Personally I found it most fun with two, as beyond that it’s difficult to play stealthily. Like Wildlands, Breakpoint can be played with up to four people. These bolted-on systems come at the cost of improving the core experience, which, in the right circumstances, can be enjoyable. Ubisoft’s struggle to make drab military gear interesting as loot also leads them to some absurd places, where a trucker’s cap offers greater protection than a crashproof helmet. But it also means the first gun you pick up is functionally very similar to the last. This is generally how I prefer shooters to work, and I’m glad Ghost Recon sticks to this. No matter how much armour someone is wearing, if you shoot them in the face, they die. Damage is meted out according to ballistics rather than level-gating. Speaking of wasted resources, Breakpoint adopts a Division-like loot system, also known as “The Division’s loot system.” But the whole concept of loot is rendered pointless by how Ghost Recon’s combat works. In one example I triggered a chat with a scientist while enemy guards were literally stood around us.
Conversations will often occur mid-infiltration. My favourite line, stated entirely seriously, is “You might be a Ghost, but you’re not untouchable!” It’s quite shocking what an absurd waste of resources Ubisoft has plunged into Breakpoint’s narrative, not least because it obstructs the flow of the game far more than it ever contributes. My favourite line, stated entirely seriously, is “You might be a Ghost, but you’re not untouchable!”Īcross Breakpoint’s 30-40 hours, you’ll sit through reams upon reams of tedious, sometimes laughable dialogue. Only instead of playing a flirtatious Greek mercenary who chats with Herodotus and argues with Socrates, you’re a dead-eyed pile of khaki chewing over plot exposition with Scientist #315.Īcross Breakpoint’s 30-40 hours, you’ll sit through reams upon reams of tedious, sometimes laughable dialogue. It’s virtually identical, from the shot, reverse-shot camera angles to the occasional (and in Breakpoint’s case, largely pointless) dialogue choices. To dispense its narrative, Breakpoint has adopted wholesale the conversation system from Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The quality of the storytelling is generally poor, but the real issue is how insistent it is upon its own misplaced importance. Jon Bernthal does a splendid job inhabiting the role of Jon Bernthal, but it’s hard to take his character seriously when every NPC around him looks and acts like a mannequin with a mop on its head. Sadly, this potential is squandered in favour of a more generic military tale exploring Nomad and Walker’s relationship, which is detailed through long, unskippable flashback cutscenes. The amorality and unaccountability of modern tech giants, particularly in their associations with the world’s military organisations, is a rich seam to explore in a tactical shooter. There is some potential in the new setting. But the Ghost’s helicopters are shot down by the island’s automated weapons system, and Nomad finds himself alone and hunted through the forest by Walker’s gang of mercenaries who call themselves the “Wolves.” Players assume the role of Nomad (which, incidentally, also means “Walker”, suggesting the writers struggled to come up with two generic soldier names) deployed as part of a large team of Ghosts to investigate the situation on Auroa. At the game’s outset, Skell’s operation is hijacked by a former Ghost named Walker (played by Jon Bernthal), who plans to use Skell’s drone army for nonspecific Nefarious Means. Wildlands’ real-world setting of Bolivia has been switched out for the fictional island of Auroa, an offshore Silicon Valley where your friendly neighbourhood techbro Jace Skell tries to make the world a better place by building killer drones. In case I’ve not made it clear, I don’t think it’s very good.Īt least the story isn’t likely to trigger a political incident, although this is mainly because it’s unlikely to trigger any spark of emotion whatsoever. Meanwhile, it actively removes some features that were present in Wildlands, while making others considerably worse. Instead, it transplants into Wildlands’ structure several systems from other Ubisoft franchises, systems that have no place in a game like Ghost Recon. In fact, Breakpoint adds nothing of value to the Ghost Recon template.
As a sequel, Ghost Recon Breakpoint adds none of these things.
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