Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

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  1. Naked_Snakee
    Apr 7, 2023
    5
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  2. Chowjust
    Dec 4, 2022
    3
    I remember enjoying this game when I was a kid, but Nostalgia can be a cruel mistress. The game really didn't age well. For a 2012 game the graphics can be alright at times, then also horrible but the sound was the worst. At times there is even just no audio where they obviously should be. Wouldn't buy it even on sale.
  3. The_D4RknesS
    Aug 8, 2022
    0
    Unlike 2, this one is beautiful, good animations and easy gameplay BUT the PC port is crap, this game's design is very bad even on a strong PC, there are heavier games that run on Maximum and this one is between low and medium I HIGHLY RECOMMEND PLAYING ON XBOX, YOUR EXPERIENCE WILL BE BETTER EVEN TO THIS DAY
  4. WHITESIXOMAR
    Jul 20, 2022
    10
    When GRFS was released on consoles, I decided to wait for the PC version because of the 30FPS 720p low res low performance that consoles could pull on this game. And then the PC version came, and it was awesome! Got that 1080p 60 FPS with advanced graphic settings, no sweat! I was already set on using this review to recommend everyone to stay away from console versions of the GR futureWhen GRFS was released on consoles, I decided to wait for the PC version because of the 30FPS 720p low res low performance that consoles could pull on this game. And then the PC version came, and it was awesome! Got that 1080p 60 FPS with advanced graphic settings, no sweat! I was already set on using this review to recommend everyone to stay away from console versions of the GR future soldier. Before writing the review I checked that many reviews from 2012 hate the PC version stating that it "is a bad console port" I mean I don't know if ts a port or not, the thing is that if you see the game running simultaneously on a PC and a console, you have to be crazy to state that console version is superior... but everyone seems to think that the console version is way superior, I don't understand how...

    The 1st entries of the Ghost Recon series were hard for me to play because I was a KID and these games had complex gameplay mechanics. Nevertheless, I grew up playing the Ghost Recon saga. Future soldier was a big thing for me about 10 years from now when it was released, I was hooked from the trailers and even though I liked and enjoyed playing Wildlands and Breakpoint, Future Soldier is still my favorite game of the series.

    After completing Wildlands and Breakpoint I went back to Future Soldier to experience that campaign and realized that I enjoy the scripted driven linear missions. The new entries gave us the freedom to approach and complete missions the way we want to, with tons of weapons and character customizations, they make Ghost Recon Bigger and better, that's for sure. But the open world and open mission engagement is a tradeoff: freedom for immersion. In Future Soldier, your AI teammates are always commenting on everything that's happening around you, mission status, chit-chat about the situation, and always radio chatter with op comms to relay intel and mission progression, makes me feel like I'm part of a badass special forces squad. That's something that was lost on the next GR games, with freedom comes less scripted AI who tends to always repeat the same lines "we have bad guys around" "opening fire" and some more that cycle between encounters. In future soldiers the combat dialog is always based on that given situation, I understand that most people feel comfortable with that freedom immersion tradeoff, they probably feel new entries are more immersive because of this freedom and world customization, but not me.

    Really enjoyed the raven strike DLC gave more of what I loved, scripted missions with heavy radio chatter about situational awareness that equals full immersion for me. After completing Breakpoint I paid for the season pass, so I could play the Episodes 2 & 3 of the main story, those are built differently from the rest of breakpoint as there is constant radio chatter about situational awareness and objectives changes due to mission status, I was hooked It was a nice throwback to future soldier missions.

    Some modern youtube videos about GRFS talk about the game graphics as dated, but I don't feel that way, the game looks awesome! You can tell it was not released in 2022, but the game manages to use smoke and volumetric lightning getting a similar result to HBAO+, the textures might be the weakest graphic feature, but it still makes a compelling visual result.    … Expand
  5. kitru
    Feb 22, 2021
    6
    A great game to play in the campaign of friends or one friend. Interaction with bots (which are not deleted) is implemented pleasantly. There are bugs-bots kill through everything, near the final went so perfectly that not one enemy did not give an alarm and the game broke. I hate the scribbling, the inability to pass some missions without noise. The plot is 0.
  6. gamerz4life
    Sep 27, 2020
    8
    UPlay Required

    The last of what I will call the ‘Classic’ Ghost Recon Series (meaning single player campaigns/experience comes first), before all the ‘Live Service’ mess that was Wildlands and Breakpoint. It really didn’t deserve the criticism that Future Soldier received, gameplay wise (not the Ubisoft anti-pc PR disaster), because the gameplay is solid in the single player, and even    UPlay Required

    The last of what I will call the ‘Classic’ Ghost Recon Series (meaning single player campaigns/experience comes first), before all the ‘Live Service’ mess that was Wildlands and Breakpoint. It really didn’t deserve the criticism that Future Soldier received, gameplay wise (not the Ubisoft anti-pc PR disaster), because the gameplay is solid in the single player, and even the multiplayer was fun when it had a small but alive community (it's dead now).

    Gameplay is very much in the vane of Splinter Cell: Conviction, as it uses the same engine (also a lot of the same gameplay mechanics). You can no longer control your AI squads as you could in Advanced-Warfare which is disappointing and removes some of the strategy and control that Ghost Recon used to be known for, but the gameplay still remains ‘tactical’ even though it does mean that the player does the majority of the heavy lifting in the levels. One big thing to mention is that in contrast to what other reviews say, nearly whole levels, and others just parts can be completed with stealth (not counting the plot forced shootout usually at the end of missions to push forward the story ‘as all modern games have’).

    Compared to the Console version the PC port has better controls and the unlocks of weapons and attachments are not broken as they are on the console that I have seen (strange for Ubisoft, whose PC ports are bad).

    Pro: Gunplay, Gun customizations, In-game unlocks (in an Ubisoft game), Typical Ubi Shooter

    Con: On-rail sections. Forced shootouts/cutscenes, Limited weapon selections, UPlay    … Expand
  7. DiegoParedesHD
    Aug 1, 2020
    7
    Entrega de ghost recon lanzada en 2012 .En esta ocasion un juego bastante aceptable.
  8. r03vg
    Apr 17, 2020
    6
    Игра жутко не оптимизирована и очень требовательна. Ubisoft еще тогда умели делать тотальные бенчмарки.
  9. AMBO
    Feb 17, 2020
    7
    07/10......................................................................
  10. jelikey
    Jan 1, 2019
    8
    jakerfv Feb 22, 2013
    7
    Ghost recon future soldier is not Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 3, (I need to mention that every reference towards ghost recon advanced warfighter 2 is from the CONSOLE VERSION, pc is a totally different story altogether) this is what a lot of people were expecting, it feels like a mesh of (incoming hate for cliche comparison) call of duty and ghost recon, which    jakerfv Feb 22, 2013
    7
    Ghost recon future soldier is not Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 3, (I need to mention that every reference towards ghost recon advanced warfighter 2 is from the CONSOLE VERSION, pc is a totally different story altogether) this is what a lot of people were expecting, it feels like a mesh of (incoming hate for cliche comparison) call of duty and ghost recon, which is not bad on its own    … Expand
  11. TonyOFTO
    Nov 6, 2018
    10
    GRFS is a pretty good game not perfect by any means but there's a lot there that can be taken advantage of, beautiful animations for an old 2012 game, amazing gunsmithing so you can customize your weapons however you deem fit. it has its bugs and it also slowly got killed by a faulty lobby searching screen, so after the dlc was released it slew down but the pvp community is still fairlyGRFS is a pretty good game not perfect by any means but there's a lot there that can be taken advantage of, beautiful animations for an old 2012 game, amazing gunsmithing so you can customize your weapons however you deem fit. it has its bugs and it also slowly got killed by a faulty lobby searching screen, so after the dlc was released it slew down but the pvp community is still fairly alive on console versions. i would not recommend the pc version because of bugs and the pvp community on it is pretty much dead tho the story mode is still fun when it works.… Expand
  12. RustyCoin
    Jul 17, 2018
    7
    The story of this game isn't very memorable and interesting, the characters are also quite boring and the multiplayer is dead now too. But somehow it's really fun to play and I keep coming back to play it from time to time cause I find gameplay quite fun and good for third-person shoot SP game. I don't think it's worth it's full price now (for a couple possible playthroughs) but I'd reallyThe story of this game isn't very memorable and interesting, the characters are also quite boring and the multiplayer is dead now too. But somehow it's really fun to play and I keep coming back to play it from time to time cause I find gameplay quite fun and good for third-person shoot SP game. I don't think it's worth it's full price now (for a couple possible playthroughs) but I'd really recommend to grab it on sale.
    Graphics is fine too for 2012 game but the optimization is bad (but what would you expect from Ubisoft in terms of optimization...)    … Expand
  13. YASIFAIZI
    Feb 16, 2018
    8
    This game have good game-play, good single player which you can also play co op, great multiplayer,
    great modes and many more
    but still have problem too
    like the graphics are not that good for tome and age, bad story, bad ending.
    other wise its a good game to play with friends or solo.
  14. dandalis
    Dec 23, 2017
    6
    Expected more from this game as i have seen plenty of people praising Future Soldier, but in the end its just an OK game. Ubisoft clearly catered for the console market with it, with cinematic feel, linearity, many scripted events that take away control from you, more simplistic approach to stealth and tactics, overall gameplay that feels better off on a controller than mouse and keyboard.Expected more from this game as i have seen plenty of people praising Future Soldier, but in the end its just an OK game. Ubisoft clearly catered for the console market with it, with cinematic feel, linearity, many scripted events that take away control from you, more simplistic approach to stealth and tactics, overall gameplay that feels better off on a controller than mouse and keyboard. Absolute best thing i can commend the game about is the very good gunplay and sound design, thats the thing that pulls GRFS from being mediocre or sub par mess with satisfying, tactile feeling shooting mechanics and impactful, precise sound design. Storyline, characters however are as generic and uninspiring as they come in a military shooter, youre part of american super soldier squad, some bad russians throw up a coup and seize power in Russia, America is the only one who can stop them, stuff i have seen numerous times before and done much much better. Atleast one more redeeming value is the variation between levels, no level feels really that repetative, they all feel more or less unique. One really stupid design decision that i hated were the ''No alert allowed'' sections that brute forced you to play with stealth with zero chance for enemies to raise alarm, it felt very out of place. Lastly i was suprised Ubisoft got the russian speaking parts right with someone who can speak more or less properly in russian unlike so many western mediums that have cringe worthy abysmal russian accents.

    Speaking of port to PC, graphics still hold up and at times can look pretty good, great character and gun modeling stand out particularly, tho they were not by any means close to being best looking of 2012 making its shoddy PC version with sub par optimazation inexcusable, a GTX 1050 Ti which is equal to highest end GPU like GTX 680 from 2012 not being able to get 60 fps on max settings even without using AA is pathetic. I was mostly hovering in 40 - 50 fps range with many dips into high 20's and annoying stutter regularly occuring.

    If you like solid and satisfying shooting mechanical driven gameplay above all else, theres something for you in Future Soldier to enjoy, if youre looking for deep tactical gameplay, probably steer clear.    … Expand
  15. Tomle1202
    Nov 5, 2017
    5
    Besides being an evidently terrible PC port, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is a disappointing tactical shooter that does not even try to encourage you to use your brain.
  16. slee446
    Sep 16, 2016
    9
    I find the game addictive. I want to go on to the next scene as soon as one ends. I wish there were more episodes to go along with this story. More missions would be nice. I'm playing it on a Mac using Boot Camp.
  17. mitzle
    Oct 24, 2015
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am going to keep to the point with my categorized rating of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier SINGLEPLAYER. Result at the bottom with a total rating of 7/10.

    Plot - 6/10
    One very nice thing about the plot is, that you will be fighting all around the world (Africa, Middle East, Asia, etc.), which prompts variety created by very distinct level design (see "Game world"). The sad thing is, that again the Russians are the bad guys, which seems to be the standard in today's games featuring a militarized America. Because of this uninspired idea, regardless of the rest of the plot, I can only give 6/10 here.

    Weaponry - 8/10
    When you are about to start your mission you can always choose your loadout. This might sound generic, but you are actually able to modify your weapon right down to the barrel to improve your weapon management or fire power. Unfortunately, you have to unlock many camo patterns and attachments with ridiculous challenges for which I found no way to read what the challenge actually is.
    In the battlefield there is a huge amount of different weapons and gadgets, one of which is the drone. I am meantioning it, because it is - in my opinion - your most powerful tool in the field. Of course there is much more to it: xray and thermo vision, artillery strikes, several types of grenades, a vast amount of guns and so on.

    Game world - 9/10
    Even though textures are blurry and messy from time to time (especially on trees or walls) player and weapon models look stunning. Also, the level design is great. You do not feel like following a rather linear path to the goal of your mission, since levels seem to be pretty open and intertwined. This effect is intensified by the fact that you are travelling around the world visiting different and nicely designed places on Earth in an individual fashion as meantioned above. All this and fitting environmental sound effects lead to an atmospheric experience - well, if you do not count weird sound loops e.g. of screaming people which have been expelled from their homes and aren't even there anymore, but the sound is.

    Combat - 7/10
    Now this was hard to rate, since the main aspect of the game is stealth and action driven combat combined. The stealth parts are great, when you have to sneak into compounds, restricted areas or even airports, although you do it over and over again. It does not feel repetetive, because there is always something going on (different level design, tanks incoming, sniper assault, different placement of enemies and so on). This is usually followed by quite the opposite of stealth. Shoot your way out, either protecting only your three mates or even VIPs to reach designated extraction points.
    A very negative impact on the gameplay are the many, many mini cutscenes. For example, when your team needs to rally up around doors or just to regroup, you always have to wait what feels like for ever! This takes you out of the moment completely and does not deliver - as I suspect it was intended - a moment where you can catch your breath. You actually do not need to calm down and pause, since there are no waves and waves of enemies enclosing on you like in other games (e.g. COD). When the action strikes, enemies can be killed rather quickly. So do armed forces.

    Loading times and videos - 3/10
    Yes, this is actually where the score drops significantly. Loading times are too damn long. When you start the game, you have to skip three videos and in the process, need to click "any key" twice to get to the menu. Every menu itself does need to load for more than three seconds, which is unacceptable. When you continue/enter the campaign, the loading takes far too long for a game not looking that great (it is decent, as I said above, but it will not make you go "WOW!"). Also, in any case you need to restart from a checkpoint, you will get the intro screen a la COD (location, time, mission name) displayed, which adds five additional seconds to your waiting time - after waiting for the checkpoint to load for roughly ten seconds. I am absolutely sure, that my system is not at fault, since I can play the game on maximum settings everywhere without troubles. This might be credited to bad scripting, I suppose.
    Videos are there. Well, that is a fact. Not a fun one, since videos mostly don't further the story and are highly similar to Call of Duty Modern Warfare intermission sequences: You see the world and get to know what's happening from a satellites perspective. This is just a copy, to say it bluntly. Videos where you see the protagonists, do not really affect you in any way. There is shallow dialogue, bullsh*t propaganda and testosterone driven antagonizations and you do not really start to care about the characters. The videos and waiting times, of course, significantly make the game longer.

    My result - 7/10    … Expand
  18. YessirKilla
    Apr 16, 2015
    2
    They released a broken, unfinished port for the people that play on the PC instead of consoles. Same problems that the console ports got, but this is buggy-as-hell. Don't buy this worthless garbage. Just don't. Only thang that keeps me from ratin' this lower is that the guns are kinda nice, Other than that, everything else is junk. Don't bother buying this. Ever.
  19. rogermorse
    Aug 24, 2014
    7
    The game is OK. It is not really a deep and meaningful game but it is fun. It is similar to splinter cell conviction but here it has a reason to do this (while I hated splinter cell conviction to have destroyed sam fisher's saga). The gameplay can be (actually SHOULD BE) very tactical. You can give very simple orders to teammates. It is a not at all as tactical as older ghost recons, butThe game is OK. It is not really a deep and meaningful game but it is fun. It is similar to splinter cell conviction but here it has a reason to do this (while I hated splinter cell conviction to have destroyed sam fisher's saga). The gameplay can be (actually SHOULD BE) very tactical. You can give very simple orders to teammates. It is a not at all as tactical as older ghost recons, but the overall gameplay style is ok and well balanced. You can't really go and shoot everybody, you have to plan something first. Graphics are nice with some spots like 'what the hell?' with awful textures and some flickering shadows, general level design is also nice. 12 hours to complete the campaign without worrying about achievements. Good game if cheap (not more than 10 euros I would say). 75/100… Expand
  20. PcGamer1990
    May 26, 2014
    0
    My eyes hurted with this game...Really my pc specs were like double up from the recommended but yet the game ran at very low fps..Even on low settings..And the colours were so foggy...I dontk now but i couldnt play this game more than 2 minutes...And i had to return everytime to main menu to change the settings and reenter campaign then wait for the campaign story to end to recheck myMy eyes hurted with this game...Really my pc specs were like double up from the recommended but yet the game ran at very low fps..Even on low settings..And the colours were so foggy...I dontk now but i couldnt play this game more than 2 minutes...And i had to return everytime to main menu to change the settings and reenter campaign then wait for the campaign story to end to recheck my settings...Just the worst optimizing...I wont comment on gameplay since i couldnt play the game...This game's settings make it unplayable...… Expand
  21. VRH
    Mar 4, 2014
    0
    Horrible P2W...awesome game but P2W kills all the fun. Fanboys can talk about learning curve as much as they want but the fact is you don't need much skill when 2-3 headshots with sniper don't kill you...too bad
  22. Mike-Messiah
    Feb 2, 2014
    10
    A fantastic game which is being **** about because of the multiplayer servers. It is a great game, introduces to really awesome tech which is close to being materialised in real war conflict. The cover mechanics is the best in gaming history(ok same as GoW series) and the tactics used to out flank and out position is spot on. The missions are linear, COD type but the way you do it hasA fantastic game which is being **** about because of the multiplayer servers. It is a great game, introduces to really awesome tech which is close to being materialised in real war conflict. The cover mechanics is the best in gaming history(ok same as GoW series) and the tactics used to out flank and out position is spot on. The missions are linear, COD type but the way you do it has variation and requires strategy so that kinda overcomes its "on-rail" gameplay courtesy of Battlefield and CoD games.
    The Graphics is pretty good,not Battlefield 4 great though. The atmosphere is done right and it really feels like you are in a battlefield and not placed in studio with textures of destroyed landscape pasted in the background (like CoD). It was a great move to go 3rd person, and any rabid hater criticizing the game for its 3rd person view should go cry in a corner cuz THIS MAKES THE GAME MECHANICS WORK WELL!!
    The only good military game since Battlefield Bad Company 2...which is a shame for the gaming industry..
    Its 8.5 out of 10 but im giving it a 10 to offset the retard user reviews    … Expand
  23. khyoshi
    Jan 4, 2014
    0
    I have always loved the Ghost Recon Series.
    but...
    My first dissapointment was that it was a third person gameplay. Had I known this before I had the chance to buy it I would have refrained from doing so. I simply hate third person gameplay (it makes it all so much more arcade-ish) When I then tried to play it, my mouse was simply not accepted by the game. Simply put, I could    I have always loved the Ghost Recon Series.
    but...

    My first dissapointment was that it was a third person gameplay.
    Had I known this before I had the chance to buy it I would have refrained from doing so.
    I simply hate third person gameplay (it makes it all so much more arcade-ish)

    When I then tried to play it, my mouse was simply not accepted by the game.
    Simply put, I could not move my aim... (this was a real bug in the game)
    Then there was the problem with graphics (screen went black. resolution was all strange)
    And if that was not enough.... The whole gui (being ported from the consoles) is just terrible.
    A PC-Game should be a PC-Game, specially one that belongs to the Ghost recon series.
    Ghost Recon is not suited for arcade style gameplay!

    My advice is stay as far away as you can from this game, buying it will maje you regret it.
    Configuration possibilities are less than poor and the game is ful of bugs, many of which you will experience even before actually getting to the first gameplay.

    The game feels stale and monotome.

    Anyway. I contacted the support about it all and they could not help me or anyone else with the same problem I was shuffled between the steam support and the game developers support)

    After a few rounds and several hours of troubleshooting I decided that I had not recieved a working product and that there was no solution available so I wanted my funds returned and the game deleted from my list.

    4 times I asked but I was refused.

    So...
    After being so dissapointed with this malware of a game I asked steam to delete it from my games list without returning my money...
    I simply do not wish to see this game in my list to remind me of my wasted money.

    I hope the developers of this game take this review to their hearts and understands that games should have warranty with refunds or quality assurances made along with the games.    … Expand
  24. doombman
    Dec 28, 2013
    7
    I'm debating to give it a 6 or a 7. The multiplayer is hella choppy and the story is sort of mediocere. But the strongsuit of the game itself is the gameplay though. Mainly PVE, not multiplayer. It gives you the feeling as if you were in an actual firefight from it's cinematic aspect. My immediate turn off from the game though was the choppy frame rates. I'm running on a 660ti in SLI withI'm debating to give it a 6 or a 7. The multiplayer is hella choppy and the story is sort of mediocere. But the strongsuit of the game itself is the gameplay though. Mainly PVE, not multiplayer. It gives you the feeling as if you were in an actual firefight from it's cinematic aspect. My immediate turn off from the game though was the choppy frame rates. I'm running on a 660ti in SLI with a AMDfx 8350 and my framerate drops from 50-25 throughout the entire game. Turning off frame blend helps with this though.… Expand
  25. SX_Predator
    Sep 23, 2013
    0
    Most boring game I've ever played. Its fun until about the first mission then its just repeating whatever you did in the first 5 minutes for the rest of the 5 hours. Story is terrible. Didn't follow it at all. Gameplay is basically just hiding in a corner until your overpowered allies do all the work. Most of the time you get raped by enemies who automatically target you the second you getMost boring game I've ever played. Its fun until about the first mission then its just repeating whatever you did in the first 5 minutes for the rest of the 5 hours. Story is terrible. Didn't follow it at all. Gameplay is basically just hiding in a corner until your overpowered allies do all the work. Most of the time you get raped by enemies who automatically target you the second you get out of cover. It also uses uPlay, which makes it even worse. You can feel them stealing money from you every time you start it from the godawful uPlay client that comes up. Id recommend this like I'd recommend you to pet a wild starving lion while wearing a zebra costume.… Expand
  26. LexBR
    Aug 22, 2013
    6
    This is a not-so-much over the average game, it's not bad, but definitely not good. All in the game seems unfinished, including the menu and cut-scenes. The story is totally forgettable, even for this type of game. You do not care about any character, mostly because they and the dialogs are shallow. The graphics are okay and the gameplay is better using a controller. This game would be aThis is a not-so-much over the average game, it's not bad, but definitely not good. All in the game seems unfinished, including the menu and cut-scenes. The story is totally forgettable, even for this type of game. You do not care about any character, mostly because they and the dialogs are shallow. The graphics are okay and the gameplay is better using a controller. This game would be a 5 if not for some good ideas. The teamwork works well, specially playing stealth. The gadgets differs this game from the others, and that's why I gave it a 6, a little bite over the average. Just buy it if on sale… Expand
  27. Echo9k
    Jun 9, 2013
    5
    Great Idea indeed; Tom Clancy's is a writer and I have some of his books, but the development of this game was terrible. That's why the games of GRAW became cheap that fast. If you are curious let me tell you that you ain't loosing to much.
  28. E71
    Jun 7, 2013
    4
    The single player campaign is full of action and great gun fights but the quality of the port is a huge let down.

    Under medium-quality graphics settings and res turned down from 1920x1200 to 1280x800, it runs somewhat sluggishly on my i7-3770k/32GB DDR3/HD5850 OC 2GB... This game's not a bar-setter when it comes to graphics and yet it's disproportionately resource-demanding. Some    The single player campaign is full of action and great gun fights but the quality of the port is a huge let down.

    Under medium-quality graphics settings and res turned down from 1920x1200 to 1280x800, it runs somewhat sluggishly on my i7-3770k/32GB DDR3/HD5850 OC 2GB...

    This game's not a bar-setter when it comes to graphics and yet it's disproportionately resource-demanding.

    Some people say the multiplayer feature is where the game shines but I wouldn't know since I'm not a fan of repetitive online play.    … Expand
  29. dumle
    May 21, 2013
    7
    I did not have high expectations of this game. Quite the opposite in fact. But i found it for a cheap price and decided to give it a try and boy was i surprised. The game is not without its fair share of problems. The game did not run as well as it should considering how it looks. It didn't have any major impact on me but i would be cautious picking up this game if you have a low-endI did not have high expectations of this game. Quite the opposite in fact. But i found it for a cheap price and decided to give it a try and boy was i surprised. The game is not without its fair share of problems. The game did not run as well as it should considering how it looks. It didn't have any major impact on me but i would be cautious picking up this game if you have a low-end computer. While on the subject of graphic, there are some really low res textures in the game that just looks awful. And there is a lot of things in this game that doesn't look good at closer inspection.

    The game do also have some of the most annoying and out of place rail-shooting segments i have ever encountered in a video game. The story can also be a bit silly from time to time and it never really shines. There are also some minor annoyances like badly placed checkpoints and covers you cant hide behind in the game.

    But as i might have already given away i was quite taken by this game. This game has an amazing level-variety. And there isn't just a whole lot of them, most of them are pretty though as well. The gameplay is also quite reasonable varied over the surprisingly long singleplayer campaign. But the thing that truly sold me about this game is the way its handles all this future half sci fi technology.

    They are fun and useful to use and they never feel like some stupid gimmick. The cloaking ability is a blast to use, drones are extremely useful for stealth and scouting and the magnetic vision is fun to use and lets you take advantage of weak covers and etc. Overall i feel that they really succeeded with the future tech.

    All this technology also serves to make the stealth in the game quite enjoyable and i personally had loads of fun sneaking around cloaked synchronizing shots with my AI partners.

    As you might expect i do recommend this game to anyone interested in the genre. I have heard that this game had some major problems at launch on the pc but besides the terrible optimization i had no real problems playing the singleplayer campaign of this game. But it might be something worth taking into consideration.    … Expand
  30. Troianman
    Apr 25, 2013
    7
    I realize that this game is now almost a year old but I decided to finally post my thoughts given the extremely large number of arguments I have actually had over this game with friends that have never even played it but act like they know what they are talking about. Basically I figure there are people out there who never played this game because of such information and thoughts fromI realize that this game is now almost a year old but I decided to finally post my thoughts given the extremely large number of arguments I have actually had over this game with friends that have never even played it but act like they know what they are talking about. Basically I figure there are people out there who never played this game because of such information and thoughts from someone who actually played both the single player campaign and multiplayer aren't exactly a bad thing.

    For what it was, I actually enjoyed this game quite a bit. Though it was a major transition from the previous games in the ghost recon franchise it still retained many of the old elements but in an updated way. Even with the switch from third person to first person it still emphasized the tactics of your squad, in both the campaign and single player. In the single player campaign you still had a sort of control of your squad in terms of what targets they eliminated and where they moved/how they moved/etc. While the missions were much more linear than those of previous iterations in the series you could still make your way through most of this game tactically. Unfortunately there were a few moments of "Defend location X while we throw everything at you including the kitchen sink" however those moments weren't very frequent. The majority of the game was not a CoD clone as many people seem to think, though the final part of the final mission was very much a run and gun moment.

    Unfortunately the PC version had some issues with multiplayer at launch and that caused a bit of hatred to occur which made matchmaking take some time once those issues were solved since players either stopped trying or were not on in huge amounts. This however is not something that should have caused lower scores, that is like a critic lowering their score for a movie because it didn't show at their theater. It has no bearing on the game itself, it is a product of the people playing it not of those that made it. Once you finally got into a multiplayer game it was really fun in a way that I never found CoD or Battlefield to be. Tactics mattered, aim mattered, your squad mattered, your own personal twitch based skills mattered. It was not a spray and pray festival of who can get enough arbitrary kills to call in an airstrike but one where the objective mattered. The assertion that the guns sucked because they didn't do enough damage was rather laughable, it made you aim for the head or empty a magazine into the chest and rightly so as flak jackets are a thing that exist but not generally for the face.

    Sadly the PC version was very much a port from consoles, it could have really shined on a PC if Ubisoft had given it the proper attention. I never noticed any negative effects or slowness with a keyboard and mouse, just that the visuals could have been better on last year's hardware and that the movement felt as if I could have gotten away with a controller rather than a keyboard and mouse. That coupled with the unlikable campaign moments of guns blazing in a linear waypoint based progression system made me lower my score from the possible 10. The moments where you got to deploy a drone or circle around a camp and survey the enemy locations and movements to plan the stealthiest attack possible are where the single player campaign truly shined and almost teased what might be possible for the franchise if things move in the proper direction and I really hope it does.    … Expand
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#50 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#47 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Oct 14, 2012
    82
    Slightly irritating 3rd person view, cover shooter parts are very average, but ultimately fun as a stealth game seasoned with some tactics. [Sept 2012]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    Sep 16, 2012
    50
    This shoddy console port has cast a shimmering invisible cloak over what would have been a serviceable third-person shooter. [Sept 2012, p.55]
  3. Armchair Empire
    Sep 5, 2012
    70
    At its worst, Future Soldier is an uneven experience with some unchecked boxes as they pertain to PC ports (e.g. no option to invert the controls on a gamepad) and an unrecognizable story, but at its best it's a good shooter with a little more thought required than many other 3rd person shooters available right now.
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