Ghost Recon: Wildlands

[GuyJD]

So was anyone else on the Wildlands closed beta this weekend?

 

I was and I'm a bit concerned that the release is only a month away:

 

• It needs a lot of polish, the scenery looks beautiful from afar but when you're crawling through the bushes and tall grass it looks very last gen.
  
• Vehicle handling is poor, nothing feels very weighty and the complete lack of rudder control on the helicopters is baffling. GTA 5 has it spot on for this type of game, just use their handling model.
  
• There is no real cover mechanic that I've noticed, you just crouch behind stuff and hope you don't get shot when you poke your entire body out to get a shot off.
  
• If you play alone you get 3 AI bots but if you play with a friend you can't add a couple of AI bots to bolster your squad.
  

 

On a positive note, I did have an enjoyable experience with it and I'm pretty sure I'll be picking it up come March because the game-play is definitely there especially when you have a full squad of 4 friend playing and you can all perform different tasks to recon and take down a target.

[haldarulon]

It needs a lot of polish, the scenery looks beautiful from afar but when you're crawling through the bushes and tall grass it looks very last gen.

turn off motion blur

Vehicle handling is poor, nothing feels very weighty and the complete lack of rudder control on the helicopters is baffling. GTA 5 has it spot on for this type of game, just use their handling model.

yea noticed that too

There is no real cover mechanic that I've noticed, you just crouch behind stuff and hope you don't get shot when you poke your entire body out to get a shot off.

If you play alone you get 3 AI bots but if you play with a friend you can't add a couple of AI bots to bolster your squad.

tweeted it to them they just liked it? why couldnt they rip the cover system from The division?

BOTS WERE POO! they just walked past enemy without being shot...

 

(although i to have paid for this and its on Pre order)

gonna squad up in the new section of my site (currently being built up) multiplayer match ups friends etc!

[GuyJD]

tweeted it to them they just liked it? why couldnt they rip the cover system from The division?

BOTS WERE POO! they just walked past enemy without being shot...

 

It would make so much sense to use The Division cover and controls, the number of times I ended up going prone when I wanted to jump over something because the controls on Wildlands are the opposite from The Division.

 

The Bots were a bit pants in that respect but you could tell them to attack on the action wheel which seemed to work in situations where stealth was compromised.

[GuyJD]

The open beta starts tomorrow on all platforms for anyone wanting to give this a go. it's available to pre-install on the Xbox store not sure about other platforms.

[haldarulon]

 

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[Garacesh]

Played a couple of hours of the open beta today.. It's enjoyable, but I don't think I'll be buying it. With no endgame or PvP it doesn't strike me as a game that will have a lot of longevity or replay value. It's more of an open-world single-player game like Assassins Creed that's had multiplayer tacked on top of it.

[GuyJD]

I think if you enjoy the PvE aspect of The Division and similar games then this is a great tactical game that gets better the more player you have in your squad, but I agree the lack of PvP will hinder it's sales.

 

For me the lack of PvP is an up side to be honest as there's not half of the game that I won't play.

[sted]

Played a couple of hours of the open beta today.. It's enjoyable, but I don't think I'll be buying it. With no endgame or PvP it doesn't strike me as a game that will have a lot of longevity or replay value. It's more of an open-world single-player game like Assassins Creed that's had multiplayer tacked on top of it.

that makes it sound more interesting to me will have to try it its downloaded but havnt started it up yet

[jaminben]

Also played the open beta and thought it was great... with friends, solo it's average.

 

Played a couple of hours of the open beta today.. It's enjoyable, but I don't think I'll be buying it. With no endgame or PvP it doesn't strike me as a game that will have a lot of longevity or replay value. It's more of an open-world single-player game like Assassins Creed that's had multiplayer tacked on top of it.

 

 

Have also seen somewhere that they'll be PVP for the endgame... could just be rumour though.

[pscott]

Fantastic in a team of four, surrounding compounds using air support, co-ordinated attacks... Single player, well, the AI sucks.... But it does have promise...

[Garacesh]

Have also seen somewhere that they'll be PVP for the endgame... could just be rumour though.

Until I see official confirmation of that (and an overhaul of netcode), I'm going to doubt it. Game runs off P2P. PvP on P2P connections is a terrible idea.

[sted]

played the single player a bit over the weekend and enjoyed it. I suspect i will get it at some point but it wont be until its on sale in a few months as i cba ith multiplayer these days as im not that good at shooters so just get complained at whereas i can enjoy it in single player and if i die meh

[Superius2014]

I have ordered this but forgot to play the BETA, hope it turns out ok....