Ghost Recon Wildlands Is The Open-World Game To Beat In 2017

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands is the open-world game to beat in 2017, even with challengers like Horizon: Zero Dawn and The Legend of Zelda competing.

[Palitera]

Nah, it is Ubisoft, therefore it will be a AC-like world with ultra repetitive mission design.
So-so game guaranteed.

[Goldby]

only Ubisoft open world game im lookign forward to is Steep. cant really fuck up a snowboarding game... unles your robomondo lol

[zerocarnage]

Big disagree

[SCW1982]

Big disagree to your disagree. FarCry series, Watchdogs series, Assassins Creed series, the Crew, the Division, see the pattern?

[_-EDMIX-_]

This team didn't do AC though...

Why would you compare the design to 2 different genres from 2 different teams based on a publisher?

[Palitera]

Ubisoft is not only a publisher. The open-world games done by them all have the same structure they have shown in AC2. It got old after a dozen games.

[SCW1982]

Because the company UBISOFT has used the same "iconic" copy and paste open world design philosophy across all of their published open world games up to this point, I hope this one is different.

[mochachino]

People still irrationally hating on Ubisoft? They do make a number of good games and probably create more new AAA IPs than most other major developers.

[Palitera]

Quite rationally, since their big franchises share the same main design.

[ironcrow2386]

Im pretty sure mafia 3 will have something to say about that...and with any luck watch dogs 2 😀

[OoglyBoogly]

I doubt it. While Mafia 3 might be a decent game in its own right it's definitely a departure from the previous installments in a lot of ways. I know that being the Mafia fan I am I have no interest in the direction the franchise has taken.

Watch Dogs 2 looks like a nice upgrade from the first in terms of level design and game mechanics but the protagonist and his friends seem like people I couldn't put up with for a few minutes, let alone a whole game.

[SCW1982]

Just curious what it is about Mafia 3 that turns you off? I feel like it is finally hopefully fulfilling the potential the series has had but has not been fully realized up to this point.

[pompombrum]

Highly unlikely.. as much as I enjoy Ubisoft games, none of their open world games have really captivated me in the same way as say Witcher 3, GTA 5, Skyrim did etc. Not to take anything away from Wildlands as it's looking like a day one purchase for me but Ubi's open world games just lack the soul that the heavy hitters have.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I mean...none of which are even the same genre.

My sister plays the GTA series and actually beats them before I do upon release and I'm pretty sure she wouldn't care for Skyrim, or Witcher 3.

Sorry but not all Open world games are the same and some huge genre so I don't even get the comparison.

Ubisoft isn't 1 team, its made up of several different teams. Thats like saying EA's open world games or EA's shooters...

Battlefield is not like Titan Fall...just because EA publishes both titles, doesn't really mean jack. 1 team didn't make BOTH GAMES!

THIS is a huge issue in the community as many gamers are uneducated on the process of game design and assume a publisher, is 1 person or 1 team etc.

I once heard someone say an issue in The Division was like another issue in Assassins Creed and believed they had to do with the same thing.....never mind that the game is made by a different team? lolz

If I buy the team that makes COD and the team that makes BF and I'm ubisoft, suddenly those games are now alike or "lack the soul"?

Stop judging games by publishers bud.

[lockedongamer1]

I don't care honestly. I've had enough of these modern shooter games. I'd like a grand RPG or something with an interesting story behind it.

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

So then...buy one? There's plenty to choose from.

[noksucow73]

This game does look impressive. Hopefully it doesn't get dialed down too much before release. At least on the Scorpio and Pro they should be able to keep it cranked up.

[Goldby]

already has been downgraded from original reveal

[zerocarnage]

Oh don't be silly, there's no need to downgrade games with the new consoles coming out. You people always talk about downgrades, yet you don't think about the way the footage was recorded and on what device. Until there is proof from Ubisoft about a downgrade I choose not to Believe a ton of bull crappers. A lot of your sole purposes when you talk about titles this way is to try and put others off certain titles through spouting absoloue rubbish, you all tried it with division, give up already cue we all know how well that silt and it continues to sell well.

[Psychotica]

I thought the new video that came out a few days ago looked better than the E3 reveal.

[Goldby]

https://www.google.ca/url?s...

I can post more.

Its nothing to due with me not wanting pwople to play it. I could care lesswhat others spend their money on. I was just stating they have already downgraded the graphics.

This aint no tinfoil hat moment

[OoglyBoogly]

Go check some of the newer game play vids. This game quickly went from one I couldn't wait for to one that looks like a dumbed down Ghost Recon with 2012 graphics.

Yeah, it's already taken a major blow.

[OB1Biker]

Its not a competition for gamers who want it all
I've been surprised how good the latest video look. Sounds great tbh. The kind of game I hoped the Division would have been. So many games to choose from is great.

[MilkMan]

I want to see single player mission played out with bots. They have stated over and over again you can do this, but everything I've seen is four people playing doing complex routines. Do they want my money? Show me how you play this offline with bots and stop the 30-minute coop presentations.

[Tumaras]

Not from what I saw of it so far. Don't go off canned trailers with this one, wait to see the actual real gameplay. It looked much more linear and not really open world from what I saw, and AI was very poor. It may end up being good in the end like RB6: Siege, but I'd be really wary of pre-ordering this one or calling it the game to beat (and even more questionable that it's really open-world). Not exactly open-world if you have to go A->B->C.

[OoglyBoogly]

"Not exactly open-world if you have to go A->B->C."

All story driven open world games are like this. Fallout, The Witcher 3, etc.

[sullynathan]

doesn't look like Ghost Recon anymore

[TheBurger29]

Its super casual and dumbed down compared to older GR games. Game just seems bland.

[IxWoodstockxI]

Is this game going to have competitive MP like GRAW?

[Matology]

I want this to be good, but have reservations.

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

The open world game to beat in 2017 will still be GTAV and The Witcher.

[peewee11016]

After the division FLOP.... I dont see this one being any diff

[Kalebninja]

they're made by different teams and are mechanically entirely different, the hell are you talking about.

[peewee11016]

your point Division was also made by a diff team and cut out content making it half baked trash i will never trust UBISOFT after that.

[CrimzonRazor]

The writer says this til it releases a broken buggy mess like the division or unity with ubi at the helm I wouldn't count my chicken's before they hatch.

[DeeBeers]

As long as it's got pvp I'm in. Love ghost recon but tired of them talking uo the SP. though I'm sure it will be awesome.

Future soldier was fantastic imo.

[TimmyTesticles]

Best news yet about this game: People can die from a single bullet. Not 100+ the way the division did it.

[Mrveryodd]

I have never wanted to play a call of duty game as much as this one , bring it now

[Germany7]

LOL, hilarious article, an open-world game made by Ubisoft, probably because it's the only game that he can play.