Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Manufacturer: UBI Soft
Product InformationGhost Recon 3: Advanced Warfighter shows you the future of military sciencetoday. In 2013 the U.S. Army will implement the Integrated Warfighter System --combining advanced weapon systems satellite communication devices and enhancedsurvivability into one fully integrated combat system. The first to test thisnew system on the battlefield are the Ghosts as they face an insurgence in theheart of Mexico City.Product Features Become the soldier of the future - Use a fully integrated combat system with cutting-edge weapons and communication systems all based on real military research Use the revolutionary Cross-Com a communication device powered by satellite technology - Attached to the soldier's monocle it commands the allied forces and drones directing artillery and air strikes and providing visual and auditory intelligence for fu Stunning urban environments - the game takes place in a meticulously detailed Mexico City one of the world's largest urban areas. Visit multiple locations all over the capital for complete immersion in the urban war of the future Top-notch multiplayer experience delivers industry-leading multiplayer and cooperative gameplay for one of the hottest online franchises
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- Become the soldier of the future - Use a fully integrated combat system with cutting-edge weapons and communication systems, all based on real military research
- Use the revolutionary Cross-Com, a communication device powered by satellite technology - Attached to the soldier's monocle, it commands the allied forces and drones, directing artillery and air strikes and providing visual and auditory intelligence for fu
- Stunning urban environments - the game takes place in a meticulously detailed Mexico City, one of the world's largest urban areas. Visit multiple locations all over the capital, for complete immersion in the urban war of the future
- Top-notch multiplayer experience delivers industry-leading multiplayer and cooperative gameplay for one of the hottest online franchises
- 16:9 Support
- 480p Support
- 720p Support
- Memory Card
Model: 52280
Release Date: 2006-03-09
good game but a little glitchy
I liked Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, and since this game was reasonably priced I bought it to understand the references to it in the second game. A fun shooter but there are a few glitches. At times you protect VIPs and they do some strange stuff, like push you from behind cover and exit cover themselves to get killed and fail your mission. For the price, it is worth adding to your collection, just be prepared to put up with the glitches.
Could be really great, but...
I really liked Rainbow Six Vegas 2 so I figured I get this game as well since it's from Tom Clancy and the price is pretty cheap. I think this game could be great. The graphics are nice, the story seems good, and the weapons are fine, too. My biggest problem with this game is the controls. If you are in the campaign/story mode, you cannot adjust the controls to your preferences. This has been difficult for me because I always use the Legacy layout and the game only allows Southpaw. No matter how hard I try, I cannot get used to these controls and so this game is very difficult for me to play. However, when playing multiplayer, you are able to change the controls. I have searched the Internet and haven't found a way to switch the layout from Southpaw to Legacy. Unless there is an update that allows it, this game will probably just sit and collect dust. If you are fine with the Southpaw layout, I would definitely recommend this game.
Great gameplay
GRAW 1 is one of the best games for Xbox. The gameplay is incredible, each map gives you a new way to play and strategize, and the weapons are cool.
What makes this game even better is playing multiplayer on Xbox LIVE. Running team eliminations, capture the flags, or defending territories are a blast with a team. You can even dream up your own game like "president". That's where one player is the president and you have anywhere from 2 to 3 bodyguards (depending on how many are in the room) plus a mole on the other team. You then hide and defend your president from the attacking team. All the while your mole is going around the map killing the attacking team. It's a blast.
Game is A++. And if you like this game then check out GRAW 2.
Solid wargame
I have most of the Recon games in the series and I've enjoyed them all. I think the best part of Advanced Warfighter is the strategy, command options, and realistic fighting sequences (sound effects, explosions, etc). You get to direct your squad throughout the city of Mexico over the course of a few days. If you're looking for a Call of Duty type go in shooting ask questions later approach that doesn't work in this type of game which I do enjoy a change of pace because Recon makes you map out your approach and there are too many corners within the city to ignore possible enemy locations. I think that the Recon game could have a few more boots on the ground in the game. I know the original games for the PC allowed for three teams of two, but may be the next Recon games could return to that and expand to a platoon...
The graphics aren't the best and the online play does not compare to campaign mode. I was hoping the online play would be a little more fun. The good thing about online mode is that you can play with a lot of people in various modes, and you can play multiplayer against AI.
This game is a pain in the neck.
This game is annoying. It really takes work to master all the controls. From aiming, to switching between weapons, reloading, crouching/lying down/taking cover/goggles/battlefield map, etc., etc., this game probably has the most complicated control system of any shooter. Then you have to gain competence deploying all the various resources the game gives you--at the same time, while taking fire from enemies. At many points you command your squad which is walking with you, plus a ground vehicle, plus a helicopter, plus an "eye in the sky" reconnaisance drone! The wheeled vehicle, helicopter and drone have no AI, so they don't do anything unless you command, btw! Not to mention controlling your actual character at the same time.
The other problem is the fact that the character just moves really slowly. He aims slowly, he reloads slowly, he does everything way slowly, and that gets you killed but quick. The aiming is just painfully. freaking. slow. Dudes will blow you away while you try haul your gun around. I'd say the character moves his gun at about 1/2 the speed a person in real life would. When you have the scope up on the rifles, that speed gets cut to about 1/6 the speed it would be in real life. Ridiculously frustrating.
Then there's the fact that you can be blown away with just a couple of shots from enemies whose targeting is impeccable, and who are camouflaged really well. Add to that the fact that it is about 1 million miles and a thousand bad guys between save points, and that any type of healing is even more rare than the save points are!
I like hard games. I really enjoyed Rainbow Six Vegas, for example, depsite the fact that some levels are just killer (like the dark construction site at Dante's!!). But GRAW is just too freaking complicated and difficult in an annoying way. Not in a challenging way--an annoying way. Like when you get continuously blown away and have to restart the level at a point WAAAY back and kill the same 2 dozen dudes all over again. And again. And again. And AGAIN!!!
I've been playing this for quite a while now and despite having long ago mastered all those darn controls and commands, I'm throwing in the towel. Too frustrating.
