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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike for XboxPrice:
£29.99
Ubisoft’s TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON 2: SUMMIT STRIKE is an expansion pack for GHOST RECON 2 for the Xbox. The expansion contains...
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Ubisoft’s TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON 2: SUMMIT STRIKE is an expansion pack for GHOST RECON 2 for the Xbox. The expansion contains a number of new campaigns, open levels, multiplayer options, and gameplay modes. The campaign mode of Summit Strike puts players in the role of a ghost commando in Kazakhstan. The squad is hunting for Pakistani terrorist Asad Rahil, who has unleashed chemical weapons on several villages. However, the hunt for Rahil won’t be easy, especially since the Kazakh president has just been assassinated, throwing the entire region into chaos. For most of the 11 missions, players will lead a four-person ghost squad across huge levels to accomplish a variety of objectives. Players can order their squad members to perform a number of different actions or act on their own. Relying on team members is a must as players destroy artillery, reinforce UN soldiers, and protect bunkers.
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Pros: A great game for those new to the series
Cons: Strays from GRs roots
The Bottom Line:
I had an aversion to some aspects of this game but many people love it, it's a toss up.
Up-to date graphics, a fresh story and hours of challenging modern combat is what you should be expecting from this title. I was expected a bit more based on my great experiences with the first Ghosts, which entailed a more tactical approach. And this is where the disappointment begins. The game play: I quickly learned that I no longer have control over customizing my team aside from weapon selection. The whole team is assigned automatically. Yuck! Also, the team is smaller and must face more enemies, armored vehicles and helicopters. These things seem to steer this title away from its roots, which is a little good and a little bad (in my opinion).
There are tons of great elements found in the original Ghost Recon game which are missing from this title, such as being involved in developing the skills of your team mates. Previously you could send 6 into the field and let them gain valuable experience and make them better. Also missing are bonus objectives that, when successfully completed will unlock new team members and weapons. Another nice feature was winning medals for personal kills during a mission. These, and other features, seem to have vanished. All of it was sacrificed and replaced by a lame point score system that has no effect on your team’s performance or outcome of the missions. It only serves to let you obtain images, big deal.
You start with an initial objective in each of the missions. Further objectives are then added by your HQ during the mission. One of the major flaws in the game is this very thing. You may think that you have completed an objective only to find that you have to backtrack to a previous location because you missed a secondary objective that was added during your mission. After which you may have completed the objective and not even realize it. This aspect of the game needs some improvement to make the game flow better and alleviate some frustration.
Aside from a few annoying things, Ghost Recon 2 is an enjoyable addition to the series.
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