Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

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  1. AceAscendus
    Oct 4, 2019
    0
    Absolute abomination! The biggest scam in the gaming industry. Predatory Micro-Transactions on top of 100 euros special editions! As if that wasn't bad enough, they have also butchered the gameplay, it is inferior on so many levles to past installments! If that wasn't bad enough, there is also a large amount of bugs and glitches. On top of all this, the game isn't optimized and runs veryAbsolute abomination! The biggest scam in the gaming industry. Predatory Micro-Transactions on top of 100 euros special editions! As if that wasn't bad enough, they have also butchered the gameplay, it is inferior on so many levles to past installments! If that wasn't bad enough, there is also a large amount of bugs and glitches. On top of all this, the game isn't optimized and runs very bad :( There is not a single positive thing I can think of, this is truly the "BREAKPOINT" for this franchise, it is dead, truly disgusting what they have done.… Expand
  2. 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
  3. cmg349
    Oct 4, 2019
    2
    Ghost Recon has been a long favorite series for me as I have been playing since it's first title. The series has had its ups and downs with certain titles but Wildlands finally delivered on
    a game that seemed to embody a special operation unit. Yes wildlands had its flaws needing work on things like the friendly AI & vehicle driving mechanics to name a few. It needed work but was still    Ghost Recon has been a long favorite series for me as I have been playing since it's first title. The series has had its ups and downs with certain titles but Wildlands finally delivered on
    a game that seemed to embody a special operation unit. Yes wildlands had its flaws needing work on things like the friendly AI & vehicle driving mechanics to name a few. It needed work but was still a great game. Breakpoint would have been an easy win and easily a great title just needing to fix some mechanics from the last one and give us some cool stuff to do it up nice.

    I loved Wildlands because that's what it was a stand alone game that was different than what was on the market. So Ubisoft had a nice platform to work off of. But they managed to screw that up.... Breakpoint is the Division 2 with a better stealth mechanic & less sponginess w/ enemy ...change my mind!

    Breakpoint is a Division 2 clone.
    Here let's look at the features of the Division 2;
    Tighter camera 3rd person camera that you can’t adjust
    Snap to cover
    Loot based system
    Crafting
    Lone wolf no friendly AI
    Required online
    Oh wait sorry that's all Breakpoint

    Also the menus have the same feel and layout of the Division
    THEY RUINED Ghosts.

    But what really ruined the whole game and takes the experience they were trying to portray and literally blows its own face off is the full online (just like the division) with the community area which happens to be where some missions are. So when I walk into this cave I see 100s of other players that are online right now. So how am I suppose to "role play" or buy the scenario that I'm all alone? There are literally 100s of “Ghosts” in this cave. I mean it's literally an army...an army of ghosts. I felt more isolated in Wildlands than I do in Breakpoint.
    I didn't like Division, I played Ghost Recon Wildlands because it wasn't Division, nor did it feel like it. Not everyone wants the same game experience across every game you make. What is the point of having multiple titles if they are all the same f@#$ing thing?
    Lets not forget the buy your way to the top garbage they have added in here. Yay micro transactions … said no one ever

    So to Ubisoft
    F The Division
    F the Train Wreck that is Division's Clone
    Just take your trash you call video games and go to hell. I’m done with your company period.
    oh did I mention F@#K YOU?!

    Bonus: Their servers are down so that always online garbage no one can play on their big launch day. WOW you suck ha!

    Pro:
    Well they did give us breaching and better vehicle control.    … Expand
  4. Nauru
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    Do not buy this nonsense, Ubisoft broke the next bottom and once again proved that they do not know how to make games
  5. LUMINOSITY
    Oct 4, 2019
    0
    Trash game. Don’t buy it! The game is unfinished, load with millions of bugs. There’s a main mission that 4 identical dead bodies appears in the same room and another identical one nearby, it’s just way to lazy, and the whole QA team should get fired.
  6. myndpyre
    Oct 4, 2019
    5
    Even with my poor score of a 5, I am still having fun in the game. It's an interesting mix between GRWL and Destiny 2. While I can see that scores are dropping off the chart due to the micro-transactions, I can say that they give those transactions too much credit. I honestly cannot tell the difference in fighting with a green weapon, vs a blue weapon, vs a purple weapon, vs a goldEven with my poor score of a 5, I am still having fun in the game. It's an interesting mix between GRWL and Destiny 2. While I can see that scores are dropping off the chart due to the micro-transactions, I can say that they give those transactions too much credit. I honestly cannot tell the difference in fighting with a green weapon, vs a blue weapon, vs a purple weapon, vs a gold weapon. If I had paid for the better weapons, I would be pissed, I don't believe I would have got anything for the cash. My only regret is that I purchased the gold edition of this game, I should have simply Uplay+ sub'd and got my kicks for 15 bucks as I see this as a very short duration product.… Expand
  7. DedmeetDM
    Oct 4, 2019
    4
    I've played this for about 20 hours now. It has some potential for fun, but is full of bugs. I'll list a few below. There is also constantly the cutscenes where they didn't even bother to record VO for NPCs addressing a female PC. I've seen about 6 cutscenes now where they address my female PC as he. Its laziness. This is not even counting the monetization that is currently in the game.I've played this for about 20 hours now. It has some potential for fun, but is full of bugs. I'll list a few below. There is also constantly the cutscenes where they didn't even bother to record VO for NPCs addressing a female PC. I've seen about 6 cutscenes now where they address my female PC as he. Its laziness. This is not even counting the monetization that is currently in the game.

    -Lost the ability to ADS
    -Lost all sound in the game
    -CTDs
    -Lost the ability to use my drone

    In its current state I would say pass on this one. I got it with the uPlay+ and I'd be pissed if I payed full price for it.    … Expand
  8. 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
  9. x--CHIEF--x
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Overall this game is around an 8 or 8.5 in my opinion. The story is immersive with great acting. The immersion in general is great. Are there still bugs? Of course there are but nothing worth giving this title a harsh rating. The content is overwhelming which is good. You have Main Mission, Side Missions, Faction Missions, Blueprint Missions, Investigations...and the list goes on. One ofOverall this game is around an 8 or 8.5 in my opinion. The story is immersive with great acting. The immersion in general is great. Are there still bugs? Of course there are but nothing worth giving this title a harsh rating. The content is overwhelming which is good. You have Main Mission, Side Missions, Faction Missions, Blueprint Missions, Investigations...and the list goes on. One of the best parts of this game is that it feels dynamically generated. The environment is full of life. The NPC's talk way to much but that is also a good thing. It feels alive. Taking down a camp or an area is never the same. The enemy is unpredictable but sometimes they can be a little short on being tactical like walking in straight lines behind each other. But having said that, they can engulf you pretty quick doing that as well. The Wolves jump out of nowhere which is crazy but not enough to give it a bad rating. This game just released and I feel it is getting smash because people are upset about microtransactions or the so call pay to win. It's not like that at all. It is actually better than Wildlands in every aspect. Even the microtransactions which were also present in Wildlands. Getting away from that the survival aspect is very light and you really don't notice it having an impact on your ghost at times but when it does strike you know. Overall I am enjoying my time. If you like games like Assassins Creed you will enjoy this title. Don't listen to the hate. These same people trash talked Wildlands and now think their opinion matters. Make your own decisions. This game is good.… Expand
  10. TrojanDoc13
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    Wouldn't waste your time. Tons of bugs, servers that don't work even when you are playing solo (should be offline), microtransactions, etc. Not sure why they went such a drastically different route than Wildlands and TOTALLY botched the launch.
  11. Exodus1
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    This is trash looter-shooter!!!
    No optimization.
    No immersion.
    No graphics.
    No soul.
    No fresh ideas.
    Monetsization everywhere!
    Always online!

    This is just stupid clone of Destiny 2 and Diviision!
    marketer of Ubisoft must die! 50$???!! Are you kidding???
    THIS GAME MUST BE FREE.

    Dont buy this ****
  12. eXsight
    Oct 4, 2019
    0
    Don't buy this game. Pre-alpha build. Toom much bugs. And gameplay like mobile game. Micro transaction for everything.
  13. Linrilasal
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    Think Assassin's creed Odyssey with guns and drones instead of swords and an eagle, add to that it's always online and if their servers are down, you can't play. I honestly don't care about the massive amount of micro transactions they shovelled into it because I won't ever spend my money on them.
    If this had been on steam I would have requested a refund
  14. d25bev
    Oct 4, 2019
    2
    Laughable writing, dull future tech setting, comical animations, some of the worst AI i've ever experienced, bad acting, repetitive missions, bugs galore, empty & uninteresting world, completely unnecessary rpg & looter shooter elements turning the game into every other ubisoft game, bad vehicle mechanics (mainly helicopters & bikes), clunky controls, pointless & annoying survival element,Laughable writing, dull future tech setting, comical animations, some of the worst AI i've ever experienced, bad acting, repetitive missions, bugs galore, empty & uninteresting world, completely unnecessary rpg & looter shooter elements turning the game into every other ubisoft game, bad vehicle mechanics (mainly helicopters & bikes), clunky controls, pointless & annoying survival element, constant detection & annoying bullet sponge drone enemies, textures & particles looking like PS2 era, completely out of place social hub on an island you're meant to be alone on (to pressure 12yr olds into buying cosmetics to show off) & of course, the fact that this full price game has so distinctly been designed from the ground up to sell as many micro-transactions as possible. Disgusting.

    All they had to do was make Wildlands 2. Improve on things but In a new real-world location with a deeper & realistic story.

    (Anyone that gives this game a 10 either hasn't played it or must adore Fallout 76 or Anthem).    … Expand
  15. Ggoyang
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    Division, Assasin's creeds, Watchdog.....all the Ubisoft games are all similar somehow...
    Boring predictable main story line with endless soulless side quests. Expensive game price but cant play as they are using potatoes for the server. but good graphic with good optimization.
  16. Tyler73
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    Trashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh&hhhshjfjfjfhfjfjfjjfjcjckfkfjfjfkfkfkfjfjcjcjcjc
  17. PaulGR
    Oct 4, 2019
    0
    Complete garbage.

    Graphics remind of a 2007 game (I play on GTX1080 Ultra settings): Everything is so low detail and has that wet effect even if it is sunny. Character models are disgusting up close (zooming with scopes you realize your fingers have no details like fingernails etc). Anything not on the menu screen is low-res. It seems like they only paid attention to the weapons only    Complete garbage.

    Graphics remind of a 2007 game (I play on GTX1080 Ultra settings): Everything is so low detail and has that wet effect even if it is sunny. Character models are disgusting up close (zooming with scopes you realize your fingers have no details like fingernails etc). Anything not on the menu screen is low-res. It seems like they only paid attention to the weapons only when you view them through the menu, not in-game. The world is low detail and a disaster.

    A copy of Division: They copied the Division formula and everything is online, there is a HUB you see others (all look the same because character creation is limited to 6 presets).

    Atrocious character customization: There are only a few presets to choose from. All look ugly. You can't change anything on them except hair style (not even colour!).

    Voice acting is laughable. Lip sync is non existent and all over the place.

    Story starts garbage and is highly uninteresting.

    All characters are unmemorable and look like a joke.

    Microtransactions are EVERYWHERE. Anything you see has a paywall in front of it. The game is a joke costing 50euro for the Standard Edition (and ludicrous 100euro for Ultimate) and yet you have to spend a fortune in-game for weapons, cosmetics, boosts.

    A HUGE disappointment by Ubisoft. If Wildlands was 8/10, this one is definitely a 2/10.    … Expand
  18. Ferllen
    Oct 4, 2019
    0
    UBISOFT IS THE NEW EA
    I have pre-ordered this game (Gold edition $100), and after that, I'll NEVER pre-order a Ubisoft game Again.
    Besides the texture quality, this game is WAY behind the Wildlands, Poor plot, ugly Graphics, BUGS, TONS of BUGS. We know that Ubisoft is known for bugs, but they have the ability to create massive open worlds in a short period of time, but this game is    UBISOFT IS THE NEW EA
    I have pre-ordered this game (Gold edition $100), and after that, I'll NEVER pre-order a Ubisoft game Again.
    Besides the texture quality, this game is WAY behind the Wildlands, Poor plot, ugly Graphics, BUGS, TONS of BUGS. We know that Ubisoft is known for bugs, but they have the ability to create massive open worlds in a short period of time, but this game is terrible, the micro-transactions are disgusting, you can buy time-savers and even skill points. It's really sad seeing a game with a huge potential being destroyed by Ubisoft Greed for profit.
    Gameplay is repetitive,
    Vehicle control is way worse than the previous one (That was really bad).
    i don't have enough words to say how bad this game is    … Expand
  19. azgoodaz
    Oct 4, 2019
    5
    Ghost Recon: Breakpoint I think is a downgrade from Ghost Recon: Wildlands if you can view it that way.

    Why is it a downgrade? For one, the "central hub" it has a lot of vibes from Destiny 2 where everyone can meet in this cave to sync up or connect with friends or randoms, buy and sell loot/gear, upgrade gear, get quests and missions and so much more. The loot is now colorized. Ubisoft    Ghost Recon: Breakpoint I think is a downgrade from Ghost Recon: Wildlands if you can view it that way.

    Why is it a downgrade? For one, the "central hub" it has a lot of vibes from Destiny 2 where everyone can meet in this cave to sync up or connect with friends or randoms, buy and sell loot/gear, upgrade gear, get quests and missions and so much more. The loot is now colorized. Ubisoft needed a way for you to show off your rare and legendary gear so they added colorized tiered items like what you find in The Division 2. Ubisoft literally mixed three games into one game somehow and it's ugly. In Wildlands you had the ability to control your AI partners to have them shoot in specific spots or sync shots, a core mechanic in Ghost Recon games. In this game, Unisoft removed AI partners, so that means they forced online co-op, if you don't like it too bad. Breakpoint turned into a microtransactions heaven, they had the decency to even put them in the Beta to "test the water." Wow

    Performance wise, it ran horrible on my Intel Core i5-6600 and 1070, but now with my 3900X, it runs smooth like cutting butter. Breakpoint just like Wildlands or Battlefield, it's very CPU heavy.

    At the moment, it's not worth $60 nor playing or downloading the Epic Games client for one game and it's not worth it trusting uPlay/Ubisoft with your payment method. You aren't missing out much if you don't play Breakpoint, go buy Wildlands on Steam when it goes on sale for $12 (which is regularly does). If you don't like Wildlands, buy The Division 2 on Steam. Thankfully I didn't spend the $60 on this game, my job did.

    P.S. - Single-player, you need to connect to Ubisoft Servers in order to play the campaign. Nice    … Expand
  20. Evaldo
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    Grafico mediano pra ruim.
    Bugs diversos
    Jogo de 180 a quase 500 reais e cheeeeeio de microtransacoes. Que horrivel isso.
  21. philfaint
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Best game ever. Ubisoft is the best, finally did an awesome job. Haven't donated any cent, and played for like 70+ hours.
  22. Auztinito
    Oct 4, 2019
    9
    The only problems with the game in my opinion is bugs. Overall, the game delivers a experience I enjoy much more than Wildlands.
  23. Vovanella
    Oct 4, 2019
    0
    Shop for 60$. Just buy this game to buy loot to save your time. Wonderful! Do you wana save your time? Just don't buy this game at all!
  24. peejay71
    Oct 4, 2019
    0
    Not just a disappointment - this is a disgusting raid on our wallets! Boring, repetetive buggy and designeded around arrogant monetizing of virtually every single aspect of the game this ugly company called Ubisoft requires us to pay 60 euro for! Are they completetly of their minds? DO NOT BUY THIS CRAP - don't let them fool us!
  25. 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
  26. Jch29
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Amazing!!! The only game since red dead redemption to immerse you to the same magnitude.
    Major micro transaction such as all boosters have been removed
  27. MIke_its_amazin
    Oct 4, 2019
    0
    Alpha and Beta look promising, but this is the new Anthem. Hardly a main story, monetisation of weapons, xp boost, items. There truly no need of playing the actual game, just flash your credit card and there is no reason to waste your time on this game.
  28. k-nours
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    This game is a complete disappointment after the success a wildland. As many reviews already talk about micro transaction, I won't talk about it, just keep in mind that all the game is built around it.
    Let's talk about the game play.
    First, where are the ghosts? (I mean your teammate not the ghost you see in ghostbuster) All the previous Ghost Recon game in the franchise that I play is    This game is a complete disappointment after the success a wildland. As many reviews already talk about micro transaction, I won't talk about it, just keep in mind that all the game is built around it.
    Let's talk about the game play.
    First, where are the ghosts? (I mean your teammate not the ghost you see in ghostbuster) All the previous Ghost Recon game in the franchise that I play is about being part of a team. Like in advanced warfighters or wildland. The explanation of developers said it’s to make you feel alone behind the line. Hum like all the previous game I assume, we feel stuck behind the line with your team, it’s even more stressful because you’re in charge of their life. And if the goal is to make you feel alone, why is their multiplayer coop, and all the advertising was made displaying a team of for… I suppose that the real reason is that developing team IA was too expensive and too much time consuming, let make a market instead. So here we are with the same game mode as “The division” but with lack of talent.
    Secondly, this game is fu**ing slow! Each action takes too much time to perform with the slowest animation I have ever see. It’s just frustrating when you’re engage in combat and you need to fast disembark, or just climb over a tiny wall….
    Finally, this world feels empty and lifeless... The choice of putting the action on an imaginary island why not. But after the huge work made in wildland to bring life in a fake Bolivia world this new island seems dead. There is no activity in the settlement and town. Okay the island in under martial law, but the few amounts of PNJ you meet seems to just have lose their soul.
    To be fair this game brings interesting new features like the stamina management, the climb and falling mechanism (that make the 1 point instead of 0). But everything else seems undone, the global quality seems very poor for a AAA games. This game is just a money maker surfing on the success of the previous opus.    … Expand
  29. Kinkop
    Oct 4, 2019
    1
    Do not buy this incomplete micro transaction simulator. It’s incredible how can Ubisoft kill such an amazing franchise
  30. Mosku
    Oct 4, 2019
    3
    Gameplayand story are hit and miss
    RPG elements are useless and has no point there other than sell microtransactions
    and oh boy the microtransactions
    are so bad at this game one of the worst i have seen. Just skip this game and teach ubisoft
    that we won’t take this bull****. Jon Bernthal is awesome tho but script does not give him much to work with
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Metascore
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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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