Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• Defend US soil from a cross-border attack, taking the fight to all-new locations -- from Juarez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas
• Dynamic lighting and shadows will morph as real-time day/night cycles and a constantly changing weather system require you to adjust to the changing conditions on the fly
• Expanded Support - Command lethal air strikes with jet fighters, gain mobile cover for otherwise impassable situations and replenish armaments on the battlefield using an unmanned artillery MULE. Players can now heal their team on the battlefield, including squad leader Scott Mitchell, with an all-new Medic class of soldier
• The revolutionary new Cross-Com 2.0 will give the player more information than ever before. You will be able to see what your friendly forces see in the top left display and the click of a button will expand that to full-screen view for a clearer and more precise picture. This will give you a more comprehensive view of the entire battlefield. The new Full Command View will allow unprecedented precision in developing and issuing tactical plans on the battlefield
• Vastly Improved Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Watch your back as rebels send their own team members to flank your position or gain vantage points by utilizing vertical gameplay to pick you off from the rooftops above. Improved squad-mate AI will now feed you more of the information you need with descriptive commands like enemy spotted behind red truck ahead.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000LXIO6I
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 6, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,085 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 X360

Customer Reviews

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Gameplay for Those who Love Small Squad Combat, March 25, 2007

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Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Video Game)

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 picks up where AW1 left off - and brings in a higher level of graphics as well as some new changes to the physics engine. This means if you loved AW1 you'll be thrilled - and if you weren't fond of AW1, you probably won't change your mind here.

To start with, the overall graphics are really quite nice here. The level of detail on individual characters is quite impressive, with the guns, radio, ammo, sunglasses etc. that they carry. A HUD video will pop up with news transmissions or personal broadcasts. The mini-map is in three dimensions to help you with urban assault. Pieces of paper blow down the street. Heat waves and dust storms impair your vision. You really get the sense that this world you move through is barren, dusty, hot and ominous.

The sound fits in very well with this real-world atmosphere. When you're roaming the streets of Mexico, the locals are calling out Spanish dialogue. Bullet shots zing past your head, and the voice acting, while not stellar, is not wooden either.

You're not alone on your missions. You have up to three teammates with you. You can choose from a limited selection of individuals and can make some basic choices - medic, rifleman, antitank gunner. It matches your team up with your personal style of gameplay. I also like that they have some female players in here, and that they aren't the traditional "hide in the back nurses" games that some games offer!

Firing seems a bit slow - when you hit the trigger, it seems like there's a delay before the shot is made. So your own personal actions can get a bit frustrating. On the other hand, team control is well done. You can have your team taking cover alongside you, helping you to wipe out the enemy in well coordinated movement.

You can't go Rambo here and expect to survive. Full out running frontal assaults typically spell doom. Instead, you need to survey your surroundings, creep up slowly, peer around the rock and headshot your enemy before he spots you.

We're generally not fans of "make your squad do things" games - we tend to enjoy games like Splinter Cell where you are directly in control of all actions. But we were very pleasantly surprised with how smoothly and easily this game let you work with your team. The levels that involved alternate styles of gameplay - like riding in a chopper and shooting down enemies as you passed by - were a nice variation as well.

There are a few issues that you just have to accept - for example, in the chopper level - surely someone down there had a rocket launcher and could have shot you down pretty quickly! If the situation was reversed, and you were guarding a convoy under assault from a group of helicopters - you would easily have taken them down.

Still, that's how a game works, and in general we really enjoyed this one. It was fun to play - and fun for others to watch, which is a good indication of how well paced, voiced and "drawn" a game is. It was like watching an interesting war movie, and you got swept up in the events as they rolled out.

Recommended!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars but,, May 24, 2007

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Jason "jasonmadmovies" (Mount Juliet, TN, United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Video Game)

I just played through this,I've been playing Rainbow Six:Vegas before so I thought I'd give this a try.First the visuals and sound are superb,the outside combat is really cool,love the maps,but the controls are lacking.My biggest complaint is the taking cover feature.In Vegas just like Gears of war you push a button to manually take cover,in this one though its automatic.You walk up to a wall and it automaticlly takes cover,this sounds good but its really not.Throughout the game I did and did not take cover when I wanted it to,it can be awkward.Having said that there is just to much good not to give it 5 stars.Be warned though Rainbowsix Vegas is a better game,so get that one first then go here.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty much just more of the same..., December 10, 2007

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R. Awbrey "cbandico" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Video Game)

I kind of have a love/hate relationship with sequels. When a game is great and they make a sequel one of three things can happen:

1. The sequel just stinks it up,
2. The sequel is more of the same, or
3. The sequel improves upon an already great formula.

Obviously, option 1 is bad and option 3 is great. But most sequels (GRAW2 included) fall in option 2 with hints of 1 and 3. GRAW2 is a very short game with the same graphics and gameplay as GRAW and a few improved tweaks on the multiplayer game. By itself, GRAW2 would be a good, albeit short game. But as a sequel with a year's addtional production I just expect more. This game feels more like a $60 expansion pack than a full game. With the explosion of online content for console games I expect to see this kind of crap less and less as a stand alone product and more as additional content. GRAW2 is good but I docked a star because it feels like another piece of subpar development and exploitation by the game megacompanies.

I'll get off my soapbox now. If you really liked GRAW then wait until this goes down to $25 or $30 and then buy it.

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