Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2

By By Nick Finnegan (Contact)

Thursday, February 17, 2005

Platform: PS2

Tom Clancy has made a name for himself when it comes to secret military operations from the many books he’s written and from the games he lends his name to. Don’t let his big name fool you because it just might be that you waste your well-earned money on a sub-par game. Ghost Recon 2 puts you in the shoes of one of America’s finest. The problem, however, is that the shoes are just a little bit too tight.

The lack of options you’re given as a player is the main problem. When you head a squad of teammates you only have five commands to control them. Commands can’t be given to specific members, except in the case of the “take point” command where the closest teammate is selected. And for some reason squad members are blessed with such incredibly bad aim you’d think they didn’t pass rifle training. Enemies, on the other hand, can shoot with great accuracy even when it’s pitch dark though they don’t have night vision/infrared equipment. Missions are not very interesting at all; mostly it only offers escort and search and destroy, leading to very repetitive play.

Overall the game was just not very fun. If you want to play a military shooter, check out the SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEAL’s line of games from Zipper Interactive, also for the PS2.

Grade: C-

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