Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Island Thunder

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• Welcome to Cuba in the year 2009. Castro is dead, and the island nation has its first free elections in decades. The Ghosts are sent in as part of a UN peacekeeping force, to fight an invasion and allow the elections to continue.
• Battle your way across Cuba in eight new single player missions
• Survive through strategic use of firepower -- 12 new weapons like the M4 SOCOM rifle and the MM-1 automatic grenade launcher
• Eight challenging new multiplayer maps and all-new multiplayer game types
• Dangerous new Cuban enemy vehicles, as well as new allies to boost your side

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000093NQH
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 5, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,818 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Havana, 2009. Castro is dead, and Cuba reels from a power vacuum. The Ghosts--the elite team of U.S. Army Green Berets--are deployed. Their mission: halt a drug-funded warlord from sabotaging the island republic's first free elections in decades.

• An All-New Campaign: Challenge yourself in 8 intense single-player missions deep in the heart of Cuba, plus 5 desert missions, downloadable via Xbox Live.
• The Total Battlefield Experience: Compete against your friends on split-screen multiplayer, system link, and enhanced Xbox Live play, on 12 maps in lush jungles, harsh deserts, and deadly urban streets.
• Become the Ultimate Ghost on Xbox Live: See how your skills stack up against global opponents with real-time stats and skills tracking from multiplayer matches and tournaments.

Product Description

Ghost Recon: Island Thunder takes you back into the world's combat zones, with an all-new mission to complete! Xbox Live compatible, for exciting online gameplay Become swift, silent and deadly, as you face danger on the battlefield, with the deadly Ghost Recon!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb strategy game for the patient gamer, October 4, 2003

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Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Island Thunder (Video Game)

If you're a fan of the Ghost Recon series of games, the Island Thunder set brings your platoon-based gaming to a hostile Cuba of the future.

There's the great graphics, where each of your friends and enemies look like real people, with proper movements and actions. Your environment is misty, rainy, soggy, with detailed trees and grass. You really feel like you're crawling up the road, watching for that enemy tower.

The sound is also quite good. None of the rock-thumping rambo music here - you listen carefully for where your enemies could be hiding, and watch for signs that an ambush is being laid.

Multiplayer is where this game shines best, though. An assortment of maps, campaign types and of course a wide variety of players means that the game will stay interesting long after you exhaust the built in missions. Downloadable new maps mean that the game can be fun pretty much forever!

A warning to arcade-style button mashers - this isn't a game like Doom where you just hop in and blast away. If you try that, you'll be slain quickly and pretty disappointed. You have to learn how to work with your troops, how to approach silently, how to work out a strategy to take advantage of your strengths. This is a game that involves a lot of patience and coordination. In this game it's not the person with the fastest fingers who wins - it's the person who pays the most attention to what is going on, and plans accordingly.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great game, September 8, 2003

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TwistaG "Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore" (Moncks Corner,SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Island Thunder (Video Game)

By now, Live subscribers have realized that they can't escape the military prowess of Ghost Recon-so far, it's been a perfect shot of multiplayer bliss. For even more Ghost action, Island Thunder is an excellent follow-up that both hardcore players and newbies to the game can set their sights on. Island Thunder is much more than just an expansion pack. Like the PC version, the game contains eight new maps that take place in a near-future Cuba, and once unlocked, a handful of new specialists are at your control. But additional Live features overshadow even these expected extras. The most apparent are the in-game dynamic stats that continually track your gameplay. You can also play in more maps, which include several Desert Siege and original Ghost Recon levels. More weapon kits are available for each soldier, too, enabling for greater diversity in player tactics. A complete training stage is included to familiarize new recruits to the intuitive control scheme. All of Ghost Recon's sharp sights and sounds continue to stand out in Island Thunder. Again, the graphics are clearly improved upon from those in the PC version-soldiers look cleaner, and even explosions detonate much more realistically. Booming firepower from fellow gunners in an all-natural environment filled with bustling leaves and thunderous falling rain completes a great soundtrack. The best part of Island Thunder is its price tag. At $10 less than a regularly priced Xbox game, this shooter is a bargain. Though it may seem to be a simple add-on, Island Thunder has enough features to make it feel like a brand-new game.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Goodies!, August 22, 2003

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R. Forehand "dflynsqrl" (Haslet, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Island Thunder (Video Game)

I just bought the game yesterday and I have to say they really did a good job. I haven't gotten far into the campaign yet, but I think they've definately made it more of a challenge. Also, for those of you who like to unlock everything, this time there are only 18 items listed in the dossier (compared to the 50 that was in Ghost Recon). For the multiplayer aspect they've added a lot more weapons, especially a much better silenced sniper rifle that can actually drop enemy's without having to be a headshot. I haven't tried it online, but I'm seriously thinking about getting XBox Live after playing this game... it would be awesome online. One down side is that it is just like Ghost Recon in that if you want to play against friends using link play, it's only one player per XBox/TV!