Later on the game opens up a little in the sense that the firefights become genuinely challenging – especially on the higher difficulty levels – and it’s not enough to act as a lone soldier. The first few missions of the game follow the same basic structure – run down a claustrophobic path, take cover, take down the goons. Battle for survival this game is not.Īs I feared going into the game the corridors-and-firefight-room structure is firmly in place in this game. Guns have a nice heft to them, and the movement is slick while feeling just abstract enough to allow players to feel like the powerful super soldier. As befit its AAA-status though the game is remarkably tight and well scripted. Like the best modern shooters it’s a little briefer than we would like, and heavy on the action and scripted moments. Let’s talk about the single player game first. The result is a game that should appeal to most gamers, even if it’s not going to land on too many “best game ever” lists. But as a shooter it must be said that Ubisoft have done a fine job in finding ways to keep the action varied and reasonably strategic, while not veering too far away from the proven commercial formula. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is not really different in that it, too, struggles with the disconnect between what Tom Clancy stories want to be, and what the modern shooters are popular for. James Bond games have struggled with that disconnect, and Tom Clancy games struggle with it too. Travelling from one shooting gallery to another offers up some explosive thrills, but lacks in the subtlety that makes a strategic action game great. The modern shooter however, doesn’t gel so well with the hallmarks of a good Tom Clancy story. The alcohol might be a little different – Tom Clancy heroes are more about beer than martinis, but the concepts are similar.įor me the benchmark of the series is the Splinter Cell games, which focus on the stealth and have a fairly non-linear approach to objectives.

Like a big, brash, American version of Bond, Tom Clancy tales have it all – counter terrorism, stealth, exotic locations. Tom Clancy has always appealed to me as a FPS franchise, in much the same way James Bond does.

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