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You're missing the point...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: May 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

OK, first a note to 360 enthusiasts - yes, the 360 version of the game is amazing. The Xbox version's graphics are no better than Island Thunder. Well, duh...the Xbox is still the Xbox - if they could make it emulate 360-level graphics they wouldn't have invented the 360 in the first place! So fanboys whining about how 360 is better are missing the point.

Another common gripe of GR fans is that this is not really a tactical shooter like previous installments, it's a first-person shooter with tactical elements. That's valid, but again misses the point. The Advanced Warfighter concept is that ONE soldier can coordinate and direct a variety of assets himself, from the battlefield, in real time. So the first-person shooter-type perspective reinforces this concept. And anyway, must every Ghost Recon title play EXACTLY the same? Would you really want that?

Personally, I think GRAW is a worthy addition to the GR series. Graphics are good and the sound is awesome (makes me want to purchase a home theater setup). Ubi did lots of research into the Army's Future Force program to develop Advanced Warfighter, and it shows in the level of detail they've put into the IWS. Battle is even more realistic than Island Thunder, the AIs seem more aggressive and intelligent (including your own teammates, which can be a mixed blessing, but highly realistic).

Only cons to the game are the story (which I think is fairly unrealistic and a little dumb - but hey, we don't play GR for the stories, right?) and the fact that you can't drop prone, an unforgivable oversight. Also, I think it's pretty unrealistic to have supply points conveniently scattered everywhere (and on normal and easy difficulty, these supply points fully heal your team which is nice but REALLY unrealistic). Finally, it is nice (but again, unrealistic) to have a character carry both an assault rifle AND a sniper rifle - it would have been more realistic if you found a sniper rifle on a dead soldier near a sniping target, used it, then had to drop it to continue with your regular assault rifle (or if certain missions were sniper missions and others were assault missions).

If you don't own a 360 but own a xbox, this game is fun, but not as good.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This review is for the single player version only because I don't have Xbox Live. I've heard that the Live version on plain xbox isn't any good but I don't know. People continually say that this game stinks on the Xbox. I don't know what they are talking about, maybe they don't like the change of a good series such as Ghost Recon but the change, although strange, is a good one. Just to know the rating is actually 4 1/2 stars not 4. The game is a mix of Ghost Recon (obviously) Star Wars Rebpuclic Commando, the hand motions and the way you put your squadmate into positions is like the Brothers in Arms series. There is even a mix of Rainbow Six in there. Having the game in different versions for the different consoles is a good idea so if Ubisoft desides to make another Ghost Recon game (they probably will) they know which way to make it. I would say the two best ways to make this great game would be in the Xbox version or 360. The update in first person view is a very good idea, I like first person better but not when there is no gun there. I wuold say that Ubisoft should allow you to swap weapons again, but if they are going to let you to swap weapons I would make sure you can only hold four weapons or so, not as many as you want. And if they let you swap your weapons I would make it take a long time because if you were to swap weapons on a real battlefield (Tom Clancy is war) you would have to find some more ammo on the body at the same time. Even though swaping isn't really necessary since the weapons you get are weopns that fit the current situation, and if you aim wisely you shouldn't run out of ammo that easily. Also the reloading times are a little short of a Ghost Recon game but they are still a good length. Unlike the current games of Rainbow Six, they are getting weirder and weirder with each game and more and more unlike a hard tactical game, with weapons that reload too quick. The graphics are pretty stunning although on the xbox I can say that they rate in second place (with Half-Life 2 in first place) the hot sun of Mexico looks pretty good in this game, with dark nights and blinding days, this game's graphics can pass several other games which rate high in visuals. The sound is great especially with the explosions of grenades, and bombs. Now for the storyline, being a Tom Clancy Game the storyline has to be threatning and it is. I won't reveal much, but I can easily tell you that it takes place in the years of 2013, or 2014, I forgot. And that during the crisis, a new Warfighter System has been created for the U.S. and who better to test it than the worlds best war stoppers: The Ghosts. During this revolution of technology something terrible happens (I will not tell you). So overall Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is a great xbox game and is worth a but, if you hate changes in a series like this than don't complain when there is a new technology of fighting you have to expect some changes, to me they are great changes. Go out and have some fun with this game. 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.

Great Evolution of the series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I keep seeing people compare this to the 360 GR, that is really an unfair comparison. First off one is on a Next Gen system and the other is on a Current Gen system (there are obvious advantages for the Next Gen game). The second is that if you do any kind of research like reading reviews from game sites than you would already know that the two games are made by different companies and using different guidelines for each game. That said this game is absolutely great! The graphics are probably the best you will find on the XBox, and the sound is nothing short of amazing. The story line is good, it's typical Clancy stuff. I love the choice of weapons, some of the new weapons and attachments are an absolute blast to play around with. It's true that the Ghost Recon games have gone from Uber-Tactical to nearly Doom like and if you can look past this you will find a truly remarkable game. I do have one complaint, it's that you only have one teammate that accompanies you. I haven't played any multiplayer, I just ordered GRAW for the PC for that, so this review is based solely on the single player. For all of you people who seem determined to talk about how bad this game is and how good the 360 version you should really go do it somewhere else, people are reading these reviews to find out about the XBox version and they probably aren't interested in 360 fanboy rants.

Sort of the offspring of Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was a bit unsure based on the reviews/comments I had read, but once I put it in my Xbox and started playing, I was very pleased with it. I have Ghost Recon: Island Thunder, and both GR2s, plus Rainbow Six 3 and Black Arrow, amd it combines many elements from them. I was disappointed that you cannot swap weapons any longer and still cannot open doors, something not seen in GR since Island Thunder. But the HUD and Squad tactics reminded me of Republic Commando. If you are expecting a follow on to GR2, you will be let down, but rent it and give it a go if you enjoy Rainbow Six and GR. Your mileage may vary. But it was no more choppy lag-wise than Gr2 or Summit Strike. The load times are long, but it loads much smoother than Summit Strike ever has. The sprint and hold-breath functions are awesome, and the ability to carry a battle rifle and a sniper rifle is very handy, but I do wish I had a little more anti-tank toys in the first 2 missions. It will just take a bit of adjusting if you are a die-hard GR person, but worth the effort. The graphics are the best I have seen so far on the legacy Xbox, and about all the processor seems able to handle. But it will fill my fix til I shell out for a 360.

DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is garbage for the original xbox - do not waste your money - trust me...I have ghost recon1, 2 & summit strike and this is a disgrace to have put out such junk and to think the studio that did splinter cell pandora tomorrow did this!! even a bigger disapointment...you have been warned.

what happened!?! this is not ghost recon, is it?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: June 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

BLAH!! what happened to the old school versions of GHOST RECON. I bought this game first day it came out, so excited to play it. I played the very first stage, and never played it since then, It is very off topic. i dont like this game at all. I thought this game was going to turn out like every other great ghost recon made.

negative features-
there are only 2 squade members, not 5
both members have same weapons, not their own unique.
game play has very compicating controls and commands
there are few health packs.
squade member dies to easily
u have to constantly command your member
finally-its first person mode so u cant see alot of your surroudings.

posotives-
I like the fact that its online.
great graphics, sound and gameplay
---- thats about it

in this case, change is not good.

Do Not Waste Your Money!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: March 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you like the GR games don't buy this one, it is the worst one of them all. No more is the 3rd person view and slow walk. Focusing with the scope is way to slow to even use it at times. Now it's like you walk around like a robot, very choppy and stiff....it even started to lag during the campaign. I loved all the other ones, but this one (for black xbox) is garbage. So save your money and buy a better game.

Truly Pathetic Ubisoft

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well anyone who thought that the current gen versian of GRAW could match up with the 360 versian is disheartened. GRAW for the x-box is the worst game i've played this year. Unimpressive graphics, crap for controls and gameplay and it's laggy in single player! I am shocked that this game was made by ubisoft. There simply is no redeeming factors for this game it's just simply awful and UBISOFT should be ashamed of themselves for screwing over current gen owners with this craptacular game and what's even worse they had the nerve to sell it for 50$, that's just low. Easily the worst entry to GR series it's one you should avoid. The only GR game that could be worse than this is PS2 versian.

This title still falls short in suceeding the original Ghost Recon

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ghost Recon : Advanced Warfighter for Xbox (NOT 360!!!!)

Likes: The graphics in the game are excellent, but sound, the sound is amazing. For example in the game you can hear the shell casing being blown around on the ground when you are being extracted by helicopter, and you can hear your rounds piece the enemies bodies. I really like the cross com feature, and while I didn't use it at first, as soon as I started using it , it immediately gave me the upper hand on the battle field.

Dislikes: In this version of the game you can't pick up weapons, you can't go prone, you can't duck behind objects, nor can you slide like in the 360. I thought it was short because I beat it in a little over 5 hours, not including the other hour of loading screens where you see a circle move closer to the battlefield on a map.
One of my biggest gripes is that there is lag in single player campaign. As for multiplayer, they don't clearly show on the screen your health status in co-op.

Summary: Red Storm and Tom Clancy have set a standard in realistic first person shooters. And with every new title they should try and make it better than the last, what I am getting to is this game falls short of where other Ghost Recon games left off. I cant give this game a thorough review because I have not played this game on Xbox Live which may or may not be a huge part of this title. This is not the 360 version of the game so there really isn't any achievements to be had with Live. I feel like I am being a little giving because I have not played the live portion of this game. I will give this version of the game a 6.5.

~Nefarious79

BLAHHH!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: March 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Xbox version of this game was terrible, talk about a step back in time. I'm glad I rented it first because I'm not wasting anymore money on that garbage.

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