Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®

I want to point out, gog doesn't offer the expansions, so I also bought the Steam version to take advantage of the Heroes Unleashed mod. That's the only way I got the mod running. This review is with the above mentioned mod installed. I don't go into mod details though. Campaign stuff and vanilla features. The biggest draw for me is once you're dropped into enemy terr, you decide what to do next. You're on your own. No TOC, no nothing. You're the Ghosts. With enough restarts, you'll get the job done. They don't make games this good. The tactical options are immense. The maps in the campaign are big enough to give you that "you're on your own" feel. The game is only missing one major factor. Enemy retaliation once you're discovered. You get a few bad guys that spawn in ahead of you after you save the pow or whatever, but nothing major. I wanna feel like that one Bruce Willis film when they were losing squaddies trying to save the Congo's rightful heir. I love how you can control your squad mates, but they should of added more command options like "move fast but don't fire upon contacts". I hate that I can't tell them... Doesn't bother me much, until they get killed because I wanted them to sprint and the squad AI automatically shoots everything they see in "at all costs" mode. This game is a masterpiece, I'll be back with more positives.

I f you are getting this game for the expansions then, yes you will be disappointed. It is the original (NO EXPANSIONS). If this troubles you, then you are missing out on the point of this amazing game. The more friends you have to fill out the teams the better this game gets, but is still massively entertaining as a solo play. If you lack patience though, then this game is not for you. This IS NOT call of duty and the like. That kind of game play here will result in failure after failure. This game will separate the strategists from the kiddies.

Ghost recon was an excellent game when it appeared years ago. Of course, the image quality might look obsolete compared to more recent games. But the interest is still there. A good scenario, great misssions. You still need very good tactical skills to place your 3 fireteams when moving on the maps. But - I don't know why - this GOG version has many bugs that I haden't noticed when I first played with it. Starting with mission 10, with the tanks getting stucked in the streets, trying to enter buildings. Then, in mission 11, slow downs and problems saving the party.

At first his game may appear a bit dated but once you get past the surface, you realize just how incredibly immersive it still feels. The mod "Heroes Unleashed," a 15 year passion project that overhauls the AI and adds TONS of new content, is a must. There's still a good community of fans behind this and it has quickly become one of my tops. Yes you need to look for the expansions elsewhere, but there are ways to install them to a temporary folder then move the contents over to the GOG game directory. You'll just need to google the instructions and apply a bit of patience. The game is quite enjoyable without them, especially with Heroes Unleashed.

And please, people who didn’t play it yet, don’t compare original Ghost Recon (this) with all what was made after under the same name. Only the first part (this) is a really tactical shooter, all what came later is half-arcade-style, also Adwanced Warfighter. Dear GOG, I’m sure you read many feedbacks about the games here. Why don’t you hear the voices of native Ghost Recon fans and don’t offer official addons - Desert Siege and Island Thunder??? Please give us a possibility to by here these addons!