Entertaining game with an anti-climactic ending...
by Helmetz Aug 19, 2009, 2:31 PM PDT
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 the sequel to Ubisoft's 2006 smash title released for the Xbox 360, PS2 and PC. You take the control of Captain Scott Mitchell and his fellow 5th Special Forces Group members (commonlys referred to as the Ghosts) in the midst of a border warfare between the US and Mexico. You'll be given a variety of combat weapons to help achieve objectives from elite night time solo missions to leading a mini army to take out specific targets. Where the game really shines is the ability to control your supporting cast. You can point and click to give directives or your can look through the first person view of said supporting members. Trying to micro manage two squad teams, an APC and a mini chopper can get a bit hectic, but once you get used to the gameplay mechanics, you should have no trouble with guiding these members to help you create some heavy damage.
Although the game feels like a port, the controls are very responsive. Character models and environments look good for a ported game from a year ago, however, empty levels leave more to be desired. The sound is great as all weapons and vehicles are on par with their real world counterparts. The story, unfortuenately, leaves a bit more to be desired as your over the top eccentric commander will send you on numerous missions in search of the dreadful WMDs. Once you finally destroy last of the dooms day devices your congratulated with the all popular anti-climactic endings that can really hurt the overall experience of the game.
If you're interested in stealth, action war-themed shooters, GRAW2 may provide you with an enjoyable weekend with it's fairly solid single player campaign. The game does offer multiplayer, but I've had no luck of participating in any matches. Good luck finding a server :?
overall Score: 8.2
