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Another winner from UbiSoft...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: August 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What can I say, the Ghost Recon series has come to represent the military simulation genre on the Xbox. I have been enjoying the single player portion of the game and have not played the multiplayer portion so I will only review the single player portion. You have a nice number of large levels that offer multiple paths to complete the mission goals as required per level. The graphics are top notch and easily looks better than any previous Ghost Recon games on any console. I will say that there is a little "America's Army" feel in this game. There is a easy to manage tutorial level to learn the basic moves and also fire the different types of weapons available in the game. There are two levels of difficulty, Normal and Hard to choose from. The Normal level provides a nice amount of difficulty for beginners or those a little rusty from playing the previous Ghost Recon games. This expansion pack is greatly refined from previous games and the "realism" touch is nicely expanded on here. For the price of $30.00, you simply can't find a better military genre game available on the Xbox.

The weapons have a nice "feel" to them and seem to respond with accurate physics. This is a true "one shot one kill" as you can be felled with a single well placed shot. The wonderful camera rifle makes a great return as well. There are several play modes where you deploy with your four man fireteam or play Lone Wolf and set thru missions on your own. While playing Lone Wolf there are support teams that while they are off camera will feed you a steady amount of information as you progress thru the mission. This again adds to the touch of realism available.

I can honestly say that you just can't go wrong with this game. It is nicely priced, has a great single player and while I haven't played on Live yet, previous experience with the Ghost Recon games would lead me to believe that this one will rock as well. You won't regret buying this game, just make sure that you have a good amount of time available after you open the box because you will be hooked from the start.

Online Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Since Viper reviewed the Single Player, let me give a brief review on the multiplayer, and first off let me just say that the multiplayer is 10X better than the standard GR2 multiplayer. There's now roughly 20+ new maps for Squad based games. All of which are a far improvement than GR2. The only disappointment was to see the so called "Classic maps from GR2." I'm not sure who selected these maps, but as much as I played GR2, and know people who play it also, the only really good carry over map is Ghost Village. Where's Quarry (which had to of been the most popular map I played on)? Where's Peninsula? Where's the good old Sand Mine? But I guess beggers shouldn't be choosers...

The Look and game play are exactly the same as GR2. And for those who are wondering, YES you can still play in 3rd person. There is a new feature in the set up. If you play "no explosives," the Lone wolf's are automatically turned on. I've yet to try all the new weapons so I won't even try to comment on them but I will comment on some of the best maps so far, and they would have to be:
Red River, Aral Sea, Launch Facility, and Government District, and definitely try Bunker Hill Redux. This map is so dark, you can barely see anything, even with your night vision on!! But with all the goods come the bad's...MOST of the same old Lag, and same old Red X appears but not as often. And one more Good / Bad thing (depending on how good you and your team are). A few of the maps have spawns that are really close to your enemies.

Overall Summit Strike will definitely hold everyone over for the new GR coming for the 360. If you are a fan, you can not afford to pass this game up...If you are a fan and can't afford the game, trade in your copy of Gaylo 2 and it should cover the cost of Summit Strike. Even if you're skeptical about the GR series, rent this one and I bet you'll become a fan.

Would be great if it loaded

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: August 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm a huge fan of the whole Ghost Recon franchise, and was very excited to get this game. But, as it turns out this game hardly ever loads, even if my Xbox recognizes it as an actual game, which rarely happens. The "red X" occurs too often to count. This is probably the most unstable Xbox out there. Which is too bad because on the occasions it does work it is just awesome, cool new maps, and weapons with some of the annoying attributes fixed. If it only worked it would be great. I would hold out on buying this and wait until Ghost Recon 3 comes out, we can only hope that they invested more time and energy in the code of that game.

Helluva game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is just plain awesome. The graphics are the best I've seen on an Xbox, teh single player missions are awesome, and you can play against the computer through Xbox LIVE or up to 4 players split screen - which is great for me and my roommates.

I had trouble loading it at first (got a red-X error), but all you have to do is boot it with the controllers pulled out. Then it loads perfectly. Its better than most $50 games and its only $30!!!

Still doesn't convert this Socom player

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: August 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

While this game did some housecleaning, a few poor aspects remain:

- Search engine still blows. Aral Sea has become the new quarry, and there is no way to block that trash out of the server list that take upwards of 45 secs to show up. You can't select any game types when using the "optimatch", just one of three general modes(which has a possibility of 24 variations). You can't exclude camper friendly "no explosives" matches that the underskilled users tend to run. There's no excuse, the first Ghost Recon(XBL launch) had a better set-up.

- Design maps for 32 players and have a 16 player cap.

- Have sniper rifles that don't sway. While there at it why not make the rocket launcher automatic?

- Red X. They have lots of nerve to pull the same stunt twice. These sorts of errors aren't supposed to occur with my Samsung-enabled xbox. I still get randomly kicked from rooms and the default kit has a cheesy weapon.

Summit Strike

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

An excellent recovery from Ghost Recon 2, this game (although its very hard...) brings back the feel of the old Ghost Recon and supports split screen play which is very nice for those of us who don't have an extra xbox and tv laying around or broadband for xbox live...

Great for Live but, VERY hard solo with the AI team

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As usual the graphics, weapons, sound, etc. are top notch like most Clancy games but, the AI of your team just seems to get lower and lower as this series goes on.
Basically, all you need from a team is-
#1 Shoot the enemy. Even when his chest is 3 inches from your rifle. (This happened last night during a very hard stage)

#2 Keep fields of fire. Don't all face the same way while the enemy walks right up to you from behind. Actually, they tend to shoot from a distance like your guys should.

#3 Boulders and walls don't shoot you so, staring at them won't make you or the team safer.

#4 SHOOT THE ENEMY.

#5 When the team commander gives an order follow it. Hold does not mean count to three and follow. It means stay.

#6 SHOOT THE ENEMY!!!

I'm a big fan of these games so, this is a little sad for me to blast this but, it could REALLY be better.
One improvement is stealth is possible again. In GR 2, you couldn't sneak up on anybody. (Ghosts, hello!)

The actual pros are the look, game set up, and Xbox Live. This is a hoot as long as you don't have the AI team along to screw things up. (Lone Wolf mode is wicked cool BTW)

Maybe they'll bring back the two teams with fields of fire control.

Here's hoping.

A good shooter but not as good as original

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: October 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I played the original Ghost Recon online over and over and held off purchasing any newer version until last week. I do like the graphics which are terrific, however, it seems like total control has been taken away. The missions are difficult which is nice dont want them to be easy but i really liked being able to handpick my group and outfit them with weapons and gear not so in this version. Its an ok game, however, where it really shines is Xbox Live this game is outstanding and if your an online gamer get this game its worth every penny.

Very fun at times, but really boring at others

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is definitely worth (...)which is what its listed at in toys r us, but it is still not a classic like it could have been if the action came quicker.

Online play is great and is the first game that i really got into clans in, but its single player is only ok, with slow action and really dumb combat with vehicles where you have to order someone to "Attack Vehicle"

If you have live i recomend this game, however if you dont, rent it first.

Sniper Friendly

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game allows for some fun sniping. If you are into one shot one kill then you will love this game.

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