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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lock and Load!, 23 Mar 2002
When you have a game from the makers of the Rainbow Six series you'd expect excellent realism and gameplay.Well, you'd be absolutely right; in fact, the level of detail in Ghost Recon is even higher. The graphics are superb, with trees blowing in the breeze, excellent weather effects and vast landscapes. Wonderful atmospheric sounds of trees creaking, birds singing, crunching snow. The maps are great and varied: Towns with ruined buildings for cover, Mountainous terrain, Moscow city streets with snow underfoot, grassy hillsides and a sub pen. The fireteam control interface is good, and with a little practice you will be able to flank the enemy before pinning them down. Multifarious weapons: Sniper rifles, semi-automatic assault rifles with 203 grenade launchers and anti-tank rocket launchers, sidearms, claymores, grenades etc. I found this title to be far better than Operation Flashpoint. It's far more realistic and tense. The operative word here is stealth. You don't rush in with guns blazing. You move slowly, searching out the enemy, lest they see you and cut you down in a hail of bullets. On the multiplayer front I would say that unless you have a cable connection I wouldn't bother to play online. You'll find enemies popping up in front of you and disappearing again. Also, pay attention to the system requirements: 128MB, 16MB 3D card, Pentium II 450 MHz (This really is the minimum). This game needs a faster CPU that Rogue Spear. I have an Athlon 650MHz with 256MB RAM and a 32bit TNT2 - before that I had 128MB, 450 Celeron and a Voodoo 3 3000 (16MB) and that would play with the bear minimum graphics. I've seen it at 64bit and was even more amazing. If your system can take it I recommend you get it!
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