Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

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  1. Rax666
    Mar 7, 2017
    4
    The game can be fun with friends it can really be but ultimatly its is a really bad game i dont understand the high review because this game is really bad. Gunplay is bad, ai allies and enemy bad, vehicles controls are insanely terrible, mission are incredibly repetitive its gets old after 3 missions and the open world is empty its way to big for no reason at all. Giving this game 8 and 10The game can be fun with friends it can really be but ultimatly its is a really bad game i dont understand the high review because this game is really bad. Gunplay is bad, ai allies and enemy bad, vehicles controls are insanely terrible, mission are incredibly repetitive its gets old after 3 missions and the open world is empty its way to big for no reason at all. Giving this game 8 and 10 when MGS5 exist is pretty retarded but you have to expect white knight defending it because it got next to no good feedback in the beta ive never seen anything like it people where legit pissed and i understand this isnt ghost recon its a GTA online watch dogs far cry machup and a bad one. Im giving it a 4 because it can really be fun with friends. People saying it is good have nothing good to say except its a good game they cant point out whats good because its not good its fun with friends but far from good. And comparing this garbage to MGS5 is pretty retarded.… Expand
  2. NeedleBanger
    Jun 20, 2018
    4
    God awful. The studio that made this game should be ashamed. The customization is great and there are few glimmers of a decent game here, but overall it falls way flat of anything noteworthy. Way too many bugs.
  3. SIPPIO
    Mar 18, 2017
    4
    -ANGRY,FRUSTRATED AND OUT $60 BUCKS!!!
    --I am/was the biggest Ubisoft loyal fan..
    I was BURNED $160 on Tne Division collector's edition. (Something I never do) but it looked awesome.. Whatever because Ghost Recon is SAFE purchase Because it's Ghost Recon(I didn't play Beta) But again = I didn't need to because it's "Ghost Recon".. well I'm screwed! Ya got me Ubisoft.. -The shooting    -ANGRY,FRUSTRATED AND OUT $60 BUCKS!!!
    --I am/was the biggest Ubisoft loyal fan..
    I was BURNED $160 on Tne Division collector's edition.
    (Something I never do) but it looked awesome..
    Whatever because Ghost Recon is SAFE purchase
    Because it's Ghost Recon(I didn't play Beta)
    But again = I didn't need to because it's
    "Ghost Recon".. well I'm screwed! Ya got me Ubisoft..
    -The shooting was horrible..
    (Everything I say is past tense because I'm done with the game,,
    -I couldn't believe how bad the controls were..
    -the driving was Farcry GOOD..
    The character creation= good/awesome..
    I even went to Ubisoft store thing and spent points that I musta earned over the years..
    But I wasted those points on a cigar or gun skin as I'm not returning to the game...
    -this is a LEGIT complaint review. Not a hater either as I own ALL systems and PC..
    ---I am sooo mad at myself for skipping Horizon as it looked lame..I said to myself
    "Whatevs! I'm gonna be playing Ghost Recon for 6 months, so why bother getting sucked in to a game that's probably mediocre anyways""    … Expand
  4. vreynauld
    Mar 7, 2017
    4
    I'm failing to understand the critical appeal of this game. It's a typical Ubisoft open world game, a mashup of Far Cry, Watch_Dogs 2, and The Division only with less personality than ANY of them. Gigantic open world, yes, but boring with too much nothingness in between spots of pointless collectibles and tired stereotypes. AI is dumb as dog **** vehicles control like a game from 2002 (no,I'm failing to understand the critical appeal of this game. It's a typical Ubisoft open world game, a mashup of Far Cry, Watch_Dogs 2, and The Division only with less personality than ANY of them. Gigantic open world, yes, but boring with too much nothingness in between spots of pointless collectibles and tired stereotypes. AI is dumb as dog **** vehicles control like a game from 2002 (no, I think Battlefield 42's vehicles controlled better), story is barely worth mentioning. Coop is the only thing worth a damn but the only reason its worthwhile is because the world is so big and bland that players end up making their own fun while often avoiding the elements of the game itself.

    This isn't a Ghost Recon game, it's just a bog standard shooter pandering to the lowest common denominator. White U.S. soldiers shooting brown central Americans because drugs... Save your money, pick up any Far Cry game of this generation and you'll have a more enjoyable experience, even though you'll not have the coop element.    … Expand
  5. claytastic
    Jun 3, 2017
    4
    Boooooooooooring. I came into Wildlands with the expectations that it was going to be a very tedious and repetitive. Turns out, I was right. There's not much to enjoy about this game. It's a great idea, and it had me pretty excited about it when it was first announced at E3 2015. Then, The Division came out, which is one of the worst games I've ever played. When I saw that the same teamBoooooooooooring. I came into Wildlands with the expectations that it was going to be a very tedious and repetitive. Turns out, I was right. There's not much to enjoy about this game. It's a great idea, and it had me pretty excited about it when it was first announced at E3 2015. Then, The Division came out, which is one of the worst games I've ever played. When I saw that the same team behind that atrocity was working on Wildlands, I lost all hope. And while I will say it's better than The Division in some ways, let's be honest, that's not a hard bar to pass over.

    So let's start off with what's good. The graphics do look a lot better than they have in other Ubisoft games, and really bring the world to life. Customisation is also very well realised. The character creator isn't anything special, but you can customise your clothes any time and unlock more as you play more of the game (and sign up for Uplay). Weapon customisation is also great, and is one of the better ways that Ubisoft has handled it.

    Now let's look at the bad. The story is garbage, which i was already expecting, even if the game turned out to be good. The only interesting parts are the backstories of the cartel leaders, but thats a very small portion of it. The ending is extremely lazy, and is basically just a way of saying you wasted $60. The open world has nothing to do in it besides missions. No extra activities, no challenges to complete, no nothing. All you can do are story missions, and side missions, both of which involve you going to a base, taking out some dudes, getting what you need, and leaving. It's repetitive, boring, and made me wanna quit the game after I did three. When you are shooting guys, its not fun or satisfying. It seems that Ubisoft will never understand that shooting the same guy over and over again isn't fun. Now let's talk about the absolute worst part of Wildlands: the driving. I think anyone, and I mean anyone, would agree that the driving controls in this game are some of the worst ever made. They're so slippery, so you'll find yourself driving off cliffs and running into things constantly with barely any control of your vehicle. And considering that most of the mission objectives are so far apart from each other, you HAVE to drive everywhere, Or just fly a helicopter there, but that's not a better option.

    Overall, this is nothing more than another sh*tty Tom Clancy game that Ubisoft is frequently adding to their list. I hope they realise that this formula is getting old, and that they need to try something new, but that's not going to happen. Until then, we're stuck with games like this. 4/10.    … Expand
  6. kenmil
    Apr 18, 2017
    4
    Boring and repetitive game full of bugs. I missed the platinum because the gun collector trophies are bugged, but did Ubisoft fix it ? Of course not, they were too busy on a dlc so they could gouge even more money - not from me. This is the last Ubisoft game I will buy.
  7. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 16, 2017
    4
    Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
    The most garbage excuse for a AAA game I’ve ever seen.
    Allow me to get my angry joe on for a moment, because ubisoft, yuh done **** it up Not just ghost recon wildlands, but video games in general if you think that in any way this is an acceptable $60 release This is the laziest piece of garbage put onto market for $60 in recent memory This game is    Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
    The most garbage excuse for a AAA game I’ve ever seen.
    Allow me to get my angry joe on for a moment, because ubisoft, yuh done **** it up
    Not just ghost recon wildlands, but video games in general if you think that in any way this is an acceptable $60 release
    This is the laziest piece of garbage put onto market for $60 in recent memory
    This game is just a bunch of side quests on a dead, but beautiful map
    this generic drug lord story is so throw away that the game doesn’t even make you bother taking out all of the underbosses and making your way up to the final show down
    after killing just 2 targets the game told me I can go kill the final boss right now or continue cleaning up the map
    meaning you can literally beat this game in less than 4 hours
    it took me a little long because I decided to play online and do the other missions around the map…
    missions that in the end don’t really matter.. Cause again, the final boss is right there... drive up to his gates and activate a cut scene, ding... gold trophy...
    This is a scary scary indication of what ubisoft plants to do with its lack of narrative focus…
    this is let’s play streamer garbage…
    the story is forced in this map to trick you into believing this is an actual full-fledged AAA release, buts it’s not
    it’s a giant map with weightless vehicles to drive around, 1 garbage radio station because that’s how much ubsioft believed in this title… and a bunch of side missions and collectibles to upgrade your character to do with 3 of your friends for 20 hours.
    Missions that are literally the worst kind…
    time trials... auto fails if you’re detected... do not kill the target…
    thanks but no thanks…
    You can be calculating if you want, taking out binoculars or flying your drone in there, syncing up shots… The gunplay feels nice
    but again... with a lack of any true narrative…you don’t feel like you’re working towards anything… you feel like you’re wasting your time... and quite frankly you are…
    The games boring, the missions are trash, if you don’t plan on playing with your friends.. Stay away from this garbage…
    Ubisoft put no real effort or heart into this at all.
    I give Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Wildlands
    a 4.5/10    … Expand
  8. damman
    Mar 7, 2017
    4
    I played the demo and to me the graphics were really bad and the A.I. has an IQ of a dog. I had really high hopes for this game but I will pass due to 15 year old graphics and game-play.
  9. Kamarr
    Mar 30, 2017
    4
    Garbage graphics and very generic story. The whole point of the game is to play with the community but a good 60% of the time they are afk when they join you and will afk for a good 15 mins before they leave. Also wtf is up with the garbage Ai and bugs oh right Ubigay made this game. Also you know a game is fail when the C4 blows up like a grenade like wtf I WANT SOME DIE HARD $hI7 I wantGarbage graphics and very generic story. The whole point of the game is to play with the community but a good 60% of the time they are afk when they join you and will afk for a good 15 mins before they leave. Also wtf is up with the garbage Ai and bugs oh right Ubigay made this game. Also you know a game is fail when the C4 blows up like a grenade like wtf I WANT SOME DIE HARD $hI7 I want my explosions to be seen!!! Oh and the realism of the cars blowing up Like they couldn't afford a better engine for this rubbish.. I wanna keep complaining but OMG.... Just play GTA online its much older but is better lol... Oh and its bull when you plant C4 and civilians randomly spawn as its exploding to give you an automatic GAME OVER lol... This game is sooo boring I think they need to drop the **** Tom Clancy name... This could have been done a 1000 times better....… Expand
  10. Vik1ng
    Mar 9, 2017
    4
    I've been playing Horizon Zero Dawn recently and the mechanics of that are so fluid and to then jump in to this is just so disappointing. It just gets the little things wrong, you can't roll or jump?! A game that wants you to be stealthy should really have more options to get out of sight/trouble. Also, you can be sniping from a long distance and if you miss you will be instantaneouslyI've been playing Horizon Zero Dawn recently and the mechanics of that are so fluid and to then jump in to this is just so disappointing. It just gets the little things wrong, you can't roll or jump?! A game that wants you to be stealthy should really have more options to get out of sight/trouble. Also, you can be sniping from a long distance and if you miss you will be instantaneously spotted?! The driving is unbelievably unrealistic, you can drive up the side of mountains in a family car.

    I was hoping for a better version of The Division, but this is worse.    … Expand
  11. efejoao
    Mar 7, 2017
    4
    I was so hopeful for this game and I wanted it so bad to be good as The Division was, but it is BAD. The gameplay experience is really bad, controls are not in place and it feels that the game was unfinished. When they released the first trailer I was so in love with the game but the love turned out to be hate.
  12. iamevilhomer
    Mar 12, 2017
    4
    Call this a weak review if you will but I still make a good point.

    Assassins creed franchise? Mostly sucks... Rainbow six franchise? Mostly sucks... Far cry franchise? Mostly sucks... Splinter cell franchise? Mostly sucks... Watch dogs franchise Seriously sucks hairy balls lol... New ubisoft franchises like for honor and the division? Mostly suck... Pretty sad when south    Call this a weak review if you will but I still make a good point.

    Assassins creed franchise? Mostly sucks...

    Rainbow six franchise? Mostly sucks...

    Far cry franchise? Mostly sucks...

    Splinter cell franchise? Mostly sucks...

    Watch dogs franchise Seriously sucks hairy balls lol...

    New ubisoft franchises like for honor and the division? Mostly suck... Pretty sad when south park games are your best bet with ubisoft because they are at least kind of funny...

    See a trend here fellas? Whenever they do a half way decent job it's "meh" at best. You don't see them pulling a chrono trigger or ocarina of time now do you?

    Wild lands is the same ubisoft trash... Remember what crowbcat has proven kids... Ubisoft downgrades. They make their stuff look great at E3 and then deliver trash for the most part or something worse than what was shown. Do any ubisoft games have a 9 or higher on metacritic? I don't think so and even if they do I know it's a low 9. Like I said. This company never wows anyone who has a brain and taste in the gaming world.

    Anyways this game blows because it's the division with terrible vehicles, terrible controls, terrible physics, it's online only, it's boring, it's very unrealistic, the servers suck, the open world style is lack luster, Missions are very repetitive, The AI is very stupid etc etc...

    The only good thing I can tell is that it has some kool character and weapon customization but hey... This is a video game guys. Not barbies dress up...

    I give this trash a 4 out of 10 and that's being generous. Most would give it about a 6 or 7 but most don't have good taste so a 4 is right for the kind of gamer who has good taste and doesn't pull the opinion card like a moron. Opinions aside guys... Facts are facts. A game like Ocarina of time is in fact a great game. A game like big rigs is in fact a totally crappy game. And a game like wild lands is somewhere in between. Ocarina of time factually made with care and great detail. Big rigs was factually not... Wildlands is meh...

    It's worth a rental to play for maybe a couple days if you're that bored and one of those morons who likes to support micro transaction games... Other than that. Please... Just pass up this sorry excuse for a video game just like pretty much every game ubisoft rushes out the door. Go play breath of the wild. Go play Horizon. Don't waste your time with trash from ubisoft...    … Expand
  13. Swabator
    Mar 8, 2017
    4
    Typical Ubisoft. They created huge world, but build on insanely generic content. Why this big world where you are doing few things all over again. Very buggy, vehicles physics is a joke. AI bad. Maybe is time for proper betatesting, optimisation and for smaller game world, but filled with meaning-full things to do and maybe some story.
  14. LtAlex92
    Mar 13, 2017
    4
    Ubisoft and the Tom Clancy Label used to be, at least for me, a sure sign of quality. Previously, these games had driving and exciting stories with strong characters and technical accuracy, immersive gameplay, and good quality(graphics, bugginess ect.).
    This is not the case with Ghost Recon Wildlands. There is no story, Just a premise and the designers expect you to run with that, the    Ubisoft and the Tom Clancy Label used to be, at least for me, a sure sign of quality. Previously, these games had driving and exciting stories with strong characters and technical accuracy, immersive gameplay, and good quality(graphics, bugginess ect.).
    This is not the case with Ghost Recon Wildlands. There is no story, Just a premise and the designers expect you to run with that, the only thing resembling a story is the intro you are shown every time you start the game.
    The gameplay is less than immersive due to difficult and buggy controls, bad AI, poor command structure, and did I mention bugs?
    I get that game design is a long arduous process, but this game is on a pre-Alpha quality level. Last generation's Ghost Recon Future Soldier was of better quality than Wildlands is now.
    Mr. Clancy is probably turning in his Grave.    … Expand
  15. Alexander749
    Jun 21, 2017
    4
    I like the idea with bosses in every region that you have to kill/capture. But doing 20 times gets pretty boring especially when the mission are almost the same. The map is way to big and almost nothing to do than missions and boring side missions that you do the same over and over to get upgrades.
    I highly recommend playing this coop because than you can have fun doing things, but solo    I like the idea with bosses in every region that you have to kill/capture. But doing 20 times gets pretty boring especially when the mission are almost the same. The map is way to big and almost nothing to do than missions and boring side missions that you do the same over and over to get upgrades.
    I highly recommend playing this coop because than you can have fun doing things, but solo is boring.    … Expand
  16. dannyboy5498
    May 14, 2019
    4
    This is a pretty mediocre game and an extremely bad Ghost Recon game. If you want a stealth game go but one of the older Ghost Recon or Splinter Cell games and if you want an open world shooter go but Far Cry 5. It's is a very disappointing, boring, repetitive game with an uninteresting story, characters and copy and past world.
  17. Knightcrawler1
    Aug 11, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where do I even begin with this game. This game was absolutely terrible. You start off creating your character while getting background information on “El Sueno” and Bowman’s friend. You then are thrown into a world with three other AI which couldn’t hit a side of a barn if it hit them in the face. The game is absolutely huge. And that’s really all it has going for it. After that first bit of information you find yourself running around killing people, getting information, and then either killing the boss or capturing him. Once you explore a little bit you will have no problem realizing that though the map is big it is also barren. It is also worth noting that my PS4 kept freezing up in some areas. Overall I have to rate this game a 3. It was obvious that the developers were rushed into producing a half baked game.

    Story-1/10 (The only resemblance of a story are the side missions which are also either absolutely excessive or just half baked.)

    Graphics-6/10 (While playing on a PS4 I notices slow downs, crashes, and even textures not loading.)

    Overall rating-3/10    … Expand
  18. thestreetflea
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    The banter between the characters feels forced. Not for me. Sold my copy.
  19. BridgeToClarity
    Jan 25, 2021
    4
    Around 30 areas to play. Each of the 30 areas has the same 4-5 side quests. Each area has 40-60 collectibles. If you play enough UBISOFT games you must realize they spend most of their time planning out messed up ways to hide hundreds of collectibles, instead of focusing on a story or some type of entertaining enjoyable experience. We get helicopter after helicopter spawning in from out ofAround 30 areas to play. Each of the 30 areas has the same 4-5 side quests. Each area has 40-60 collectibles. If you play enough UBISOFT games you must realize they spend most of their time planning out messed up ways to hide hundreds of collectibles, instead of focusing on a story or some type of entertaining enjoyable experience. We get helicopter after helicopter spawning in from out of nowhere. As soon as you shoot the 2-3 down that were attacking you more spawn in. Waves of endless enemies while searching for your 1,000 collectibles. Going up stairs that are inside a house, then outside, and the last row you realize it's the wrong house. Elaborate underground bunker with tunnel after tunnel. For what? To hide an elusive Kingslayer file. FFS

    Many times I'm out searching for guns. I don't have any quests active/ All of a sudden the game says the suspect got away, or died. My search for guns is over because this stupid pile of trash spawns me back to a base. Some quests auto start if you get too near their location.

    I've had quests glitch out several time and have to start them all over again. I can't believe this game has an average score of 7/10. I get UBISOFT games only after they are super cheap. For GR Wildlands the only thing I enjoyed was the story behind the main quests. In typical UBISOFT fashion. 20% game and 80% filler.    … Expand
  20. Triplerman
    Dec 22, 2021
    4
    This is just another boring shooter game with nothing to offer. It was really a slog to beat this one since I was bored out of my mind. Usually, I don't skip cutscenes in games, but the story was so interesting that I just plowed through the game as fast as possible since I felt trapped playing the most "meh" game of 2017.
  21. Godudu
    Aug 16, 2022
    4
    This is the most Ubisofty game Ubisoft has ever made. Every open world **** is here. Just imagine yourself doing side content for hours with little reward to do some "main" missions that looks like side content as well so you can finally kill the ruler of such district. Now imagine doing this 20 times. This is the game.
  22. ErfBro
    Feb 7, 2023
    4
    Gameplay: 7
    Graphics: 5
    Story: 5
    Driving: 4
    Missions: 3
    Sound and Music: 5
    World Design: 3
    Total: 4.5
  23. Deckz
    Mar 7, 2017
    3
    My Thoughts: some solid playstation 2 technology went into making this pile of ****
    customization : horrible
    map: good + story: **** and almost non existent how long is it fun: around 10 hours why is it good: coop with your friends why is it bad: horrible AI, every mission is the same, lack of imagination, not a completed game, not polished technically speaking, the driving is ****    My Thoughts: some solid playstation 2 technology went into making this pile of ****
    customization : horrible
    map: good +
    story: **** and almost non existent
    how long is it fun: around 10 hours
    why is it good: coop with your friends
    why is it bad: horrible AI, every mission is the same, lack of imagination, not a completed game, not polished technically speaking, the driving is **** everything in this game is **** accept, you can play coop    … Expand
  24. TECh8613
    Mar 18, 2017
    3
    Played 72 missions and have almost all the weapons. I feel I have played enough. This game rebel vehicle drop offs is STUPID the co-op ai are just dumb. You can't climb over the smallest rocks or even just crap on the floor. takes forever for AI to get to you and revive you. The driving is garbage. Wait till they fix all this crap before you buy.
  25. razvt
    Mar 8, 2017
    3
    Very boring game. The map is big, but there's nothing else to do other than the repetitive and basic missions the game pointlessly throws at you constantly. You take one base, then the second one, but after that the boredom sets in and you realize how shallow and empty everything is. The graphics are not bad, but not impressive either. There is a story for the game, but it's obviously justVery boring game. The map is big, but there's nothing else to do other than the repetitive and basic missions the game pointlessly throws at you constantly. You take one base, then the second one, but after that the boredom sets in and you realize how shallow and empty everything is. The graphics are not bad, but not impressive either. There is a story for the game, but it's obviously just there for saying that it has a story and nothing more.

    The only reason it gets a 3 from me is because of the world created.    … Expand
  26. trollkiller55
    Apr 29, 2017
    3
    This is a bad, bad game in a wonderful beautifully rendered setting. Playing solo and have 40+ hours. How bad is it? Imagine every time you have cursed at yet another endless repetitive WORKLIKE mission./side mission in any Assassins Creed or Watch Dogs or any Ubi Soft game...well those SAME MISSIONS ARE HERE. All of them. Just recast in a Tom Clancy setting. And you know the WORST UbiThis is a bad, bad game in a wonderful beautifully rendered setting. Playing solo and have 40+ hours. How bad is it? Imagine every time you have cursed at yet another endless repetitive WORKLIKE mission./side mission in any Assassins Creed or Watch Dogs or any Ubi Soft game...well those SAME MISSIONS ARE HERE. All of them. Just recast in a Tom Clancy setting. And you know the WORST Ubi missions, where you have to remain "undetected" or it resets to the beginning? Theyre here. Endless driving for no reason? Check. i just did a Main Mission where the entire thing was driving , punctuated with trying to ram a car off the road without actually hurting the person inside. In which case you fail and reset. Then you have to drive his car back on the same roads you just drove. Followed by the next mission where you have to kidnap someone and--you guessed it--DRIVE EXACTLY THE SAME ROADS But this isnt the worst of it--the worst is trying to fly a plane--google it--no is doing plane missions because the flying controls are so ridiculously bad and unpredictable. I paid 35$ for it, and by this point am close enough I;ll endure just to see the end. But this game reminds me that Ubisoft doesnt seem capable of anything original anymore, just recasting the same missions from game to game… Expand
  27. Sebastion
    Mar 13, 2017
    3
    This is perhaps one of the worst games I've played in recent memory. Not merely bad for a Ghost Recon game, but just a bad game all around. Wildlands lacks the authenticity of previous titles and is chock-full of Ubisoft's political bias, much to the detriment of this latest addition to the Ghost Recon series.

    For instance, while the guns in Wildlands appear authentic on the outside,    This is perhaps one of the worst games I've played in recent memory. Not merely bad for a Ghost Recon game, but just a bad game all around. Wildlands lacks the authenticity of previous titles and is chock-full of Ubisoft's political bias, much to the detriment of this latest addition to the Ghost Recon series.

    For instance, while the guns in Wildlands appear authentic on the outside, the guns' innards - or what can be considered the innards anyways - are often copy/pasted parts. All the guns feature only one aspect of their inner workings that can be modified, and all contain the same, M4 style, trigger group. In reality the M4 style trigger group can only fit into a few guns, without special modifications, yet every gun is depicted as having this trigger group. And the few trigger variants in the game are just slightly modified versions of the M4 trigger group. Some of Ubisoft's political bias shines even here. Where applicable, all guns in the game feature a "standard" twenty round magazine, and all thirty round magazines are considered "extended." Some might try to make the claim that this was done for balance reasons, however that is not the case. As Ubisoft has flaunted their extensive access to the genuine articles and their adherence to authenticity. Making the decision to reduce the standard magazine capacities purely political. Ubisoft's political leanings, which have become ever more obvious in recent years, is present in other aspects of Wildlands as well. Though not everything negative is politically related.

    The AI are just as bad as the innards of the guns. The companion AIs that accompany the player in the campaign are essentially invisible to the enemy. They can walk right up to the enemy AI and remain undetected, in broad daylight no less. The companion AIs are similarly nearsighted, hardly giving a care for the enemy's' field of view. Although it seems they were programmed to generally keep their distance and at great length, to give the illusion of concern for stealth - their faults are revealed as soon as they get close to any enemy. Not to mention the lack of reaction of AI bystanders, to the player's presence. All in all, the AI leave me with the impression that they are mere placeholders for other players.

    Speaking of which, some may find their experience in Wildlands to be lacking without additional players, for co-op. Wildlands is always online and each campaign session is open for other players to join, unless expressly forbidden. I suspect if one wanted to play in a private session that the game would remain connected to Ubisoft servers. The always online connection acts as additional protection against pirates, but allows for friends and randoms to connect to a player's game at will - rather than set-up a separate co-op session. This is both a pro and a con. People who may want to play with friends, or randoms, without losing progress in their campaign will enjoy this feature. People who may want to enjoy the campaign on their own, free from the restraints of an always online connection, will loathe it. Unfortunately, I would say co-op is a must in Wildlands. It's the only feature in my opinion saving the game from total mediocrity.

    And perhaps nothing is as mediocre as Wildlands' story. I won't spoil anything and only give the impression it left on me. To put it simply, it's horrible. The premise is interesting, go out and destroy the cartel, but the execution leaves something to be desired. The dialogue is cringe-worthy, and such cringe-worthy lines are actually used to set the stage, so-to-speak, at the beginning of the game. Some of Ubisoft's political leanings are either featured or revealed in the dialogue, and unashamedly so. Then there's the ending. Two versions of the endings can be obtained, only one is locked behind a 100% completion rating. The other is the standard ending, which is the one I take issue with. More so than the rest of the story and dialogue, in this ending Ubisoft's political bias is not merely displayed, but is vaunted.

    Overall, Ghost Recon Wildlands falls far short of the level of quality and authenticity that is expected of the series. With previous titles, and other Tom Clancy games, Ubisoft had wisely steered clear of politically divisive content. It wasn't until recently, starting with The Division, that I noticed Ubisoft had begun injecting politics into their games. And with For Honor and Wildlands, the trend seems to indicate that their games will become ever more politically driven and alienating. If you're going to play this game it is best enjoyed with friends, and or with randoms if you're good with other people. I wouldn't recommend this game for solo players, unfortunately. If a person is absolutely determined to play this - like, say a die-hard fan of Ghost Recon or Tom Clancy games - it is best to acquire Wildlands at a drastically reduced price. I just wouldn't consider it worthwhile otherwise.    … Expand
  28. rice_sucks
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    This is the first game that made me google refund conditions on PS4 titles.
    the controls are horrible. the vehicles are no fun. this is a horrible game and i feel dirty for giving Ubisoft my money.
  29. the_redgrave
    Apr 3, 2017
    3
    I don't usually review products if I don't have anything nice or constructive to say... But this game, oh man this game. I don't even know where to start... The most annoying thing is for sure the AI... Your companions r such piece of works, very far from you (in the water, unreachable places) when you need 'em, sat on your bloody neck when they are suppose to stay away, sure you can giveI don't usually review products if I don't have anything nice or constructive to say... But this game, oh man this game. I don't even know where to start... The most annoying thing is for sure the AI... Your companions r such piece of works, very far from you (in the water, unreachable places) when you need 'em, sat on your bloody neck when they are suppose to stay away, sure you can give em basic orders like stay here/go there, but, you think they give a damn? no, they just go around the map like you don't exist. the enemies AI is still a mystery, they can headshoot you from 100 yards without a clue, but you can walk in front of them and they barely notice you. Another thing is the vehicles, I never saw such a goofy and approximate driving, is it a bike, a pick up or a bloody airplane. Really, the most unnatural driving experience ever. I would like to say that at least the graphic is good, which it aint that bad if u look faraway, cause the rocks, the plants and the layers close to you are worth of a PS1. I dunno, really, the game itself is not that that bad, but it becomes a pain in the side after 30mins session. Probably u'd wanna save your money bout this...… Expand
  30. Imperadorzcv
    Mar 23, 2018
    3
    This is probably the worst game I played on ps4, it's very repetitive, you have to do the same things over and over again, there's a map full of nothing. I gave a few dots because of the graph that is not bad, otherwise it is a bad game.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 64 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 64
  3. Negative: 4 out of 64
  1. Power Unlimited
    Oct 19, 2017
    79
    Ghost Recon: Wildlands excels in the sheer size of it and has a ton of content which offers you and your friends endless possibilities and lots of fun. The gameplay, on the other hand, is often repetitive, which causes the game to be just a little less than fantastic.
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  2. games(TM)
    Jun 14, 2017
    50
    A buggy, uninspiring and formulaic shooter. [Issue#186, p.74]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jun 6, 2017
    74
    Variations on base clearing, enemy tagging, and weapon tinkering. Old, yet effective. [May 2017, p.70]
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