Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Red Storm Entertainment

Publisher

Ubisoft Application Systems Heidelberg ( Mac OS )

composer

Bill Brown

Erstveröffent-
lichung

November 22, 2001 (Windows)
December 6, 2002 (Xbox)
October 4, 2003 (Gamecube)
Desert Siege :
March 28, 2002
Island Thunder :
November 7, 2002 (Windows)
September 4, 2003 (Xbox)
Jungle Storm :
4. March 2004

platform

Windows , Mac OS , PlayStation 2 , Xbox , GameCube

Tactical shooter

Game mode

Keyboard & mouse , gamepad

system advantages
preconditions

450 MHz CPU , 128 MB RAM , 16 MB graphics card , 1.5 GB hard disk , 4x CD-ROM drive, DirectX 8.0, Windows 95
PowerPC G3 : 450 MHz, 128 MB RAM ( Mac OS 9.2 ), 256 MB RAM ( Mac OS X 10.1 ), graphics : 16 MB, 1 GB hard disk

medium

1 CD-ROM

language

German

Current version

1.4

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is the first game in the Ghost Recon series to be released for Windows , Mac OS , Xbox , PlayStation 2 and GameCube in late 2001. The game was developed by Red Storm Entertainment. It contains many elements from the older and comparable Rainbow Six series , but Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon was not considered a successor from the start, but a completely new game. For example, more emphasis was placed on action, which can be seen in the lack of operational planning before a mission, as is common in most games in the Rainbow Six series.

Gameplay

Since Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a tactical shooter, the character is controlled from the first-person view. Before a mission, the player puts together his team, with the option of automatic assignment. The teams are divided into three sub-teams - Alpha, Bravo, Charlie (Team Charlie is not included in the PS2 and Xbox versions). A sub-team can fit a maximum of three people, although it should be noted that you cannot take more than six people with you on a mission.

The game characters are divided into two platoons: standard soldiers and specialists. Twelve of the former are available at the beginning of the campaign, the twelve specialists can be unlocked in the missions by fulfilling optional goals (for example completing a mission without losing your own). For each completed mission, the participating soldiers receive one talent point, which can be used to improve target accuracy, camouflage, endurance and leadership quality. The soldiers on both platoons are divided into four classes:

Shooter: The shooter represents the standard soldier and thus the backbone of the team. Usually he is armed with an assault rifle , whereby a grenade launcher can also be carried.
Machine gunner: The machine gunner specializes in the use of heavy weapons and is armed with a light machine gun.

Sniper: The sniper specializes in long-range combat and is equipped with a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight. He also wears a " ghillie suit ", which allows perfect camouflage.

Explosives expert: The explosives master is responsible for attaching explosive charges, and he can also be equipped with an anti-tank rocket launcher. His main weapon is a carbine , which makes him better suited for close combat than the shooter.

Specialists: The unlockable specialists are not only better trained than the standard soldiers, they also have better weapons, for example the experimental XM-29 OICW assault rifle. There are also specialists from NATO countries allied with the USA, for example British SAS soldiers and German paratroopers , who are expanding the range of weapons.

A mission consists of an extensive, freely accessible map. Depending on the game mode, you have to complete given tasks on this map (campaign / mission), kill all opponents (battle) or fight your way from one point to another (reconnaissance). You and your team carry out missions on foot, but occasionally you also get help from armored troops, helicopters and supporting air strikes.

In the current game, the player has a certain control over his fellow combatants with the help of a mission card (or keyboard commands) and thus influences the rules for the combat mission, i.e. H. you can determine where and how the units should move and behave in combat (cautious to aggressive). In addition, you have the option of controlling each team member yourself, which is usually necessary to successfully master the missions - but delegating certain tasks to the AI is sometimes necessary, which underlines the tactical character of the game.

Arsenal of weapons

Ghost Recon has an arsenal of the most modern infantry weapons and high-tech equipment:

Guns: M9 , M9 with silencer , M1911

Submachine guns: MP5A4 , MP5SD5

Rifles: M16A4 , M4A1 , L85A1 , HK XM29 , AK-47 , AK-74 , AKS-74U

Machine guns: M249 , MG3 , RPK74

Sniper rifles: M24 , L96A1 , M82A1 , Dragunov sniper rifle

Equipment: grenade launchers , hand grenades , Claymore mines , explosive devices, AT4 , remote battlefield sensor system , reserve magazines

Stationary weapons: M2HB .50 MG, Kord 12.7mm MG

campaign

The first part takes place in 2008 on the territory in the states of the former Soviet Union . Radical ultra-nationalists have gained influence in Moscow and are trying to rebuild the collapsed Russian empire. One after the other, Ukraine , Belarus and Kazakhstan are falling back into their old structures, the Russian tanks are ready to advance further west and south. After the western world does not react, the Ghosts are dispatched to secretly fight and contain the Russian threat.

The campaign, comprising 15 missions, can be divided into three sub-campaigns:

Caucasus

At the beginning of the campaign, the Ghost team supports the UN peacekeeping troops in Georgia in the fight against pro-Russian rebels in the autonomous region of South Ossetia . The ultra-nationalist government in Moscow takes advantage of the supposed provocation and lets its troops march into Georgia. In view of the Russian superiority, the UN troops and with them the Ghosts have to withdraw.

This part of the campaign includes missions one through five. The tasks range from digging a rebel camp to rescuing two F / A-18 pilots who have been shot down and evacuating the Georgian capital Tbilisi .

Baltic states

After the Georgia campaign is over, the Ghosts will be sent to the Baltic States , which are also occupied by the Russians , to help prepare the invasion of the US-led forces.

The second part of the campaign includes missions six through ten. First, the Ghosts operate behind enemy lines to get important information or to blow up a bridge. After the invasion, the Ghosts support the US-led armed forces in order to drive the Russians out of the Baltic States and to recapture the completely destroyed Lithuanian capital Vilna .

Russia

After the victory over the Russians in Lithuania, the Ghosts are sent to Russia on a series of covert operations to further weaken the ultra-nationalists and to end the civil war that has broken out as soon as possible.

The final part of the campaign begins with a series of night raids on ultra-nationalist-held military bases in Russia, including a submarine base in Murmansk and an airport in Arkhangelsk . The final showdown takes place in Moscow , where the Ghosts recapture Red Square from the ultra-nationalists.

Add-ons

A total of three add-ons for Ghost Recon were released . The first, Ghost Recon: Desert Siege , was released in 2001 for Windows only. It includes a new campaign with eight missions, new multiplayer maps, new weapons and other extras.

In 2002, Ghost Recon: Island Thunder was the second add-on. It was released for Windows and Xbox and, like the first add-on, contains a new campaign with eight missions, new maps and weapons. The Xbox version, which was sold as a standalone game, also includes some multiplayer cards from the Desert Siege add-on.

The third add-on was Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm in 2004 . It was sold as a standalone game for PS2 and N-Gage and, in addition to the Island Thunder campaign, contains eight other missions and new multiplayer maps.

Desert victories

In 2009 the Ghosts are sent to Eritrea, which is attacked by an Ethiopian warlord named Tesfaye Wolde. Armed with Russian weapons, Wolde forced the Eritrean armed forces to withdraw quickly, thereby hindering shipping on the Red Sea. The government of Eritrea then asked the international community for help, whereupon an international coalition was formed. The Ghosts are used as a spearhead and are intended to support the multinational armed forces in repelling the invading forces.

In addition to eight new missions, Desert Siege includes some new multiplayer maps and weapons (9A91, AN-94 , PP-19 Bizon , FN FAL , OZ-14 Grosa , M60 machine gun , Barrett M98 , PKM , PSG1 and RPG-7 ).

Iceland Thunder

In 2010, after Fidel Castro's fictional death in 2006, the first free elections are due in Cuba. However, a radical rebel group is trying to sabotage them. The Ghosts operate as part of the UN blue helmets to ensure that the elections run smoothly and to crush the rebel group.

Ghost Recon 2

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2

Red Storm Entertainment

Bill Brown
Tom Salta

PlayStation 2 , Xbox , GameCube

Tactical shooter

Game mode

Gamepad

medium

1 CD-ROM

Current version

1.4

Released in 2004 for the Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube. The story of Ghost Recon 2 is different between Xbox and PS2. A publication of Ghost Recon 2 on the PC was not implemented.

action

While the Ghosts on the Xbox in North Korea are looking for the fanatical General Jung, who took power after the collapse of the government and threatens to plunge the world into a nuclear conflict, the Ghosts on the PS2 become a disruption of mobility behind the lines of North Korea and functionality of the military used. The story on PS2 is close to that of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory . In 2007, following a missile attack on the USS Clarence E. Walsh, the Ghost operate behind enemy lines and have historically had to crack down on the North Koreans' nuclear weapons program.

Add-on

In 2005, Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike was released as a standalone add-on for the Xbox.

In 2012, Kazakhstan is falling into chaos. The Kazakh President and his Security Council die in a bomb attack by the notorious Pakistani warlord and arms dealer Aamir Rahil. As a result of the chaos and with the help of the corrupt military, Rahil consolidates his power. The Ghosts are sent to support the attack by the UN ground forces and capture Rahil. With the help of their Kazakh contact man, Grigory Koslov, the Ghost follow Rahil's troops from the mountains in the south to the dry wasteland of the steppe landscape.

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

Ubisoft Paris, Red Storm Entertainment (Console)
GRIN (Win)

Publisher

Ubisoft

composer

Tom Salta

Erstveröffent-
lichung

March 10, 2006

platform

Xbox 360 , PlayStation 2 , Windows , Xbox

Tactical shooter

Game mode

Keyboard & mouse , gamepad

system advantages
preconditions

2 GHz CPU , 1024 MB RAM ; 5 GB hard drive ; DirectX 9 graphics card

Current version

1.35

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter , GRAW or GRAW for short, is a video game from Ubisoft from 2006, which was released in Germany for Windows on May 3, 2006, for Xbox 360 and Xbox on March 10, 2006 and for PlayStation 2 on March 31 , 2006 March 2006 was published. A version was also released for the PlayStation Portable . In addition, GRAW is one of the first games to support the new PhysX processor (PPU) from Ageia .

action

In 2013, Mexican guerrillas launched a coup against the incumbent government in Mexico . For defense, the US Army uses the Integrated Warfighter System , which the Ghosts are also equipped with in order to defuse the situation. The IWS combines advanced weapon systems, the latest satellite communications and increased survivability. During this uprising, in which, among other things, the American embassy in Mexico City is destroyed, the unit is now being sent to the crisis area in order to free the Mexican and American presidents and to regain a secret communication device that fell into rebel hands.

Differences between the Windows version

According to publisher Ubisoft and Swedish developer GRIN, GRAW is not a console port for the PC. The version differs in level structure, mission design, weapon selection, controls, player view and multiplayer from the console version. The control of the teammates works differently and was generally perceived as more difficult. There is also no third-person perspective in the PC version and only a small selection of teammates who can be selected for support.

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2

Ubisoft Paris, Red Storm Entertainment (console)
GRIN (PC)

Publisher

Ubisoft

composer

Tom Salta

Erstveröffent-
lichung

March 8, 2007 ( Xbox 360 )
July 12, 2007 (PC)

platform

Xbox 360 , Windows , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation Portable

Tactical shooter

Game mode

Keyboard & mouse , gamepad

system advantages
preconditions

Windows XP with DirectX 9.0c or Windows Vista, Pentium 4 with 2 GHz or AMD Athlon 3000, 1 GB RAM, 128 MB graphics card with Shader 2.0 support, sound card, 4x DVD-ROM, 5 GB hard disk space

medium

DVD-ROM , Blu-ray Disc

language

German

Current version

1.05