Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®

This is one of the great tactical shooters from the golden age of FPS gaming. The game has decent graphics and some pretty good maps. I love that it feels like a serious game, about a serious subject, but without the try-hard nonsense surrounding newer Ghost Recon games and other later day FPS's. It can be punishingly hard and if you are careless, you will probably die very fast. But that's ok. The game also has an amazing soundtrack, that really conveys the atmosphere and the seriousness of your work. It's really quite sad that they don't make them like this anymore. It should get 5/5, but the missing Island Thunder and Desert Siege expansions are a bummer. I would give 5 stars if they were made available to buy.

DLC Is missing. Other than that, the game is really good. Played it on the PS2

This is a difficult game that requires both time and patience, but that is highly rewarding to those who are willing to stick with it. It's a far cry from later, more arcade-like, Ghost Recon games with their on-sight target-marking, WinBack-esque cover systems, and scripted drama. This game is about studying your terrain and taking strategic advantage of it while you keep a watchful eye out for enemies and slowly advance toward your objective. You can switch to the perspective on any member of your squad, and will not experience mission failure until your entire team has been killed. It's unfortunate that GOG doesn't offer the expansions to this game, but there is plenty of content in the base game to justify purchasing. P.S.: I had trouble running it initially on Win7x64. If you experience crashing on startup, like I did, try this: go to Display>Screen Resolution>Advanced Settings>List All Modes, then change to a 16-bit mode; then start the game (it should now boot) and change graphics settings to 32-bit 1080p; now exit the game, go back to the desktop and switch back to the 32-bit resolution you had before. The game should now boot like normal.

There isn't much I can say that isn't repeating what other reviewers have stated. There are a few things worth mentioning though: Ghost Recon is as approachable and fun as it is challenging. This has alot to do with a devilishly simple interface and control scheme that gives you a lot of options without a tremendous learning curve. Wide open map provide environments both Urban and Rural and allow for a seemingly infinite number of variations. On subsequent play throughs intense fire fights will erupt in new areas every time, and that provides a great deal of re-playability. It's especially well suited towards LAN parties, as it's inexpensive and fighting shoulder to shoulder with real humans adds an extra level of excitement to the game. So yes, it's a tactical action game, and it's best played at a slow methodical pace, but it's also an outstanding action game that's empirically fun to play. The expansion packs were excellent, but the sequels have never done Ghost Recon justice. If you like tactical action, but also want a viscerally pleasing, deeply fun and challenging game this is well worth checking out.

I will say I have always believed that this was and still is the best GR title to date....honestly i have no idea what happened with the direction years later with that said I have seen some comments about the two expasions not being availavble on GOG, I have found a solution to this. ( I know I know "I shouldn't need to do this" is what you are thinking) wait until the two expansions go on sale via steam usually they are on sale for like 2 bucks irrc could be 5 I dont remember, and then you can install them via steam and back up the files and uninstall from steam. or if you have a backup from disc or what have you you can use that as well. but overall still the best GR to exist and DRM free is always a plus! did i meantion theres a discord and people still make mods and play online still to this day? i think its a win even with the extra steps for DLCs