Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

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6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 279 Ratings

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  1. Ozimandeus
    Mar 24, 2017
    7
    It's a good open world game.. the engagements are fun but are ultimately repetitive. This seems to be the Ubisoft curse.. huge expansive open world, which blows your socks off. But too little original content to keep interest. I have no doubt playing this as a co-op game will be much much better. But I usually play single player only. Stick with the Witcher 3 if you want an open worldIt's a good open world game.. the engagements are fun but are ultimately repetitive. This seems to be the Ubisoft curse.. huge expansive open world, which blows your socks off. But too little original content to keep interest. I have no doubt playing this as a co-op game will be much much better. But I usually play single player only. Stick with the Witcher 3 if you want an open world that has content turned up to 11.… Expand
  2. SchroederRock
    May 2, 2017
    7
    Wildlands is all over the place from a quality and consistency standpoint. The discrete militant group known as the Ghosts head to Bolivia to reign in a cocaine mega-distributor known as El Sueno who has Bolivia's law enforcement bought so well that no citizen can hope for reprieve. Your team, directed by a CIA operative known as Bowman, moves throughout Bolivia with the intention ofWildlands is all over the place from a quality and consistency standpoint. The discrete militant group known as the Ghosts head to Bolivia to reign in a cocaine mega-distributor known as El Sueno who has Bolivia's law enforcement bought so well that no citizen can hope for reprieve. Your team, directed by a CIA operative known as Bowman, moves throughout Bolivia with the intention of dismantling Sueno's entire operation. This means you'll be taking down 4 arms of his operation that controls things like manufacturing, marketing, distribution, security, money, etc. As you put the squeeze on Sueno, it forces him to try and react. That's the premise, and the world and order you make your moves are both massive and varied. There is no linear story line that players will play through since it really doesn't matter as you're simply capturing high value targets and blowing up portions of Sueno's operation. What Wildlands does better than some games like it is how well it plays whether you're in a cooperative setting or just playing by yourself. People can join games in progress with friends or randomly - whatever you want. This kind of freedom can make Wildlands seem better than it really is. At its core, Wildlands is a Far Cry copycat, where everything you do and interact with is heavily copied from recent Far Cry games. It's clear that Ubisoft had no problems being extremely unoriginal and hoped that the product would be so good that nobody cared. They got close. Wildlands is so big and can take so long to complete that it's value in terms of what you pay for what you play is significant. For me, it took 3 days of playing time (that's 72 hours) to fully beat each mission in this game. I played it on the 2nd-hardest difficulty so people playing on easier difficulties might be able to get everything done sooner.

    My biggest problem with this game, besides it not being original, is that even the potential in the story and characters don't feel fully realized. There's a few great moment in the narrative as it pertains to certain members of El Sueno's followers and your encounters with them, but otherwise I felt like the details were more on the bland side like early Destiny. You get the point of what's going on but nothing is really that memorable. There is also a lot of collection that occurs in this game with weapons, accessories, and skills development. This portion of the game is done at least fairly well but the skill trees aren't all that interesting and it's absolutely possible to beat this game on anything but the hardest difficulty without investing much into skills and support.

    Lastly, the AI is all over the place. Sometimes it performs very well, other times it seems fairly dumb. In the end, I liked Wildlands because it was just barely interesting enough to keep me going but not interesting enough for me to glue myself to my seat and pay close attention to a world of fantastic people and story lines. If things like that are a big reason why you play games, Wildlands doesn't succeed as well. However, given that Ubisoft's last Tom Clancy title was the fundamentally-broken The Division, Wildlands comes off as a greater success. It's not going to be a waste of your money but it's nowhere near contention for game of the year.    … Expand
  3. Acceleracer13
    Aug 7, 2017
    5
    When I first played the beta for this game, I was amazed at how large and open the world was. I was even more amazed when I first got the full game and found that everything is available from the start. You aren't held back by a narrative in this game--you can explore wherever you want, whenever you want. That is something I will commend this game for.

    All but a few regions are    When I first played the beta for this game, I was amazed at how large and open the world was. I was even more amazed when I first got the full game and found that everything is available from the start. You aren't held back by a narrative in this game--you can explore wherever you want, whenever you want. That is something I will commend this game for.

    All but a few regions are essential to the story. Each region has a series of missions that must be completed before you take down the boss of the area. After you take out the boss, you move on to other regions until you have destabilized the cartel completely.

    That being said, having a huge open world ends up being Wildlands' downfall. With so many regions and missions to complete, it gets repetitive. Many missions are copied and pasted into other areas, so you may end up doing the same mission but in a different place.

    In addition to that issue, having a large world becomes an issue when transportation is also a problem. Helicopters are by far the most reliable, fast transport in the game, however, using them is a real pain in the butt.

    Your AI allies are either extremely useful or useless. If you go down, they will run across a pit of lava and through enemy fire as if they were invincible and revive you. They can also Sync Shot on your command, and spot enemies you may have missed. However, in combat, they are about as useful as stormtroopers. They can't hit anything, and are only useful for distracting enemies. On the flip side, having friends join you instead will make your teammates more effective, but at the cost of Sync Shot and invulnerability.

    Honestly, I wouldn't recommend this game to my friends. It just gets stale after a while.    … Expand
  4. 20piecenugget
    Mar 17, 2017
    7
    I picked up Wildlands with the intent of playing it co-op with a friend that I have played through most of the major titles released in the last 10 years. We are big fans of stealth games, open world games, shooters, and this game covers all of those bases (stealth if you want).

    It is true that the dialogue is lacking. Your squad mates are unnecessarily crass during the open world bits,    I picked up Wildlands with the intent of playing it co-op with a friend that I have played through most of the major titles released in the last 10 years. We are big fans of stealth games, open world games, shooters, and this game covers all of those bases (stealth if you want).

    It is true that the dialogue is lacking. Your squad mates are unnecessarily crass during the open world bits, and the story events keep to that trend. I also found myself turning off the radio every single time I got in a vehicle. There's no overlooking the lack of quality here.

    A lot of the missions you will do are similar to each other in objective, but the locale and best way to go about accomplishing them will be different. In the 30 hours I have in so far, I have done many extraction and assassinations but if you enjoy putting on the silencers, scoping out your target area and accomplishing your task without being detected...then you will never not have fun with this game. I personally never tire of those experiences and Wildlands let me have them non-stop.

    The shooting in Wildlands feels very good, and I enjoy that any enemy can be taken down in one shot regardless of difficulty (note: my friend and I are playing on the hardest setting). The guns sound great, suppressed or not, have weight to the shots, and like most games now are accompanied by a red kill 'x' when your shot is fatal. This is extremely satisfying for long range sniping, as your bullets are effected by gravity and those 600m+ shots will arc in and provide great enjoyment.

    The driving and vehicle controls are pretty wonky. It definitely has taken getting used to piloting helicopters and planes, and even driving the motorcycles. The helicopters are the worst however, with no way to turn the rudder (RB or LB in most modern games with such vehicles) so precise movement is pretty difficult. Some realism was sacrificed for ease of use on most vehicles, as they are able to drive up embankments that should be impossible by the laws of physics...and they also turn themselves right side up most of the time when a tumble or roll occurs. Some may not like this, but when you're in the middle of nowhere and your car rights itself it is handy.

    Overall, I have loved my time with the game but there are weaknesses holding it back. If you're like me and enjoy the things I have mentioned above, like being able to choose stealth or going in swinging, long range sniping fun and antics, great weapon customization and numbers, then I really think you will like this game and your time with it. Just be prepared for bad dialogue throughout and some fighting with the vehicle controls.    … Expand
  5. YeahNah
    Mar 7, 2017
    6
    Lifehack: Wait for this game to go on sale and get some patches. Don't want to encourage Ubisoft to keep releasing unpolished games, and you save some cash.

    This game is best played co-op with friends, so if you want you can convince your mates to hold off for some time while the patches and free content updates roll in.
  6. monsoontom
    Jul 5, 2017
    6
    My first impression was "Damn, I'm impressed!" Then reality took hold and what is a visually stunning game with some fine game mechanics became a bit of a chore. Like other open world games, the freedom is there to do your own thing. However, the repetitive nature of the missions soon becomes boring. Some missions make up for the overall sameness of the game in the size of their location,My first impression was "Damn, I'm impressed!" Then reality took hold and what is a visually stunning game with some fine game mechanics became a bit of a chore. Like other open world games, the freedom is there to do your own thing. However, the repetitive nature of the missions soon becomes boring. Some missions make up for the overall sameness of the game in the size of their location, but most are fairly small and it's mostly a case of go here, kill everything, claim your rewards, go to next area. End of level bosses provide no challenge and the final mission even more so.
    Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad game and for the visuals alone it deserves a higher score. Sadly though, the game just doesn't provide the challenge or experience that I expect from a Ghost Recon game. Maybe this is something that can be rectified in future DLC.    … Expand
  7. Eyoldaith
    Mar 7, 2017
    5
    DISCLAIMER: this is based off of the Open Beta gameplay, some things may change in the final release.

    The game was fun for a couple of hours, but I doubt that even the most tenacious players would play this more than 200h at most. Pros: Large open world compared to most other new releases. Lots of different weapons. Rifle customization. Cons: The voice-acting is EXTREMELY    DISCLAIMER: this is based off of the Open Beta gameplay, some things may change in the final release.

    The game was fun for a couple of hours, but I doubt that even the most tenacious players would play this more than 200h at most.

    Pros:
    Large open world compared to most other new releases.
    Lots of different weapons.
    Rifle customization.

    Cons:
    The voice-acting is EXTREMELY mediocre. It's by far the worst I've heard in recent years. It's incredibly stiff with cheesy, over-the-top lines. I'm amazed that they even let that **** into the game. This also leads to the theme (i.e. all story-related elements) itself, which was just as mediocre. There's nothing gripping about it.
    Not very varied gameplay. The world was, as previously mentioned, fairly large. Unfortunately you do pretty much the same thing over and over when you aren't doing main story missions.

    Over-all the game was mediocre. It felt like another run-of-the-mill open-world game with stories that are worse than those found in most Korean free-to-play titles.
    I'm beginning to think that Ubisoft bribed Critics in order to get such a high score. There's no way in hell that anyone who's played more than a handful of games could give it scores like 80/100 and upwards.    … Expand
  8. JacksonAkson
    Aug 22, 2017
    7
    I'm about 50% through the game, gathering all collectibles in each area. I have only played solo campaign.

    Seems like for every positive there is an equal and opposite negative + Huge open world, pleasant to look at - Almost seems too large and exploration isn't very fulfilling + With side missions / objectives the game could take 150 hours to complete - I'm not sure I want to    I'm about 50% through the game, gathering all collectibles in each area. I have only played solo campaign.

    Seems like for every positive there is an equal and opposite negative

    + Huge open world, pleasant to look at
    - Almost seems too large and exploration isn't very fulfilling
    + With side missions / objectives the game could take 150 hours to complete
    - I'm not sure I want to play this game that long
    + A vast array of land/sea/air vehicles to use
    - Vehicle controls are pretty cheesy and none of the vehicles are much fun
    + Not many cut scenes or too much play interruption
    - I'm not sure if there really is a story, other than kill guys with the orange or purple halos
    + No annoying characters
    - No character involvement of any kind
    - AI team members are generally useless
    + Don't have to waste time trying to revive them
    + Many weapons upgrades to seek out and obtain
    - Almost all are pointless
    + Pure open world freedom
    - Not much actual fun in the open world
    + Shooting control and simulation is cool
    - Sometimes my binoculars fire off a round and blow my cover
    + Third person exploration with first person shooting is nice
    - Third person perspective constantly changes from RH to LH (leave it alone!)

    One large positive - ZERO games crashes so far
    One large negative - No in-game ability to pass time. Personally I hate playing at night. Others I know prefer playing at night. There is an easy solution for this but it is not in the game.

    Overall it is not a bad game, it just doesn't really excite me to play it. It is getting quite repetitive. I think the 6.5 average user score is spot on.    … Expand
  9. Tea-n-Gaming
    Mar 21, 2017
    5
    Thinking of playing Wildlands solo? Don't bother. On with the review ...

    The story of Wildlands is that a drug cartel has essentially bullied it way into Bolivia and created a narco state and you and your 3 sneaky ghost pals have been sent in to throw a spanner into the works. You are dropped into the tutorial zone and after quick lesson on the basics of spotting and stealth you are    Thinking of playing Wildlands solo? Don't bother. On with the review ...

    The story of Wildlands is that a drug cartel has essentially bullied it way into Bolivia and created a narco state and you and your 3 sneaky ghost pals have been sent in to throw a spanner into the works. You are dropped into the tutorial zone and after quick lesson on the basics of spotting and stealth you are sent on your merry way. Each area of the map has a boss that you have to eliminate before moving on the next, do it so many times you can have shot and the under boss, eliminate them and you can go after the big boss "El Sueño". This is a 4 player Co-Op shooter make no mistake and that's the way to play it. Whilst playing solo you do get 3 AI team mates but the Ai is mostly useless and half the time i just solo outposts and tell them to wait outside on the naughty step. So get a group of friends, mic up and suit up for a tactical experience that is unique. Want to go straight to one of the hardest areas on the map, sure. Want to run into a base guns blazing and take no prisoners, no problem. Wildlands shines because of this freedom going into a region find out who the boss is, what they do and what you have to do to take them down is fun. and being able to choose how you want to complete this objective is brilliant and is excellent fun with friends. For example, our teams objective was to destroy a Submarine docked at a small cartel outpost. we scouted out the base and marked all the enemies and decided our approach. One guy went of to borrow a a helicopter whilst another placed himself up high with a sniper rifle. Me and my buddy snuck our way in, taking out sleeping enemies till we reached the sub. we placed the C4 and made our way out but my lack brain cells caused me to miss a shot on a enemy and land right next to a guy in heavy body armour. Next thing a small platoon of dudes arrived and decided our final meal should involve bullets. we were pinned down in a small hut awaiting out helicopter escape route killing guys left and right of us, whilst sniper fire took out anyone who got to close. long story short a lot of people died and we flew out with smiles on our faces but completely forgot to detonate the C4. This is just one example but you get the picture. but what harms this game is bugs and its repetitive, the collectables (weapons, skills and intel) keeps you moving but they are just icons on the map you want to get rid off. Bugs are also an issue, right now i have some of audio that loops once every time i spawn in and its not game breaking but annoying AF, another bug i find is enemies spawning in mid way though my stealthy massacre that i just cleared and spotting me.

    In summary, its like Just Cause 3 (repetition and completion). But replace all the goofy explosions with 4 player co-op stealth.    … Expand
  10. peck324
    Apr 8, 2017
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Here is my review of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildland (Spoilers):
    Story - The story is like the Division except there is an actual plot in the story line and the main characters talk as well. But for all the Bosses in the game they don't have an actual life bar, including your character making this game too easy to beat but too long to finish. I have put in close to 20 hours (First Try) in the game and finished 1 out of 2 endings (To get the second Ending you have to get 100% in the game which took me 40+ hours to get.) because there are 44 bosses to beat, all the missions before getting to a boss are repetitive and whats worse is El Sueno (The main/final boss of this game) is not considered a final boss, only a cutscene. Overall this is just a disappointment.
    Gameplay - Gameplay has that typical first person/over the shoulder shooting game with an open world environment. What feels irritating is after fast traveling the characters spawn in a crouching position, why can't the characters spawn in a standing idle position? The tutorial was very lazy to show as they are just a bunch slide shows and would sometimes make the player look at them again on the main menu instead showing a simulation training/video before going into an actual engagement. The level up system is awful to me where most customization require the player to perform side missions in order to get what the player wants. What is also irritating is when a player dies/fails the mission they spawn more than 300 meters away from the objective instead of spawning 100 meters since they are some missions that require not to be seen by enemies before completion.
    Mechanics - The driving mechanic (All Vehicles) is very loose, the reason is when turning, the vehicle somehow slipps from the road and would eventually flip over. No lag inputs during gameplay which gave the gameplay less to stress about because of the driving mechanic. There was no stamina meter when the main character is running and eventually gets exhausted for a few second, I notice that because in the division there was no stamina meter when running, but the character did not have a limit of exhaustion while running.
    AI - AI's from the players squad are only useful for the "Eagle Eyes" but for everything else they seem to be very dense when following simple commands like regrouping and reviving the player while they are down. When selecting the command wheel to regroup they seem run to the players location but won't be beside the player. When the player gets shot down it takes almost 2 minutes for the AI to show up and revive the player. Having them as the players Eagle Eye is proven useful like the drone. They will let you know where hidden enemies are coming from, giving the player intelligence on what the mission is about and letting the player know if the close is clear or not.
    Conclusion - Story is a disappointment, gameplay level up system is awful, driving mechanics is sloppy and AI's are good for catching enemy sights. This game looks to be made purposely for online multiplayer co-op, especially in a open world game. This game is what was The Division meant to be.
    Final Verdict:
    5/10 - With the missions being repetitive and the Final Boss not being a "Final Boss" this game does not give a strong hope in the open world industry but still fun to play with other players.
    Buy or Not Buy - Not Buy. If you don't like online or have bad internet connection, this game is not meant for single player.
    Rent - No. Since the game requires you to play 30+ hours to explore in the open world.
    Video version coming soon.    … Expand
  11. Voodoo123
    Aug 31, 2022
    6
    Fun gameplay loop
    +Some superb visuals
    +Remarkable sense of scale -Bloated map filled with repetitious missions -Bullet sponge enemies -Unidad are overpowered -No chaff/countermeasures It's a real mixed bag of fun gameplay wrapped in a flawed bloated openworld that is full of icons and yet feels empty to play through with little sense of tailored gameplay beyond the highly detailed    Fun gameplay loop
    +Some superb visuals
    +Remarkable sense of scale
    -Bloated map filled with repetitious missions
    -Bullet sponge enemies
    -Unidad are overpowered
    -No chaff/countermeasures

    It's a real mixed bag of fun gameplay wrapped in a flawed bloated openworld that is full of icons and yet feels empty to play through with little sense of tailored gameplay beyond the highly detailed characters and cutscenes. I feel like the game would've been perfect if they had reduced the map size by 2/3 and tailored the mission types with a less aggressive ai that played into stealth gameplay more.    … Expand
  12. Nenoy
    Nov 20, 2019
    6
    Not much you can do with the squad. It lacks tactical gameplay. Is either an all out game blazing type of game or a somewhat tactical game. Wish there was a way you could use your team in so many ways.
  13. MonkiReviews
    Apr 22, 2018
    7
    I enjoy this game a lot, but it does have problems. The story is very fun. Each mission is different from each other, and they are also very enjoyable. The gameplay is also fun. Fighting enemies is awesome, but there are not many weapons in this game. The driving isn’t great though. It helps to drive to locations to get there faster, but cars have a lot of glitches and aren’t the bestI enjoy this game a lot, but it does have problems. The story is very fun. Each mission is different from each other, and they are also very enjoyable. The gameplay is also fun. Fighting enemies is awesome, but there are not many weapons in this game. The driving isn’t great though. It helps to drive to locations to get there faster, but cars have a lot of glitches and aren’t the best things to control. Also, the only other bad thing is the character animations in cutscenes, they don’t look very real. I think this game can be addicting and fun (even though there are problems), I recommend this game!… Expand
  14. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Mar 8, 2023
    7
    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is a fun cooperative open-world action game. It downplays the strategy and realism of previous entries. This is more Just Cause 2 than Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Along with the numerous story and side-missions, there are tons of customizable firearms, armor/clothing, gadgets and upgradeable skills. In addition, there are live-events and dailyTom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is a fun cooperative open-world action game. It downplays the strategy and realism of previous entries. This is more Just Cause 2 than Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Along with the numerous story and side-missions, there are tons of customizable firearms, armor/clothing, gadgets and upgradeable skills. In addition, there are live-events and daily challenges. The story's narrative is told through cutscenes, unlockable videos and scattered text logs. If you get tired of the campaign, you can always embark on the Survival horde mode. Of course, the best way to experience it all is with three other friends. Graphically, it is solid, if not the best looking game. Overall, "Wildlands" is a fun time. If you're a die-hard Ghost fan, you might be disappointed with the changes. But if you don't mind the streamlining of the action, then you'll have a good time. I would rate this with a 7.7 out of 10.… Expand
  15. Crowzz64_
    Apr 20, 2018
    5
    The graph is good. Missions are cloying and repetitive. The gameplay is good, the customization system is spectacular, but the story is not good.
  16. Caldan
    Nov 15, 2020
    7
  17. GuiGutterres
    Mar 29, 2020
    5
    1) Muitos bugs horrorosos.
    2) Na hora de pular a cutscene, demora uns 5 seg. pra tirar.
    3) Missões muito longe umas das outras.
    4) mapa meio vazio.
    5) Faltou mais veículos e helicópteros no mapa pra fazer missões.
  18. 5o4
    Aug 7, 2022
    7
    Underrated.. Ubisoft just has trash servers. If Ubisoft could have supported the servers more I would give a better rating
  19. Andrelunk
    Feb 21, 2023
    5
    Aparece muitos soldados da unidade do nada além de ser bastante bugado..........

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#82 Best Xbox One Game of 2017
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. DarkStation
    May 2, 2017
    60
    Ghost Recon: Wildlands is by no means a terrible, or even bad, game: it provides moments of intense fun, particularly with friends, when you're trying to clear out a base without being detected. Yet, it has some serious issues. The A.I. coding is just not good; the huge draw distances causes stutter and screen-tearing on consoles; and even though there is undeniably a lot of content in the form of missions and things to collect, it does become repetitive and dull—just how quickly it becomes a drag depends on your tolerance for walking around and collecting things, I suppose. But if you don't have friends to play with, and you have to rely on boneheaded teammate A.I. to help you fight questionable and irrational enemy A.I., then the game's problems are amplified.
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  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Apr 15, 2017
    80
    Gorgeous and impressively focused for its scale. Ubi's best open-world in years. [May 2017, p.83]
  3. Vgames
    Apr 4, 2017
    75
    Basically, Ghost Recon: Wildlands is a good game. It offers you a big wide world with many missions and possibilities. It combines the tactical gameplay we all know and love from other Ghost Recon games, with all of these elements spread out on the beautiful map of Bolivia. But its repetitiveness, forgettable story and the trouble finding a decent team make its problems more obvious than ever.
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