• 15 single player missions

• 5 tactical exercises exclusive to PS2

• Unlock 12 specialists that use the latest battlefield technology and weapons

• Standard and special-issue weapons like the M16A2, the M4 carbine and the fearsome and deadly OICW

• Split-screen multiplayer action for 2 players

REVIEW (10 point scale)

GRAPHICS: 8.0
SOUND: 9.0
Control: 9.0
Replay Factor: 10.0
Fun Factor: 9.5
Extras: 10.0
Multiplayer: 7.5
OVERALL SCORE: 9.5

12 of 13 found the following review helpful:


Ghost Recon  Dec 15, 2002
Just a Great game:
great graphics, sound, music, realism, and fun. Definately a game to buy this Christmas for the PS2. For a comparison, I believe it is better than Medal of Honor: Frontline, which was an amazing game. Ghost Recon has sharp, smooth graphics, powerful music, and excellent story line and replay value. (Plus the co-op multiplayer is a blast.) The AI is one of the best I've seen. My only complaint would be the lack of network adapter compatability. But, on the whole, this great is one of the best I've played and is as close to a realistic war game as it gets. I give it a perfect score.

Ratings:
graphics: 8
sound: 9
music: 10
controls: 10
realism: 10
replayability: 9.5
multiplayer: 8
fun: 10
extra features: 10
overall: 9.4

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:


A must have title for any "true" war gamer.  Dec 10, 2004 By Barry Robinson
I could go on and on telling you about this game but instead I'll cut to the chase, breaking this game down into little pieces.

Concept - Lead five fellow Ghosts into battle using stealth and all out firepower, depending on the situation. The story is set in the near future where you will retreive documents, rescue prisoners, take hostages, and the like. The overall goal is to accomplish these tasks swiftly, silently, and invisibly, hence the name Ghost Recon.

Controls - The controls are tight and work very well, I disagree with the people saying the controls take a long time to get use to. They are great and the PS2 version makes a target zoom avilable. Never at one point did I get frustrated or confused by the controls.

Graphic - Too many people complain about this part of the game. I actually think the graphics are really good. Do take in mind that this game originated on the PC so the graphics transition to the PS2 was actually done very nicely. The graphics don't focus on "fancy" they focus on "realism" which I think many will agree is the better to strive for. I know they are not the best but the gameplay is so good that I never cared.

Sound - Ok this part is cool. All the guns sound different, as they should, but so do bullets at different distances. A bullet wizzing by your head sounds like, well, a bullet wizzing by your head and guns blazing in the distance sound cool and give you the feeling your being shot at. Now, maybe it sounds like I'm getting excited over nothing but trust me, if you crank this game through a good sound system, it'll rock.

Gameplay - The gameplay is very diverse. No two levels look alike or play alike making no levels a waste of time or give you the feeling that you've played it before. I really wanted to see this game through and couldn't put it down for the longest time. Everything is so unpredictable and original.

Replayability - Man this game is replayable espiecially due to the mini challenges, various multiplayer modes (including co-op) and second campaign you unlock after beating the first which is 15 missions long and can be played on three different difficulties, that change the amount of enemies and their skills.

I love this game and any "true" war gamer should as well. 10/10



5 of 5 found the following review helpful:


Ghost Recon and Desert Siege  Sep 27, 2004 By John S. Milas
This really contains two games listed in the title of this review. Forget what anyone says about this game. It's awsome even without online play. Once you command Bravo squad to go to a certain area and follow them, getting pinned down by machine gun fire from Russian terrorists, you'll realize how tactical it is. You have to check your map and take a secure position on high ground or a concealed area for sniping. Unfortunately the levels that require you to go inside are quit clunky, but the outside levels ranging from the Red Square to desert battlefields are quit superb. The first level is even difficult if you don't realise that as soon as you come over the hill you're getting mowed down be enemy gunfire. It's a game about planning tactical strategy. It's not as stealthy as Socom, but it's definetely more open ended as in completing levels. There's hardly a set path for most of them. It's a really fun game to play through again also. And there are plenty of unlockables.

4 of 4 found the following review helpful:


Man, this game is COOL!!  Jul 14, 2003
I've only played 2 player CO-OP and 1 on 1, but i have to say that this game rocks. I love the realism of the worlds and large selection of real guns. My favorite is the HK M29 OICW (designed to replace the m4 and m16 by 2009). Oh, sorry, went off on one of my gun tangents. Anyway. The game is super realistic. Remember James Bond games? When it would take like 50 shots to kill someone? Here it only takes about 1 or 2 shots to die. Really cool. Large selection of diversitized worlds is a plus. Controls aren't as bad as they say they are. They're similar to SOCOM. X is reload, R1 is fire, L2 and R2 to zoom; the only thing that might get confusing is the analog controls and movement. Those are a little wierd. But no matter. You'll get used to em. I've heard from several friends that the maingame is also pretty cool.

Bottom Line:
This game is worth every cent.

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