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  1. Mar 7, 2017
    10
    With over 60 different vehicles, there’s certainly some fun to be had tearing up the Bolivian countryside with four mates, but thanks to its archaic AI, it currently fails to offer the kind of satisfying challenge that would keep players coming back.

    With less than two months to go before Wildlands hits the shelves, let’s hope that Ubisoft can use that time to help give a
    With over 60 different vehicles, there’s certainly some fun to be had tearing up the Bolivian countryside with four mates, but thanks to its archaic AI, it currently fails to offer the kind of satisfying challenge that would keep players coming back.

    With less than two months to go before Wildlands hits the shelves, let’s hope that Ubisoft can use that time to help give a beautiful-looking world the depth and variety of gameplay that it deserves.
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  2. Mar 8, 2017
    9
    I've played for about 20 hours and feel i have had enough experience with the game to give my opinion.
    the best thing about this game is the execution of missions and the unpredictable combat once it unfolds -
    the next thing which is very appealing is tracking down and killing the bosses to collect the exotic weapons - but i fear what happens after all the bosses are dead and there's no
    I've played for about 20 hours and feel i have had enough experience with the game to give my opinion.
    the best thing about this game is the execution of missions and the unpredictable combat once it unfolds -
    the next thing which is very appealing is tracking down and killing the bosses to collect the exotic weapons - but i fear what happens after all the bosses are dead and there's no more weapons to collect - then the game might lose most of it's appeal - but the actual combat will never get old.
    i my only wish is that this game enabled characters to climb cliff , walls and buildings like in dying light - also I hope ubisoft patches the game to allow exotic guns to be customised - and lastly - I hope ubisoft keeps dropping patches with more missions and bosses with TONS of new exotic weapons - that would keep me coming back for more .
    Overall I LOVE this game but fear once all the bosses are dead and I've collected all the weapons and upgrades it might lose it's appeal - Im hoping Ubisoft keeps dropping new bosses and weapons into the game - overall 9/10 IMHO
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  3. Apr 21, 2017
    10
    One of the best open world games i've ever played.
    Good looking, good optimized, and fun. Fun is the most important think if we are talking about games, and Wildlands is fun.
  4. Apr 3, 2017
    10
    Ubisoft's exellent idea about Bolivia place was amazing! Story was great, with a lot of different places and enviroment. Also it has amazing 4-players multiplayer to enjoy the open world. One of the best !
  5. Mar 11, 2017
    8
    It's a solid Clancy third person shooter. It's not quite as sim as I was hoping for, but more of a fun casual feel to it. That being said, you can swap your silencer on the fly, choose fire modes, choose to go first person when aiming, crouch, go prone, sprint, and take cover. Playing with actual buddies is something I recommend. Solo is doable, but squad ai is like playing with blindIt's a solid Clancy third person shooter. It's not quite as sim as I was hoping for, but more of a fun casual feel to it. That being said, you can swap your silencer on the fly, choose fire modes, choose to go first person when aiming, crouch, go prone, sprint, and take cover. Playing with actual buddies is something I recommend. Solo is doable, but squad ai is like playing with blind people who just run directly into fire, what m saying is they're stupid. I do recommend this if you're a fan of military shooters, and am okay taking a minute to traverse the terrain and explore with your mates. The whole game is in the journey and having fun with the open world. Players can also seamlessly drop in and out of others games. Just don't expect hardly ANY story at all. Expand
  6. Mar 16, 2017
    5
    I looked forward to this game ever since it was announced but I just can't get into it. If none of your friends have this game then I suggest not picking it up as it was designed for 4 people. Playing on your own (which I am doing) just isn't fun. The driving is the worst and for an open world, driving is very important. The buggy and useless AI teamates are also annoying.

    The only good
    I looked forward to this game ever since it was announced but I just can't get into it. If none of your friends have this game then I suggest not picking it up as it was designed for 4 people. Playing on your own (which I am doing) just isn't fun. The driving is the worst and for an open world, driving is very important. The buggy and useless AI teamates are also annoying.

    The only good thing I like about this game is the weapon customisation. The weapons look beautiful and having your own personalised weapon is cool.
    The player customisation is okay but not alot of variety on the face.
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  7. Jun 6, 2017
    7
    If you're planning to buy GRWL at a premium price to play a single player campaign and you're here looking for an advice then mine would be Do Not. It’s clearly designed to accommodate multi coop if you want to play it with your mates, it’s actually fun. It’s an enormous game with a very large map of Bolivia and multiple under bosses to get to the big guy so missions can get a bitIf you're planning to buy GRWL at a premium price to play a single player campaign and you're here looking for an advice then mine would be Do Not. It’s clearly designed to accommodate multi coop if you want to play it with your mates, it’s actually fun. It’s an enormous game with a very large map of Bolivia and multiple under bosses to get to the big guy so missions can get a bit repetitive after a while. The story was ok, nothing to write home about but it had its intrigue. Single player campaign is packed with AI playing funny and glitches but none of which is a show stopper. Wait for a massive price drop. Expand
  8. 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.
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  9. Mar 15, 2017
    1
    The game has a lot of potential but it's held back by bad, really bad physics, bad and boring story, and characters whom act like zombies. Co-Op is the only advantage of the game. Also, it has beautiful graphics but since the game has bad driving, it's useless...
  10. Apr 6, 2017
    8
    This is the second ghost recon i have owned and the last on was back in 2012 so it's feels good to be back. Now first thing that needs to be mentioned is the performance at least on i5 skylake + 8gb ram is horrible. Ubisoft is apparently aware of this problem, but from the lack of communication i doubt they even care to optimize this anymore. The story in this ghost recon is not what youThis is the second ghost recon i have owned and the last on was back in 2012 so it's feels good to be back. Now first thing that needs to be mentioned is the performance at least on i5 skylake + 8gb ram is horrible. Ubisoft is apparently aware of this problem, but from the lack of communication i doubt they even care to optimize this anymore. The story in this ghost recon is not what you should be paying attention to. It's basically Just cause 2 but without the parachute and less health. The combat, especially "loud", is quite boring. The stealth side is ok. Vehicle physics are sometimes quite weird but nothing crazy. Helicopters' controls are horrible and the armed helis are quite useless because you can't even aim them. Graphics are nothing special, but when it rains fps tanks down to about 40, but at least it looks nice. The AI was a big problem back in beta but that's gone in the full release, but that doesn't mean there are some situations where the AIs go full retard. The new open world side of ghost recon is quite nice, but then there's the problem that exists in nearly every large open world game. So much empty space, but ubisoft managed to balance this by placing weapons, side missions and collectibles around the map. Personally i have completed the main missions (105) all alone and the conclusion was quite disappointing, but not mass effect 3 level disappointing.
    Overall good game, would recommend to be played with a friend or two. Not worth the 60$, but i got 20% off so i didn't really care about the price. If you are thinking about getting this now, wait few months. Maybe it's going to get a summer discount down to 40$ which is the price i would pay for it.
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  11. Nov 4, 2018
    10
    I went from thinking this game is just fine, through liking it a lot, to loving it, and claiming it one of the best games I ever played. I imagine my score is kinda high, and objectively I would probably give it like 8 / 8.5, but I'm having just too much fun with this game, even after finishing campaign 100%, and now playing a ghost mode (campaign, with permadeath).

    Saying that this
    I went from thinking this game is just fine, through liking it a lot, to loving it, and claiming it one of the best games I ever played. I imagine my score is kinda high, and objectively I would probably give it like 8 / 8.5, but I'm having just too much fun with this game, even after finishing campaign 100%, and now playing a ghost mode (campaign, with permadeath).

    Saying that this game is repetitive is kinda like saying that witcher 3 is repetitive, because basically you do the same thing over and over - you talk to some dude, ride the horse, track the monster, kill monster, go back to the dude. What changes is the context, and Ghost Recon Wildlands is no different in that case. I wish in fact that enemy locations were little more diverse, like in MGSV, but because of the task you have to do, the enemy base layout, enemy placement, time of the day etc, even doing the same mission twice is different experience.

    This game is kinda like MGSV, but even bigger. It has great stealth and shooting mechanics, although it was clearly made in the way to focus on stealth killing, rather than open combat.

    The world design is great. It looks especially great in the distance, or from helicopter perspective. it looks like it was design based on satellite photos, or with knowledge of geology. It's beautiful, but not idealized like in most open world games. It's as pretty as pretty the nature can be. Architecture on the other hand looks bad, and interior design is horrible.

    As much as I like the 'lore' of cartel controller Bolivia, it's a wasted potential. Ending of the game has twists that shows, how cool the story could be if they put more effort into it. Rather than that, story revolves around background stories of buchones, and is just excuse for gameplay. It's not good, but it's not too stupid (for example, far cry 3 has story and dialog so stupid, that I preferred to clear camps out of bandits than progress with story).

    Gameplay is where the game really shines. If you enjoyed MGSV, you'll surely enjoy this one. In the begining I thought 'this game is cool, kinda like MGSV but worse'. Now I love it way more than MGSV.
    You can drop from a chopper, parachute into enemy location, kill the sniper on a sniping tower, recon enemy base with drone with thermovision, lure some enemies out and make sync shots. You can for example place c4 on enemy vehicles, so when buchon you want to capture will see you and try to escape, you'll destroy vehicles. The sound effect and little fog of blood when you shoot enemy make it really pleasant to kill people. You get total freedom in how you want to approach the mission. You can play sniper, rambo, or infiltrate enemy base.
    What I don't like, is that because enemy locations are mostly open-air, most of missions can be done by sniping from distance, which is the safest option. I also wish you could move the dead bodies of enemies to avoid alerting the living ones.

    The world in this game is huge. To my understanding, it's 10 times bigger than far cry 4's. Although cartel is divided into 4 branches, the game is so big, that it allows you to kill main boss after destroying just 2 of branches.
    I don't know. I hear reviewers saying that this game is good to co-op, but boring solo. I played the whole game solo, and I enjoyed every moment of it. I'd love to play it co-op on split screen with my wife, but unfortunately co-op is online only.
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  12. 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.
  13. Mar 7, 2017
    10
    I created an account to share what i think about this game.

    Ubisoft, like phoenix rose from the ashes and rose to the task, this game is amazing in so many ways, To me the biggest selling poit is how the weapons feel, bullets matter again! Graphics is amazing, especially keeping in mind the scope of the world (4k hdr). Progression appears similar to last far cry, however they have
    I created an account to share what i think about this game.

    Ubisoft, like phoenix rose from the ashes and rose to the task, this game is amazing in so many ways,
    To me the biggest selling poit is how the weapons feel, bullets matter again! Graphics is amazing, especially keeping in mind the scope of the world (4k hdr). Progression appears similar to last far cry, however they have taken it to the next level! Narrative and music resemble Netflix' Narcos a lot. Playing solo is easier to playing in coop and the game shines most whe you go for stealth, yes some tasks may seem repetitive, however soldiers do the same, it is not like you should expect karaoke, bowling and making Polish kielbasa in between. Simply getting the pawns out of the way. This game is 100x better than future soldier and yes mgs5 and the best of The Division's elements are present here as well, much to its credit. Go purchase it and enjoy yourself before Mass effect!
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  14. Mar 7, 2017
    10
    JUST WORD AMAZING GHOST RECON WILDLANDS AWESOME
    BIGGEST MAP BEST MUSIC BEST SOUNDS BEST CUSTOMIZED CHARACTER AND WEAPONS GRAPHICS SO LOOKS GOOD MISSOINS GREAT WORK TEAM WORKED AMAZING CO-OP - NEW PVP - OFFLINE - SMART ENEMIES TANK YOU UBISOFT PARIS I LOVED GHOST
  15. Mar 8, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ended the game in about.. Lets say a day. (1 Nolife) and killed el sueno poor bastard.
    (Spoiler: U will not kill him but ur amazing girlfriend will. ) (A.k.a Bowman)
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  16. 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
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  17. Mar 8, 2017
    8
    So, I have only played this for about 10 hours so far. I never played the BETA so I came in expecting nothing. In fact, I wasn't going to buy the game as I have been put off Ubisoft for some time but my friend bought it for me as a gift.

    When the game started, I had the great pleasure in creating my own unique character (to some extent). I was happy with what I created, minus the things
    So, I have only played this for about 10 hours so far. I never played the BETA so I came in expecting nothing. In fact, I wasn't going to buy the game as I have been put off Ubisoft for some time but my friend bought it for me as a gift.

    When the game started, I had the great pleasure in creating my own unique character (to some extent). I was happy with what I created, minus the things that need to be bought (Micro-transactions) or unlocked and I started the game. I joined up with my friends and to be fair, we had a really good time playing it. The different approaches and how the AI react to your actions really impressed us.

    The scenery was nice and the Urban Warfare was fun. My only negative though is the Friendly AI in single player. they can be a bit useless at times.

    The game reminds me of next gen SOCOM. I say pick it up if you have nothing to play. :)
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  18. Apr 20, 2017
    10
    Great game. I love to play co-op and this game has it.
    I have played over 20 hours with my son and my brother and it is just fun.

    The world is hughmungus and very detailed.
    The clips in the game (files on the enemies ) are great, an achievement on their own.
    All in all, I highly recommend this game if you like to play cooperative (I have not played solo).
  19. Apr 15, 2017
    9
    Great open world game that truly is a underrared gem.Been playing nonstop since i got it.Not perfect but is way better than the low scores its getting. As an old-fashioned jungle storm ghost recon guy i love wildlands and will continue to do so.
  20. Mar 17, 2017
    9
    By far this is one of the best 4 players CO-OP game...
    Trust me ... You will have fun with it if you have friends to play with

    deduct 1 point for some bugs ( but still fun to see them happen )
  21. Mar 27, 2017
    9
    Awesome game. The sheer scope of it is huge and the world that Ubisoft has created here is stunning. There are some annoying things about the game -- namely the one and only radio station whose cokehead DJ has a grating voice ... and at times the driving sucks -- but the good things far outnumber the bad. I've been playing for a couple weeks and I have barely scratched the surface of theAwesome game. The sheer scope of it is huge and the world that Ubisoft has created here is stunning. There are some annoying things about the game -- namely the one and only radio station whose cokehead DJ has a grating voice ... and at times the driving sucks -- but the good things far outnumber the bad. I've been playing for a couple weeks and I have barely scratched the surface of the game, so I can't tell how the story is going to go but I haven't regretted my purchase once. You can tell Ubisoft put a lot of work into this one. The writing could be better and the banter between teammates pales in comparison to dialogue you'll find in Rockstar games. Still, overall it's an excellent game. I can't understand any score lower than a 7 for this game. If you can't have fun piloting helicopters and planes and parachuting into the mountains and killing sicarios with a wide range of weaponry and exploring a huge open world of jungles and valleys and mountaintops, then you can't have fun period. Expand
  22. Mar 16, 2017
    10
    Beautiful imagery, awesome solo play and hilarious co-op, I am having a blast. There are a few bugs that need to be hammered out but the amazing foundation has been built. For me, the tactical play is akin to Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield terrorist hunt, except on a massive scale.
  23. Apr 4, 2017
    8
    nice game, nice world,
    synchro shot are pretty nice, snipe enemy is a blast
    great lengthy campaign,
    the game not perfect , have is flaw, specially physics with vehicle and plane is absurd
    but overall ambiance is there and a lot of fun to have
    rebel faction is a nice addition
    crack the cartel to go to the big boss is funny
  24. 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.
  25. Apr 13, 2017
    10
    Fun if you like it~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  26. Mar 13, 2017
    5
    Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring (150 characters.)
  27. Mar 8, 2017
    5
    Mediocre game so far. Have played about 5 hours. My biggest gripes: The enemies know where you are the second you fire a bullet. Its not realistic whatsoever, obviously should be alerted but to be able to pinpoint you right away? come on now

    Also, the driving is miserable. This wouldn't be a big deal if it wasn't for the fact that every mission is a 10 minute drive minimum away from the
    Mediocre game so far. Have played about 5 hours. My biggest gripes: The enemies know where you are the second you fire a bullet. Its not realistic whatsoever, obviously should be alerted but to be able to pinpoint you right away? come on now

    Also, the driving is miserable. This wouldn't be a big deal if it wasn't for the fact that every mission is a 10 minute drive minimum away from the last. So you have to spend a lot of time with the **** driving controls. I would take the division over this any day. Of the last few Ubi games i would put them The Division>Wildlands>WatchDogs2. If your bored this isn't a bad game, but if you have any other somewhat interesting games you will quickly find yourself leaving this one to play them.
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  28. Mar 18, 2017
    0
    I honestly dont know where to start. This game is so bad that I honestly can't be bothered to write it all out. Stay away! Go pick up literally anything else on steam....
  29. 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.
  30. Sep 5, 2022
    2
    AI stojí za prd vůbec nepomáhá.
    Střely ze zbraní jsou strašně pomalé.
    Hra velmi často padá.
    Nejde spustit v offline modu. Stále to něco hledá na netu před spuštěním hry.
Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 64 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 64
  2. Negative: 4 out of 64
  1. 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.
  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]