and the fact that they spot you quicker (made even almost instant by the settings) paired with 2-3 hits to be downed and almost instant injury when getting shot (plus minimal hud so you don't see where you're shot from), makes them lethal. In fact the game totally changes making co-op even more fun and challenging.
Love this game, still playing it. Every once in a while I let my ambitions get ahead of my ability and go hard core which so far has only handed me some humiliating arse kickings but I keep on going back. My all time go to game
I've been playing Breakpoint regularly for years now, it's one of my favourite games, and you've nailed many of the reasons why. This is definitely an underrated hidden gem. Try it again with all hud removed and on extreme/elite difficulty and it almost becomes another game. Factor in the Spartan mod on PC and it's a fresh experience again. Really enjoyed your video, very well put together; I was surprised you don't have more subscribers. Anyway, you got a sub from me, keep up the good work!
Just recently picked up both ultimate editions of the games from the steam summer sale for a really good deal. Currently running through Breakpoint as Solid Snake and the whole nomad leaning towards being more of a hero-type really lends to the fantasy lol. I truly regret not having played these games earlier, very much looking forward to hunting the Predator once I make it to Wildlands.
Also, on the Expansions point; There was also a Splinter Cell crossover as one of the first DLC, which brought the Echelon class and playable Sam Fisher.
I’m an old school ghost recon fan and I actually like advanced warfighter and awf2 for their “over the top” tactical aspects. It took me a while to warm up to wildlands, and breakpoint. The one gripe I really have with breakpoint is needing to tote heavy machine guns or rocket launchers to take out bots. Just a pet peeve personally otherwise love both games!
That's true but they don't feel realistic, Arma 3 has similar drones like UGV Stomper. It feels epic to work with a team of guys to take it down. In Breakpoint its just shooting and no real thought goes into it. Woudn't mind if they had drones similar to the futuristic Gecko walkers as long as it feels real and challenging. The issue with Breakpoint is you got the hardcore tactical fans and the goofy shooters. I remember back on the PS3 playing with 16 player co-op, 4 teams with 4 people coordinating using grid map referneces, not shooting everything you see and stealthily moving around on GRAW2. With 75 bot's pre rendered on to the map. Which allowed you to disabled drones, weapons, camo, etc. Even disabling the UI would cause a funny rookie moment when newcomers would have to PID their target and not shoot team mates. Sadly it has devolved to this 4 player super soldier game. Personally Ubisoft just need to rename this series Breakpoint and stop using the Ghost Recon name. For those tactical bro's, just get on Reforger, Ready or Not, etc. There's plenty of options now.
As someone considering getting Breakpoint for the first time, i really appreciate the in-depth explanation on all the content so far! Interesting watch! : )
I played it for hundred of hours. I think it's great and I still have it installed on my pc. I loved wildlands too, but I like this one better. If you want to play tactical, you can, if you like to play agressive you can. I've seen many veterans, and soldiers role playing it too. Coop is very fun, at least for me. An other thing that is great is: If you bought the game, you can tell a friend to get the demo, you can invite him and he will be able to play with you for free. Great video mate!
> "I loved wildlands too, but I like this one better" How can you say that with such a horrible AI team mates? Breakpoint feels empty, and the map is utterly boring, and it doesn't even feel like a real world, but more like a military playground. Also the buildings are... again... boring, lack any character.
@@MichaelDomer Ai teammates are good, they just don't have personality like Wildlands. Breakpoint doesn't feel empty, you have ton of things to do, everywhere every time. The world feels like a real world when you are in the woods or in the mountains, in the coldwar bases. Wildlands has a parody of Bolivia, it doesn't feel real at all. It's great though. And it is like a military playground indeed, because that is what it is supposed to be. I didn't like the buildings, neither in Wildlands. Ubisoft could do better. We just enjoy different things mate, anyways Wildlands it's great
Considering Breakpoint is regularly on 80% sale on steam its a great value when its on sale. The possibility that Ubisoft will just yank the servers at some random point means that I would never consider getting this at full price despite the work to make it good. I have been playing it recently and I agree that removing the gear level's fixes the vast majority of issues with the game. One sticking point I do have is that the bigger drones like the behemoth are bullet and rocket sponges above and beyond what should be... I don't care what the thing is made of nothing should be able to move after having 10-20 RPG's shot into its open and exposed gearbox.
I got this game for free on ps4 some time ago, and decided to give it a try, despite its bad reputation... and I liked it. It's just a fun video game, even on an older system.
First video i'm watching of yours! Its crazy that you're not at 100K already - loved the positivity while also giving some insight in the not so good parts - and the ending is just wholesome! Keep going man! This is gonna be big!
You hit the nail right on the head when you said wildlands doesn't know if it wants to be a tactical shooter or gta 😂😂😂 My first impression was "why are they copying gta" Listening to hispanic music while driving to a mission seems oddly fitting
in Wildlands the main reason to me that made the game more tactical shooter is because the AI's UZI and pistols has 100% Accuracy when firing at you from 500 meters away, so you're forced to kill all enemies at the same time to avoid dying.
Might have to go back to this, me and a friend tried it at launch but it was such a mess we gave up. Good to see it's been improved, and the free content added looks cool
I loved Wildlands but after giving breakpoint another go I can’t seem to go back to Wildlands even though I out hundreds of hours in it I’m now over 50 into breakpoint and I think it’s definitely a better tactical shooter after all the improvements it received
Nah man, spot on with this! Honestly, we're huge stealth gaming fans over here, and Breakpoint offers a decent solution for people who are missing SC, or just need something else to play besides MGSV. What's great about this game are the accessibility and gameplay options. You can pretty much play it how you want. Again, since we do stealth, MGS the Phantom Pain was our jam, until we just kinda got a bit tired of it. Breakpoint offers a similar (larger even) option with the open world dotted with tons of enemy strong holds you can attack. If you want solo, just turn off the AI teammates, up the stealth unlocks and player stats, and away you go. And it feels pretty damn good too. Granted, it's a bit more on the generic side, but we've played WAAYYYY worse. We didn't get it until maybe a year after launch, so we missed the botched release. But that said, we've enjoyed this game quite a bit.
my character in both games has fishers gear on and even looks like him and my AI buddies are all dressed in similar gear, im basically playing 2 open world splinter cell games, the fact the god himself turns up is mental, well it was for me.
@@skmed83 i bought the sam fisher skin from the store just an hour ago but before that i knocked one up using the scuba suit and you already get fishers goggles for free in game all his weapons are also available for free in game also, i had his face similar with stubble and grey hair then i dressed my AI in the same gear and thats how i played as sam frikin fisher and my 4th echelon team.now that i just bought the sam fisher skin including his head im basically sam fisher in a recon game. i will get round to paying for phantom pain eventually
Breakpoint is a fantastic game now. It launched as total arcade mockery of the series and then with the immersion and realism settings addition + operation motherland map conquest mode, its a masterpiece.
There’s one best-in-slot gun that is only available in the cash shop, Suppressed Desert Eagle. It’s the only gun I’ve bought. Spending $5 for a gun, after buying the game 50% off, and playing for 250+ hours, seems reasonable. I was already thinking about redownloading it. I am now.
After playing hundreds of hours on xbox, two weks ago I rebought Breakpoint for my PS5. I already have over 100 hours on it again and hit level 50 today. :) Such a great game.
What bothers me the most about breakpoint is the 500 M sniping distance anything past that doesn't load unless you're modding on PC because of this wildlands will always be better even at 30 FPS. And as the years go on I have noticed a lot of games getting shut down that are online only and I absolutely hate games that Force online. All that means is there an expiration date because these companies are too greedy to support their games for as long as the community will want to play them. I mean I haven't even added 60fps support for wildlands you know for a fact it's not hard to change it.
this game is awesome now, in 2024. i havent used mods yet but boy i have had a lot of fun. played it for 12 hours straight which never happens in single player games, systematically eliminating compounds as a solo is so satisfying like the old AC days
I can say, when this game came out. 60% of any and all cosmetics were locked behind individual pay walls. A back pack (again cosmetic) averaged about 12 bucks cdn per pack.
Ultimate edition was 30$ on Ubisoft's store. Was about to buy Assassin's creed mirage and decided to get this instead. 30$ for game + the dlc's is worth it hope its fun.
It was a mistake to showcase Jon bernthal's cole walker in the advertising and barely have him in the final game. He shows up like twice until the end and everything in between is flashback cutscenes. While some of them are pretty well made Cole isn't really the main villain it's trey stone with his sentinel and every episode is trying to salvage the resources and tech of Auroa to threaten the world. I still played it a bunch I liked some of the light roleplaying of dressing my ghost and team the way I wanted to, and the urban skell environments are clean and beautiful I hope the next is better take it back to it's brutal tactical roots
This is one of the best comeback in games industry, really great tactical shooting gameplay. New conquest mode is some substitute of good campaign instead of future dumbness of Skell and Walker story. Too bad that Ubisoft wont set this game in, for example Iraq or Afghanistan, or in some country in Western Europe, with some "down to earth" conflict without drones and family content with bad written characters. Anyway, Breakpoint after all updates can be your own experience, for me it is milsim arcade game with nice survival mechanics, no HUD, slow exploration. Shooting mechanic is satisfying, meele combat looks fantastic and graphics are great. Imagine if we have some real city rendered in this engine. Hope we got great new GR game in the future
I love this game. It’s so much fun. I wish I had more of my gaming group into it. They all love cod, but this, to me, is way more fun. Better customization, more guns, more tactical… the list goes on. Could agree with you more.
Division 3 has been confirmed And im sure another Ghost Recon game is in works. If you YT search new GR game theres videos on it. 👍 Keep ya head down solider and comms up
GR: Breakpoint is how we should want developers to handle things. Try new things, absolutely, but if they don't work, listen to your fans and go back on those changes. I know Ubisoft is an easy dunk for most things but I think how they handled Breakpoint deserves some praise. They could have easily Athem'd it and never looked back
My partner and I picked up Breakpoint Ultimate Edition for $35 during the summer sale and I gotta say its been a blast and I'm glad Ubi polished this game to a standard that we've both been pleasantly surprised with
For me its the fact that the world feels so empty. I liked wildland because the world feels alive with Bolivians doing there work and the children playing. It feel better.
Started playing this game when I got it on sale, fell in love with it. It is like The Division 2 but without all the gear score stuff now, I hated finding my favorite weapon but then being forced to swap it for some junk just because of the gear score difference.
I freakin love this game..sucks because I feel like we are never going to get another game like it..if anyone is reading this comment and is thinking about playing .just do it. Really good watch..I enjoyed it
i have both but for me it has to be wildlands there was so much more to see and do i loved how you could get factions to fight alongside you but its almost all but absent in breakpoint but breakpoint is definitely the better looking game. I've basically turned my character into sam fisher with all his gear on and my AI mates as echelon operatives in both games i can do missions on my own or with my team, so it feels like 2 open world splinter cell games plus sam fisher popping up was pretty insane also.
It’s shamelessly petty that Ubisoft ended updates for the game and then a year and a half later came back with 1 more update specifically to kneecap the games’ growing modding community.
Not all bugs are fixed. I got stuck inside a boulder on the beach yesterday. I had to fast travel out of there, and since my chopper was nearby, I couldn't use it and had to drive all the way to the back to that mission point. Suffice it to say that I now avoid the beach. This issue has been live since the release of the game. It's beyond me why they still ignore it.
I just wish they would've added a feature to entirely turn off all drones, behemoths, and other tech enemies or just unrealistic ones like juggernauts/heavies. The game is/was so damn close to being the perfect modern version of the original Ghost Recon games (GR1-GRAW2), but the inherent enemy design is and was flawed from the start. All of that being said, you can't fix what was broken from the start in terms of philosophy and design choices for a Ghost Recon title. It's not a realism, squad focused gameplay experience, it's an RPG that tried to become what it wasn't, 3-4 years too late. The original Ghost Recon games were largely a US SOF version of Rainbow Six, with grounded stories (rogue Russian military elements obtaining Soviet-era ballistic missiles and cyberwarfare apparatuses), and none of this damn skill point stuff. While Wildlands annoyingly had the RPG elements as well, the setting itself was at least grounded as we've seen narco states before in Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia (as well as provinces of Mexico). Is Ghost Recon Breakpoint a good game now? Actually, yeah, it is. It's a solid 8/10 experience, with challenging enemies (if you turn the difficulty up and turn parts of the HUD off), decent stealth and combat gameplay, and a serviceable enough story - it just isn't a good Ghost Recon game.
As someone who played Wildlands & Breakpoint way after their releases It's strange that Wildlands has A more beautiful world Clunky movement & controls Tanky naked enemies A brittle maxed health perk character Less interesting story & Breakpoint has A less visually beautiful world Better movement & controls Overdressed enemies on life support A strong low level character & an interest story that can be finished in "2 minutes"
P.S. Terminator was cool, they had skins of them half covered with flesh and they’d stalk you slowly but surely across huge distances BUT Predator was cooler. He’d stalk you but all you’d hear at first were his trademark growls and trills and it was very atmospheric. He was a badass. They took that stuff away but I bought skins to make my character a Terminator with peeled flesh and I bought Kyle Reese’s car from the future (a big rusted sedan with mounted gun and I bet they’ll still sell that stuff but I haven’t played since Terminator was live)
I absolutely adore the "Customize Your Experience" approach of this game as it allows to really pace the game to my taste and not go either "full tactical" or "full looter-shooter".
I bought the game as soon as I bought my PS4 in 2019. I've pumped several hundred hours into it since, both completely solo and adding in the AI team. I think it's probably one of the best tactical style shooters on the market.
The only thing i ever completed in Breakpoint were the Terminator event. Last week i started on main game and completed 4 regions so far. I changed settings, so it's mostly like Wildlands. As for Wildlands. I 100% it on PC, Xbox One X and PS4...
I just bought BP for about $8 and it has been money well spent. Never played any Ghost Recon games before this one and my only experience with the Tom Clancy games has been a few splinter cell titles. I think it’s a great game to play even now in 2024. My biggest complaint is with the missions and objectives. I feel like they clutter the tacmap and also there isn’t really a set order in which you have to perform the mission. Which is ok except for it could muddy the storyline. For example, I just completed the mission with the submarine and I get a call from Stone in which he mentions that I took care of walker already. However I have yet to complete the walker mission.
I only tried playing this game after getting bored with S&B but still having time left on my premium. Turns out this game is AMAZING! I got hooked immediately, and can't put it down. There is just so much content, the graphics are amazing (especially considering its 5 years old), and the gunplay feels great. Can't believe I overlooked this one, but glad I got to experience it in it's final state to begin with.
one thing i hate about breakpoint is having to literally run or use fast travel to get to where i want to go without getting constantly shot at it isn't fun to literally drive by an enemy, them spot you and start shooting at you as if they instantly know what you look like and that you are driving a stolen vehicle
A lot of gameplay stuff you said was there day one. The movement, the gun feel, destruction, recoil, AI, just almost everything is nearly the same or the same.
Man I was really disappointed with this game when it came out. But, playing it on Xbox after the changes to add the realism features and remove gear level made it so much better. And yeah the Terminator event was awesome to play through when it came out, so I consider myself lucky to have had that experience
Great review and I enjoyed it. I am 72 years old and play this a Wildlands, I would love to see Ubisoft do remasters of both how about you John? If they did how would you recommend they do it to improve the game?
I truly wish you would have started your review stating the "NO INTERNET-NO PLAY" issue. Not a fan of online only game-play. Just requested a refund from "Steam" but thanks for the ohh-so-late headsup.
I still enjoy playing both Wildlands and Breakpoint. I believe that Wildlands' NPC are more agressive than the Breakpoint's. But overall, I enjoy playing a wandering loose cannon set upon the terrain to cause danger and discontent for every bad guy.
I love them both but honestly I like wild lands more.. I have some issues with breakpoint.. one thing that annoys me is where u can free jump from but you can't pocket your guns to jump off a cliff and you can't even pull your parachute... Everytime I try to make those cliff jumps the parachute I can't get it to deploy.. in wild lands u can pocket your side arm and guns and just jump.. breakpoint to me is just lacking things I loved to do with wild lands.
This was a far cry from wildlands in my eyes. Bought it day one and it was terrible with sooo many issues. Persevered with it and killed JB in a few hours, which was quite shocking. Haven’t went back. Played wildlands for hours and hours too and had so much fun but this felt like a few steps down.
Yep...just got it in the summer Steam sale and it's great...as you say, tonnes to do and shed loads of gear, perks and upgrades...on immersive, that is...I'm not much for the 'regular' set-up. Anyway, nice review. Cheers.
They should make a free-to-play Ghost Recon game and pump content, gear, missions etc. Huge big maps, Maybe some story DLCs down the line but no pay-to-win gear. Maybe add some PVP elements to it too. Kind of like The Division Heartland.
They spent years getting it to a state that it should have been at release. Not sure they deserve a standing ovation. Maybe just an A for effort. After they got called out, Ubi didnt even know how to take a shit with out looking to the ghost community for approval. My faith in them being able to make a game by themselves is non existent. And the community had to hold up a gun to their heads to make sure they did the right thing. Really wish a hero would step up and buy the franchise. Really wish a villain would step up and destroy ubisoft period. Talk about a fat greedy menace that needs to be wiped out with all the rest of the industry heavy weights. I play breakpoint several times a year.
Here's the trick to getting immersive gameplay in Breakpoint that is second to none. Turn off all HUD, icons, everything, put on a pair of headphones and sneak around any base or facility AT NIGHT. The ambient soundtrack that plays at night is amazing. It's the first game I've ever played where I felt like I was living in a simulation, and no I wasn't high LOL.
I've said the same things as well, I absolutely love Breakpoint. I've re-downloaded Wildlands just to play for old times sake n just found it so clunky to get back into. I'm definitely in the minority with you!
Awesome!! I know Wildlands has its perks, but I'm sorry I just really thought Breakpoint was awesome.
The movement system in breakpoint is so crisp, its way better than that of wildlands
i had the same thing, redownloaded wildlands and found it so clunky,, got back to breakpoint and still enjoying it.
I really regret buying wildlands because its really repetitive and the ai squadmates are braindead!
@@drifzyy67 i see your point ig? But i would recommend you taking different approaches when clearing a base, for eg you can try doing stealth or you can even go in guns blazing! Its really up to you
Im a disabled U.S.Army Infantry veteran and I have been playing games for about 37 years, and for me I agree with you completely. As far as detail and gameplay if you want a more tactical game, just crank up the "ghost" experience they provide now with no hud and put the AI on extreme. Not absolutely realistic mind you but still a crap ton better than most games out there. As for the game itself, forget all the bullcrap that was said and stop trying to pick apart every detail and I promise you will just have FUN with the game and thats what its about, right! Some of my old buds will get in here and run it like we did in real life, and other times we go in John Rambo style and just shoot stuff for the giggles. If you are a tactical shooter fan of any type this games is well worth it. And you sir make a damn good video. +1 sub.
Thank you so much and most importantly for all you did for us. I'm glad you enjoy Breakpoint with your buddies too, that must be a hoot!
If you ever do want to scratch that "realism" itch, I suggest giving Arma 3 or Ground Branch a shot if you haven't already. Their realism when it comes to large scale military engagements (Arma 3) or smaller scale tactical engagements (GB) is unparalleled.
Should try Arma Reforger it's coming on nicely
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Some of my greatest memories in gaming are the countless hours me and my friends spent in Wildlands. It’s easily one of my favorite games because of it, so naturally me and my closest friend were extremely excited for Breakpoint. Sadly I missed it’s closed beta due to a leadership school I went to over the summer but what I heard had worried me. The game launched and me and my friend played it, but didn’t recommend it to the rest of our group. Though we stuck by the game waiting for every update and putting hours in, once we saw things turning around we started recommending it and were absolutely excited for Operation: Motherland. Due to that game mode we spent more countless hours having a blast and creating more memories. I still prefer Wildlands though I will admit a prefer the movement and gameplay of Breakpoint more.
Its cool that Breakpoint is getting this second wind that few games ever get. The more it gets brought up the more people will discover this amazing game. As it continues to sell, the chances of Ubisoft killing the servers for this game gets slimmer. It's up to the players now to keep the game alive. Thanks for contributing!
I was very Happy when I killed Walker yesterday Night, it took me 10months to pass such mission😂😂
Still have yet to kill walker
I put down mines and used sync shot drones to take out waves of wolves. Then would aim to take out the little I think green orbs surrounding Walker before you can kill him.
Enemies still are not spawned in when you get to an objective and will spawn in right on top of you. Still really annoying and makes long range sniping impossible as the Enemies will not be there until you get close.
it's not what "a few games get" anymore, this is the standard for gaming nowadays, no matter how broken, how crap quality, or how scammy the game is, people will always buy, complain, forgive, forget, and buy again. And throughout the whole time empty their wallets on pixels because of fomo.
Good to know I'm not the only one who tried to dress Nomad to resemble Big Boss/Snake. I'm pretty sure the devs were onto something when they added a Bandanna with blue as one of the colour option.
Clearing outposts solo in realism mode is the most fun I've ever had with any tactical shooter ever. Haters can talk shit, but the gunplay and positioning in this game scratches an itch I didn't know existed.
I completed the terminator live event and it was... something.. had a terminator chase me halfway across the map until I finally decided to kill him
It was an awesome event! Those terminators were relentless! 😄
Regarding the Wolves as enemies (and especially the drones) they become super deadly and difficult if you go immersive mode (no gear level and realistic settings). Even a squad of 3 will kick your ass if you're not careful, and the fact that they spot you quicker (made even almost instant by the settings) paired with 2-3 hits to be downed and almost instant injury when getting shot (plus minimal hud so you don't see where you're shot from), makes them lethal. In fact the game totally changes making co-op even more fun and challenging.
Love this game, still playing it.
Every once in a while I let my ambitions get ahead of my ability and go hard core which so far has only handed me some humiliating arse kickings but I keep on going back.
My all time go to game
I've been playing Breakpoint regularly for years now, it's one of my favourite games, and you've nailed many of the reasons why. This is definitely an underrated hidden gem. Try it again with all hud removed and on extreme/elite difficulty and it almost becomes another game. Factor in the Spartan mod on PC and it's a fresh experience again.
Really enjoyed your video, very well put together; I was surprised you don't have more subscribers. Anyway, you got a sub from me, keep up the good work!
Just recently picked up both ultimate editions of the games from the steam summer sale for a really good deal. Currently running through Breakpoint as Solid Snake and the whole nomad leaning towards being more of a hero-type really lends to the fantasy lol. I truly regret not having played these games earlier, very much looking forward to hunting the Predator once I make it to Wildlands.
No one puts a game review together like you do! Some hilarious stuff thrown in among the information, making a genuinely enjoyable video.
He’s a great editor. And puts time into his final projects! A great creator!
Thanks so much guys!@@ShotByNikoHD
My editing takes WAAAAAY too long, but I like everything to come together right :)
Also, on the Expansions point; There was also a Splinter Cell crossover as one of the first DLC, which brought the Echelon class and playable Sam Fisher.
I’m an old school ghost recon fan and I actually like advanced warfighter and awf2 for their “over the top” tactical aspects. It took me a while to warm up to wildlands, and breakpoint. The one gripe I really have with breakpoint is needing to tote heavy machine guns or rocket launchers to take out bots. Just a pet peeve personally otherwise love both games!
the thing is, drones arent even sci fi anymore
That's true but they don't feel realistic, Arma 3 has similar drones like UGV Stomper. It feels epic to work with a team of guys to take it down. In Breakpoint its just shooting and no real thought goes into it. Woudn't mind if they had drones similar to the futuristic Gecko walkers as long as it feels real and challenging. The issue with Breakpoint is you got the hardcore tactical fans and the goofy shooters.
I remember back on the PS3 playing with 16 player co-op, 4 teams with 4 people coordinating using grid map referneces, not shooting everything you see and stealthily moving around on GRAW2. With 75 bot's pre rendered on to the map. Which allowed you to disabled drones, weapons, camo, etc. Even disabling the UI would cause a funny rookie moment when newcomers would have to PID their target and not shoot team mates. Sadly it has devolved to this 4 player super soldier game.
Personally Ubisoft just need to rename this series Breakpoint and stop using the Ghost Recon name. For those tactical bro's, just get on Reforger, Ready or Not, etc. There's plenty of options now.
As someone considering getting Breakpoint for the first time, i really appreciate the in-depth explanation on all the content so far! Interesting watch! : )
I like the locations in Wildlands way more. They were so much more varied. In Breakpoint, pretty much everything is greenish/greyish.
I played it for hundred of hours. I think it's great and I still have it installed on my pc. I loved wildlands too, but I like this one better. If you want to play tactical, you can, if you like to play agressive you can. I've seen many veterans, and soldiers role playing it too. Coop is very fun, at least for me. An other thing that is great is: If you bought the game, you can tell a friend to get the demo, you can invite him and he will be able to play with you for free. Great video mate!
> "I loved wildlands too, but I like this one better"
How can you say that with such a horrible AI team mates? Breakpoint feels empty, and the map is utterly boring, and it doesn't even feel like a real world, but more like a military playground. Also the buildings are... again... boring, lack any character.
@@MichaelDomer Ai teammates are good, they just don't have personality like Wildlands. Breakpoint doesn't feel empty, you have ton of things to do, everywhere every time. The world feels like a real world when you are in the woods or in the mountains, in the coldwar bases. Wildlands has a parody of Bolivia, it doesn't feel real at all. It's great though. And it is like a military playground indeed, because that is what it is supposed to be. I didn't like the buildings, neither in Wildlands. Ubisoft could do better. We just enjoy different things mate, anyways Wildlands it's great
Considering Breakpoint is regularly on 80% sale on steam its a great value when its on sale. The possibility that Ubisoft will just yank the servers at some random point means that I would never consider getting this at full price despite the work to make it good.
I have been playing it recently and I agree that removing the gear level's fixes the vast majority of issues with the game. One sticking point I do have is that the bigger drones like the behemoth are bullet and rocket sponges above and beyond what should be... I don't care what the thing is made of nothing should be able to move after having 10-20 RPG's shot into its open and exposed gearbox.
You can also play it like a new Splinter cell game!
Feels just like conviction and future soldiers most amazing controls in one
I loved Wildlands and I am DEFINITELY getting Breakpoint soon as I can afford it
I got this game for free on ps4 some time ago, and decided to give it a try, despite its bad reputation... and I liked it. It's just a fun video game, even on an older system.
First video i'm watching of yours! Its crazy that you're not at 100K already - loved the positivity while also giving some insight in the not so good parts - and the ending is just wholesome! Keep going man! This is gonna be big!
Wow. Just 2k? Damn. Need to fix that.
You hit the nail right on the head when you said wildlands doesn't know if it wants to be a tactical shooter or gta 😂😂😂
My first impression was "why are they copying gta"
Listening to hispanic music while driving to a mission seems oddly fitting
8:53 I thought that the new Bromad voice was terrible, but Alix Wilton Regan did a fairly good job as FemNomad.
Bromad! I like it.
I am one of those gamers. I brushed it off a while back but recently gave it another shot and now I'm loving it.
I wholeheartedly agree. BP was better than wildlands in my opinion. Though wildlands had good points, BP just had way more repayability for me.
Likewise! A great combo of adventure and tac-shooter
in Wildlands the main reason to me that made the game more tactical shooter is because the AI's UZI and pistols has 100% Accuracy when firing at you from 500 meters away, so you're forced to kill all enemies at the same time to avoid dying.
Might have to go back to this, me and a friend tried it at launch but it was such a mess we gave up. Good to see it's been improved, and the free content added looks cool
It's still unmatched in many ways. We gave Breakpoint its due credit. You're on point.
I loved Wildlands but after giving breakpoint another go I can’t seem to go back to Wildlands even though I out hundreds of hours in it I’m now over 50 into breakpoint and I think it’s definitely a better tactical shooter after all the improvements it received
Nah man, spot on with this! Honestly, we're huge stealth gaming fans over here, and Breakpoint offers a decent solution for people who are missing SC, or just need something else to play besides MGSV. What's great about this game are the accessibility and gameplay options. You can pretty much play it how you want. Again, since we do stealth, MGS the Phantom Pain was our jam, until we just kinda got a bit tired of it. Breakpoint offers a similar (larger even) option with the open world dotted with tons of enemy strong holds you can attack. If you want solo, just turn off the AI teammates, up the stealth unlocks and player stats, and away you go. And it feels pretty damn good too. Granted, it's a bit more on the generic side, but we've played WAAYYYY worse. We didn't get it until maybe a year after launch, so we missed the botched release. But that said, we've enjoyed this game quite a bit.
my character in both games has fishers gear on and even looks like him and my AI buddies are all dressed in similar gear, im basically playing 2 open world splinter cell games, the fact the god himself turns up is mental, well it was for me.
@@Blobby192 Right on! Did you get a mod for Sam Fisher in the Phantom Pain? Or you're just damn good at character creation?
@@skmed83 i bought the sam fisher skin from the store just an hour ago but before that i knocked one up using the scuba suit and you already get fishers goggles for free in game all his weapons are also available for free in game also, i had his face similar with stubble and grey hair then i dressed my AI in the same gear and thats how i played as sam frikin fisher and my 4th echelon team.now that i just bought the sam fisher skin including his head im basically sam fisher in a recon game. i will get round to paying for phantom pain eventually
@@skmed83 there are also several other jackets and trousers that look splinter cell like in your menu especially when you colour them black.
One of the best games out there, I highly suggest it to anyone who's into shooting of any kind.
Breakpoint is a fantastic game now. It launched as total arcade mockery of the series and then with the immersion and realism settings addition + operation motherland map conquest mode, its a masterpiece.
There’s one best-in-slot gun that is only available in the cash shop, Suppressed Desert Eagle. It’s the only gun I’ve bought. Spending $5 for a gun, after buying the game 50% off, and playing for 250+ hours, seems reasonable.
I was already thinking about redownloading it. I am now.
Awesome! Im right there with you, after a couple hundred hours, a few bucks seems reasonable :)
After playing hundreds of hours on xbox, two weks ago I rebought Breakpoint for my PS5. I already have over 100 hours on it again and hit level 50 today. :) Such a great game.
What bothers me the most about breakpoint is the 500 M sniping distance anything past that doesn't load unless you're modding on PC because of this wildlands will always be better even at 30 FPS. And as the years go on I have noticed a lot of games getting shut down that are online only and I absolutely hate games that Force online. All that means is there an expiration date because these companies are too greedy to support their games for as long as the community will want to play them. I mean I haven't even added 60fps support for wildlands you know for a fact it's not hard to change it.
this game is awesome now, in 2024. i havent used mods yet but boy i have had a lot of fun. played it for 12 hours straight which never happens in single player games, systematically eliminating compounds as a solo is so satisfying like the old AC days
That take over being able to kill your "friend" in the frist minutes... and the history going without him, that was one of the high points.
I can say, when this game came out. 60% of any and all cosmetics were locked behind individual pay walls. A back pack (again cosmetic) averaged about 12 bucks cdn per pack.
Been playing this game since it came out. With all the add ons over the years it’s been a fun consistent game I always go back to
I have basically never stopped playing both games. Always find myself coming back and figuring out new ways to immerse myself.
Im an old old school guy, i loved it. Truly one of its kind game.
5:15 Engaging a tank with a machine gun now only costs two IQ points every time it happens
Its Beardo. He can do it for only one point, he's THAT good.
Ultimate edition was 30$ on Ubisoft's store. Was about to buy Assassin's creed mirage and decided to get this instead. 30$ for game + the dlc's is worth it hope its fun.
It was a mistake to showcase Jon bernthal's cole walker in the advertising and barely have him in the final game. He shows up like twice until the end and everything in between is flashback cutscenes. While some of them are pretty well made Cole isn't really the main villain it's trey stone with his sentinel and every episode is trying to salvage the resources and tech of Auroa to threaten the world.
I still played it a bunch I liked some of the light roleplaying of dressing my ghost and team the way I wanted to, and the urban skell environments are clean and beautiful
I hope the next is better take it back to it's brutal tactical roots
This is one of the best comeback in games industry, really great tactical shooting gameplay. New conquest mode is some substitute of good campaign instead of future dumbness of Skell and Walker story. Too bad that Ubisoft wont set this game in, for example Iraq or Afghanistan, or in some country in Western Europe, with some "down to earth" conflict without drones and family content with bad written characters.
Anyway, Breakpoint after all updates can be your own experience, for me it is milsim arcade game with nice survival mechanics, no HUD, slow exploration. Shooting mechanic is satisfying, meele combat looks fantastic and graphics are great. Imagine if we have some real city rendered in this engine. Hope we got great new GR game in the future
I love this game. It’s so much fun. I wish I had more of my gaming group into it. They all love cod, but this, to me, is way more fun. Better customization, more guns, more tactical… the list goes on. Could agree with you more.
I enjoyed both games. I have always been a ghost recon fan over other shooters. Im hoping for another game in this series at some point.
Division 3 has been confirmed
And im sure another Ghost Recon game is in works. If you YT search new GR game theres videos on it. 👍 Keep ya head down solider and comms up
My only dislike about Breakpoint was that the UI was a bit annoying compared to Wildlands. Other than that it was just an amazing and beautiful game
You can tell it was made for PC players!
GR: Breakpoint is how we should want developers to handle things. Try new things, absolutely, but if they don't work, listen to your fans and go back on those changes. I know Ubisoft is an easy dunk for most things but I think how they handled Breakpoint deserves some praise. They could have easily Athem'd it and never looked back
My partner and I picked up Breakpoint Ultimate Edition for $35 during the summer sale and I gotta say its been a blast and I'm glad Ubi polished this game to a standard that we've both been pleasantly surprised with
Ubisoft done the ghost recon devs dirty by making them create a live service nightmare instead of what the game should have been.
My biggest immersion breaker for Breakpoint is that there are no noncombatants driving around the island.
Just picked this game up because of this video, great review!
For me its the fact that the world feels so empty. I liked wildland because the world feels alive with Bolivians doing there work and the children playing. It feel better.
I enjoyed this game when it launched. Hoping to get my friends back into it.
I have only just started this omg definitely a hidden gem and with so much content that will keep me busy
In 2024 the only problem i find in this game is the weapons high rate of fire and abundance of ammo both plays a huge role in tactical games.
Started playing this game when I got it on sale, fell in love with it.
It is like The Division 2 but without all the gear score stuff now, I hated finding my favorite weapon but then being forced to swap it for some junk just because of the gear score difference.
all i know is i paid $20 for all the bells and whistles and i think that was the best deal for a game ive had for at least the past couple years.
There's a LOT of fun here for the price, glad for you.
I freakin love this game..sucks because I feel like we are never going to get another game like it..if anyone is reading this comment and is thinking about playing .just do it. Really good watch..I enjoyed it
i have both but for me it has to be wildlands there was so much more to see and do i loved how you could get factions to fight alongside you but its almost all but absent in breakpoint but breakpoint is definitely the better looking game. I've basically turned my character into sam fisher with all his gear on and my AI mates as echelon operatives in both games i can do missions on my own or with my team, so it feels like 2 open world splinter cell games plus sam fisher popping up was pretty insane also.
It’s shamelessly petty that Ubisoft ended updates for the game and then a year and a half later came back with 1 more update specifically to kneecap the games’ growing modding community.
At least the modders are making Wildlands cool, but yeah thats rough.
Not all bugs are fixed. I got stuck inside a boulder on the beach yesterday. I had to fast travel out of there, and since my chopper was nearby, I couldn't use it and had to drive all the way to the back to that mission point. Suffice it to say that I now avoid the beach. This issue has been live since the release of the game. It's beyond me why they still ignore it.
I just wish they would've added a feature to entirely turn off all drones, behemoths, and other tech enemies or just unrealistic ones like juggernauts/heavies. The game is/was so damn close to being the perfect modern version of the original Ghost Recon games (GR1-GRAW2), but the inherent enemy design is and was flawed from the start.
All of that being said, you can't fix what was broken from the start in terms of philosophy and design choices for a Ghost Recon title. It's not a realism, squad focused gameplay experience, it's an RPG that tried to become what it wasn't, 3-4 years too late. The original Ghost Recon games were largely a US SOF version of Rainbow Six, with grounded stories (rogue Russian military elements obtaining Soviet-era ballistic missiles and cyberwarfare apparatuses), and none of this damn skill point stuff. While Wildlands annoyingly had the RPG elements as well, the setting itself was at least grounded as we've seen narco states before in Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia (as well as provinces of Mexico).
Is Ghost Recon Breakpoint a good game now? Actually, yeah, it is. It's a solid 8/10 experience, with challenging enemies (if you turn the difficulty up and turn parts of the HUD off), decent stealth and combat gameplay, and a serviceable enough story - it just isn't a good Ghost Recon game.
Praying for a ghost recon with breakpoint gameplay and wildlands map/story
Finally someone that appreciates Breakpoint for what it became!
You really cranked up the upscaling sharpness on a few of your clips!
As someone who played Wildlands & Breakpoint way after their releases
It's strange that Wildlands has
A more beautiful world
Clunky movement & controls
Tanky naked enemies
A brittle maxed health perk character
Less interesting story
& Breakpoint has
A less visually beautiful world
Better movement & controls
Overdressed enemies on life support
A strong low level character
& an interest story that can be finished in "2 minutes"
P.S. Terminator was cool, they had skins of them half covered with flesh and they’d stalk you slowly but surely across huge distances BUT Predator was cooler.
He’d stalk you but all you’d hear at first were his trademark growls and trills and it was very atmospheric. He was a badass.
They took that stuff away but I bought skins to make my character a Terminator with peeled flesh and I bought Kyle Reese’s car from the future (a big rusted sedan with mounted gun and I bet they’ll still sell that stuff but I haven’t played since Terminator was live)
Me and a friend started this game with immersion on and it feels very tactical shoter :)
Just got the game for free on PSN, I’ve never seen ur videos before but I must say that you sold me on the game and I’ll be checking out your content
I absolutely adore the "Customize Your Experience" approach of this game as it allows to really pace the game to my taste and not go either "full tactical" or "full looter-shooter".
I bought the game as soon as I bought my PS4 in 2019. I've pumped several hundred hours into it since, both completely solo and adding in the AI team. I think it's probably one of the best tactical style shooters on the market.
A coworker turned me onto this game a couple months back.
I'm having a great time with it so far. It actually pulls me away from CoD.
The only thing i ever completed in Breakpoint were the Terminator event. Last week i started on main game and completed 4 regions so far.
I changed settings, so it's mostly like Wildlands. As for Wildlands. I 100% it on PC, Xbox One X and PS4...
I just bought BP for about $8 and it has been money well spent. Never played any Ghost Recon games before this one and my only experience with the Tom Clancy games has been a few splinter cell titles. I think it’s a great game to play even now in 2024. My biggest complaint is with the missions and objectives. I feel like they clutter the tacmap and also there isn’t really a set order in which you have to perform the mission. Which is ok except for it could muddy the storyline. For example, I just completed the mission with the submarine and I get a call from Stone in which he mentions that I took care of walker already. However I have yet to complete the walker mission.
I only tried playing this game after getting bored with S&B but still having time left on my premium. Turns out this game is AMAZING! I got hooked immediately, and can't put it down. There is just so much content, the graphics are amazing (especially considering its 5 years old), and the gunplay feels great. Can't believe I overlooked this one, but glad I got to experience it in it's final state to begin with.
I waited so long to play this was a still in my opinion been enjoying the game honestly looking forward for the next one ,great video btw🔥
Thank you! And I'm glad it was fun after waiting for it!
I got the most expensive edition of this game on sale from Steam for 24 dollars. One of the best purchases I ever made
You are not alone. Two friends of mine and are going back to play sliw and Very tactical.
one thing i hate about breakpoint is having to literally run or use fast travel to get to where i want to go without getting constantly shot at
it isn't fun to literally drive by an enemy, them spot you and start shooting at you as if they instantly know what you look like and that you are driving a stolen vehicle
This is 1 of my favorite games, I always end up returning to it for some good old fun.
A lot of gameplay stuff you said was there day one. The movement, the gun feel, destruction, recoil, AI, just almost everything is nearly the same or the same.
Man I was really disappointed with this game when it came out. But, playing it on Xbox after the changes to add the realism features and remove gear level made it so much better. And yeah the Terminator event was awesome to play through when it came out, so I consider myself lucky to have had that experience
that fox puppet always kills me, love it
Keheh!
Absolutely love breakpoint. Sometimes I do metal gear style missions with only pistols focused on infiltration
WHAT! Equipment level can be turned off so I can just play it like wildlands, I love it!
Great review and I enjoyed it. I am 72 years old and play this a Wildlands, I would love to see Ubisoft do remasters of both how about you John? If they did how would you recommend they do it to improve the game?
I truly wish you would have started your review stating the "NO INTERNET-NO PLAY" issue. Not a fan of online only game-play. Just requested a refund from "Steam" but thanks for the ohh-so-late headsup.
I still enjoy playing both Wildlands and Breakpoint. I believe that Wildlands' NPC are more agressive than the Breakpoint's. But overall, I enjoy playing a wandering loose cannon set upon the terrain to cause danger and discontent for every bad guy.
If division 3 could have ghost recon elements of stealth with division 2 and less bullet sponge enemies. Would be game of the century
I love them both but honestly I like wild lands more.. I have some issues with breakpoint.. one thing that annoys me is where u can free jump from but you can't pocket your guns to jump off a cliff and you can't even pull your parachute... Everytime I try to make those cliff jumps the parachute I can't get it to deploy.. in wild lands u can pocket your side arm and guns and just jump.. breakpoint to me is just lacking things I loved to do with wild lands.
wildlands feels old school and it has aged like wine
This was a far cry from wildlands in my eyes. Bought it day one and it was terrible with sooo many issues. Persevered with it and killed JB in a few hours, which was quite shocking. Haven’t went back. Played wildlands for hours and hours too and had so much fun but this felt like a few steps down.
Yep...just got it in the summer Steam sale and it's great...as you say, tonnes to do and shed loads of gear, perks and upgrades...on immersive, that is...I'm not much for the 'regular' set-up. Anyway, nice review. Cheers.
They should make a free-to-play Ghost Recon game and pump content, gear, missions etc. Huge big maps, Maybe some story DLCs down the line but no pay-to-win gear. Maybe add some PVP elements to it too. Kind of like The Division Heartland.
They spent years getting it to a state that it should have been at release. Not sure they deserve a standing ovation. Maybe just an A for effort.
After they got called out, Ubi didnt even know how to take a shit with out looking to the ghost community for approval. My faith in them being able to make a game by themselves is non existent. And the community had to hold up a gun to their heads to make sure they did the right thing.
Really wish a hero would step up and buy the franchise. Really wish a villain would step up and destroy ubisoft period. Talk about a fat greedy menace that needs to be wiped out with all the rest of the industry heavy weights.
I play breakpoint several times a year.