Tom Clancy's Future Soldier Earns High Marks

The famed Tom Clancy series has struggled to compete in past years since the emergence of FPS giants Call of Duty and Battlefield, but the release of the highly anticipated Ghost Recon: Future Soldier might be just what the doctor ordered to get this strategy-shooter series back on track.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon:
Future Soldier debuted on May 22nd.

The latest installment in the Ghost Recon series has been almost five years in the making, and after several drawbacks was finally released May 22nd. The game takes the framework from Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter and expands on it, adding a slew of intelligent new features. The additions to the game, such as active camouflage and complete weapon customization make for a more refined shooter experience. The game creators leave at your disposal complete control of your unit--allowing you to deliver precise and quick orders during combat. Also, the flexibility to map-out how you want to complete a mission provides a fresh experience every time you play.

One of the great new features is complete weapon
customization.

The control interface for the game is splendid--allowing you to move seamlessly from cover to cover unlike any shooter to date. Although 3rd-person shooter games generally give you greater control of your character's movement, Future soldier steps it up a notch by giving you the ability to employ a unique set of dives, spins, hurdles, and rolls. This type of player control fits perfectly into the multiplayer experience the developers have sought to build-up throughout the Ghost Recon series, and it looks like they finally got it right.

The multiplayer game types are completely team-based--a refreshing change of pace from the flurry of run-and-gun FPS titles ruling the market in past years. Even the basic Team Death Match mode has a unique flow. The game incorporates an abundance of futuristic military technology, placing emphasis on utilization of the technology along coupled with quick communication and coordination amongst teammates. Perhaps the most fun game-mode is Decoy. In this game-type two teams work to either defend or attack three different targets--the twist: only one is the real objective and the other two targets are "decoys." Neither team knows which target is the real objective, and so a combination of luck, quick recoveries, and methodical thinking make for gripping gameplay.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Official Multiplayer Trailer

With a set of expansive new features as well as the focus on teamplay--Ghost Recon: Future Soldier delivers that perfect combination of fast-paced action and thought-provoking strategy that has been lacking from the Shooter scene. With innovative gameplay, it's no one this game finished in the high ends of the rating scale while earning itself an IGN editors' choice award.

Ghost Recon: Future Solider earned high marks by gaming review leader IGN,
but it also scored well on other major gaming sources.
Check out the complete list of ranks at computerandvideogames.com.

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