Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

by Red Storm Entertainment

Product Features

• Survive 15 deadly missions in hostile territory, as you control a group of foot soldiers in an amazingly detailed war zone
• You'll be shocked by the extensive realism of the backgrounds and maps
• Undertake deadly missions -- from rescuing NATO soldiers, to taking out snipers, to holding a Bridge
• On-the-fly planning and the latest in military Hardware keep the game interesting
• Interact with dozens of different characters

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005QB9N
• Item Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 14, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (141 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,683 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

In this new Tom Clancy franchise, you take command of the Ghosts, an elite squad of military personnel equipped with the latest experimental real-world weaponry. Wherever there is military conflict, the Ghosts are the first on the ground.

Russia has fallen under the control of ultranationalistic politicians intent on rebuilding the iron curtain. This leads to conflict with NATO as Russia attempts to reclaim the breakaway Republic of Georgia, and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. As the regional wars escalate out of control, the casualties mount and the Ghosts are sent in. Take command of the Ghosts through a series of missions that range from demolitions to search and rescues to all-out firefights.

Product Description

All-New Total Combat Experience from Tom Clancy andthe makers of Rainbow Six!Product InformationEastern Europe 2008 - War has broken out on the borders of Russia and the fateof the world hangs in the balance. That's when the call goes out for the Ghosts- and elite handful of specially trained Green Berets armed with the latesttechnology and trained to use the deadliest weapons. Their mission: Spearheadthe way for a NATO peacekeeping force and keep the lid on the conflict beforeit mushrooms...literally.Product Features 15 single-player missions 5 dedicate multiplayer maps Standard and special-issue weapons like the M16A2 the M4 carbine and the AT-4 anti-tank rocket launcher. Latest battlefield technology: prototype weapons like the OICW. Integrated battlefield computer lets you specify 9 different Rules of Engagement at any time. Up to 36 players via multiplayer on broadband or LAN Multiplayer modes include Hamburger Hill Search and Rescue Last Man Standing and Sharpshooter.Product Highlights Drop into the most realistic gameplay ever - water soaks through uniforms tanks shake the ground and tracers scream overhead. Feel the ear-splitting eruptions of authentic combat sound effects. Execute covert warfare in this free-fire zones of real world locations. Show no fear in the face of vicious fire fights nail-biting recon missions and daring rescues behind enemy lines. Take command of your special forces team with pinpoint accuracy - all from a simple command interface. Engage the deadliest AI enemies yet - angry merciless and meticulously designed to take out you and your team.Product Reviews"It's Red Storm with the safety off."     - PC Gamer"When the tension and apprehension of approaching an enemy stronghold isshattered by eruptions of gunfire and the sounds of violent explosions youmight find yourself literally jumping out of your seat." &

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This will keep you rivited!, November 24, 2001

By 

Mark Lahren (Bismarck, North Dakota USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (CD-ROM)

First off, this game has installed and ran just fine on my system right out out of the box with no patches. It's also been quite stable and has not yet crashed even once. I know all systems are different, so for reference, here's mine: An Athlon 1.2 ghz. with 256 megs system ram, an NVidia GeForce 2 with 32 megs video ram, and an SB Live basic sound card. On my system it runs best at 800 x 600 resolution with all details maxed. The game has a 640 x 480 option, but that's as low as you can go. It also has 1024 x 768 and many higher than that, but you'd better have a monster pc if you want to go higher. But even at 800 x 600, this game looks stunning! The outdoor areas are vast and beautiful; completely convincing.

My review will focus completely on the SINGLE-PLAYER game, since that's all I ever play. I've heard multiplayer is good too, but I know nothing about that, so read no further if that's your interest. Please note I have nothing against multiplayer gaming, I've just always been a loner and like the self-contained aspect of a good single-player game.

The gameplay in Ghost Recon is fantastic. I am a veteran first person shooter fan (and by the way, this game plays in first-person viewpoint), and I was skeptical about this game being too difficult for me to manage. I am used to simple, straightforward gameplay, and the prospect of controlling 6 characters seemed like it would be a daunting task. But it's not difficult at all. Anyone who has experience playing FPS's should have no trouble getting the hang of this. The controls are intuitive, and re-mappable to your liking if you don't like the factory settings. You can give your team members orders using a simple command map, or you can move them around individually by switching bodies. The strategies you can use are limited only by your imagination. If your character dies, you can switch into another's body and continue playing, until all 6 of your guys are dead.

I installed and ran the game without so much as a glance at the 64-page manual, and I had it figured out quickly. I will admit to using the included keyboard reference chart however. I planned on just taking a look at the game and setting up all the options, and then quitting until the next day. But instead, I ended up totally involved in the first mission for 3 hours, completely glued to my screen, convinced I was actually there. The enemy AI is excellent, which makes gameplay difficult, but never frustrating. If you get killed, it's not because of some stupid programming glitch. It's because you got outsmarted or outflanked, which makes you want to try even harder to beat the enemy next time.

There are lots of choices if you're looking for a game like this. I've played Operation Flashpoint and Deadly Dozen too. And I gave them both 5 stars because I loved them both. But Ghost Recon tops them. If you have absolutely no experience in this and want to see what you're getting into first, try the demo. Or for a lot less money you can get Deadly Dozen, which is a very similar game and will give you a pretty good feel. Personally, I own them all and have not regretted any of the purchases. They each have their high points and personalities. If you've got the horsepower, I recommend Ghost Recon wholeheartedly!

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Tactical Shooter Ever, January 2, 2002

By 

Nathan Alterton (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (CD-ROM)

The team that defined the tactical shooter genre has really outdone themselves this time, I hardly know where to start...

(If you want to just get to the point and see my final thoughts on Ghost Recon, just scroll down to the "bottom line" section at the bottom of my review.)

Gameplay:
Ghost Recon's planning has been shortened from previous Red Storm games to only an overview of the situation and a team selection process in which the player chooses from catagories like Riflemen, Support, Snipers, and Demolitions.

In lieu of a pre-action detailed ingress and egress planning phase, Ghost Recon employees an in action command window that is down right brilliant in it's simplicity and intuitive use. I have played a lot of team based shooters and I have never used a command window that works this well or this easily.

While some people familiar with the Rogue Spear games have complained about the abbriviated command system, the system used in Ghost Recon is far more appropriate for a military field action shooter than the police action command system employed in the Rainbow 6 series.

A.I.:
The artificial intelligence in this game is the best I have ever seen (and this is coming from a HalfLife vetern). When shot at, enemy soldiers will hit the dirt and dive for cover. They will try to outflank you if they spot you first and will retreat to a new, more defendable position if they are on the losing end of a fire fight.

Graphics:
The graphics engine Red Storm created for Ghost Recon is very impressive, trees and bushes sway in the breeze, the landscapes are breath-taking, and the sun glare, especially when seen through the trees, is abbsolutely the best I have ever seen.

The character animations are nearly perfect as well, you can really see that the design teams put a lot of effort into them. While the graphics are not quite as beautiful as those in many Quake III engine based games, they actually look more real, in my opinion, due in no small part to care taken to make every character movement as natural as possible.

The only real problem with game is that it takes a fairly powerful computer to run the graphics at full detail. I have an AMD Athalon 900 MHz processor, 256 Mb of Ram, and a 64 Mb NVidia GeForce 3 graphics card and the game still slows a bit when I run it using 32-bit textures (but at 16-bit, the graphics are smooth as silk and still look amazing).

Sound:
I was very impressed with the sound, the noise of automatic gunfire is just dead on target, to the point that I can actually tell whether a shot was fired by a team member or a soviet soldier by sound of the weapon. Sound usually doesn't add or subtract much from a game for me (unless it's absolutely atrocious), but hearing the quiet of the outdoors suddenly shattered by automatic weapons fire brought to bear on an unknowing column of soldiers is a huge rush.

The bottom line:

Game play: 5 (out of 5)
Graphics: 4.5
Sound: 5

A.I.: 5

This is a nearly perfect tactical shooter that has real tension, fierce action, and amazing realism. If you are trying to decide between Operation Flashpoint and Ghost Recon, please, please, please, buy Ghost Recon, it is far and away the superior game. I own both and there is simply no comparison, Ghost Recon does everything that Op Flash fails to do, and everything that Op Flash does well, Ghost Recon does better.

For a proffessional opinion on both Ghost Recon and Op Flash, I highly recomend the reviews done on both games by PC Gamer Magazine.

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Red Storm has achieved perfection..., November 10, 2001

By 

E. Brown "the voice of reason" (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (CD-ROM)

Ghost Recon is what I always thought the Rainbow Six series should be like. A realistic tactical warfare simulation paired with incredible visuals and sounds. Like the Rainbow Six games, you are given command of an elite infantry unit and must complete various missions. The main difference of the two games was that unlike Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon does not have a pre-mission planing phase. You are briefed, you choose your operatives and equip them, then you enter the mission phase. You control up to three teams by use of an in-action command map, so you are finally given complete control of of your squad, and are free to change strategies at any time.
Another great feature of Ghost Recon is the artificial intelligence. The enemies respond realistically, running from grenades, taking cover, etc. One problem I noticed with the Rainbow Six series of games is that the enemies in those games were all ridiculously accurate. In Ghost Recon, this is usually not the case. If you're spotted, you will usually be able to drop to the ground and defend yourself. Your team members being controlled by the computer will also automatically take cover and are a great aid during the missions.
Your teams will consist of up to 6 of the following: Rifleman (Armed with M-16 assault rifles), Snipers, Support Specialsts (Armed with M249 machineguns), Demolitions Specialists (Armed with M4 assault rifles and various explosives), and Special Team Members (Which have a variety of special weapons and skills to aid your fight). Switching between different teams or different members of the teams is as simple as pushing a button.
I've touched on some of the major points of the game, but there are many great features I didn't mention. This game is incredible and any fan of the first person shooter genre shoot definately check it out. If you still aren't convinced then checkout the demo (...), then come back to Amazon and buy it.

I hope this review was helpful.

(On a sidenote, I'd just like to add that the weapon sounds are some of the most realistic sounds I've ever heard in a game. In addition, the death sequences and blood sprays are amazing.)