3 Things We Love (and Hate) About Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands

COG writes: We went all in with the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands closed beta last weekend. Check out the things we loved and hated about our experiences.

[MAULxx]

I thought the vehicle controls were spot on. Did you try to hang a curve at high speed going downhill in a suburban?
It does what it should. The vehicles actually have weight to them. I was surprised at how good the vehicles handled.
You can always argue variety in any open world game.
The AI does need some tweaking.

[joab777]

Having played TW3, Far Cry, Infamous etc., I have come to love a few things about open world games...and hate a few. I love exploration like Skyrim in which you can go anywhere and explore and find lore and new items and enemies. I love how CDPR was able to craft a main story alongside fully fleshed out side quests that meshed with and altered the main story itself. The hunts acted as the semi-repeatable actions that still had some variation. Love how both Skyrim and the Witcher allow you to play the game how you want.

I hate repeatable quests that ruin immersion. It was so bad in Infamous and Far cry that I couldn't finish. You can only climb so many towers and clear villages before you wanna scream! It's lazy developing.

I love proper progression and gear, and while I prefer areas with stronger "off-limits early" areas, Fallout 4 did well to level enemies with you but only to a certain point...a good mix. I love filling a world with better weapons and armor etc.

So I hope to see GR as something more akin to TW3, or Fallout than Infamous or FC. Now, I loved so much of Skyrim and the city was beautiful but doing the same 5 quests to clear a zone is absurd!

[MAULxx]

It's never going to be like Skyrim. Skyrim is incredible when it comes to exploring & just wondering into an interesting story. This is more like Far Cry template on a GR game which I'm fine with. This is a shooter not an RPG though it does have a progression system that is definitely welcome. Every open world has a game play loop but as long as the loop is good & fun then it's alright. When people don't have fun & it feels like a chore they call it repetitive. This is a GR shooter game so I wouldn't expect Skyrim levels. Do you go in during the day or at night? Silent or violent? There was enough variety in the story missions I got to play in the beta. When playing co-op & on our way to a mission I found that the journey to somewhere could turn into unexpected fun whether it be a convoy or just running into some enemies. I loved that about it.

[Xack]

That picture is from Sniper Ghost Warrior 3...