Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

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  1. NapoleonBonAppt
    Oct 11, 2019
    2
    Such Garbage!
    > Tons Bugs/Glitches quests, AI, animations, etc, just as in Wildlands,
    > Unpolished, unoptimzed, for an AAA games, > Good luck when you suddenly got disconnected (either by server, or ur network), > No AI Teammates at launch, > Super boooring quests, > Vehicle? nahh...it just same as wildland with slightly improvement, > Realistic gameplay?? Nope, not really, the only    Such Garbage!
    > Tons Bugs/Glitches quests, AI, animations, etc, just as in Wildlands,
    > Unpolished, unoptimzed, for an AAA games,
    > Good luck when you suddenly got disconnected (either by server, or ur network),
    > No AI Teammates at launch,
    > Super boooring quests,
    > Vehicle? nahh...it just same as wildland with slightly improvement,
    > Realistic gameplay?? Nope, not really, the only realistic part is its visual context which is.....unfortunately .....not optimized.....

    The only thing I like is just the scenery, the environment, although it also sometimes bugged
    Anything else?? mehhhh

    Just play MGS V instead!    … Expand
  2. hwx
    Oct 12, 2019
    2
    Ubisoft screwed up Ghost Recon franchise, tactic shooter became stupid looter shooter, the Division v2.1. I like Wildlands, it has its cons, but at least it reminds the initial idea. This game? Oh no... Plot: Your are the only one Ghost survived - Nomad! Until you reach out the Camp... Hocus pocus - hundreds of survived Ghosts, hundreds of Nomads? WTH? You cant use enemy weapons? why?Ubisoft screwed up Ghost Recon franchise, tactic shooter became stupid looter shooter, the Division v2.1. I like Wildlands, it has its cons, but at least it reminds the initial idea. This game? Oh no... Plot: Your are the only one Ghost survived - Nomad! Until you reach out the Camp... Hocus pocus - hundreds of survived Ghosts, hundreds of Nomads? WTH? You cant use enemy weapons? why? weapon levels? Enemy levels? You ruined this franchise! And the game is just boring...… Expand
  3. Eldritch00
    Oct 20, 2019
    2
    DO NOT BUY!!!

    This game is a far cry from its predecessor, Wildlands. Ubisoft should be embarrassed with this product, but that's unlikely as they've already demonstrated their willingness to pervert a stellar title series in the name of money and trendiness. The game seems like it isn't even a satisfactory product on its own. In this day and age, it's common for titles to come out    DO NOT BUY!!!

    This game is a far cry from its predecessor, Wildlands. Ubisoft should be embarrassed with this product, but that's unlikely as they've already demonstrated their willingness to pervert a stellar title series in the name of money and trendiness.

    The game seems like it isn't even a satisfactory product on its own. In this day and age, it's common for titles to come out with some incomplete branches to leave space for DLC. However, Breakpoint seems like a rushed rubber stamp with added flair. I would say it's a sad and disappointing Division/Destiny 2.5. Why the game has to broadcast that you've completed X, Y, and Z tutorial missions every time you load in, I don't know... And why is internet connection required to play single player?

    The game handling is cumbersome at best. Vehicle mechanics are poor. Maneuvering behind cover is disorienting and frustrating. Traversing terrain is inconsistent and can be counter-intuitive. The skill tree is quite lackluster and the classes are really just about which weapons you prefer using. The only class that has an ability worth using is probably the sniper with damage and penetration boost. The skill tree, again, is just about boosting certain weapon stats and expanding your inventory.

    The inventory wheel itself is very restrictive. Thankfully, you can pause and change out the two actual active items on it. Out of six slots, one is a class item, the other is an infinite med kit, and the other two are passive consumable buffs.

    Then, of course, you now have gear score... Which is stupid and pointless. Just like in Division and Destiny, the enemies that start off in the weaker areas scale with you. 10 shots to the face to kill the bad guy at level 1? Still 10 shots to the face at level 100. The only stats that offer any improvement are handling and mobility. Rarity only determines the extra buffs applied to the weapon. I actually picked up an identical weapon with the same buffs, but the gear score was higher... The base gun itself maintains the exact same stats and upgrades are applied universally. Worthless.

    Open world environment is standard. Side missions confer no real significance as far as items or any other in-game interactions. You can just scout out distant locations with your drone and just spawn hop all over the place so vehicles are useless anyway. Gear scales with you so you're just as likely to pick up a powerful piece of gear as a random enemy drop as you are from raiding bases and camps for stashes. They felt the need to sprinkle in dialogue options for whatever reason. Rendering is slow and seems about half the distance in comparison to Wildlands. Enemies that are tagged too far when you scout ahead with the drone despawn and then respawn without a tag - especially prevalent with enemy drones. It's just a bunch of wooded and hilly islands with small camps and dispersed compounds - very monotonous and uniform compared to the diverse environments you saw in Wildlands. Occasional convoys are worthless - just mobile chests with escorts.

    I'm only playing through it because I bought the piece of junk so I might as well get my money's worth out of it. I rarely buy games at launch, but Wildlands had me hyped up... Faith lost on this one.    … Expand
  4. JStall11
    Nov 3, 2019
    2
    It’s just like a AAA developer to grow complacent. First off, the single biggest issue is there’s no AI teammates. How can you make a game like this and not have AI teammates? Not everybody has friends that play this game and not everyone wants to play with random people. I want this story to be my story. Not some random people online and my story. You think it’s not a big deal untilIt’s just like a AAA developer to grow complacent. First off, the single biggest issue is there’s no AI teammates. How can you make a game like this and not have AI teammates? Not everybody has friends that play this game and not everyone wants to play with random people. I want this story to be my story. Not some random people online and my story. You think it’s not a big deal until you’re driving a car and accidentally come across an enemy car with a turret. Then it’s a big deal. I get it Ubisoft. Make the game online only so either you convince your friends to buy the game or your screwed. Not every game needs to be an online game. Not every game needs to go viral.

    Second, this game is Tom Clancy’s Division 2 with a new map. Copy and paste a Division 2 home base and you have the cave village. Copy and paste Division 2’s loadout screen and you have Breakpoint. Copy and paste Division 2’s level system and you have Breakpoint. Copy and paste Division 2’s gun level system and you have breakpoint. Copy and paste Division 2’s gear level system and you have Breakpoint. Alright you get it. I’m not kidding though. It’s a damn near perfect mirror image of Tom Clancy’s Division 2.

    This all shows me which I despise the most from AAA developers. Lack of motivation and lack of creativity. Let’s face it, Ubisoft has made it to the top and they’re not as interested in quality. The number one difference between aspiring developers and AAA developers is the hunger to put out something revolutionary, something groundbreaking. Since the release of FarCry 5 I’ve come to realize Ubisoft isn’t hungry anymore.    … Expand
  5. Daktylon
    Dec 27, 2019
    2
    This game is a clear step back from Wildlands. They’ve changed the game to make it all gear based but then block you from using certain weapons and items until you get high enough to use them. So much for an open world experience. Ubisoft claims its because people were getting a weapon “that they liked and sticking with it through the whole game” in wildlands so they are making an attemptThis game is a clear step back from Wildlands. They’ve changed the game to make it all gear based but then block you from using certain weapons and items until you get high enough to use them. So much for an open world experience. Ubisoft claims its because people were getting a weapon “that they liked and sticking with it through the whole game” in wildlands so they are making an attempt to force players to grind through and use every weapon. If I shoot someone in the chest 3 times with a sniper they should be dead and not have some sort of magical protection from bullets because they are a higher level. If you’re playing with other people and go down you can’t respawn until the other players are out of combat. It shouldn’t be easier to leave the game and rejoin than it is to wait for a base raid to end, that’s just poor design.… Expand
  6. Nicsss
    Mar 27, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just too many minor bugs ruining every aspect of the game..................… Expand
  7. iljalank2
    Apr 24, 2020
    2
    Купил игру по распродаже в PS. Решили поиграть вместе с другом. То, что я афигел - это самое меньшее, что я могу сказать. Меню игры лагает, управление кривое. Решили устроить засаду около моста. В итоге из воздуха появились 2 машины с противниками прямо рядом с нами. У игры есть свои плюсы: бегаешь, войнушка, стреляешь - на этом всё. Что я заметил, войдя в игру, это то, что это TheКупил игру по распродаже в PS. Решили поиграть вместе с другом. То, что я афигел - это самое меньшее, что я могу сказать. Меню игры лагает, управление кривое. Решили устроить засаду около моста. В итоге из воздуха появились 2 машины с противниками прямо рядом с нами. У игры есть свои плюсы: бегаешь, войнушка, стреляешь - на этом всё. Что я заметил, войдя в игру, это то, что это The division в мире Ghost Recon. Не могу сказать, что это минус. Мне нравилась концепция игры The Division в целом. Только есть 1 но - The division оптимихирован лучше и играется плавнее. Я Breakpoint могу посоветовать вам, только если вам нечего делать и есть друзья, с которыми можно будет ее попытаться пройти.… Expand
  8. tfro71
    May 1, 2020
    2
    It's slow, controls are not very snappy. Long pieces of video in between making the game even slower. Driving the cars is crazy fast (too fast) while running is slow.
  9. AkiBro07
    Jun 2, 2020
    2
    U need to be connected to the Internet to play offline.

    **** unrealistic. Sniper shots aren't one hits so idk some guys in that game can perfectly live with a **** bullet in their chest, neck or even brain. Then that whole **** base hunts you down cause of one stupid mf that wont die even if u hit him with the highest caliber in the upper body. Also things like C4 wont instant-kill    U need to be connected to the Internet to play offline.

    **** unrealistic. Sniper shots aren't one hits so idk some guys in that game can perfectly live with a **** bullet in their chest, neck or even brain. Then that whole **** base hunts you down cause of one stupid mf that wont die even if u hit him with the highest caliber in the upper body.

    Also things like C4 wont instant-kill enemys in armor. I mean wtf did u guys ever notice how C4 works? That **** would blow your damn house away so u cant tell me that son of a **** with his bulletproof armor is still alive and perfectly fine pointing his minigun at me.

    Drones annoy the **** out of you. Like who got the Idea "Yeah lets make a tactic shooter but don't add tanks or anything just some **** metal-mosquitos that fly around like little ADHD pricks".

    If u ever get the Idea to destroy the generator: don't do it. The WHOLE DAMN BASE knows it instantly and begins to search after an enemy that turned the lights out like there couldn't be any other reasons.

    The menu is controlled on PS4 like on PC and that sucks. You have to move a cursor like wtf????

    Enemys often appear right out of nowhere like " dude I looked in every **** direction how did you get there???".    … Expand
  10. Renegado299
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    No compres el juego ya que es una mierda. una expansión del anterior, monótono, lleno de bugs y la historia no se entendió nada
  11. andrefonseca
    Jul 19, 2020
    2
    Big and empty map. Just spent your money on Division 2, this one is a total worth.
  12. Sickball
    Oct 26, 2020
    2
    its a bad ghost recon, and a bad looter shooter, they kinda fix it with the new mode but is still disappointing, the events are ok, but the game loop is WAY TO REPETITIVE, i bought it on sale, and don't even recommend doing it, if you're still curious, watch a game play or something, because it doesn't have a story to be worried about
  13. hellorheaven
    Nov 7, 2020
    2
    Who green-lit this?? Like i can't even. Ghost Recon Wildlands was fun enough game, so i was expecting something like that, but just no. This one is like really bad.
  14. Ikorion
    Jul 13, 2021
    2
    It's an absolute **** show with the worst aspects of CoD BO4, Destiny and the new Tomb Raider games combined with some ugly animations and some sounds from GR Wildlands for nostalgia's sake or to have at least some connection to Ghost Recon.
  15. jojoboy1997
    Jan 13, 2023
    2
    Playing this and only thing you get is frustration. Wolves should be smarter not just bullet sponge and very heigh damage. All enemies can see you through the very thick fog in volcano zone or very dark at night but you can’t see sh**. This game can only play in stealth play style if you have been seen there is no way you can win in gun fight because of enemies will always known where you are.
  16. chrissybam
    Jan 14, 2022
    2
    Thanks - I hate it!

    Been playing this game in coop mode about a year ago. It was almost unplayable because of all the graphics and UI bugs. I was told that the game was greatly improved and would be really nice now - so I gave it another try and was mostly disappointed. There were fewer bugs, but still noticeable errors like glitching through walls or being stuck in the air out of    Thanks - I hate it!

    Been playing this game in coop mode about a year ago. It was almost unplayable because of all the graphics and UI bugs. I was told that the game was greatly improved and would be really nice now - so I gave it another try and was mostly disappointed. There were fewer bugs, but still noticeable errors like glitching through walls or being stuck in the air out of nowhere.

    The gameplay itself is mediocre, very easy on normal mode and not very challenging. The story is ok, but I found it hard to get involved, it was just not gripping for me.

    Regarding the UI: I've seen better ones, even from Ubisoft. In Breakpoint, pinning the active tasks is quite unintuitive and the menu itself is overly large and a bit complicated. The map where you can look for new tasks is huge and just not easy to overlook. Changing the weapons and using the weapon wheel is not running super smooth, but that's manageable. Some buttons are set weirdly, but for most of the game mechanics, you can change it, at least. But I did not find out how to set the marker feature properly - when trying to unpin a location marker, everyone in your squad gets a notification sound.

    Another thing that's a huge pain for me are the large buildings with complicated paths through them. Doors are randomly locked and it's not much fun making your way in and out of a building. They also look quite similar to each other, with similar furniture and sliding doors, what makes the experience even more dull. Travelling to other waypoints is also not very exciting. Most of the time you hop in a car or helicopter and then it takes a while.

    What I do like about the game are the graphics and nature environments. Plants and rain look very natural and pretty. I also like little details like footsteps in the snow or the ability to cover the character in dirt when you're laying down to hide. But that's about it - all in all, the game was not fun for me playing, because I was mostly bored. Being constantly confronted with bugs and problems I now got fed up for the second time. Two tries to play it through should be enough.    … Expand
  17. Avadon
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    The game's biggest flaw is how incredibly boring it is. The story is just incoherent babbling, there are no characters apart from the main villain, who is nothing special but at least you don't forget him within 30 seconds, and doing the objectives just feels tiresome. Not rewarding or exciting in the slightest. It might be more fun with friends, but if you have several friends all eagerlyThe game's biggest flaw is how incredibly boring it is. The story is just incoherent babbling, there are no characters apart from the main villain, who is nothing special but at least you don't forget him within 30 seconds, and doing the objectives just feels tiresome. Not rewarding or exciting in the slightest. It might be more fun with friends, but if you have several friends all eagerly looking forward to paying 100 bucks for the next Ghost Recon game regardless of its quality just to play it with you, you're probably a streamer or a YouTuber. Who else does this?

    Technically it's also a mess, with bugs, crashes, servers going down, performance issues, you name it. It also looks and sounds about half a decade older than Division 2, which is inexplicable. It's like the teams who made these two games were on different planets. Its microtransactions also are well past the "cosmetic" line. You can buy almost everything in the game, but it doesn't really affect multiplayer, so you're basically expected to pay to cheat in a single player game. So if you do that, will the game become fun at least? No, it won't. It still sucks. Honestly, it's not even worth playing for free if you have Uplay+. You will have a better time laying in bed and browsing on your phone than playing this, that's how uninteresting it is.    … Expand
  18. VanDerGame
    Jan 5, 2023
    1
    This game compared to Wildlands feels like a downgrade - as if Breakpoint was made before Wildlands. Whoever is responsible for this game should never work in gaming industry.
    They had a perfectly working game, they could have just copy/paste the sollutions changing the story, location and everything that is connected. Instead, it feels as if the game was "reinvented" to be worse than    This game compared to Wildlands feels like a downgrade - as if Breakpoint was made before Wildlands. Whoever is responsible for this game should never work in gaming industry.
    They had a perfectly working game, they could have just copy/paste the sollutions changing the story, location and everything that is connected. Instead, it feels as if the game was "reinvented" to be worse than predecessor.    … Expand
  19. Balorn
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    I regret getting this game, based on the early advertising, I thought I was buying an improved version of Wildlands, but no. It does look better, but the AI is dumb, the animations are just slightly odd, the placement of enemies is silly. The transactions and shop is absurd. I'm playing it solo and I hate the way it keeps telling me to invite other players, I'm not going to encourage anyI regret getting this game, based on the early advertising, I thought I was buying an improved version of Wildlands, but no. It does look better, but the AI is dumb, the animations are just slightly odd, the placement of enemies is silly. The transactions and shop is absurd. I'm playing it solo and I hate the way it keeps telling me to invite other players, I'm not going to encourage any of my friends to play this game. I hope Ubisoft learn to not do this again with future games.… Expand
  20. claven
    Jan 21, 2020
    1
    This is a level of fail comparable to Anthem.
    The game is ugly af even on very high. Enemies have absolutely no AI. It's boring, tedious, samey. Gunplay is ripped straight from some 2003 budget game. There is a thousand different menus for everything, each less user-friendly than the last.
    I normally like Ubisoft games. Yes, I did somewhat enjoy Wildlands. But this game should have been    This is a level of fail comparable to Anthem.
    The game is ugly af even on very high. Enemies have absolutely no AI. It's boring, tedious, samey. Gunplay is ripped straight from some 2003 budget game. There is a thousand different menus for everything, each less user-friendly than the last.
    I normally like Ubisoft games. Yes, I did somewhat enjoy Wildlands. But this game should have been scrapped and remade from the ground up, not released. It's no accident Ubisoft delayed everything they had in development after Breakpoint crashed and burned.    … Expand
  21. Draecko
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    Monetized to hell and back. Not only cosmetics, but guns, skill points, gear, battle pass, battle pass ranks... You can almost literally complete the game with your wallet with these "Time Savers" as they call it.
    This is what you get when you build a microtransaction store and build a game around it as advertisement: A game build to cater to all Ubi players. It has elements from    Monetized to hell and back. Not only cosmetics, but guns, skill points, gear, battle pass, battle pass ranks... You can almost literally complete the game with your wallet with these "Time Savers" as they call it.
    This is what you get when you build a microtransaction store and build a game around it as advertisement: A game build to cater to all Ubi players. It has elements from Assassins Creed, Far Cry, The Division and Wildlands, yet doesn't do any of it right. It doesn't meet up to the quality standards of Wildlands, the animations are mediocre (except for the main villain, that's where the entire budget went) and the gameplay is meh. The UI is overloaded with animations and is so difficult to navigate it's frustrating.
    My advice: Stick with Wildlands until you can get this for max 10-20 bucks.    … Expand
  22. rallybilen
    Oct 6, 2019
    1
    This game showcase exactly what is bad with the gaming industry today. They are great in marketing the game but it shows nothing about what the game will be like. The game feels like a skeleton with no soul put into it. The graphics are decent but far from good on my RTX 2080. It is mainly go here and go there. So empty and by far one of the worst games I have ever played. It isThis game showcase exactly what is bad with the gaming industry today. They are great in marketing the game but it shows nothing about what the game will be like. The game feels like a skeleton with no soul put into it. The graphics are decent but far from good on my RTX 2080. It is mainly go here and go there. So empty and by far one of the worst games I have ever played. It is facininating that game companies can create so bad games and still make a lot of money. And they fool people who don't know any better and waste their money on this.… Expand
  23. Heimdall2501
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    I've played GR:Wildlands and i loved it. I've played GR:Breakpoint beta and love it even more and was about to buy the ultimate version of the game as i usualy do with Ubisoft's games.
    I usualy pay an extra 20$ in cosmetics after playing the game to support the game "great game thanks, take my money" BUT the monetization system has gone way too far. You can pay for evrything in this game.    I've played GR:Wildlands and i loved it. I've played GR:Breakpoint beta and love it even more and was about to buy the ultimate version of the game as i usualy do with Ubisoft's games.
    I usualy pay an extra 20$ in cosmetics after playing the game to support the game "great game thanks, take my money" BUT the monetization system has gone way too far. You can pay for evrything in this game. I can't support this behavior and won't buy breakpoint.

    We, gamers, can't let this become the standard of video games, i'll do my part and boycott it even if i want to play to this game.    … Expand
  24. Testuser134
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    Terrible. This word is the only one that comes to mind. Microtransactions, pay to win, multitude of gamebreaking bugs such as falling through textures, getting stuck, dumb and terrible AI, which spawns out of blue or comes through single doors all the time even when they see their "teammates" die in them. This game has nothing to do with Ghost Recon Wildlands, it's just a way for you toTerrible. This word is the only one that comes to mind. Microtransactions, pay to win, multitude of gamebreaking bugs such as falling through textures, getting stuck, dumb and terrible AI, which spawns out of blue or comes through single doors all the time even when they see their "teammates" die in them. This game has nothing to do with Ghost Recon Wildlands, it's just a way for you to burn your money. Skip this trash and forget. I'm giving 1 for the great world tho. Ubisoft has always made great worlds, which as in this case, feel very empty and pointless, but at least they look great. Skip it.… Expand
  25. rockon
    Apr 15, 2020
    1
    The menus are far too complicated and confusing and the distances you must travel between objectives is ridiculous. I was going through the various menus and kept saying "Really? Did they really need to make it this complicated? The base Erewhon is so cluttered I got lost just wandering around it. Couldn't find the way out to begin a mission. When I finally got a mission loaded I hadThe menus are far too complicated and confusing and the distances you must travel between objectives is ridiculous. I was going through the various menus and kept saying "Really? Did they really need to make it this complicated? The base Erewhon is so cluttered I got lost just wandering around it. Couldn't find the way out to begin a mission. When I finally got a mission loaded I had to fly a helicopter for what seemed like forever to get to the objective. It takes so long to get there you can fall asleep. Although you will find yourself way outnumbered your enemies are ludicrously easy to kill. The firearms really don't have the feel and sound that a gun should. I feel like I'm shooting a pea shooter when I'm blasting with an SMG. It took some looking around for me to finally figure out how to equip a weapon other than a pistol because they don't make it hardly obvious in how to weapon select. Not like in other games. This one had to be different.. The combat is about as stupid as it gets as AI enemies are laughable. The graphics textures are too soft for what is supposed to be an advanced shooter. Absolutely everything is in dark shades. There's no color at all. It's like it's made for people who are color blind. The mountainous terrain really becomes annoying because you constantly find yourself sliding down hills . There's nothing but mountains in this game. Also, you cannot pick up and use captured weapons from dead enemies. And that's just bogus. it's also too easy to run out of ammunition. Anyone thinking about buying this game and want a good shooter? Buy Far Cry 5 or Sniper Elite 4 instead. Those games make this one look like garbage.… Expand
  26. kdswto
    Nov 20, 2020
    1
    Bugs: movement, aiming, hiding, riding, flying ... everything have bugs here. Worstest game (if we are talking about bugs). Gameplay doesn't have anything new. Character playing is boring.
  27. Andrudis
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    This game is just a lazy money grab that parasites on beloved franchise: buggy, immersion-breaking mess with mediocre story and copy-paste landmarks. AI is dumb and bugged as hell - you dont need any skill at all even on Extreme difficulty. You dont even need any weapons except for single sidearms until you hit a grind wall in a form of extremely bullet-spongy drones that you must destroyThis game is just a lazy money grab that parasites on beloved franchise: buggy, immersion-breaking mess with mediocre story and copy-paste landmarks. AI is dumb and bugged as hell - you dont need any skill at all even on Extreme difficulty. You dont even need any weapons except for single sidearms until you hit a grind wall in a form of extremely bullet-spongy drones that you must destroy from time to time to progress in story.

    Monetization should be mentioned separately - it is one of the worst pay-2-win even by the standard of free-2-play mobile game: you can literally by everything from start with enough real money including weapons, mods, vehicles, currency etc. This is a ridiculous example of play-2-not-play. No wonder devs did not care about filling open world with any meaningful activities - you are not meant to traverse whole world but instead meant to pay more money to skip intentionally boring lazily copy-pasted grind locations.

    Summary - you will lose nothing if you just skip this one, unless you are some kind of casual whale who dont mind spending a low of cash on a buggy mess just to complete it asap and move on to something more interesting and polished. This game may be worth checking again in 6-12 months when most bugs will be finally fixed and price will drop to 15-20 USD, but is no not really worth a cent more than that    … Expand
  28. Jjackattack
    Oct 9, 2019
    1
    Wow, bow-wow of a game. Save your money, this is a micro-transaction milking grind fest of a game with a beautiful rendered but totally lifeless world. For PvE, enemy AI is just atrociously bad, worst I have ever seen in a game except maybe Diakatana (dating myself).

    Save your money, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.
  29. Jaytmek
    Oct 9, 2019
    1
    This game is bad. There is no way around it. I was a bug fan of wildlands and for me it feels like Breakpoint is a step backwards in every possible way.

    I don't really have a problem with the in game microtransactions. I know it's annoyed a lot of people but the guns and attachments are unlockable in the same way as in wildlands, and haven't been made any harder so I do believe these    This game is bad. There is no way around it. I was a bug fan of wildlands and for me it feels like Breakpoint is a step backwards in every possible way.

    I don't really have a problem with the in game microtransactions. I know it's annoyed a lot of people but the guns and attachments are unlockable in the same way as in wildlands, and haven't been made any harder so I do believe these really are "time savers". The other purchases are cosmetic and frankly if people are buying them, then they are the problem and the reason developers keep putting them in games.

    Now for breakpoint as a game.

    The good:
    The gun combat at long range is mostly the same as wildlands. I did notice a bug where the visual indicator of the shot, and where the shot landed was wildly different at range but this only happened once.

    Thats it for the good.

    The bad:
    You need to always be online, but the servers undergo constant maintenence and disconnect frequently, leaving the game unplayable.

    No AI teammates. These have been replaced with a consumable sync shot drone. The cynic in me believes this could be to encourage people to buy microtransactions crafting materials. Luckily its not difficult to find most consumables while going about the game.

    Graphics. They are just horrible. Lots of pop in, bad animations, muddy textures, wildly swaying grass for no reason, the darkness in the game just doesn't work. It's hard to explain but everything just goes haywire.

    Gameplay. This is where it really let's itself down. The cover system automatically finds cover when crouched. In theory. In practice it just doesn't work. In close quarter it will get you killed. Over and over.

    In single player you can unlock a skill to let you self revive, however since it's single player, the enemies who killed you have nothing else to look at. By the time you revive and go through the animation, they have killed you again.

    Missions are bland and all play out the same way. Go here, hold a button, go here, hold a button. This is not much different from wildlands, but the npc giving you instructions in wildlands gave the missions more life. If breakpoint all in mission instructions are generated from text documents. It's just boring.

    Mission breaking bugs are present in the majority of missions. As an example, last night I had to break prisoners out of a prison. I did this, escorted them to the safe zone. Nothing happened. I noticed that one of the prisoners was still stuck 600m away. I decided to ask the prisoners who were already at the safe zone to wait, at which point a mission fail triggered, saying I'd left a target behind.

    The script and voice acting is horrible, with the exception of Jon Bernthal. A lot of the dialogue doesn't make sense. The script is very B movie, which would be fine if this was EDF, but it takes itself too seriously for a script this bad to work.

    The weapon/equipment level is pointless. It possibly effects your ability to take out drones, but since headshots are still one hit kills its pointless. The game would be much better without it.

    The social hub area has no reason to exist. You play as a stranded marine in need of backup, but the social area is filled with many many other marines in the form of other players. It makes no sense in relation to the plot and having other players in the hub serves no purpose (except possibly allowing a player to show off all their microtransaction cosmetics?)

    The vehicle handling is some how worse than wildlands. They explode for no reason.

    The drones. The drones are a nightmare. Every now and then a uav flies over and you have to lay in the dirt. If it sees you it summons more drones. I really don't see why they added this to the game. The drones are clearly the justification for the weapon level system, but for me they are just another aspect ruining the game. They were definitely designed with multiplayer in mind. Infact, it feels like the whole game was.

    Enemy AI is even worse than wildlands. In close quarters they funnel through the same choke point like fish in a barrel. At range they stay still when you've blown their comrade's head off. If they do run off they'll stay behind cover indefinitely until you move. I'd probably do the same, but as an enemy in a game it's a boring behaviour.

    The survival mechanics and bivouacs don't really add anything to the game.

    Getting around the world feels boring because the world is so drab and dead. I genuinely enjoyed flying or driving between missions in wildlands, it felt interesting and alive. Its just not the same in breakpoint.

    Conclusion:
    All in all I just don't think there is a salvageable game behind breakpoint. The systems are too intertwined but don't work together, the setting is what it is and the script would have to be changed to the point of changing the whole game. Short of starting from the ground up, I really don't think they can save this one. I'd recommend giving it a miss.    … Expand
  30. seagseag123
    Feb 8, 2020
    1
    The case when there is money but no brains, as a result of AAA, absolutely mediocre uninteresting games.
    I played for 100 hours trying to find interest in the game, everything in this game is done carelessly, from the menu design to the plot.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 30
  3. Negative: 5 out of 30
  1. GameWatcher
    Apr 20, 2020
    80
    While we wait for the hopeful announcement of a new Splinter Cell game in the future, Tom Clancy’s fans will be happy to know that Breakpoint is actually fun, now. The new Ghost Mode solved many of the issues that plagued the original version, and while it isn’t fully healed from its painful stint as a non-Ghost Recon game, the latest entry in the franchise is trying its best to course-correct. If you are one of the many people who were put off by it at launch, I would recommend you try and give it a try now – just like the eponymous Group for Specialised Tactics, Ubisoft might yet turn this near-miss of the series’ breakpoint into a franchise victory.
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  2. The Overpowered Noobs
    Nov 15, 2019
    70
    Despite the occasionally lonely world and lacking interactivity, the rewarding and creative ways to complete missions make this FPS title a blast to play.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Nov 10, 2019
    40
    The super-soldier fantasy's lost beneath generic mechanisms for grinding. [Issue#139, p.108]
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